Best SaaS affiliate programs
4 SaaS affiliate programs compared on commission, cookie window and payout terms.
- Programs
- 4 compared, 20–100%
Top pick: PandaDoc Compare →
PandaDoc vs Recruitee
PandaDoc or Recruitee? Commission, cookie window, payout schedule and approval, compared side by side.
- SaaS
- Updated August 11, 2026
PandaDoc takes 3 of 4 compared terms. Which one earns more still depends on your audience — the table below shows where each one wins.
Term by term
| Criterion | PandaDoc Top pick | Recruitee |
|---|---|---|
| The money | ||
| Commission | ✔ 25–45% | 20% |
| Pays for | 1 year | 1 year |
| Payout type | Recurring | Recurring |
| Tier ladder | Base 25% of net revenue, Mid 35% of net revenue, Top 45% of net revenue | Ambassador 20%, Solution Partner ladder 15% to 30%, Contract default 15% |
| Terms | ||
| Cookie window | 90 days | — |
| Ease of starting | 3.3 / 5 | ✔ 4 / 5 |
| Approval | Reviewed | — |
| Our rating | — | — |
| Getting paid | ||
| Paid out | Monthly (Commissions become due on the 13th of the month after the lock period on that payment expires.) | Monthly (PartnerStack calculates rewards at the end of each month and releases them the month after. The contract sets the actual due date at six weeks after Tellent collects the customer's payment.) |
| Minimum payout | $25 (Balance must clear $25 inside PartnerStack before you can withdraw; anything below that rolls forward until it does.) | — |
| Clearing hold | — | 42 days |
| Payment methods | PayPal, Stripe | PayPal, Bank transfer |
| Rules | ||
| Self-referral | — | Prohibited |
| Paid search | ✔ Restricted | Prohibited |
| Affiliate assets | ✔ Banners, Text links, Widgets, Images and video, Logos and brand assets, PartnerStack dashboard | Referral link, Lead submission form, SubID tracking, PartnerStack dashboard, Marketing materials, written pre-approval required |
A ✔ marks the better term on that row. Rows where the programs match, where the terms aren't comparable, or where a program hasn't published a figure are left unmarked — a dash means unknown, not zero.
The programs
- Top pick
PandaDoc is document automation software — proposals, quotes, contracts and e-signatures — sold mostly to sales teams at small and mid-sized companies.
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Recruitee is applicant tracking software for small and mid-sized companies, now sold under the Tellent brand alongside its HRIS and performance products.
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Affiliate terms change often, and every figure here comes from each program's own published page on the date above. Confirm the current rate with the merchant before you promote it. Links to the programs are affiliate links.