Best SaaS affiliate programs
4 SaaS affiliate programs compared on commission, cookie window and payout terms.
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PandaDoc or Wondershare? Commission, cookie window, payout schedule and approval, compared side by side.
Wondershare takes 2 of 3 compared terms. Which one earns more still depends on your audience — the table below shows where each one wins.
| Criterion | PandaDoc | Wondershare Top pick |
|---|---|---|
| The money | ||
| Commission | 25–45% | ✔ 30–50% |
| Pays for | 1 year | — |
| Payout type | Recurring | Tiered |
| Tier ladder | Base 25% of net revenue, Mid 35% of net revenue, Top 45% of net revenue | Entry tier 30%, Tier 2 35%, Tier 3 40%, Tier 4 45%, Top tier 50% |
| Terms | ||
| Cookie window | ✔ 90 days | 30 days |
| Ease of starting | 3.3 / 5 | ✔ 3.5 / 5 |
| Approval | Reviewed | 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 (Paid monthly once the balance clears the network's minimum.) |
| Minimum payout | $25 (Balance must clear $25 inside PartnerStack before you can withdraw; anything below that rolls forward until it does.) | Wondershare says a minimum threshold applies but does not publish the amount. It is set by whichever network you sign up through. |
| Clearing hold | — | — |
| Payment methods | PayPal, Stripe | PayPal, Wire transfer |
| Rules | ||
| Self-referral | — | — |
| Paid search | Restricted | — |
| Affiliate assets | Banners, Text links, Widgets, Images and video, Logos and brand assets, PartnerStack dashboard | Banners, Landing pages, Demo videos, Email templates, Promo codes, Real-time performance dashboard |
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.
PandaDoc is document automation software — proposals, quotes, contracts and e-signatures — sold mostly to sales teams at small and mid-sized companies.
Wondershare sells consumer creative and utility software, including the Filmora video editor, PDFelement, the Edraw diagramming tools and Recoverit data recovery.
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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.