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Best SaaS affiliate programs

4 SaaS affiliate programs compared on commission, cookie window and payout terms.

  • SaaS
  • Updated August 11, 2026

No clear winner — PandaDoc and Sendcloud lead on 4 of 7 compared terms each. Which one earns more still depends on your audience — the table below shows where each one wins.

Term by term

Best SaaS affiliate programs compared across 15 criteria
Criterion PandaDoc Top pick Recruitee Sendcloud Wondershare
The money
Commission 25–45% 20% ✔ 100% 30–50%
Pays for ✔ 1 year ✔ 1 year 1 months —
Payout type Recurring Recurring One-time Tiered
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% No tiers Entry tier 30%, Tier 2 35%, Tier 3 40%, Tier 4 45%, Top tier 50%
Terms
Cookie window ✔ 90 days — ✔ 90 days 30 days
Ease of starting 3.3 / 5 ✔ 4 / 5 3.3 / 5 3.5 / 5
Approval Reviewed — 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 (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.) Monthly (After the hold, earnings are reviewed and approved or declined between the 1st and 10th of the following month, then released for cash-out in PartnerStack.) 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.) — Not published by Sendcloud. The terms say the minimum payment balance, payout dates and available methods are governed by PartnerStack. Wondershare says a minimum threshold applies but does not publish the amount. It is set by whichever network you sign up through.
Clearing hold — 42 days ✔ 30 days —
Payment methods PayPal, Stripe PayPal, Bank transfer PayPal, Stripe PayPal, Wire transfer
Rules
Self-referral — Prohibited Prohibited —
Paid search ✔ Restricted Prohibited ✔ Restricted —
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 Creative and promotional materials, Unique tracking link, Assigned promo code ✔ 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.

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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.