CollabFeed vs Upfluence

A self-serve partnership tracker compared with Upfluence's sales-led influencer marketing platform

	CollabFeed	Upfluence
What it is	Partnership intelligence: real paid Instagram, TikTok and YouTube partnerships, with verified contact details, pitch templates and exports	Influencer discovery plus campaign, affiliate and payment management with ecommerce integrations
Pricing	Free · Creator $8/mo or $39 lifetime · Pro $29/mo or $249/yr	Not published · sales demo · 12-month contracts · third-party estimates from roughly $500/mo
Free tier	Yes, unlimited search, filter and browse	No
Model	See who already pays creators, export the shortlist, reach out yourself	Discover, recruit, manage and pay creators inside one platform
Best for	Small brands, agencies and creators who want data and contacts without a contract	Ecommerce brands running affiliate and ambassador programs at scale

Overview

CollabFeed

A partnership intelligence tool for creators and brands. It tracks real paid partnerships on Instagram, TikTok and YouTube, shows which brands actually pay creators and which creators already do sponsored content, and adds verified contact details, pitch templates and CSV exports. Free to browse, self-serve, no sales call.

Upfluence

An influencer marketing platform that combines creator discovery with campaign management, affiliate tracking and payments, built around ecommerce integrations such as Shopify and WooCommerce. Sold through a sales demo on annual contracts.

Pricing

CollabFeed

Free to Start

Free to browse with unlimited search and filtering.

Creator: $8/mo or $39 lifetime (brand emails + pitching tools) · Pro: $29/mo or $249/yr (creator contact details + bulk exports)

Upfluence

Quote only

Upfluence does not publish prices. Access is arranged through a sales demo on a 12-month contract, and third-party estimates put entry setups somewhere between $500 and $1,200 a month depending on modules and seats.

Features

CollabFeed

Track real paid partnerships on Instagram, TikTok and YouTube
Every brand page lists the creators it has sponsored, with follower size and engagement on the sponsored posts
Verified brand partnership emails and pitch templates built from real campaign data
Pro: creator business contact details and unlimited CSV exports of any shortlist
Smart creator matching: describe the brand, get creators with proven sponsored content in that niche
Free rate calculator and estimated rates on every brand page

Upfluence

Creator discovery across a large multi-platform profile database
Campaign management: briefs, content approvals, product seeding
Affiliate tracking with promo codes and links
Creator payments handled inside the platform
Shopify, WooCommerce and other ecommerce integrations to recruit creators from your customer base
Reporting and ROI dashboards

Best For

CollabFeed

• Small brands and agencies building a first creator shortlist from proven sponsored-content creators
• Researching which creators a competitor has sponsored, and how those posts performed
• Creators finding brands that actually pay in their niche
• Exporting a shortlist with contact details into your own outreach tools
• Teams that want to start today without a demo or an annual contract

Upfluence

• Ecommerce brands running affiliate and ambassador programs tied to their store
• Managing campaigns end to end: briefs, content, payments, affiliate codes
• Teams with influencer budget and headcount to justify an annual platform contract
• Turning existing customers into creators through the ecommerce integrations

Key Differences

Pricing:CollabFeed is free to browse with paid plans from $8/mo and Pro at $29/mo, self-serve. Upfluence is quote-based on annual contracts.
Starting point:CollabFeed starts from partnerships that already happened, so every creator on it has done sponsored content. Upfluence starts from a profile database and your own customer base.
Scope:CollabFeed covers research, contact details and outreach templates; you run the campaign yourself. Upfluence runs the campaign, affiliate tracking and payments inside the platform.
Access:CollabFeed needs no account to browse. Upfluence requires a demo and a contract before you see the product.

Upfluence FAQ

How much does Upfluence cost?

Upfluence does not publish its prices. Plans are quoted after a sales demo and require a 12-month contract; third-party estimates for an entry setup range from roughly $500 to $1,200 a month depending on modules and seats. CollabFeed is free to browse, with Creator at $8/mo or $39 lifetime and Pro at $29/mo or $249/yr.

Is there a free alternative to Upfluence?

CollabFeed is free to browse with unlimited search across tracked Instagram, TikTok and YouTube partnerships, no demo or contract. It covers the research and contact part of the job, not campaign management or payments.

What is the difference between CollabFeed and Upfluence?

Upfluence is an end-to-end platform: find creators, run the campaign, track affiliate sales and pay creators, sold on annual contracts. CollabFeed is a data tool: it shows which brands actually pay creators and which creators already do sponsored content, with contact details and exports, and you run outreach yourself. Many small teams only need the second part.

Which is better for a small brand?

A small brand without dedicated influencer headcount usually does not need a sales-led platform. CollabFeed lets you open a competitor's creator list, export the creators with contact details for $29 a month, and start outreach the same day. Upfluence makes sense once you run an always-on affiliate or ambassador program tied to your store.