Affiliates

Affiliates tools are for running an affiliate or referral program — the kind of work every indie hacker eventually hits and would rather not build from scratch. 6 tools are listed here, each picked and written up individually rather than pulled from an affiliate feed. Affonso is usually the first one people try: the scrappy pick for solo founders — flat pricing, a 10-minute Stripe/Paddle/Polar setup, and a marketplace to find promoters. FirstPromoter takes a different angle — runs affiliate, referral, and influencer programs from one dashboard, with native billing hooks into Stripe, Paddle, and Chargebee. And PartnerStack is worth a look too: built for B2B SaaS that wants affiliates, resellers, and co-sell partners managed under one roof, not just referral links. Every listing below includes the actual tradeoff, not marketing copy, so you can pick based on what you're building instead of what ranks highest in a sponsored roundup elsewhere.