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SaaS affiliate program statistics
Commission rates, recurring payouts, cookie length and payout methods across 180 SaaS and AI affiliate programs listed on AffiDex. Data as of , recalculated every day from the live directory.
Programs analyzed
180
Median commission
27.5%
Pay recurring
68%
Median cookie
60 days
Key findings
- The median commission among 180 SaaS and AI affiliate programs is 27.5%, and the average is 28.1%.
- 68% of SaaS affiliate programs pay a recurring commission, 12% pay once, 17% use tiers and 3% mix both.
- Recurring SaaS affiliate programs pay a median of 30% per payment, against 25% for one-time programs.
- 50% of SaaS affiliate programs pay 30% commission or more, and 7% pay 50% or more.
- Only 62% of SaaS affiliate programs publish their cookie duration; among those that do, the median cookie is 60 days.
- 68% of SaaS affiliate programs that publish a cookie give at least 60 days, and 41% give 90 days or more.
- PayPal is the most common payout method: 88% of SaaS affiliate programs that name their payout methods pay through PayPal, 32% by bank transfer, 26% through Stripe and 6% in crypto.
How much do SaaS affiliate programs pay?
Number of programs in each commission range. Most software programs pay between 20% and 39% of each sale.
SaaS affiliate commission by category
| Category | Programs | Median commission | Pay recurring |
|---|---|---|---|
| AI | 30 | 25% | 80% |
| E-commerce | 15 | 30% | 60% |
| SEO Tools | 14 | 30% | 71% |
| No-code | 10 | 32.5% | 90% |
| Marketing | 68 | 25% | 65% |
| Productivity | 9 | 20% | 78% |
| Design | 6 | 27.5% | 33% |
| Developer Tools | 5 | 20% | 40% |
| Other | 23 | 30% | 65% |
Categories with fewer than 3 programs are left out.
Highest commission rates
- Helium 10: 100% hybrid
- Adobe: 85% one-time
- Surfer: 75% tiered
- flowfeed: 70% recurring
- Systeme.io: 60% recurring
Full ranking: highest paying SaaS affiliate programs. Founders setting a rate can compare it with the commission benchmark tool.
Method
The sample is every affiliate program published on AffiDex on the date above: 180 SaaS and AI programs submitted by their companies or added by the AffiDex team from the companies' own affiliate pages.
Commission is the base rate a new affiliate gets. For tiered or "up to" programs, the lowest standard rate is used. Programs paying only a fixed amount per sale are not listed on AffiDex, so they are not in the sample.
Cookie figures only include programs that publish a cookie length. Payout shares are calculated among the 97 programs that name at least one payout method.
The figures recalculate automatically when programs are added or updated. The page address does not change.
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Source: AffiDex, SaaS affiliate program statistics (October 31, 2026), https://affidex.cc/saas-affiliate-statistics