Comparison

simplereferral vs Rewardful, for developers

Rewardful is built for a marketing team configuring a Stripe-based affiliate dashboard. simplereferral is a referral API for developers and AI coding agents wiring referrals into an app.

Short version: If you want a hosted dashboard your marketing team manages and you are mostly doing SaaS affiliate payouts, Rewardful is a good fit. If you are a developer adding referrals to your own app and want a clean API your agent can integrate on the first try, that is what we built.

Side by side

simplereferral compared with Rewardful, capability by capability.
Capability	Rewardful	simplereferral
Built for	Marketing teams, SaaS affiliate programs	Developers and their coding agents
Primary surface	Hosted dashboard, Stripe integration	REST API + SDK; MCP server on the way
Integration	Connect Stripe, configure in the UI	One API key, two idempotent calls
Agent-friendly docs	Standard product docs	OpenAPI + llms.txt + copy-paste quickstarts
Reward payouts	Yes, built in	No: we report attributions, you decide the reward

Which one to pick

Pick Rewardful if

You run a Stripe-based SaaS affiliate program and want payouts handled.
A non-technical team will manage it in a dashboard.
You want an off-the-shelf hosted product, not an API.

Pick simplereferral if

You are a developer adding referrals inside your own app.
You want an API designed so a coding agent integrates it correctly on the first try.
You want to own the reward logic and just get clean, idempotent attribution.

Questions

Is simplereferral a Rewardful alternative?

Yes, for developers. Rewardful targets marketing teams configuring a dashboard; simplereferral is a referral API for developers and coding agents integrating referrals directly in their app.

Does simplereferral handle payouts like Rewardful?

No. simplereferral reports attributions and leaves the reward payout to your app, because payouts are money-touching and app-specific. Rewardful handles payouts for you.

An API designed so a coding agent integrates it correctly on the first try.

One API key, two calls, idempotent and deliverable. Get an early-access key.

Request early access