AmbassadorFlow Referrals vs UpPromote Affiliate Marketing
Two Shopify apps, side by side: detected stores, momentum, reviews, plans, listed features and who runs each. Store counts as of Oct 30, 2026 for AmbassadorFlow Referrals, Nov 3, 2026 for UpPromote Affiliate Marketing.
The short answer
- On the Shopify App Store: AmbassadorFlow Referrals 5.0 from 7 reviews and UpPromote Affiliate Marketing 4.9 from 6,333 reviews.
- Only UpPromote Affiliate Marketing lists a free plan. Paid plans start at $99/month for AmbassadorFlow Referrals and $29.99/month for UpPromote Affiliate Marketing.
- UpPromote Affiliate Marketing lists 44 features AmbassadorFlow Referrals’s listing doesn’t mention, including Achievement tracking, Affiliate links, Affiliate programs.
Head to head
Grow With Ambassador, Influencer, referral & Affiliate Program
- United States
- United Kingdom
- Germany
Momentum
New reviews each month
Review pace is the clearest public read on how fast an app is winning new merchants.
Performance
- · Fraud detection
- · Multi-language & multi-currency
- · Onboarding support
- · Only pay for extra sales - no fixed cost
- · Unlimited ambassadors & invites
Grow
- · Everything in Performance Plan
- · Only 3% fee instead of 10%
- · Predictable costs at any scale
- · Priority support
Scale
- · Everything in Grow Plan
- · Highest priority support
- · Keep 99% of every sale
- · Manual optimization by our team
- · Priority access to new features
Free plan
- · Analytics, Fraud protection
- · Creator Discovery add-on from $39/month
- · Live chat support 24/7 for all plans
- · Manual payout, W9 form supported
- · Review $3,000 referral sales/month
- · Sidekick extension integration
Growth
- · Affiliate in-app chat
- · Creator Discovery add-on from $39/month
- · Customer referral program
- · Premium registration templates
- · Review 300 referrals/month
- · Store credit
Professional
- · API, MCP
- · Anti-leak discount
- · Auto-tier commission, Gift, Bonus
- · Creator Discovery add-on from $39/month
- · Custom affiliate link & Auto-gen coupon
- · Invoice, 1099 tax form generation
Enterprise
- · Approve/deny unlimited referral orders
- · Creator Discovery add-on from $39/month
- · Custom development (extra fee may apply)
- · Custom pricing for your business scale
- · Multi-store
- · Prioritized 1-1 support
Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.
See every featureTurn word of mouth into an automatic growth channel. AmbassadorFlow invites every customer to become an ambassador. They share a personal link and earn rewards when their friends buy. Invitations are sent across multiple touchpoints, increasing participation. More ambassadors mean more referrals, more sales, and more revenue. Recruitment, tracking, payouts, and fraud prevention run automatically.
Manual & unreliable tracking, inactive creators, and fraud kill your affiliate program. UpPromote helps Shopify brands turn affiliate partnerships into a measurable growth channel. Save admin hours with automated tracking, management and PayPal payouts. Get the actionable data and insights you need to build robust programs, track ROI, and scale what works.
- Recruit ambassadors automatically from multiple touchpoints.
- Reward ambassadors automatically using store credit
- Win-win: friends get discounts, ambassadors earn store credit.
- Block self-referrals and discount abuse automatically.
- Customize everything matching your brand: affiliate portal, link, sign-up page
- Show refer-a-friend program as a widget, landing page, or post-purchase signup
- Seamlessly track referral orders via affiliate links, coupons, connected emails
- Motivate affiliates effectively: auto-discount, bonus, gifts, store credit, MLM
All the numbers
Every figure, side by side
A green dot marks the app ahead on a measured figure. Estimates, gaps and apps that leave no storefront trace never take the lead.
Adoption
| Measure |  AmbassadorFlow Referrals |  UpPromote Affiliate Marketing |
|---|---|---|
| Detected stores | Not published | 40,076 |
| Net store change, 28 days | 0 | −268 |
| Stores added, 28 days | Not enough data | 364 |
| Big-brand share | Not enough data | 11% |
| Top store categories | Not published | Apparel & Accessories, Health & Beauty, Home & Garden |
| Top store countries | Not published | United States, United Kingdom, Germany |
Reviews
| Measure | AmbassadorFlow Referrals | UpPromote Affiliate Marketing |
|---|---|---|
| App Store rating | 5.0 ★(ahead) | 4.9 ★ |
| App Store reviews | 7 | 6,333(ahead) |
| New reviews, 28 days | Not enough data | 66 |
| Reviewers a year or more in | Not enough data | 24% |
Pricing
| Measure | AmbassadorFlow Referrals | UpPromote Affiliate Marketing |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Not listed | Yes |
| Lowest paid monthly plan | $99/month | $29.99/month(ahead) |
| Longest free trial | 14 days | 14 days |
| Plans listed | 3 | 4 |
Listing
| Measure | AmbassadorFlow Referrals | UpPromote Affiliate Marketing |
|---|---|---|
| Shopify category rank | #59 | #2 |
| Shopify App Charts | Not on this week’s charts | #9 on the Shoplist 100 |
| Built for Shopify | No | Yes |
| Launched | Jul 2, 2026 | May 15, 2019 |
| Languages | 1 | 16 |
| Developer | AmbassadorFlow - Referral Program | UpPromote |
FAQ
AmbassadorFlow Referrals and UpPromote Affiliate Marketing: common questions
- Is AmbassadorFlow Referrals or UpPromote Affiliate Marketing cheaper?
- Only UpPromote Affiliate Marketing lists a free plan. Paid plans start at $99/month for AmbassadorFlow Referrals and $29.99/month for UpPromote Affiliate Marketing. Shoplist compares base prices only between monthly plans in the same currency; usage charges and annual plans vary, so check each plan’s limits.
- Which has better reviews, AmbassadorFlow Referrals or UpPromote Affiliate Marketing?
- On the Shopify App Store: AmbassadorFlow Referrals 5.0 from 7 reviews and UpPromote Affiliate Marketing 4.9 from 6,333 reviews.
- What features does each app list that the other doesn’t?
- UpPromote Affiliate Marketing lists 44 the others don’t mention, such as Achievement tracking, Affiliate links, Affiliate programs, Analytics. A feature missing from a listing may still be supported; this compares what each App Store listing says.
- Where does this comparison’s data come from?
- Shoplist crawls Shopify storefronts to detect which apps each store runs, and reads each app’s Shopify App Store listing for reviews, pricing, features and integrations. Store counts are as of Oct 30, 2026 for AmbassadorFlow Referrals, Nov 3, 2026 for UpPromote Affiliate Marketing; estimated figures are labeled.
How Shoplist compares apps
Store counts come from Shoplist’s crawl of Shopify storefronts, which detects the apps each store runs; they are as of Oct 30, 2026 for AmbassadorFlow Referrals, Nov 3, 2026 for UpPromote Affiliate Marketing. Reviews, ratings, plans, features and integrations come from each app’s Shopify App Store listing. 28-day figures are labeled when estimated, and a figure that is missing or estimated never decides who leads. Read the methodology.