Rise.ai Alternative: Why Brands Choose ReferralCandy

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ReferralCandy vs Rise.ai

Feature comparison at a glance

Let's compare ReferralCandy and UpPromote Side by Side. Explore key features, pricing, customer support, and more to find the best fit for your needs

ReferralCandy

Rise.ai

Shopify Rating
4.9★ (1,470 Reviews)
4.7★ (733 Reviews)
Primary focus
Referral and Affiliate marketing modules
Gift cards, Store credits, Referral and Loyalty Programs
Referrals Program Setup
Advanced referral campaigns with unlimited customizations
Basic referral features
A/B Testing (Emails & Rewards)
Theme Integration
App Blocks & Extensions fully embedded
Post-purchase / Thank-you Capture
Fraud Detection
Auto-generated Shopify coupons
Platform Support
Shopify, WooCommerce, Magento, BigCommerce, Custom APIs
Primarily Shopify focused
Gift cards & wallet
Store credit reward supported but no gift-card suite
Full gift cards + store credit wallet with workflows and bulk tools

Basic plan

$96/year
Basic features for up to 10 users with everything you need.
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Business plan

$192/year
Advanced features and reporting, better workflows and automation.
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Enterprise plan

$384/year
Personalised service and enterprise security for large teams.
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User access
Basic features
Saved reports
10
20
Unlimited
Individual data
20GB
40GB
Unlimited
Support
Automated workflows
200+ integrations
Reporting and analytics
Analytics
Basic
Advanced
Advanced
Export reports
Scheduled reports
API access
Advanced reports
Saved reports
Customer properties
Custom fields
User access
SSO/SAML authentication
Advanced permissions
Audit log
Data history

Why brands choose ReferralCandy over Rise.ai

Run referrals and affiliates in one place, with more automation and built-in fraud protection.

Acquire customers, not just issue credit

Rise.ai centers on gift cards, store credit, and loyalty. ReferralCandy drives acquisition with referrals and a full affiliate suite using custom links & codes, tiered commissions.

Rewards beyond the wallet

Choose cash, coupons, store credit or gifts for both advocates and friends. ReferralCandy can auto generate Shopify discount codes and auto apply the offer so you are not limited to gift cards

Shopify setup in minutes

Add checkout and thank you capture with theme app blocks and extensions, then start issuing rewards from day one. No custom scripts required to get live.

Optimize and prove impact

Run A/B tests on reward amounts and invite emails directly in the app. See which partners and offers drive new orders, with brand lift insights that go beyond wallet usage.
2025 benchmarks

Unify referrals and affiliates into a single revenue engine

Powerful, self-serve referral and affiliate software that helps you acquire more customers and grow revenue without increasing ad spend.
$558M
in referral & affiliate sales
1220%
Average ROI

Success Stories

Branch Basics generated more than $1.5M from their referral program

" We're super excited about working with ReferralCandy. It's worked really well in the background, and we're proud of achieving a 10% referral rate."

Tim Murphy
CEO, Branch Basics
Toki Mats generated Affiliate Sales of more then  $500,000with an ROI of 41%
Stars

"ReferralCandy has allowed us to activate our amazing community of moms who love Toki Mats to become ambassadors for the brand."

Devan
Fractional CMO, Toki Mats
24% referral rate,which is 7x higher than the industry average!
Stars

“If we could get our customers to introduce the product they like, it would be a really good way to spread our product to the world. Getting timely support from Shopify apps is really rare, so we’re so grateful to ReferralCandy.”

Tokinari Shioya
Sales Lead, Atmoph
Lifetime referral sales of$600,000with22.25%referral rate.
Stars

"To be honest, we were completely new to the ecommerce space and ReferralCandy had avery easy-to-add, straightforwardapproach. Getting customers to be the driving voice for how other customers find us has been huge for all metrics."

Stephen Calsbeek
Co-Owner, Farm Hounds
Generated more than$700,000in referral sales
Stars

ReferralCandy’s platform hassignificantly impactedhow we monitor and engage customer loyalty. It doesn't matter how great your product or marketing is if your customers aren’t talking about it, there's nothing stronger than someone loving your product and telling their friends about it!"

Phil LaBonty
CEO, CycleBoard

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