Comparison

FirstPromoter vs PromoteKit

FirstPromoter lands on Depends, and PromoteKit lands on Worth it.

FirstPromoter

Depends

Confidence: Medium

Buy it if you run a subscription SaaS and want affiliate/referral tracking without building it in-house.

Worth it

Confidence: Medium

Buy if you run a Stripe-based SaaS and want a cheap, simple first affiliate program.

FirstPromoter versus PromoteKit
Compare	FirstPromoter	PromoteKit
Verdict	Depends	Worth it
Best for	Subscription SaaS startups	Stripe-based SaaS founders
Who it's not for	Enterprise affiliate programs . G2 ranks-class platforms as the real alternatives	Teams billing through Paddle, Chargebee, or anything non-Stripe
Privacy	Standard controls (2FA, fraud settings, GDPR page); one public bug-bounty disclosure of subdomain takeover, fix status unknown.^⁹	No known public vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.
Support quality	No direct support evidence found	Founder personally answers users on Reddit
Public sentiment	Reviews are broadly positive, with recurring criticism focused on pricing that scales with revenue.^¹	Review-site users and Redditors praise easy setup and Stripe fit; isolated reports of tracking glitches exist.
Biggest gotcha	Guess: Starter caps tracked revenue near $5K; growth forces upgrades¹²	Stripe lock-in: switching payment processors means rebuilding your affiliate program.

Enterprise affiliate programs . G2 ranks impact.com-class platforms as the real alternatives
Non-subscription or ecommerce stores; tracking is built for subscription billing
Fast-growing programs wanting flat pricing; revenue caps punish growth
Pre-revenue founders with no affiliates to manage yet

Teams billing through Paddle, Chargebee, or anything non-Stripe
Enterprise programs needing partner networks, deep fraud controls, or dedicated admins
Anyone needing fraud prevention beyond self-referral blocking
High-volume networks with thousands of affiliates