The Post Affiliate Pro alternative you set up in an afternoon.
Post Affiliate Pro's entry plan is $89/mo for 10,000 tracking requests — and every banner impression, click, and tracking call counts against that number, with $5 per extra 10,000 once it's gone. Qanary is $49/mo for 350,000 meaningful events, and an impression never burns a single one.
a banner impression shouldn't cost you tracking quota.
- 350,000 meaningful events on Core ($49/mo)
- Impressions never count against your meter
- Free plan — Post Affiliate Pro starts at $89/mo after a trial
Switch, or stay? Depends on one question.
Post Affiliate Pro has been running affiliate programs since 2004 and has accumulated hundreds of features and integrations along the way. The question isn't whether it's capable — it's whether you need consultant-grade configuration, or a tool that's live this afternoon.
Stay on Post Affiliate Pro if…
You genuinely use its deep end — forced-matrix MLM structures, site replication, or the Network plan's multi-merchant features — or you rely on one of the hundreds of integrations it has collected over twenty years. Nothing this page recommends replaces those.
Switch to Qanary if…
You run one affiliate or referral program for a SaaS product, you're tired of watching impressions eat a 10,000-request quota, and you'd rather have a flat $49/mo that only counts meaningful events — set up in an afternoon, by you or your AI agent.
$89 buys 10,000 requests. $49 buys 350,000 events.
Post Affiliate Pro meters "tracking requests" — and a request is every impression, every click, every tracking call. Qanary meters meaningful events — a bot-filtered click or a new conversion — and never charges for an impression. Side by side:
| What you're paying for | Post Affiliate Pro |  Qanary |
|---|---|---|
| Validating, first affiliates | Trial, then $89/mo Starter | $0 — Free plan, 5,000 events/mo |
| Entry paid plan | $89/mo — 10,000 tracking requests | $49/mo Core — 350,000 meaningful events |
| What counts against the meter | Every impression, click, and tracking call — one banner view is one request | Only a bot-filtered click or a new conversion — impressions are free |
| Going over the included volume | $5 per extra 10,000 requests | No per-unit overage fees — no usage surprises |
| Room to grow | Pro $139/mo (1M), Ultimate $269/mo (6M), Network $649/mo (20M) | Growth $99/mo (700k events), Scale $299/mo (unlimited) |
Post Affiliate Pro prices from postaffiliatepro.com/pricing, checked July 2026 — these are list prices; promotional discounts are often shown. Unlimited affiliates on all of its tiers, as on Qanary's. Full Qanary plans on the pricing page.
Feature by feature. No fine print.
| Capability | Post Affiliate Pro | Qanary |
|---|---|---|
| Unlimited affiliates | Yes, all tiers | Yes, from Core ($49/mo) |
| Free plan (not just a trial) | Trial only | Free plan, 5,000 events/mo |
| Impressions tracked without burning quota | Every impression is a tracking request | Impressions never count — only clicks and conversions |
| Full feature set on the entry paid plan | Multiple admins, performance rewards, lifetime referrals are higher-tier | Fraud review before a commission accrues, every plan |
| MLM / forced matrix & site replication | Yes, on higher tiers | No — deliberately not that kind of tool |
| Multi-merchant affiliate network | Yes, Network plan ($649/mo) | No — one brand's program, done well |
| Native billing connections | Hundreds of integrations, accumulated over 20 years | Stripe in one click; Paddle, Lemon Squeezy & Polar on the roadmap, REST API + signed webhooks + Zapier for anything custom |
| Set up by an AI agent (MCP) | No | Yes — point Claude Code, Cursor, or Codex at the MCP server |
What you'd give up. Said plainly.
An enormous feature surface
Twenty years of development means MLM commission structures, forced matrix, site replication, and hundreds of integrations. If your program depends on any of that, Qanary deliberately doesn't do it — it tracks single-level affiliate and referral programs and stops there.
Affiliate networks
The Network plan ($649/mo) runs multi-merchant affiliate networks — many brands, one platform. Qanary is built for a single company running its own program. If you're operating a network, Post Affiliate Pro is the right category of tool and Qanary simply isn't.
Two decades of edge cases
Since 2004, Post Affiliate Pro has met just about every affiliate-program edge case, and its support knowledge base reflects it. Qanary is newer — that's part of why the Free tier exists: run it against your real traffic and judge it on your own data before paying anything.
Migrate in an afternoon. No consultant required.
1. Connect Stripe — one click, and webhooks wire themselves. No API keys to paste.
2. Create your campaign — commission terms, cookie window, and your branded portal, configured in the dashboard or by your AI agent.
3. Invite your affiliates — send your existing roster the portal invite link, or create them programmatically over the REST API. Each affiliate picks up fresh links and coupon codes inside the portal.
4. Pay what's earned — commissions pass fraud review before they accrue, then flow into payouts with clawbacks handled for you.
Faster still: point Claude Code, Cursor, or Codex at the Qanary MCP server and ask it to set the campaign up for you.
Fair questions.
How do Qanary's meaningful events compare to Post Affiliate Pro's tracking requests?
Post Affiliate Pro counts every impression, click, and tracking call against your quota — a single banner impression is one of the 10,000 requests on the $89/mo Starter plan, and overage runs $5 per extra 10,000. Qanary counts only meaningful events — a bot-filtered click or a new conversion — so impressions never burn quota, and Core ($49/mo) includes 350,000 of them.
Will my affiliates' existing Post Affiliate Pro links keep working?
No — Qanary doesn't read Post Affiliate Pro's link formats. Instead, each affiliate picks up fresh links and coupon codes through your branded portal the moment they accept your invite, so the swap is one email to your roster rather than a technical migration.
Can I import my affiliate roster from Post Affiliate Pro?
Invite your existing affiliates to your branded portal with a link, or create them programmatically over the REST API — your AI agent can script the import from a CSV export in a few minutes.
I use Post Affiliate Pro's MLM or forced-matrix features. Can Qanary replace them?
Honest answer: no. Qanary tracks single-level affiliate programs and double-sided referral rewards — it deliberately doesn't do multi-level commissions, forced matrix, site replication, or multi-merchant networks. If those structures are core to your program, Post Affiliate Pro remains the right tool.
Is there really a free plan, or is it a trial?
A real free plan: 1 campaign and 5,000 meaningful events per month, with full tracking and no card required. Post Affiliate Pro's entry point is $89/mo after its trial — see pricing for what each Qanary tier adds.
Affiliate tracking shouldn't need a consultant.
A free plan, full tracking, and a setup your AI agent can finish in an afternoon. Flat $49/mo when you're ready — impressions never count.
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