Prefinery
6.4#4 in startup launch toolsFrom $39 a monthWebAPI
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Viral Loops
7.1#2 in startup launch toolsFrom $35 a monthWebAPI
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| Fact | Prefinery | Viral Loops |
|---|---|---|
| Audience | Prefinery describes the platform as built for SaaS, FinTech, and game studio teams. | The company describes its service as serving startups, newsletters, and e-commerce stores seeking organic growth through word of mouth and referrals. |
| Campaign types | The platform supports pre-launch viral waitlists, post-launch refer-a-friend campaigns, early access programs, and ongoing engagement programs. | The product supports referral programs, referral waitlists, newsletter referrals, invite-based giveaways and AI-powered campaigns. |
| Founded | 2008 | LinkedIn lists Viral Loops as founded in 2016. |
| Fraud controls | The product includes protections such as spam blocking, bot signup blocking, blocklists, and options to flag suspicious behavior or enable reCAPTCHA. | The platform offers participant banning, disposable-email filtering and fraud-identification tools. |
| Installation | Prefinery says its waitlist can be installed on a website or landing page with copy-and-paste and without coding. | The Campaign Installation Agent can configure a referral campaign on a website or form after the user adds a snippet. |
| Integrations | Prefinery says it connects with more than 3,000 web apps and lists integrations such as Mailchimp, HubSpot CRM, Stripe, Zapier, Make, and webhooks. | Documented integrations include Mailchimp, Klaviyo, Mailjet, ActiveCampaign, HubSpot, Google Analytics, Slack, Segment, Salesforce, Marketo, GoHighLevel, Stripe, Brevo, Customer.io, Mixpanel, Zapier, webhooks and custom JavaScript. |
Prefinery plans
- Lite$39 a month
- Essentials$199 a month
- Pro$399 a month
Viral Loops plans
- Start-up (annual billing)$35 a month
- Start-up$49 a month
- Start-up (monthly billing)$49 a month
- Plus (annual billing)$99 a month
- Plus$139 a month
- Plus (monthly billing)$139 a month
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Pick Viral Loops if…
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