Partner referral, incentive and payout software

Pay every partner for what they bring, from one invoice. Partners refer leads from wherever they work, affiliates share tracked links, and every reward is calculated from your HubSpot, Salesforce or billing data. Introw Pay then pays every partner from one invoice, in their own currency.

Payflip grew partner-channel revenue 200%.

Partner referral, incentive and payout software in Introw: Pay every partner for what they bring, from one invoice
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Definition

What is partner referral, incentive and payout software?

Partner referral, incentive and payout software tracks what partners bring you and pays them for it: referral leads, affiliate conversions, commissions, SPIFFs and co-marketing funds. In Introw, every reward is calculated from the CRM or billing record that earned it. Partners see their earnings in the portal, and Introw Pay settles each payout run from one invoice.

The problem

Incentives on a spreadsheet stop moving partners

A reward only changes behaviour when partners trust the maths and get paid on time.

Without Introw

Referring means logging into a portal
The referral goes silent after the intro
Incentives run on a spreadsheet nobody trusts
Finance keys in hundreds of partner payments
Fake signups eat affiliate margin
Nobody knows what the MDF returned

With Introw

Partners refer from a link, your website, email or an AI assistant
The referrer gets updates as your team works the deal
Commission lines calculated from CRM or billing data
One invoice per cycle, and Introw Pay pays every partner
Quality rules run before anything pays
Spend, claims and ROI on one project, tied to CRM results
What's inside

Every way partners earn, on one CRM and one invoice

One chain, from the partner's intro to money in their account.

Partner referrals

Referral partners who keep sending intros.

A referral partner has one question: will my intro be honoured. Introw answers it with attribution at the source and updates they do not have to ask for, so referrers keep sending leads and every referral lands in your CRM as pipeline.

Refer from a link, an embedded form, an email, Slack, Teams or an AI assistant.

Conflict screening runs before the referral is credited.

A referral reward or revenue share is calculated on the closed deal.

Partner referral, incentive and payout software: Referral partners who keep sending intros
Affiliate

Every affiliate sale tracked, credited and paid.

Affiliate is referral at scale, and at scale fraud and manual payouts eat the margin. Every partner gets a tracked link, every conversion is attributed and screened, and rewards pay through the same commission engine as the rest of the program.

One signed link per partner, with conversions from a snippet, the API or HubSpot forms.

Self-referral, disposable-email and duplicate checks before anything pays.

Partners see their clicks, conversions and earnings in the portal.

Affiliate management software in Introw: Every affiliate sale tracked, credited and paid
Commissions and SPIFFs

Rev share, rebates and rewards add up without a spreadsheet.

Partners push harder when they trust the maths. Define how partners earn once, and Introw calculates every line from the records finance already trusts. Tier-based rates mean moving up in the program pays visibly more.

Revenue shares, rebates, one-time bonuses and recurring rewards, with rates per tier or segment.

Revenue outside the CRM, such as a distributor's sell-through report, comes in as a file.

A workflow can book a one-off reward, such as a certification bonus.

Partner payout statement with revenue share, lead rebate and certification rewards
Introw Pay

One invoice pays every partner.

Paying hundreds of partners by hand is a finance project every cycle. You pay one consolidated invoice, and Introw Pay pays every partner in their own currency, without them sending you an invoice.

Each partner verifies once: identity, business and bank account.

Paid in their own currency, with a statement per payout.

Nothing to connect: the Stripe billing integration only reads invoices and pays nobody.

Partner commission and SPIFF software: One invoice pays every partner
MDF

See the return on every MDF dollar.

Co-marketing money is only worth what you can prove it returned. Introw runs the full MDF lifecycle as forms with approvals, and tracks ROI from the leads and deals each funded project brings into your CRM.

Funds with a budget and period, allocated to partners by segment.

Proposal, approval, claim, ROI and invoice, each stage switched on or off.

AI review clears routine requests above a certainty threshold you set.

Partner referral, incentive and payout software: See the return on every MDF dollar
Core features

Everything you need to run a partner program, in one place

Incentives pay for what happens elsewhere in the program. Here is where the money is earned.

Deal registration and co-selling: No retyping, no duplicates. Your CRM stays clean

Deal registration and co-selling

Commission plans pay partners for the deals they register.

Partner reaching Gold tier, with the higher deal discount, commission rate and co-marketing benefits unlocked

Partner management

Commission rates can target a tier, so moving up pays visibly more, and MDF funds can be allocated to a tier segment.

Partner referral management in Introw: Add named-prospect referrals

AI agents

Partners share a lead in one sentence in a shared Slack or Teams channel, and it runs the same conflict check and attribution as a portal referral.

Partner commissions and SPIFFs in Introw: Give partners a reason to act

Partner enablement

One workflow on course completed issues the certificate, books a one-off commission line and updates the partner's tier.

Partner commission and SPIFF software: Partners see what they earn every day, so they push the next deal

Partner portal

Partners see forecasted, expected, upcoming and paid earnings, statements and MDF requests in their portal.

Partner performance in Introw: Prove what it returned

Partner performance

Earned commission rolls into partner analytics, and MDF ROI feeds your reports and dashboards.

AI assistants

Run incentives from your AI assistant

Your team asks about commissions and referrals from Claude, ChatGPT or any assistant that supports MCP, with the same permissions as in Introw.

“What's our total earned-but-unpaid commission, and what's due to be paid next month?”
Introw AI
Claude
ChatGPT
Ask your assistant
“What's our total earned-but-unpaid commission, and what's due to be paid next month?”
“How much commission has Acme earned this quarter, and on which deals?”
“What reward is owed on the referral that just closed?”
CRM-native

Built into HubSpot and Salesforce

Run another CRM? Connect it through the API or Zapier, or start without a CRM and add one later.

HubSpot

Introw for HubSpot

Introw reads and writes your own HubSpot objects and properties, custom objects included, so there is no second partner database. Partners register and co-sell on native deals, and your reps work with them from the Introw card on the record. Rated 4.9 on the HubSpot Marketplace.

Salesforce

Introw for Salesforce

Introw runs on Salesforce as the system of record, with two-way sync, custom-object mapping and field-level control. Partners are portal users, never Salesforce users, so no Experience Cloud build and no external seats. Your reps get partner context and actions in the Introw panel on the record. Listed on Salesforce AgentExchange.

Partner types

One program for every partner motion

Run every partner type side by side. Each gets its own experience, forms, goals and rules, on the same CRM records.

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Referral partners
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Referral partners

Referral partners

Refer in seconds from any channel, see deal progress, get paid referral rewards.

02
Resellers and VARs
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Resellers and VARs

Resellers and VARs

Deal registration that protects margin, quotes on HubSpot, certification and tiers.

03
MSPs and MSSPs
03 / 07
MSPs and MSSPs

MSPs and MSSPs

Registration, certified engineers, renewals and recurring commission.

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Distributors and two-tier
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Distributors and two-tier

Distributors and two-tier

Credit for the reseller and the distributor on one deal, and scoped access to their network.

05
Co-sell and technology partners
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Co-sell and technology partners

Co-sell and technology partners

The live CRM deal without a seat, account overlap, shared tasks and MDF.

06
Implementation partners and SIs
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Implementation partners and SIs

Implementation partners and SIs

A clean handoff on the won deal, go-live tasks and certification.

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Affiliates
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Affiliates

Affiliates

Tracked links, live earnings, payouts without an invoice.

Why Introw

Why teams choose Introw

Most teams are choosing between four options: keep it manual, lean on a general AI assistant, buy a legacy PRM, or run Introw. Here is how they compare where it matters.

Introw
Spreadsheets and email
A general AI assistant
Legacy PRM
System of record
Your HubSpot or Salesforce, synced both ways
Spreadsheets and email
Files and inboxes
A general AI assistant
None: it has no program data
Legacy PRM
A separate partner database to reconcile with the CRM
Where partners work
Branded portal, Slack, Teams, email, their own CRM or AI assistant, same rules everywhere
Spreadsheets and email
Wherever you chase them
A general AI assistant
Not a partner surface
Legacy PRM
Mostly the portal
Who does the routine work
AI agents register deals, answer partners and clear routine approvals within your permissions
Spreadsheets and email
Your team, by hand
A general AI assistant
Suggests, cannot act on your program
Legacy PRM
Your team, with rules-based automation
Partner incentives
Commissions, SPIFFs, MDF and Introw Pay payouts calculated from CRM data
Spreadsheets and email
Manual ledgers
A general AI assistant
None
Legacy PRM
Often a separate module or tool
Partner marketing
Announcements by segment, through-channel campaign kits, attribution in the CRM
Spreadsheets and email
Forwarded attachments
A general AI assistant
Drafts copy only
Legacy PRM
Varies by vendor
Security and control
SAML and OIDC SSO, SCIM, role-based access with record scoping, SOC 2 Type 2 and ISO 27001
Spreadsheets and email
Files shared by link
A general AI assistant
Sees what you paste, with no program permissions
Legacy PRM
Varies by vendor and plan
Time and cost to run
No-code, owned by your partner team, live in weeks
Spreadsheets and email
Cheap to start, grows with headcount
A general AI assistant
No governance or permissions
Legacy PRM
Often an implementation project and consultants for changes
Connects to

Introw connects to the tools your team and partners already use

CRM

HubSpot and Salesforce, two-way on your own objects and fields.

HubSpotSalesforce

Chat

Slack, Microsoft Teams and WhatsApp. Partners register deals, get updates and ask questions in the channel they already watch.

SlackMicrosoft TeamsWhatsApp

AI assistants

Claude, ChatGPT and any assistant that supports MCP, for your team and your partners, under the same permissions.

ClaudeChatGPTMCP

Payouts and billing

Introw Pay for partner payouts; Stripe and Chargebee feed commissions from billing data.

IntrowStripeChargebee

Data and account mapping

Crossbeam overlaps inside Introw, Power BI embedded with per-partner row-level security.

CrossbeamPower BI

Agreements and automation

DocuSign for agreements as an onboarding step, Zapier and a versioned REST API for the rest.

Zapier
For who

Built for every role on your partner revenue team

Channel Partner Manager

Channel Partner Manager

Referral tracking
Incentive programs
Payout status for partners
Tier rewards
Conflict resolution
CRO

CRO

Cost per partner-sourced deal
Incentive ROI
Forecast payout spend
Channel leverage
Accountability
RevOps

RevOps

Payout rules on CRM data
Automated approvals
Audit trail
Reporting consistency
Governance
Partner Marketing Manager

Partner Marketing Manager

SPIFF campaigns
Referral programs
Engagement tracking
Incentive announcements
Lead and revenue generation
Customers

What Introw customers say

Every stage

Introw fits your program at every stage

The same platform runs a first program and a global channel, so you start where you are and never re-platform.

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Launching a program

You are moving off spreadsheets, often as a team of one. You go live in weeks with no implementation project: deal registration, a branded portal, onboarding and content, configured by your team.

Scaling from tens to hundreds of partners

You run several motions at once. Segments, tiers, MDF, commissions and workflows run on one platform, and your team ships changes the same day without a consultant.

Enterprise and global channel

Thousands of partners across regions and teams. SAML and OIDC SSO, SCIM, role-based access with record scoping, multi-step approvals, multiple currencies and languages, and a white-label portal on your domain.

Pricing that stays predictable as you grow

Start free

The whole product at the scale of one partner, with no time limit and no credit card.

Partners are counted by portal, not by user

Invite as many of a partner's people as you like.

Your reps stay free in the CRM

CRM-only roles that need partner context in HubSpot or Salesforce do not take a seat.

AI assistant connections are included

MCP for Claude, ChatGPT and your partners' assistants is not an add-on.

No consultants for changes

Your partner team configures forms, portals, tiers and workflows without code.

Dashboard screen with sales pipeline, commission statements, asset library, and a note to register a $20k deal.

See Introw on your own CRM

Bring your HubSpot or Salesforce, and we will show you your partners, deals and attribution live in Introw in one call. Live in weeks, owned by your team.

Related reading

More on running a partner program

Channel Partner Incentive Programs: How to Design for Real Impact

11 Ways to Use Partner Performance Incentives to Motivate Channel Partners

SPIFF Programs: What They Are, How to Design Them, and Examples That Drive Partner Sales

FAQs

Frequently asked questions

What is partner referral, incentive and payout software?

It tracks what partners bring and pays them for it. Introw covers referral leads, affiliate links, commissions, SPIFFs and MDF on your HubSpot or Salesforce data. Rewards calculate from the CRM or billing record that earned them, and Introw Pay pays every partner from one invoice.

How does Introw pay partners?

Through Introw Pay. Commission lines group into a payout batch with one payout per partner. You review it, choose Pay now and pay one consolidated invoice by bank transfer, and Introw Pay verifies each partner and pays them in their own currency.

Do we need Stripe to pay partners?

No. Introw Pay is Introw's own payment product, so neither you nor your partners need a Stripe account. The Stripe billing integration is separate: it only reads your invoices so commission plans can calculate on real revenue, and it moves no money.

Can we run SPIFFs and one-off bonuses?

Yes. Commission plans cover revenue shares, rebates, one-time bonuses and recurring rewards, and a new plan goes live from a template. A workflow or the API can book a one-off reward, for example when a partner finishes onboarding, and it joins the next payout batch like any other line.

How does Introw prevent affiliate fraud?

Clicks are attributed with signed tracking, so a conversion can only credit the partner whose link drove it. Self-referrals, disposable email addresses and duplicate signups are blocked before anything pays, and new-customer gating rewards only new business.

Can we manage MDF in Introw?

Yes. Introw runs MDF end to end: funds allocated by segment, proposals, approvals, claims with proof of spend, ROI and invoices. Each stage is a form with its own approval, and AI can clear routine requests above a certainty threshold you set.

Can commissions be calculated from billing data?

Yes. Commission plans calculate from your CRM or from billing records through the Stripe or Chargebee integration. Revenue that never reaches either system, such as a distributor's sell-through report or a marketplace statement, comes in as a file upload and earns on the same rules.

See AI-Native PRM in Action

Connect HubSpot or Salesforce on the free plan: the whole product at the scale of one partner, no time limit, no credit card.