UgcBoard is a Collabstr alternative for brands that buy UGC videos through briefs. You post a campaign for free, creators apply with their rate, and you pay one flat 15% inside the budget you fund. There is no plan to unlock campaigns and nothing is taken out of the creator's payout.
Collabstr is free to browse and lets you buy creator packages straight from profiles with a 10% hiring fee added on top. Posting a campaign that creators apply to needs the Pro plan at $249 a month billed annually, and creators pay a separate 15% fee on their payout, according to Collabstr's own pricing page in October 2026. UgcBoard lets any brand post campaigns with no subscription, charges a flat 15% that sits inside the budget, and the creator keeps the full amount on the campaign card.
These figures come from Collabstr's public pricing page as checked in October 2026. Monthly billing costs more than the annual rates shown, so confirm the current numbers before you subscribe.
| Plan | Price | Brand hiring fee | Campaigns you can post |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | 10%, added to the order | None, direct hire from profiles only |
| Pro | $249 a month, billed annually | 10% | 1 a month |
| Premium | $333 a month, billed annually | 5% | Unlimited |
| Enterprise | From $1,000 a month, billed annually | Custom | Unlimited, with sub accounts and custom billing |
Collabstr's FAQ adds that creators pay a separate 15% fee on their payout. Pro also includes live analytics for 5 posts and 20 audience reports a month. Premium raises that to 15 posts and 50 reports.
| Collabstr | UgcBoard | |
|---|---|---|
| Subscription | Free tier, paid plans from $249 to $1,000+ a month | None |
| Brand fee | 10% on Free and Pro, 5% on Premium, added on top | Flat 15% inside the campaign budget |
| Creator fee | 15% taken from the creator's payout | None, the card amount is what the creator receives |
| Posting a brief creators apply to | Pro or higher, 1 a month on Pro | Every account, unlimited, free to post |
| Who sets the price | Creator packages, or creators quote when they apply | You set the payout per creator in the brief |
| Escrow | Yes, held until you approve the content | Yes, the whole budget is held until you approve |
| Usage rights | Agreed with each creator in chat | Written into each agreement: platforms, 3, 6 or 12 month paid ads term, whitelisting if chosen |
| Live post analytics | Yes, 5 to 15 posts at a time on paid plans | Not offered, the focus is delivered video files |
| Creator pool | 1.3 million plus creators, many countries | US creators applying to your brief |
| How you pay | Card at checkout | US bank transfer (ACH or wire) per campaign, invoice included |
Say you want five creators to each take home $170 for one video, $850 in total. On Collabstr's Free tier the creators would price their packages at $200 each to net $170 after their 15% fee, and you pay $1,000 plus the 10% hiring fee. On UgcBoard you fund one $1,000 campaign and the fee is already inside it.
| Item | Collabstr Free | UgcBoard |
|---|---|---|
| Creator prices or payouts | $1,000 | $1,000 campaign budget |
| Brand fee | $100 on top | $150 inside the budget |
| Creator fee | $150 taken from creators | $0 |
| You pay | $1,100 | $1,000 |
| Creators receive | $850 | $850 |
Want those same five creators to apply to a brief instead of you messaging each one? On Collabstr that means the Pro plan, so add $249 a month. The UGC budget calculator runs any payout, fee and creator count for you.
On Collabstr the Free tier only covers direct hires. If you want creators to apply to your brief, you start paying $249 a month, even in months you post nothing. UgcBoard lets you post as many briefs as you want and charges only when you fund one.
A 10% fee for the brand plus 15% from the creator means a quarter of every dollar never reaches the person filming. Creators know this and quote higher. With one fee inside the budget, the creator's number is the real number.
Collabstr is built for influencer marketing as much as UGC, with post tracking and audience reports. If you only need videos for paid social and product pages, those extras are cost you don't use.
Every UgcBoard hire comes with an agreement generated from your brief that names the platforms, the term and whether paid ads and whitelisting are included, so your finance and legal team can see what was bought.
Collabstr is a strong choice if you want influencers who post to their own audience, if you want to browse a very large international catalog and buy a fixed package in a few clicks, or if you need live tracking of how those posts perform. Its Free tier is also fine for a single quick hire. UgcBoard is the better match when you run UGC for ads on a regular basis, want US creators applying to your brief at a payout you set, and want escrow and written usage rights on every hire without a subscription.
Paste the brief you would send on Collabstr: product, deliverables, hooks, formats, usage rights, payout and deadlines. Our UGC brief structure covers what creators need.
Send the budget by ACH or wire to the account number shown for your campaign. It goes live on the board when the transfer posts.
Creators apply with a portfolio, a short pitch and their rate, ranked by match score. Select who you want and each agreement is generated.
Add the tracking number, review the videos, ask for up to two revision rounds and approve. The payout goes out and your license starts.
Brands that need fresh hooks and testimonials every month for Meta and TikTok ads, with the paid usage term written down.
Sellers who want product demos and unboxings from US creators without a yearly software contract.
Product teams that need screen recorded walkthroughs, which skip product shipping entirely.
Shops running UGC for several clients that want a workspace and an invoice per client at the same 15%.
For brands that buy UGC through briefs, UgcBoard is a close alternative with no subscription and one 15% fee inside the budget. Other options include JoinBrands, Billo and Insense, which charge through plans, per video menus or monthly fees. Pick by how you want to pay and who sets the creator's rate.
Collabstr's pricing page lists a Free tier with a 10% hiring fee, Pro at $249 a month and Premium at $333 a month on annual billing, and Enterprise from $1,000 a month. Premium lowers the brand fee to 5%. Creators pay a separate 15% fee on what they earn.
Browsing and direct hires from creator profiles are free apart from the 10% fee added to each order. Posting campaigns that creators apply to, chatting before an order and audience reports need a paid plan, starting at $249 a month billed annually.
Yes. Collabstr's FAQ says creators pay a 15% fee on their payout, separate from the brand's hiring fee. On UgcBoard creators pay nothing, so the payout on the campaign card is the amount that reaches their bank account.
No. There are no plans or seat charges. The only charge is the 15% fee inside a campaign you fund, and budget for spots you don't fill comes back to you, fee included.
The creator keeps the copyright and grants your brand the license written in the agreement. You choose the platforms, the paid ads term and whether whitelisting is included before anyone applies.
Post the campaign for free, fund it when you are ready, and pay creators exactly what the card says.
Post a paid UGC campaign or apply to one.