Influencer Gift Form dropped its free tier. As of September 2026 it runs two published plans — Seeding Scaler at $99/mo (50 orders/mo, creator CRM, priority support, 7-day free trial) and Creator Community at $420/mo (1,000 orders/mo, adds recurring gifts and re-gifting) — plus an Enterprise tier gated behind a sales call with no published price. It's Seed's closest competitor by product model, full stop.
The ladder
| Plan | Price | Orders/mo | What you get |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seeding Scaler | $99/mo | 50 | Creator CRM, priority support, 7-day free trial |
| Creator Community | $420/mo | 1,000 | Creator CRM, recurring gifts and re-gifting |
| Enterprise | Sales call ("Let's talk") | Custom | Custom features, no published number |
Verified 2026-09-24, from apps.shopify.com/creator-gift-link and influencergiftform.com. There is no free plan any more.
Influencer Gift Form (IGF) sits on the Shopify App Store as creator-gift-link, developed by Magnuson Ventures. As of this check it holds 5.0 stars across 56 reviews. That's a real track record, and I'll say more about what that means below.
The mechanism
IGF runs the same core loop Seed does. A brand sends one branded link to a creator. The creator picks a product and a variant, types their shipping address, and a real $0 Shopify draft order lands in the brand's admin. No discount code, no storefront checkout, no manual order entry by a team member.
Where the two diverge is in what sits around that loop: how approval works before an order gets created, whether the form can live on the brand's own domain instead of a subdomain, and what happens automatically once a package ships. I run Seed off a gate-first model: no order object gets created in Shopify until a human on the brand side approves it, which matters if you're trying to keep gifting spend visible before it hits your books instead of finding out at month-end how many draft orders quietly piled up. Seed's form also runs on the merchant's own domain today, not just a hosted link, which is a difference IGF's own homepage doesn't mention either way.
The other place the two tools diverge is after the gift ships. Seed reads Shopify's delivery webhooks and moves the creator into a Kanban board automatically once the package lands, so a team member isn't manually checking tracking numbers to know when to follow up for content. I built that because I run this exact workflow myself: I ship gifted product every week for my own $2M/yr DTC water-purifier brand, and the parts of gifting that eat real hours aren't the order creation, they're everything that has to happen after.
Dr Water, my own store, ran 138 gifts in 46 days through this system, all done-for-you. hiccpet moved off manual coupon codes and now sends about 19 gifts a week through Seed. Bri Beauty did 74 gift orders in its first week alone. None of that tells you IGF is worse, it tells you what "50 orders/mo" on a pricing page actually looks like in practice for a brand shipping product every week.
What it actually costs at volume
| Monthly gifted orders | Influencer Gift Form | Seed |
|---|---|---|
| 25 | Seeding Scaler, $99/mo | Starter, $49/mo (headroom to 50) or Seed, $99/mo |
| 50 | Seeding Scaler, $99/mo (right at the cap) | Starter, $49/mo (at the cap) or Seed, $99/mo (unlimited) |
| 500 | Creator Community, $420/mo | Seed, $99/mo (unlimited) |
Verified 2026-09-24.
There's no order count where IGF is cheaper than Seed any more. Seed's Starter plan at $49/mo covers up to 50 orders, undercutting IGF's $99/mo Seeding Scaler at the exact same ceiling. At 500 orders a month the gap is wider still: $420/mo against $99/mo, the same flat price Seed charges from 50 orders up to whatever a brand's volume actually is.
Hidden costs
Seeding Scaler caps at exactly 50 orders a month with zero headroom. Go one order over in a busy month and you're bumped straight to Creator Community at $420/mo, a 324% price jump for crossing a single-order line. There's no stated overage fee or per-seat charge beyond that tier jump, which is at least simple. It's just a steep cliff, and it starts a lot earlier than it used to — IGF's old Growth tier covered 100 orders for $68/mo; the current Seeding Scaler covers half that volume for more money.
Seed's ladder
Free: $0/mo, 5 orders/mo, 1 campaign. Starter: $49/mo, 50 orders/mo, 5 campaigns. Seed: $99/mo or $990/yr, unlimited orders. Concierge: $299/mo, done-for-you.
Who should pay more for Influencer Gift Form
IGF has been live long enough to collect 56 App Store reviews at 5.0 stars, as of September 2026. Seed launched 2026-05-13 and has 3. If a merchant weighs App Store social proof heavily before installing anything into their Shopify admin, that gap is real and I'm not going to pretend otherwise. A brand that wants the reassurance of a longer, more reviewed track record before trusting a gifting tool with real orders has a legitimate reason to start with IGF, even at a higher price per order tier. Cost isn't the only variable a buyer weighs, and trust built over time is worth something.
There's also a straightforward case for IGF's Creator Community or Enterprise tier over Seed if a brand specifically needs custom features that IGF has built and Seed hasn't. I can't see IGF's private roadmap, so if there's a workflow they've shipped that we haven't, that's a real reason to pick them, not a hypothetical one.
This page gets re-verified quarterly as both ladders change. See our full Influencer Gift Form alternatives, the Seed vs. Influencer Gift Form comparison, or what happens when you cross the Seeding Scaler's order cap mid-campaign. Compare the full breakdown at /pricing, or install Seed directly at apps.shopify.com/influencer-form.
Frequently asked questions
What does Influencer Gift Form cost?
As of September 2026, IGF has no free tier. Seeding Scaler runs $99/mo (50 orders/mo, creator CRM, priority support, 7-day trial), Creator Community runs $420/mo (1,000 orders/mo, recurring gifts and re-gifting), and Enterprise is a sales call away with no published price.
What happens when a program crosses IGF's 50-order Seeding Scaler cap?
Seeding Scaler caps at exactly 50 orders with zero headroom. One order over in a busy month bumps the account to Creator Community at $420/mo, a 324% price jump for crossing a single-order line.
How does Seed's mechanism differ from IGF's?
Both create real $0 Shopify draft orders from a branded link. Seed runs gate-first: no order object gets created until a human approves it. Seed's form also runs on the merchant's own domain, and post-delivery it reads Shopify's webhooks to move creators into Kanban tracking automatically.
Is Influencer Gift Form more trusted than Seed?
By review count, yes. IGF holds 5.0 stars across 56 App Store reviews as of September 2026; Seed has 3, having launched 2026-05-13. A brand that weighs App Store social proof heavily has a legitimate reason to start with IGF.
At what order volume does Seed cost less than IGF?
From the first order, since IGF no longer has a free plan and its cheapest tier is $99/mo. At 500 orders a month the gap widens further: $420/mo for IGF's Creator Community tier against Seed's flat $99/mo Seed plan.