On Collabstr, search 1.1 million opted-in creators for free, see their rates upfront, and hire without cold emails or a subscription. Modash charges $299/month for a database you have to cold-email and hope for a response.
Free to search and hire influencers. No credit card required.
| Feature | Modash | Collabstr Recommended | What this means for you |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cost to search | Paid subscription from $299/month. No meaningful free tier. | Free. No subscription required. | You evaluate 1.1M+ creators and see their rates before spending a dollar. |
| Creator opt-in | Scraped database. Creators are not on the platform and do not know they are listed. | Every creator signed up, set their own rate, and is ready to work. | The first message you send is to someone who is expecting to collaborate, not a cold email they may never open. |
| Pricing visibility | No creator rates shown. Modash uses CPM estimation to suggest fair rates. | Rates on every profile before you reach out. | You know your campaign cost before you start a single conversation. |
| Outreach model | Cold email via Gmail or Outlook integration. Limited to 150 creator contact emails per month on Essentials. | Message creators directly inside the platform after booking. No cold outreach required. | You never send a cold email. Every creator you contact is already open to working with brands. |
| Payments | In-platform payments available on Performance and Enterprise plans only, with a 5% fee after each tier’s included annual limit. | Escrow. Payment held until you approve the content. | You never pay for content you have not seen and approved. Full refund if a creator does not deliver. |
| Contracts | No in-platform contract management. Drafted and sent externally as PDFs. | Deliverables, timelines, and terms agreed inside the platform before any money moves. | No PDFs, no email threads. Every collaboration has a clear record in one place. |
| Campaign briefs | No inbound application flow. You build lists and send outreach. | Post a brief to 1.1M+ creators. Targeted creators apply to you. | Qualified creators come to you. You review applicants instead of building cold lists. |
| Performance tracking | Passive tracking available via the all content collector, but requires configuration per campaign before tracking begins. | Tracked automatically every 24 hours. No setup or creator action required. | Your campaign data is always current without depending on creator follow-through. |
| Tax forms | Handled outside the platform. | W-9 and W-8 collected automatically in platform. | No chasing paperwork. Every collaboration has a complete payment and tax record. |
| Free tier | 14-day trial only. No ongoing free access. | Free to search and hire influencers indefinitely. | Start today. Find, evaluate, and book a creator without ever paying a subscription. |
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You need to move fast across multiple campaigns without managing a separate outreach, contract, and payment process for every creator. On Modash, search is the strong suit but everything after it, the email, the negotiation, the contract, the payment, happens outside the platform. Collabstr keeps the full workflow in one place. Search, brief, hire, approve, and pay from the same dashboard.
You want creators who are ready to work, not a list you have to cold-email and wait on. Modash’s Essentials plan limits outreach to 150 creator contact emails per month and shows no creator rates, so you negotiate blind. On Collabstr, every creator’s rate is on their profile, search is free, and you pay only when content is delivered and approved.
You manage multiple client campaigns and cannot afford a workflow where contracts are PDFs and payments are manual transfers. Modash requires in-platform payments only at $100,000+ annual influencer spend, which makes it impractical for smaller client budgets. On Collabstr, escrow payments and in-platform agreements work from the first collaboration, regardless of spend level.
Wealthsimple used Collabstr to launch Wealthsimple Cash across Canada. They shortlisted 46 influencers using keyword and location filters, worked with 29 across Instagram and TikTok, and generated over 3 million impressions. Content ran as TikTok Spark Ads to drive additional reach and downloads.Read the Wealthsimple Case Study
Modash indexes publicly available social data across 380M+ profiles. Creators are not on the platform. They do not know they are listed, and you contact them through cold email via a Gmail or Outlook integration. Getting a response is not guaranteed. On Collabstr, every creator signed up, built their profile, set a rate, and agreed to collaborate through the platform. When you reach out, you are contacting someone who is already in.
Try Collabstr FreeWhen you reach out, you are contacting someone already in.
Modash does not show creator rates inside the platform. The recommended method is CPM estimation: estimate a fair rate based on average views and a $25 per thousand eyeballs benchmark. You cold-email the creator, negotiate a price you estimated, and hope it lands. On Collabstr, every creator sets their own rate and it is visible on their profile before you reach out. What you see is what you pay.
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What you see is what you pay.
On Modash, in-platform payments are available on Performance and Enterprise plans only, with a 5% fee applied after each tier’s included annual limit. On Collabstr, every payment is held in escrow from the moment you book. The creator receives funds only after you review and approve the delivered content. If the creator does not deliver, you receive a full refund.
We tried Modash on a free trial. The creator response rate was low, the platform was too complex, and it was too slow for our timeline.
The granular search filters [on Modash] often return disappointing results. You set high criteria and end up with very few matches. And the fundamental limitation is that you get a list, not creators who are ready to accept briefs.
The inbox and emailing functionalities are pretty limited [on Modash].
[Modash’s] contracting phase is still manual. I currently have to draft agreements externally.
Source creator content for paid social without a production budget. Brief creators on format, specs, and usage rights. Content is delivered and cleared for paid use through the platform.
See how UGC works on Collabstr →Run campaigns at any budget. Post a brief, review applicants, manage deliverables, and track performance from one dashboard. No cold outreach. No subscription required to start.
See how influencer marketing works on Collabstr →Move from flat-fee to performance-based from the same dashboard. Recruit creators from the marketplace or bring your own. Pay per post, click, or conversion.
See how affiliate marketing works on Collabstr →Wealthsimple shortlisted 46 influencers, worked with 29, and generated over 3 million impressions. Content ran as TikTok Spark Ads for additional reach.
Read the Case Study →No subscription, no cold outreach, no credit card. See rates on every profile and book your first collaboration today.
