Best CPA Networks

Perform[cb] took an assertive stance when the pandemic hit, continuing to invest in their platform and in growth opportunities. The result is that after a year of change, they have retained their #1 spot as the best CPA network overall. Publishers love their innovative optimization and campaign management tools. Advertisers appreciate the super-responsive and experienced ad rep team. Perform[cb] says, "Perform[cb] empowers brands to acquire new customers through incremental digital channels on a pay for results model. Our proprietary technology and highly-curated partner marketplace aligns “cost-per” pricing with customer lifetime value."

MaxBounty has been a leader in the industry for more than a decade. Winners of our Advertiser's Choice award last year, they maintained a high level of support this time around missing out by the narrowest of margins. Publishers and advertisers in the Blue Book survey praised their nimble handling of the effects of the pandemic and their client and partner support. With experienced leadership, excellent technology and a solid reputation, MaxBounty is well-positioned to gain market-share in 2021.

DMS Performance Ad Market (previously W4) has gone from strength to strength since their acquisition two years ago. Always popular with publishers, DMS has clearly worked hard to generate the advertiser enthusiasm and votes in this year's Blue Book survey. DMS says, “With a focus on high-quality traffic and high-touch support, DMS Performance Ad Market (formerly W4) connects leading advertisers with industry-leading publishers, leveraging the DMS proprietary tracking platform to execute and optimize high-converting CPA, CPL, CPC and CPM campaigns across diverse media channels, including email, native, search, social media and more.”

An international network with offices across the world, ClickDealer now offers clients a broad range of agency services

Based out of Québec, Canada, CrakRevenue is an established network with a growing reputation. Very solid.

A San Diego-based network, A4D is aggressive, smart and has a loyal band of publishers.

The Miami-based network founded by Sonny Palta is a big hit with publishers in our survey, and is ranked in the GLOBAL20 for the first time this year.

A small, up-and-coming Spanish network, Toro received enthusiastic support from advertisers and publishers alike.

Phil Shapiro is one of the success stories of the affiliate marketing world and his network shows why that is. A lot of love from affiliates.

A data-driven digital marketing leader providing premium media solutions to the world’s leading brands and agencies.

Mobidea is an award-winning Mobile Affiliate Network specialized in mobile offers for affiliate marketers. Driven by technology and education, Mobidea knows +130k affiliates and what drives them to succeed.

AWM is particularly strong in Content Locking and run on their own proprietary platform in order to deliver a great publisher experience.

CPALead has been a success in the industry for over a decade and this year achieved their best ever ranking in the BLUE BOOK survey.

Based in Oklahoma, RevenueAds has been around for a decade or more. This is their first time in the Blue Book top 20, with our response panel particularly mentioning their email list marketing and lead-gen capabilities.

Convert2Media, better known as C2M, is based in Florida and has been around since 2007. Very experienced, smart and with a network of committed affiliates, C2M was one of our top-rated networks for several years and is now welcomed back into the top 20.

A Dutch network founded in 2012, Advidi is the epitome of what a modern forward-thinking network should be, with an emphasis on brand safety, analytics and design. This is their first entry into the Blue Book top 20 and we would not be surprised to see them stick around for a while.

A leading European network, Admitad is a truly international network with extensive reach. Admitad says, "Admitad GmbH is an international CPA affiliate advertising network of over 80,000 active and verified publishers and 1,600 advertisers. Established in 2010, the company is headquartered in Heilbronn, Germany, with 7 offices across the world and sales in over 80 countries. We provide managed promotion on the CPA/Rev-Share model across our global affiliate network of 15 different traffic categories in 15 different languages."

Founded in 2014, AdCombo focuses on tier-2 geos such as Eastern Europe, South Asia and Latin America. They get a lot of support from international affiliates and are new to our rankings this year.

ValuLeads has been in or around the Top 20 for several years. They have a strong agency-based approach to their advertisers, and are well-liked by the affiliates in the BLUE BOOK survey.

Founded in 2007, lemonads is one of the bigger affiliate networks in Europe. They claim more than 10,000 network partners across the world. Their service-oriented company culture and good technology platform attracts a lot of support from both advertisers and publishers in the Blue Book survey.