What is Impact ?
Impact is one of the biggest names in partnership automation, but its size comes with complexity. The platform offers a vast ecosystem of features for tracking, contracting and managing partners, yet the interface often feels slow and unintuitive. Many users find setup and campaign management cumbersome, with basic actions buried under layers of configuration. While Impact delivers strong reporting and integrations, it is better suited for enterprise teams with dedicated staff than for lean marketing operations. For smaller or mid-sized programs it often feels like using a corporate ERP to send an email.
One platform. All the tools.
From tracking to payouts – Paldock replaces the mess.
Impact vs PalDock
We spent hundreds of hours researching our competitors. Instead of guessing, we built a full step-by-step guide on How to choose the right affiliate software. We used it ourselves to analyze dozens of different tools, mapping over 30 features and limitations along the way. We didn’t stop at the surface. We actually integrated them and went through their onboarding like real users. These are the key differences:
| Impact | PalDock | |
|---|---|---|
| Tracks affiliate links |  | |
| Lead generation |  | |
| Lead distribution | | |
| Advanced lead handling | | |
