GRIN
All-in-one creator management platform for DTC brands
Score breakdown
What makes up this score
- 1 independent review sources
- 483 third-party reviews counted
- 1 answer engines measured
- cross-model consistency 1
- 10 web authority signals
- average citing-domain authority 35
- 100% of the category rubric covered
- No approved user reviews yet
Explanation
Why GRIN ranks #1
GRIN ranks #1 of 9 influencer marketing with a TOP SCORE of 57.
That is 17 points above the category average of 40.
Its strongest component is External Reputation at 83; its weakest is Web Authority at 29.
No usable evidence was found for TOP10 User Score, so that weight was redistributed across the components that are evidenced.
Generated from the recorded evidence behind this score, not from editorial opinion. How scoring works.
Score history
How the score has moved
63 → 57 ↓6.4
External reputation
What third-party sources publish
| Source | Published | Normalised | Reviews | Last checked | Method |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G2 ↗ | 4.5/5 | 90 | 483 | 31 Aug 2026 | permitted crawl |
AI visibility
How answer engines treat this platform
| Engine | Mention | Recommendation | Citation | Avg position | Queries | Measured |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| claude sonnet 5 parametric | 42% | 17% | 0% | 3.2 | 12 | 31 Aug 2026 |
Web authority
Citations and independent coverage
- G231 Aug 2026
- TrustRadius31 Aug 2026
- Vendr31 Aug 2026
- Software Advice31 Aug 2026
- Brandwave31 Aug 2026
- StackScored31 Aug 2026
- Archive31 Aug 2026
- Flinque31 Aug 2026
- Partnrup31 Aug 2026
- Influencer Marketing Hub31 Aug 2026
TOP10 users
What our users report
No published reviews yet. Reviews are moderated before they appear and are never removed at a business's request.
Company information
The facts on file
- Description
- GRIN is an all-in-one creator/influencer management platform built for brands running their own in-house creator programs rather than buying placements from a marketplace. Per the vendor's own product pages it covers creator recruiting and communications, product seeding and shipping, discount codes and affiliate links, revenue attribution, content collection and creator payments including 1099 handling. It is positioned primarily at e-commerce/DTC brands on Shopify, WooCommerce or Magento with rosters large enough to justify a full CRM and fulfilment workflow.
- Category
- Influencer Marketing
- Founded
- 2014
- Headquarters
- Sacramento, California, United States
- Products
- Creator CRM and communications (email templates, automated sequences, open/click/reply tracking), Product seeding and fulfilment, Affiliate links and discount code management, Revenue attribution and ROI reporting, Creator payments and commissions with 1099 handling, Content collection and management, Gia AI assistant (per third-party pricing account, unconfirmed)
- Markets
- DTC/e-commerce brands, Mid-market, Enterprise, Agencies (as partner seats)
- Countries
- United States
- Integrations
- Shopify, WooCommerce, Magento, API access (reported on top self-serve tier, unconfirmed)
- Pricing
- Not published — third-party claims range from $200/month to ~$2,000+/month and contradict each other · free tier: Unverified — one third-party source claims a $0 tier, another claims a 30-day trial, another claims no free trial pricing page ↗
- Regulatory
- Nothing verified. The only adjacent fact is the vendor's claim to handle 1099 tax forms for creator payments. No SOC 2, GDPR, data-processing or FTC disclosure-compliance tooling was confirmed; company background (founded 2014, Sacramento CA) is third-party and unconfirmed.
- Official website
- https://grin.co ↗
- Last verified
- 31 Aug 2026
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Category context
- This platform57
- Category leader57
- Category average40
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