Instead of GRIN
Stop renting GRIN. Own your creator programme.
We build your version around your brands, your creators and the way you brief, approve and pay, bring your GRIN creator list across, and run it for you. Every creator, post, gift and fee sits in a database you own, with no cut of the money you send creators.
GRIN's own pricing page lists Scale at US$1,500 a month, which is US$18,000 a year, plus a 5 per cent management fee on every dollar you put in the wallet that pays creators. Starter is US$200 a month plus 10 per cent.
- check_circleYour data in a database you own
- check_circleOpen source, no lock-in
- check_circleBuilt and run by Enterprise DNA
What the subscription covers
You pay for screens over your own creator list
Here is what GRIN's pricing page charges for, and which parts are really the front end over a list of people, posts and payments.
A cut of the money you send creators
Every plan adds a management fee when you fund the wallet that pays creators: 10 per cent on Starter, 7 on Growth, 5 on Scale. The more your programme spends on creators, the more GRIN earns.
A monthly platform charge on top
Starter is US$200 a month, Growth US$500 and Scale US$1,500, or US$18,000 a year. Enterprise is a custom annual agreement.
Export behind a paid plan
The pricing page lists exporting creator lists and contact emails from Starter up. On the Free plan your creator list stays inside GRIN.
Gift limits by tier
The plans cap gifts a month: 100 on Starter, 300 on Growth, 1,000 on Scale. Sending more product to creators is an upgrade conversation.
Several brands only on Growth and up
Running more than one brand needs Growth or higher. An agency with clients pays for the tier, not for the work.
A pipeline over a list
Stages, campaign boards and creator profiles are screens over one record per creator and one per deal: a person, a fee, a due date, a post link.
Your own creator programme
Start with what the programme manager checks every morning
Rules
Every post labelled the way the codes ask
The advertising rules New Zealand and Australian brands work under, checked on every post and at every approval.
- check Posts with no ad label, or #ad buried after the other hashtags, found the day they go up
- check Gifted posts held to the same rule as paid ones
- check Vitamin and supplement testimonials from paid or gifted creators in Australia refused at approval, labelled or not
- check Product does not ship and drafts are not approved until the creator has signed terms that say how to label the post
Value
What each creator really cost
Fees and product together, against the numbers each post earned, across every campaign you have run.
- check Cost per engagement and tracked sales for every dollar, per creator, not per follower
- check Which gifts turned into a post, and who has kept product without posting
- check Late posts counted, so the next shortlist knows who delivers
- check Who to invite next: right niche and market, not already on the campaign, best engagement first
Rights
Content reused inside the rights you paid for
Usage rights, whitelisting and exclusivity recorded on each deal and checked before content runs as an ad.
- check Content still running as an ad after its rights ended, found the same day
- check Rights ending this month flagged while the ad is live or whitelisted
- check An ad cannot be switched on with no rights recorded or rights already ended
- check Exclusivity dates kept with the deal, so a competing brand booking is caught early
Money
Every creator paid on time, nothing paid twice
Fees owed per deal, with the invoice, the due date and what has been paid, in each brand's own currency.
- check Who is owed, on which invoice, and how many days late
- check A fee falls due a set number of days after the last post goes up
- check A payment larger than what is owed is refused
- check Budget against committed and paid, per campaign and per brand
Make it yours
Design your own GRIN replacement
Everything starts from the open-source base. Then it gets your name, the parts you run, your rules and your data from GRIN. Try it here, and we build the real one.
2. What it runs
3. Make it fit
4. Your colour
Answered from your own database
Good morning. Here is what needs you today.
We build it from the open-source base, bring your GRIN data across and run it for you.
What it looks like
Ask it like you would ask a colleague
Real answers from fictional demo records for an Auckland agency running creators for a skincare brand, a coffee roaster and a vitamin brand sold in Australia. The programme manager asks the question and checks the records behind the answer.
Influencer Marketing for Claude Code
Connected to your own database
What needs fixing in the creator programme today?
# Area What 1 disclosure P-2005 Jack Pereira post for Cold Brew Gifting (SR): label "#ad" not upfront 1 therapeutic P-2009 Grace Patel reel for Kowhai Vitamins: a testimonial from a paid or gifted creator 1 agreement K-1003 Mia Thompson on Summer SPF Launch: content due with no signed terms 1 agreement K-1005 Tom Wiremu on Cold Brew Gifting: product sent with no signed terms 1 rights P-2010 Aroha Ngata reel for Tide & Fern Skincare running as an ad 5 days past its rights (ended 2026-10-24) 1 therapeutic P-2008 draft from Ella Brooks for Kowhai Vitamins is a testimonial: it cannot be approved for Australia 2 late content P-2006 post from Tom Wiremu for Cold Brew Gifting, 4 days late 2 late content P-2004 tiktok from Mia Thompson for Summer SPF Launch, 3 days late 2 payment K-1001 Aroha Ngata: $900 2 days overdue on INV-AN-118 2 shipment G-303 Cold brew bundle (4 x 1 L) to Mia Thompson sent 6 days ago, not delivered (NZ Post NZ00413502)
Ask it anything
Questions answered from your creator records
Real questions the free version answers today on its demo data. They are not a claim that GRIN cannot produce a custom report.
Switching
How to switch from GRIN
The move usually involves exporting your creator list, testing the import, reviewing exceptions and deciding which older records are worth bringing across.
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Export your GRIN records
Starter and above can export creator lists and contact emails. Export those before you cancel, since GRIN’s Free plan cannot export creator lists. If you want to keep other history, such as campaigns, gifts, deliverables, rights or metrics, export what your account allows and check with GRIN about the available options. The creator list and contact emails are the records the importer is set up to bring in.
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Load the creator list
With the database ready, bring in the creator list and contact emails. Start with the importer’s test run so you can see how it reads the rows before anything is added. It recognizes common column names and remembers GRIN IDs, emails and handles, so a repeat import does not create duplicate records. Numbers from insights can also be imported.
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Review the import flags
Check the rows the importer reports it cannot place, then review the field mapping before you rely on the records. Some columns may not match your setup, and the importer reports rows it cannot place rather than silently treating them as complete. Resolve those records or decide how to handle them, and check that creator emails and handles are associated with the right people.
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Run both systems side by side
Keep GRIN available for a short period while you use the new system for the same work. Compare creator records and the details you rely on, including campaign activity, gifts, deliverables, rights and metrics you chose to bring over. Use the parallel period to catch missing records or field mapping issues before GRIN is no longer your reference.
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Switch off GRIN
Once you have checked the imported records and are comfortable using the new system for your work, stop relying on GRIN and cancel it. Make sure you have exported the records you want to keep before cancellation, especially if your plan does not allow creator list export. Your records in the new system are held in a database you own, rather than in a GRIN dashboard.
Where the real effort goes
The import itself is only part of the work. Most of the effort is usually mapping your fields and rules, then deciding how much history to bring and handling records that do not fit the mapping. The importer reports rows it cannot place, so you can review them rather than assume everything carried over. If Enterprise DNA runs it for you, they handle this mapping and migration work.
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Start with the free version or have your version built
Open source
Do it yourself
Free code
- 1 Clone the repo and run npm install, npm test and npm run demo.
- 2 Open it in Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode or Cursor.
- 3 Add your brands, campaigns and creators by asking for them.
- 4 Export your creators from GRIN to CSV and run the import with --dry-run first.
Built around your business
We customise it
One setup fee, then a retainer
- check Your brands, your briefs, your approval steps and your ad label rules
- check Your GRIN creator list brought across and checked against your live campaigns
- check Post numbers and discount code sales pulled in from the platforms and your store, and a web screen for your team if you want one
- check Your own terms, campaign reports and payment advice with your name on them
Omni by Enterprise DNA
We run it for you
One setup fee, then a retainer
- check Installed and operated through Omni by Enterprise DNA
- check Access for the programme manager, the account team and each brand's approver
- check Backups, restore checks and updates looked after
- check The Monday programme meeting and the chasers prepared for you to approve
Questions
Instead of GRIN, answered
How do we find new creators without GRIN's search? expand_more
The free version does not search the social networks. You add the creators you find, one at a time or from a spreadsheet, and it keeps their numbers, their history and what they cost you. If discovery matters to you, we connect a search tool to your version when we build it, and the creators you pick land straight in your records.
How does our creator list come across from GRIN? expand_more
GRIN's pricing page lists exporting creator lists and contact emails on Starter and above. Export before you cancel and the list comes in with a test run first; running it twice does not double anything, and a handle that matches someone with a different email is set aside for you to decide. Matching your own fields is part of what we do on the paid paths.
What stops someone approving a post that breaks the rules? expand_more
The system refuses. A draft is not approved until the creator has signed terms that tell them how to label the post, and a testimonial for a vitamin or supplement sold in Australia from a creator you paid or gifted is refused whatever its label. A live post with no label, or a label at the end, is recorded and flagged the same day. Every check names the rule behind it.
Does it pay our creators? expand_more
No. It records what each creator is owed, the invoice and the due date, and you pay from your own bank or accounts system as you do for any supplier. That is why there is no fee on the money you send creators. When we run it for you, the payment list is prepared for you to approve.
What do we pay Enterprise DNA? expand_more
The code is free. A version built and run for your brand or agency has one setup fee, then a retainer. It does not grow with your creator spend, your number of brands or your gifts a month. Sam looks at your GRIN plan, your brands and how you run campaigns before agreeing the scope.
Own the records behind your next campaign
Take 30 minutes with Sam to go through your GRIN plan, how a creator moves from the first message to the brief to the post to the payment, and which rules your brands work under. We map your programme and agree what your version needs before you change anything.
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