Beiersdorf · 42.3M total reach- 129Campaigns
- 4Markets
- 3 yrsRunning
Across four markets and three years, NIVEA has run 129 campaigns on Hypefy, and it keeps adding more.
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The Campaign Power of CreatorIQ, Without the Six-Figure Contract
CreatorIQ is built for global giants, with annual contracts that start around $30,000 and rollouts measured in months.
Hypefy gets you running full campaigns in days, and you pay exactly only your campaign budget, not a cent more.
250M+creators sourced from Instagram and TikTok
350+brands and agencies running campaigns
2K+campaigns delivered end-to-end
48hfrom brief to live campaign
Enterprise Heavyweight vs. Fast, Full-Service Platform
CreatorIQ is a powerful system, with deep analytics, compliance tooling, and integrations built for large global teams.
The honest question is what you use day to day versus what you pay for.
Here's how the two line up on the parts most brands touch.
Capability
Free until launchModel
All-in-one software suite
your team operates it in-house
Automated campaign platformbrief in, campaign out
Running the campaign
Your team builds and manages it
tooling, not execution
Run for you end-to-endmatching, outreach, pricing, payments
Explaining the picks
You interpret the dashboards
analytics tooling, conclusions are on you
Every pick explained in writingscored for brand, campaign, and safety fit
Enterprise reporting & integrations
Extensive
custom dashboards, data warehouse, open API
Campaign dashboardfull performance reporting, fewer custom integrations
Time to first campaign
Rollout measured in months
onboarding and implementation
Live in days48 hours from brief to live
Creator pricing
Your team negotiates rates
manual, per creator
Smart Pricing sets rates automaticallyAI-driven, data-based offers
Commitment
Annual contract
paid whether you launch or not
Pay per campaignno subscription, no lock-in
Pricing model
From ~$30K/yr (est.)
into six figures for large deployments
Nothing until launchfee inside the budget, not on top
Best for
Fortune 500 enterprises
large in-house teams and global programs
Brands & agenciesthat want campaigns run for them
$0 Until You Launch vs. A Six-Figure Annual Contract
CreatorIQ doesn't publish pricing, but industry reviews put entry-level contracts at around $30,000 a year, climbing into six figures for large deployments. You commit to that for a year before a single campaign runs.
Hypefy works the other way around.
Pay per campaign$0 until launch
You pay exactly the campaign budget you set, with the fee already counted in that number rather than charged separately. Nothing is due until a campaign goes live, and a quiet month costs you nothing.
Annual contractFrom ~$30K/yr
A year-long commitment paid upfront, with setup that can take months and costs that climb into six figures for larger programs. You pay for the year regardless of how many campaigns you run.
Then there's Smart Pricing
Instead of your team negotiating a rate with every creator, Hypefy's AI sets each offer from real campaign performance data rather than follower count.
Every offer is sized to a creator's results, so a single fixed budget reaches more of the right creators without overpaying for any one of them.
Before you sign off on the list, Hypefy pairs that budget with launch projections, such as outreach volume, likely acceptances, expected content, impressions, and engagement. You get that forecasting without a platform license sitting behind it.
Why Brands Leave CreatorIQ for Hypefy
CreatorIQ earns its place for large organizations with in-house influencer teams. Here's where Hypefy suits a brand that wants the results without the contract, the rollout, and the team to run it.
- 01
No six-figure contract
There's no annual license to sign and nothing to pay until you launch. You pay per campaign, and only the budget you set, fee included.
- 02
Live in days, not months
You go from brief to a live campaign in 48 hours, instead of waiting out a months-long setup before your first campaign is even live.
- 03
The campaign is handled for you
Hypefy matches, briefs, prices, and manages every creator, and handles payments. It's the work done for you, not a dashboard and an account manager checking in.
- 04
Launch in any market
Multi-currency, multi-market, and EU VAT are handled natively, so you can launch across borders without billing workarounds.
- 05
AI matching with a reason
Hypefy's AI builds audience personas from your brief, matches creators semantically by the meaning of their content, and attaches reasoning and fit scores to every pick.
What Our Customers Say
Hypefy makes my work easier with a clear overview of influencers, budgets, and results.
Andrea JelonjićSocial Media Marketing Specialist @ dm drogerie marktHypefy helped us build brand awareness through authentic campaigns with great reach, engagement, and a simple, smooth process.
Eva BizjakMarketing Assistant @ Atlantic Droga Kolinska
Martina SmolaMarketing Manager @ TorterieCampaigns We've Run and What They Delivered
A look at what these campaigns delivered across markets and categories.
Beiersdorf · 42.3M total reach
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- 14Markets
- 18 moTimeframe
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- 5 moTimeframe
Every new menu item gets its own campaign. burgerme ran five launches across Germany, reaching 1.42 million people.
Big-Brand Results, Without the Big-Brand Price Tag
Bring us a brief, and we'll handle the campaign for you. Most go live within 48 hours, with no annual contract and no bill until your campaign is live.
CreatorIQ Alternatives FAQs
It depends on what you need. CreatorIQ is a strong fit for Fortune 500 enterprises with dedicated influencer teams, deep compliance requirements, and big martech integrations.
If you want those results without the six-figure contract and the long rollout, Hypefy is built for that. It handles the whole campaign, from matching creators through to pricing, managing, and paying them, and you can be live in days.
There's no annual license with Hypefy, so there's nothing to pay until you run a campaign.
CreatorIQ doesn't share its pricing, but reviews say contracts start at about $30,000 a year and can go much higher for big clients. You pay for a full year up front, no matter how much you use it.
With Hypefy, you pay what you set as your campaign budget, and Smart Pricing sets each creator's rate on real performance data, so that budget reaches more of the right creators.
CreatorIQ is a full software rollout, so onboarding and implementation can stretch across months before your first campaign goes live.
Hypefy works from a brief, and most campaigns are live within 48 hours. There's no platform to stand up or team to train first.
Hypefy delivers campaigns for large brands like NIVEA across multiple markets, with creators sourced live and priced on real data.
The difference is delivery. CreatorIQ gives a big in-house team a deep toolset to operate, while Hypefy handles the campaign for you.
If you need heavy compliance workflows and custom martech integrations across a global program, CreatorIQ covers that ground. If you want results at that level without operating the system yourself, Hypefy is built for it.
The AI reads your brief and derives several audience personas from it, then runs a semantic search that evaluates what each creator's content means rather than which keywords it contains.
A skincare campaign surfaces creators whose posts are genuinely about routines and ingredients, bio keywords or not.
Every selection is documented with a written rationale plus separate scores for brand fit, campaign fit, and safety. Your team reviews and approves before launch, and can pin specific creators to the outreach via the wishlist.
No. Hypefy works per campaign, with no subscription and no yearly commitment.
You run a campaign when you need one and pay for that campaign. If you go a few months without launching a campaign, you pay nothing.
Yes. Hypefy handles EU VAT and multiple currencies out of the box and launches campaigns across markets, so European brands can get started without billing workarounds. It works globally too, so a campaign in one country and a campaign in another work the same way.
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