A Publisher Discovery alternative, honestly compared
Publisher Discovery is the reference product for affiliate recruitment. The difference is what happens after you sign them.
What Publisher Discovery does
It maps affiliate publishers across networks, lets you benchmark against competitors, identify publisher gaps and score recruitment opportunities. Its own materials describe analysing millions of publishers across billions of data points, and third-party listings put entry pricing in the low hundreds per month, which makes it accessible to programmes of almost any size.
For the specific question "who is promoting my competitors and not me", it is a direct, well-built answer.
Choose Publisher Discovery if
- You are building or rebuilding a programme and need volume of qualified prospects fast
- You work across many networks and want a single view of them
- Budget is tight and recruitment is the whole job
Where Kaspero is different
| Dimension | Kaspero | Publisher Discovery |
|---|---|---|
| Core question | Who is promoting my competitors, and what exactly are they saying | Who is promoting my competitors |
| After recruitment | Keeps watching the same partners for placement, offer accuracy and compliance | Discovery is the product |
| Database breadth | Narrower, focused on the markets you name | Very broad, cross-network |
| Regulated markets | Per-market advertising rules built in | Not a compliance product |
| Entry price | Quoted per programme | Low entry point |
Choose Kaspero if
Recruitment is not the end of the relationship. In a regulated market the partner you sign today is a liability you carry tomorrow, and the tool that found them should be the tool that keeps an eye on what they publish. One crawl, both answers.
If you only ever need a prospect list, a discovery tool is the cheaper right answer, and we would say so. If you want the manual version of what these tools automate, we published it: how to find the affiliates promoting your competitors.
Competitor capabilities described here are drawn from published materials and third-party listings, and were last checked on 29 August 2026.