Introduction
Same split as a few of these matchups: one is a service, one is software. inBeat is an agency that delivers micro influencer and UGC campaigns for you. Find Your Influence is a platform you operate, with a managed tier if you want help. Decide how much of the work you want to keep.
The Creator Outreach Toolkit
12 email templates that get replies, a 50 point vetting checklist and rate scripts. Built from 4 years of creator campaigns.
Start free, no card →inBeat Agency
inBeat is a fully managed micro influencer and paid social agency that opened in 2018 and works out of Montreal and Los Angeles. It casts from a pool of 25,000 plus vetted micro creators, produces UGC and wires it into paid media so the numbers that move are acquisition cost and return on ad spend. The work skews to direct to consumer, mobile apps and consumer packaged goods, with a senior strategist steering each account. Best for brands that want the campaigns done for them with a performance bent.
Find Your Influence
Find Your Influence (FYI) launched in 2013 in Scottsdale, Arizona and bills itself as software built by marketers for marketers. It pairs a discovery tool spanning more than 23 million creator profiles with an opt in network of active creators, plus automatic tracking links and full reporting. You can run it self serve or take the white glove managed route and its client list includes Zappos, Pfizer, Netflix, Walmart and Mattel, with Pinterest naming it an official influencer marketing platform. Best for brands or agencies that want to drive campaigns on their own software at scale.
How to choose
Decide who does the work. If you want micro creators and UGC delivered for you with a performance focus, inBeat is the agency for that. If you would rather run campaigns on your own software, with the safety net of a managed option, Find Your Influence gives you the platform and the network. Done for you on one side, do it yourself on the other.
Another option
If the self serve route appeals but you want vetting depth above all, Flinque is another platform to weigh. It indexes 10M plus verified creators across four platforms and roughly 200 data points each, so you screen audience quality before you ever reach out. It focuses on discovery and vetting rather than full campaign management.
Run discovery and vetting on your own terms
Flinque indexes 10M plus verified creators across Instagram, YouTube, TikTok and X. Filter by audience and engagement, check roughly 200 data points per creator and start free with no sales call.
FAQs
Is inBeat an agency or a platform?
inBeat is a fully managed agency, not software. Its team casts micro creators, produces UGC and runs paid social for you, with a focus on lowering customer acquisition cost. It is a done for you model rather than a tool you operate.
What is Find Your Influence?
Find Your Influence (FYI) is a SaaS influencer marketing platform founded in 2013 in Scottsdale, Arizona. It combines a discovery tool of more than 23 million profiles with an opt in creator network, tracking links and reporting, available self serve or as a white glove managed service.
inBeat or Find Your Influence, which should I pick?
Choose inBeat if you want micro creator and UGC campaigns delivered for you with a performance focus. Choose Find Your Influence if you would rather run campaigns on your own software at scale, with a managed option in reserve.
Does Find Your Influence offer a self serve option?
Yes. FYI offers both a self serve platform for brands that want to run campaigns themselves and a white glove managed service for those who prefer expert guidance, drawing on the same discovery tool and creator network.
Is there a more vetting focused platform?
Yes. Flinque is discovery and vetting software with 10M plus verified creators and roughly 200 data points each across four platforms, built for screening audience quality before outreach rather than running full campaigns.