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Storytime pricing

Starting at $10 per influencer collab

Vetted local creators visit your business and post about it, for up to 70× less than booking through an agency. Our team quotes each business.

50K+ creators and thousands of brands. Live in New York, Miami, Boston, Washington DC, Philadelphia and the Hamptons.

How Storytime compares

At its starting price, a Storytime collab costs 14×–71× less than one booked through an agency, and 5.5×–20× less than running it with your own staff.

Cost per influencer collab: Storytime compared with other ways to work with creators
OptionCost per collabStorytime from $10 is
Storytimefrom $10
Influencer marketing agency$140–$71014×–71× less92–98% cheaper
Running collabs with your own staff$55–$2055.5×–20× less81–95% cheaper
Paying creators directly$60–$7056×–70× less83–98% cheaper
Other local creator platforms$15–$3001.5×–30× less33–96% cheaper

Estimates from public prices and published benchmarks, checked on 11 November 2026. Every row leaves out the food or product the creator receives.

How these figures are worked out, with 14 sources
Influencer marketing agency
A micro creator’s fee of $100–$500 per Instagram post, plus the agency’s share: on average 30% of spend goes to the agency and 70% to creators. One agency’s published packages work out to $150–$320 per creator. [1][2][3]
Running collabs with your own staff
An estimated 1.2–3.5 hours of staff time per collab to find, message, book and follow up with each creator, at the median US wage for marketing and PR specialists plus benefits, and in the high case a tool for finding creators ($199 a month spread over 10 collabs). The hours are vendor estimates. [4][5][6][7][8]
Paying creators directly
The creator’s fee, plus the same staff time as running collabs yourself. On its own, a small creator’s Story costs $5–$25, about the same as Storytime’s starting price; a micro creator’s post costs up to $500. [9][1]
Other local creator platforms
Published plan prices divided by the creators or videos included: Remy about $15 at its stated 20+ videos a month; DishPair, TryNearby and Mustard about $66–$100; CreatoRain $300 with creator pay included. Creator cash is extra where a plan leaves it out. [10][11][12][13][14]

Storytime’s figure is a starting price, not an average, and your quote can be higher. Every row leaves out the food, drinks, service or product the creator receives, because you provide it whichever route you take. What a collab delivers differs between options: an Instagram Story, a post plus a Story, or a video.

Agency and in-house figures are estimates built from the benchmarks below, not quotes; an agency that books only very small creators can cost less per collab than shown. Platform figures are each company’s published prices. Dollar figures are rounded down to the nearest $5, and multiples and percentages are rounded down.

Sources

  1. Influencer Marketing Hub, Influencer Rates 2026: Instagram micro creators (10,000–100,000 followers) “$100–$500+ per post”. Checked on 11 November 2026.
  2. ANA (Association of National Advertisers), Influencer Marketing Agency Compensation, February 2026 (PDF): Spending “averaged 30 percent for agency services and 70 percent for talent”. Checked on 11 November 2026.
  3. Ainfluencer, Influencer marketing agency packages: $7,999 for 25 creators to $29,999 for 200 creators, about $150–$320 per creator. Checked on 11 November 2026.
  4. Influencer Hero, The Time Equation: About 58 hours to activate 50 influencers with its software, and up to 175 hours by hand (1.2–3.5 hours each). Checked on 11 November 2026.
  5. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Public Relations Specialists, May 2025: Median wage $35.94 an hour. Checked on 11 November 2026.
  6. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists, May 2025: Median wage $37.87 an hour. Checked on 11 November 2026.
  7. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employer Costs for Employee Compensation, June 2026: Private industry: wages $32.82 of $46.89 total compensation per hour (70%). Checked on 11 November 2026.
  8. Modash, Pricing: Essentials $199 a month. Checked on 11 November 2026.
  9. Influencer Marketing Hub, Nano Influencer Rates: Nano creators: Instagram Stories “often $5 to $25 per Story frame”; “$10 to $50 for a static feed post”. Checked on 11 November 2026.
  10. Remy by Feast Analytics, Restaurant influencer marketing platform: $300 a month per location ($150 for Remy plus about $150 of ad spend paid to Meta); “20+ videos a month”. Checked on 11 November 2026.
  11. DishPair, Pricing: $199 a month (founding rate, then $299) for 3 managed creator collaborations; creator compensation separate. Checked on 11 November 2026.
  12. TryNearby, Pricing: $399 a month for 5 local creators, or $999 a quarter for 15. Checked on 11 November 2026.
  13. Mustard, Pricing: $299 for 3 influencers (1 month) to $1,260 for 18 (6 months); cash compensation separate. Checked on 11 November 2026.
  14. CreatoRain, Pricing: “$300 a video, the creator’s pay included”, plus 1–2 meals per visit. Checked on 11 November 2026.

Pricing questions

Is the food or product I give creators part of the price?

The comparison on this page leaves it out for every option, because you give creators your food, service or product whichever route you take. Ask us what your quote covers when you get in touch.

Is there a minimum spend or a contract?

We go through pricing and terms for your business together when you get in touch, before anything starts.

Where is Storytime available?

Storytime is live in New York, Miami, Boston, Washington DC, Philadelphia and the Hamptons, with limited access elsewhere in the US. Brands that sell online can send creators a product or an offer instead of hosting a visit.

What kinds of businesses use Storytime?

Restaurants, cafés, bars, fitness studios, beauty and wellness businesses, retail stores, hotels and hospitality brands, and e-commerce brands.

Why does a collab cost less on Storytime than through an agency?

Most of what an agency or an in-house program costs is people’s time: finding each creator, messaging them, agreeing a fee, booking the visit and chasing the post. On Storytime, creators find your campaign in the Storytime app and join it, so that work isn’t repeated for every creator.

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