# Awaitful vs spinyield

> spinyield and Awaitful both pay 70% through Stripe. spinyield brings a novel fraud proof; Awaitful brings verifiable privacy, four surfaces, and a lower first payout.

- Source: https://awaitful.com/compare/spinyield
- Competitor: spinyield (spinyield.com)
- Details checked: 2026-07-11

spinyield matches Awaitful on the split and the rail: 70% through Stripe. Its distinguishing idea is a genuinely clever answer to the fraud problem every product here has.

Both proofs are worth having. They just prove different things, and only one of them is about your privacy.

## Side by side

| Feature | Awaitful | spinyield |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Developer share | 70% | 70% |
| First payout minimum | $5, then $10 | $10 |
| Payout method and reach | Stripe, United States at launch | Stripe |
| Where the line shows | Four: thinking line, terminal, status bar, chat banner | Thinking line, VS Code and CLI |
| Agents | Claude Code, multi-surface; Cursor and Codex path | Claude Code |
| Privacy you can verify | Source-available, egress manifest, CI egress test, in-app panel | Proof-of-Inference impression binding (spinyield leads) |
| Distribution | VS Code Marketplace and Open VSX | Not stated |
| Stage | Live on both marketplaces | Live |

Traction and payout figures are self-reported by each site and not independently verified.

## What spinyield does well

The sharpest technical answer to impression fraud in the field: Proof-of-Inference cryptographically binds each impression to a real, paid AI inference session, so a view is hard to fake. Same 70% share, same Stripe rail.

## Where Awaitful is different

### A different kind of proof

spinyield proves an impression was real. Awaitful proves what the client can and cannot send: source-available, a published egress manifest, a CI test that enforces it, and an in-app panel. Both matter; Awaitful’s is the one about your privacy.

### The line, in four places

Awaitful shows the sponsored line in a patched thinking line, the terminal, the status bar, or a chat banner, over one surface-agnostic backend. You pick what fits how you work.

### A lower bar to your first payout

Awaitful clears your first payout at $5, then $10 after. A lower first bar means the first real money arrives sooner.

## Why Awaitful

Awaitful is the one whose safety you can verify yourself: source you can read, a manifest of every field that leaves your machine, a CI test that fails the build if the client ever contacts an unlisted host, and an in-app panel that shows what leaves, live.

You keep 70% of every dollar an advertiser pays, where the field's most common developer share is 50%.