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ActiveCampaign

🏢Enterprise Choice

Marketing automation with powerful CRM

Founded 2003Website
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Overview

ActiveCampaign is a comprehensive marketing automation and CRM platform that combines email marketing, SMS, social media, and e-commerce tools in a single integrated solution. Launched in 2003, it has become a favorite among marketing teams, agencies, and SaaS companies who need powerful automation without the enterprise price tag. The platform features advanced capabilities like split testing, predictive content recommendations, and dynamic content personalization, alongside a built-in CRM for managing customer relationships and sales pipelines.

What sets ActiveCampaign apart is its autonomous AI approach, which lets you describe your marketing goals in plain language and then handles strategy, execution, and optimization across all channels. With 900+ third-party integrations including Shopify, WordPress, Salesforce, and Stripe, it connects seamlessly with your existing tech stack. The platform includes lead scoring, site tracking, event tracking, and comprehensive reporting to measure campaign performance and ROI.

For solopreneurs and small business owners, ActiveCampaign offers an accessible entry point at $15/month for the Starter tier (1,000 contacts), with options to scale up as your business grows. The included CRM eliminates the need for separate tools, and free migration services make switching from competitors straightforward. Whether you're running e-commerce campaigns, nurturing B2B leads, or managing customer engagement across multiple channels, ActiveCampaign provides the automation power needed to compete with larger teams.

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Pricing

Paid

Starter

$15/mo
  • Email marketing
  • Basic automation
  • CRM
  • 1 user
  • +1 more features

Plus

$49/mo
  • Everything in Starter
  • Advanced automation
  • SMS marketing
  • Lead scoring
  • +2 more features
Popular

Pro

$79/mo
  • Everything in Plus
  • Predictive content
  • Predictive emailing
  • Landing pages
  • +2 more features

Enterprise

Contact Sales
  • Everything in Pro
  • Custom integrations
  • Dedicated support
  • Custom reporting
  • +2 more features

Starter at $15/month for 1,000 contacts. Plus at $49/month. Pro at $79/month with predictive emailing. Enterprise has custom pricing. 20% annual discount. 20% off for non-profits. 14-day free trial.

Best for: Small businesses, E-commerce, Marketing teams, Agencies, SaaS companies

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The Good

  • Powerful automation at good price
  • Excellent deliverability
  • 900+ integrations
  • Good CRM included
  • Free migration service
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The Bad

  • No free plan
  • Learning curve for automation
  • Interface can be complex
  • Reporting could be better
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Best For

Small businesses, E-commerce, Marketing teams, Agencies, SaaS companies

ActiveCampaign gives solopreneurs access to enterprise-level marketing automation at a fraction of HubSpot's cost. Its 900+ integrations and autonomous AI agents handle multi-channel campaigns (email, SMS, social) automatically, so you can scale customer engagement without hiring a marketing team. The included CRM keeps sales and marketing aligned in one platform.

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Key Features

  • 01Email marketing with split testing
  • 02Multi-channel automation (email, SMS, social, WhatsApp)
  • 03CRM and sales automation
  • 04AI agents for strategy and optimization
  • 05900+ integrations
  • 06Lead scoring and predictive content
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Integrations

ShopifyWooCommerceWordPressSalesforceFacebookZapierSlackStripePayPalTypeform
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Use Cases

  • Email marketing
  • Marketing automation
  • Sales automation
  • Customer engagement
  • Lead nurturing
  • E-commerce marketing
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