ActiveCampaign

ActiveCampaign

Email Marketing, Marketing Automation, CRM/Sales Automation

About ActiveCampaign

ActiveCampaign's category-defining customer experience automation platform (CXA) helps over 130,000 businesses in 170 countries meaningfully engage with their customers. The platform gives businesses of all sizes access to 500+ pre-built automations that combine email marketing, marketing automation and CRM for powerful segmentation and personalization across social, email, messaging, chat and text. Over 75% of ActiveCampaign's customers use its 850+ integrations including Microsoft, Shopify, Square, Facebook, and Salesforce. Pricing starts at just $9/month.


Key benefits of ActiveCampaign

- Automate personalized experiences across all your customer touchpoints
- Track buyer preferences, behavior, and many custom attributes across the entire customer lifecycle for deeper segmentation and more effective outreach
- Customize sends based on almost any parameter, so your messages are always targeted for the right audience
- Use data from the entire customer lifecycle to choose the best content, send time, and delivery channel for each customer
- Create entirely customized campaigns with minimal effort, then improve your send strategy in real time based on customer behaviors
- Replicate the 1-1 personal experience for every customer, no matter how big your business gets


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ActiveCampaign Software - Keep an eye on important business metrics from your account overview dashboard.
ActiveCampaign Software - Easily design automated sequences that save time and generate sales with our intuitive, drag-and-drop workflow builder.
ActiveCampaign Software - Create beautiful email campaigns using an elegant, drag-and-drop WYSIWYG editor.
ActiveCampaign Software - Customer insight is organized and consolidated into contact records.
ActiveCampaign Software - Pipeline view of the sales CRM
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ActiveCampaign Software - Keep an eye on important business metrics from your account overview dashboard.
ActiveCampaign Software - Easily design automated sequences that save time and generate sales with our intuitive, drag-and-drop workflow builder.
ActiveCampaign Software - Create beautiful email campaigns using an elegant, drag-and-drop WYSIWYG editor.
ActiveCampaign Software - Customer insight is organized and consolidated into contact records.
ActiveCampaign Software - Pipeline view of the sales CRM

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Overall rating

4.6 /5
(2,331)
Value for Money
4.4/5
Features
4.5/5
Ease of Use
4.3/5
Customer Support
4.4/5

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Antonio
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  • Industry: Human Resources
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1-5 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

My first marketing automation platform, its about to pay for itself

Reviewed on 06/07/2020

As a startup founder, It is really difficult to choose the right platform to commit with. You have...

As a startup founder, It is really difficult to choose the right platform to commit with. You have free options and very expensive ones. So Active campaign was a great option for me, right on the sweet spot.

Their customer success team is the best. I have had three on boarding one-on-one calls where they have understood my business and helped me with all the setup, resources and best practices to start using it the best way possible.

It is a very robust system, I only use the email automation, segmentation and I am starting to use their CRM, but the posibilites are endless. So far I love it

Pros

It is super easy to setup and use
The best customer support I have ever had on any kind of service/product
A thorough on boarding process, with personal coaching
You can automate every single part of your marketing funnel and still have a nice personal touch with your best leads
Endless possibilities to interact with your customers and prospects and track every behavior with you

Cons

It is so wide that I find myself a little overwhelmend on how to take as much as possible from the system without burning out.

I am in the 2,500 contacts bracket, and I think its price is fair. But when I have to sacle it up, it will seem pricy

Alternatives Considered

ConvertKit and HubSpot Marketing Hub

Reasons for Choosing ActiveCampaign

I made research and wanted a more robust solution. I compared Active campaign against hubspot and convertkit and I preferred Active Campaign

Switched From

Mailchimp

Reasons for Switching to ActiveCampaign

Better price (against Hubspot) So many more functions (Against convertkit and others)
Michale
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  • Industry: Consumer Goods
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 1+ year
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  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

Great product, among the best.

Reviewed on 20/10/2023

It’s a good product. I’ve used it over the years and keep suggesting it.

It’s a good product. I’ve used it over the years and keep suggesting it.

Pros

Tried many similar products but ActiveCampaign is among the best ones. Really versatile platform for managing marketing automations.

Cons

Interface. I really think it looks old and cheap, as well as not super intuitive. It also has often many steps to do when you could simply do what you need from the same page

Alternatives Considered

HubSpot CRM

Reasons for Switching to ActiveCampaign

Price and features
Verified Reviewer
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  • Industry: Marketing & Advertising
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 0.0 /10

Strong Automation System & Ecomm DataLayer, Weak Support and Long Standing Bugs

Reviewed on 04/09/2017

Pros

Activecampaign sets the bar for building automations, with great sorting and filtering features including customer records, tags, lists, conditional rules/routing, e-commerce data such as purchases, crm pipelines and even a custom event layer. We have created very complex integrations for dozens of businesses ranging from E-Commerce stores, to Gyms to local businesses.

It's really simple to learn and use, and powerful enough to tackle even the most complex business processes. This includes in-store purchases on a POS to sending out emails or automation's based on purchases or LTV. It also supports multiple E-Commerce platforms natively, but be aware those features are nearly 4x the price to unlock after the trial.

Cons

After months of issues that resulted in one of our clients losing an excess of $40,000 in revenue, we can no longer recommend activecampaign. Poor support was to blame for this issue, with it being impossible to get someone on a call even though we pay 6 figures a year for service.

Activecampaign is growing really really fast. Because of this, They have pretty terrible support and there are also long-standing bugs that they seem to have no intention to fix. For instance, the system is supposed to generate previews for each automation's email steps and in various other places, but instance shows a broken image. We have inquired about this to the support to be told they are aware it's been broken for over a year and have no ETA or intention on repairing it. We have this problem on all our client's accounts(dozens), and it's a serious issue with UI/UX but they don't seem to care.

There are also some major logic issues, such as if you filter an automation to show anyone with 0 purchases, it doesn't work. We also inquired about this but got another non-response...

So basically, where it works, it works well but there are a few major issues and they don't seem intent on repairing them, even though they are steady releasing more features to add to their pricing tiers. Overall, it's hard to find another system that provides the ease of use, features, and value of activecampaign but the support and existing bugs are a nasty/necessary compromise.

Verified Reviewer
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  • Industry: Design
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Monthly for 1+ year
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

A robust CRM with everything you need.

Reviewed on 12/09/2023

ActiveCampaign's email campaign management features have helped me streamline my marketing efforts,...

ActiveCampaign's email campaign management features have helped me streamline my marketing efforts, improve engagement with my audience, and achieve better results. It caters perfectly to me as a beginner and my small business, a valuable asset for my business that I could not do without!

Pros

ActiveCampaign is eventually easy to use - it does have a slight leaning curve as with all new software that you are unsure of. It is worth it though and very easily integrated into my business workflow. I like how user-friendly the email builder is. It's drag-and-drop, which makes creating visually appealing emails a breeze. I can customize the design to match my brand without needing to be a design expert. automation capabilities are a game-changer. I can set up email sequences and workflows to nurture leads, send targeted follow-ups to leads and can segment my audience based on their behaviours. The detailed reporting and analytics provide valuable insights into the performance of my email campaigns. I can see open rates, click-through rates, conversion rates, and more, which helps me make data-driven decisions to improve my marketing strategy.

Cons

At first there is a steep learning curve but I feel that it is worth it in the end. Once you are comfortable with the software there is so much you can do.

Margaux
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  • Industry: E-Learning
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used Weekly for 6-12 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

Review for ActiveCampaign

Reviewed on 30/09/2023

Pros

Email automations are working well, possible to do a lot of actions.

Cons

Email management is not easy : not able to filter contact by localisation for example.A lot of spam from I don't know where on all my capture forms.

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ActiveCampaign offers the following pricing plans:

  • Starting from: $20.00/month
  • Pricing model: Subscription
  • Free Trial: Available

Starting from: Lite: $9/month, paid yearly Plus: $49/month, paid yearly Professional: $149/month, paid yearly Enterprise: $258/month, paid yearly

ActiveCampaign has the following typical customers:

Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000

ActiveCampaign supports the following languages:

Chinese, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Turkish

ActiveCampaign supports the following devices:

Android (Mobile), iPhone (Mobile), iPad (Mobile)

ActiveCampaign integrates with the following applications:

123FormBuilder, AccountingSuite, Act!, Acuity Scheduling, Adobe Commerce, Aimtell, Airtable, Akita, Alchemer, Antavo, Apparound, Asana, Autoklose, Automate.io, Basecamp, Batchbook, Big Cartel, BigCommerce, BigContacts, Bitly, Bizzabo, Bloom, Bookafy, Braintree, BriteVerify, Buffer, BurstSMS, Calendly, Call Loop, CallFire, CallHippo, Callingly, Capsule, ChargeOver, Chargebee, Chargify, CheddarGetter, Clevertim, ClickFunnels, Close, CoSchedule Marketing Suite, Cobot, Coherent, CommCare, Contactually, Contractbook, Crelate, Crisp, Dasheroo, DataHero, DataValidation, Deadline Funnel, Deltek WorkBook, Deputy, Desk.com, Digioh, DocuSign, Donately, Donorbox, Doodle, Dropbox Business, Drupal, EasyWebinar, Equiitext, Evenium.net, Eventable, Eventbrite, Evernote Teams, Evidence, Expensify, Feedier, Feedly, Feefo, FireText, FluidSurveys, FogBugz, FogBugz, Fomo, FormCrafts, FormMule, Formidable Forms, Formlets, Formsite, Formstack Forms, FreeAgent, FreshBooks, Freshdesk, FullContact, FullStory, FuseDesk, Geckoboard, Genoo, Getform, Getsitecontrol, Ghost, Gift Up!, GigaBook, GivingFuel, Gmail, GoTo Meeting, GoTo Training, GoTo Webinar, Google Analytics 360, Google Calendar, Google Contacts, Google Docs, Gravity Forms, Harvest, Help Scout, Highrise, Insightly, Instapage, InviteBox, Joomla, Jotform, Jumplead, Justuno, Kadence, Kajabi, Kanban Tool, KickoffLabs, Leadpages, LeadsBridge, LessAccounting, Litmus, LiveChat, MailMunch, Marsello, Meta for Business, Mindbody, Mojo Helpdesk, MoonClerk, Nimble, Nutshell, Olark, OnePageCRM, Operations Hub, OptimizePress, OptinMonster, PadiAct, PayPal, Pipedrive, Pipeliner CRM, Podio, PrestaShop, Privy, Quickbase, Quickbooks Online, Quote Roller, Re:amaze, Recurly, Rezdy, Salesforce Sales Cloud, Salesmate, Segment, SendPulse, Shopify, Skyvia, Slack, Sleeknote, SolarWinds Service Desk, Stripe, SugarCRM, Sumo, SuperSaaS, SurveyMonkey, Survicate, Teachable, Tender Support, Twitter/X, Typeform, Unbounce, UserVoice, Viewbix, WHMCS, WebMerge, Whatagraph, WishList Member, Wistia, WooCommerce, Woopra, WordPress, Wufoo, Xero, Yondo, YouCanBook.me, Zapier, Zendesk Sell, Zendesk Suite, Zoho CRM, Zoho Creator, Zoho Invoice, Zoom Meetings, accessally, allmysms, appyReward, eTermin, eWebinar, itDuzzit, vBulletin

ActiveCampaign offers the following support options:

Email/Help Desk, FAQs/Forum, Knowledge Base, Phone Support, Chat

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