ActiveCampaign review 82/100 on verified data

ActiveCampaign is a newsletter platform: Marketing automation platform with email, WhatsApp and SMS messaging, segmentation, landing pages, CRM add-ons and AI features.

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Data checked Oct 14, 2026 against the vendors' own pages. How we verify

Homepage captured Oct 14, 2026

Score (rank 11 of 27): 82/100
Coverage (5 of 8 criteria): 75%
From, per month: $15
Free plan: No

ActiveCampaignFrom $15/moVisit

Paid plans start at $15 per month billed yearly on the Starter plan, and there is no free plan, but a 14-day free trial.

The vendor lists 1,000 integrations.

In our newsletter platforms ranking ActiveCampaign scores 82/100, rank 11 of 27, based on 5 of 8 criteria (75% of the scorecard weight backed by verified data).

ActiveCampaign at a glance

Each value links the vendor page it was read from and the date we checked it.

Pricing model: Paid only source, Oct 14, 2026
Cheapest paid plan: Starter: $15/mo (billed yearly) source, Oct 14, 2026
Free plan: No source, Oct 14, 2026
Free trial: 14 days source, Oct 14, 2026
Integrations: 1,000 source, Oct 14, 2026

ActiveCampaign plans

4 published plans, per month, billed monthly and yearly.

Starter
$15per month, billed yearly
Billed monthly
Not offered
Billed yearly
$15
Charged per
per workspace
Published limits
- 1 user
Plus
$49per month, billed yearly
Billed monthly
Not offered
Billed yearly
$49
Charged per
per workspace
Published limits
- 1 user
Pro
$79per month, billed yearly
Billed monthly
Not offered
Billed yearly
$79
Charged per
per workspace
Published limits
- 3 users
Enterprise
$145per month, billed yearly
Billed monthly
Not offered
Billed yearly
$145
Charged per
per workspace
Published limits
- 5 users

Prices in USD per month, before tax. Read from the vendor's pricing page on Oct 14, 2026. "Not stated" means the page does not publish it.

Full ActiveCampaign pricing and plan limits

How ActiveCampaign scores

The newsletter platforms scorecard applied to ActiveCampaign's verified data: 82/100, rank 11 of 27, based on 5 of 8 criteria.

Score

82/100

Rank #11 of 27

Coverage 75%

5 of 8 criteria. Ranked at 60% or more.

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Entry price
82/100
Weight 33%$15/month billed annually on Starter; no monthly-billed price published (scored against annual-billed prices) source
Free plan or trial
60/100
Weight 20%Free trial (14 days), no free plan source
Pricing transparency
100/100
Weight 13%4 of 4 plans have a public price source
Verified features
80/100
Weight 20%4 of 9 tracked features verified: automations / sequences, landing pages and forms, segmentation and tags, open and click analytics source
API, integrations and export
100/100
Weight 13%1,000 integrations source
Cost at 1,000 subscriberscategory criterion
Excluded
Weight –No published data: left out, the other criteria are re-weighted.
Free plan limitscategory criterion
Excluded
Weight –No published data: left out, the other criteria are re-weighted.
Paid subscriptionscategory criterion
Excluded
Weight –No published data: left out, the other criteria are re-weighted.

ActiveCampaign features

4 of the 10 features we compare newsletter platforms on, as ActiveCampaign publishes them.

Automations / sequences: Yes source, Oct 14, 2026
Landing pages and forms: Yes source, Oct 14, 2026
Segmentation and tags: Yes source, Oct 14, 2026
Open and click analytics: Yes source, Oct 14, 2026

8 more details we track are not published by the vendor or not verified yet (shown as – in tables). How we verify

ActiveCampaign alternatives

The highest-scoring of 34 comparable tools.

Top ActiveCampaign alternatives
#	Tool	Score	Coverage	From, billed monthly	From, billed yearly	Free plan	Integrations	Public API	Checked
1	Flodesk	98/100	75%5 of 8 criteria	Free	Free	Yes	–	Yes	Oct 14, 2026
2	Sender	98/100	85%6 of 8 criteria	Not offered	$9/mo	Yes, 2,500 subscribers	–	Yes	Oct 14, 2026
3	Brevo	98/100	75%5 of 8 criteria	$9/mo	Not offered	Yes	150	Yes	Oct 14, 2026
4	notifuse	93/100	85%6 of 8 criteria	$16/mo	$24.17/mo	Yes, unlimited emails per month	–	Yes	Oct 14, 2026
5	EmailOctopus	92/100	85%6 of 8 criteria	Not offered	$9/mo	Yes, 2,500 subscribers	1,000	Yes	Oct 14, 2026

Each value links the vendor page it was read from (hover for the check date). Coverage is the share of the scorecard's weight with verified data, and "N of M criteria" how many criteria the score is based on; a tool is ranked at 60% or more.

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Questions, answered from the data

How much does ActiveCampaign cost?

Paid plans start at $15 per month billed yearly on the Starter plan, according to ActiveCampaign's pricing page (checked Oct 14, 2026).

Does ActiveCampaign have a free plan?

No: ActiveCampaign has no free plan, but a 14-day free trial (checked Oct 14, 2026).

How does ActiveCampaign score?

In our newsletter platforms ranking ActiveCampaign scores 82/100, rank 11 of 27, based on 5 of 8 criteria (75% of the scorecard weight backed by verified data).

What are the best ActiveCampaign alternatives?

By our scorecard the top-ranked alternatives are Flodesk (98/100), Sender (98/100) and Brevo (98/100).

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Pricing last read Oct 14, 2026. Vendors change prices; the linked page is the final word.