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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    ActiveCampaign

    Score7.9 out of 10
    N/AActiveCampaign is presented as an AI-first marketing platform for marketers, agencies, and entrepreneurs. It uses Active Intelligence for goal-aware automation and personalized experiences across email, SMS, and WhatsApp. ActiveCampaign integrates with 950+ apps and generates insights to optimize every workflow.

    $15

    per month

    AWeber

    Score8.9 out of 10
    N/AAWeber is an email marketing and automation solution. It provides support for mobile-friendly HTML email newsletters, autoresponder campaigns, subscriber segmentation and management, RSS-to-email features, signup forms for websites or blogs, and more.

    $15

    per month

    Pricing
    ActiveCampaignAWeber
    Editions & Modules
    Starter
    $15
    per month
    Pro
    $49
    per month
    Plus
    $79
    per month
    Enterprise
    $159
    per month
    AWeber Lite
    $15
    per month Starting at
    AWeber Plus
    $30
    per month Starting at
    Done For You Email
    $30
    per month Starting at
    Unlimited
    $899
    per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    ActiveCampaignAWeber
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptional$79 one-time fee
    Additional Details—AWeber offers usage-based pricing starting at $15/month. Plans scale based on the number of subscribers and features needed. Options include: Lite Plan – Core tools like email automation, landing pages, sign-up forms, and AI Writing Assistant. Plus Plan – Advanced features including split automation paths, behavioral triggers, analytics, A/B testing, ecommerce, and custom branding. Done For You – A fully built email marketing system (emails, landing pages, and automations) delivered in 7 days, with 30 days of unlimited edits. All plans include 24/7 support. 14-day free trial available.
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    Community Pulse
    ActiveCampaignAWeber
    Considered Both Products
    ActiveCampaign
    Chose ActiveCampaign
    Keap is more expensive. Used it for a bit and then went off it because of price. AWeber is great - for affiliate marketing and more, as is mailer lite. Good for beginners and simple needs when it comes to lower-ticket offers and just the need for an email marketing software. I …
    Incentivized
    Chose ActiveCampaign
    Much more user friendly than either Mailchimp or AWeber in my opinion.
    Also much cheaper than AWeber.
    It has been easier to integrate into my business than the others, but was also very easy to transfer any info from the other platforms to ActiveCampaign.
    Incentivized
    Chose ActiveCampaign
    I selected ActiveCampaign because many in the communities I was interacting with recommended it. It is also the software many of the platforms I interact with users and integrate directly via API.

    The cost to get started is relatively low for access to automation and tagging …
    Incentivized
    Chose ActiveCampaign
    AWeber is way too limiting. ConvertKit wasn't as intuitive and also very limiting. Mailchimp was ultra basic. ActiveCampaign was easy to figure out, enough to keep simple but have the ability to add more complexity. I'd say anyone should use ActiveCampaign. From what I've seen, …
    Incentivized
    Chose ActiveCampaign
    I used AWeber years ago, and I couldn't figure it out despite having taught myself dozens of apps since 1983. Mailchimp was very expensive to compare to ActiveCampaign's most basic plan. Sendinblue was an accident and I used it for a very limited purpose. It didn't even stack …
    Incentivized
    Chose ActiveCampaign
    Comparisons are always obnoxious, but in this case, there is no rival;)
    • The communication interface is much friendlier.
    • The learning curve is less, obviously it takes a while, but it is much more intuitive.
    Incentivized
    Chose ActiveCampaign
    In the first formation of my business I used AWeber, and while I liked it, when I restructured it didn't feel like the right fit. I wanted something that felt more streamlined, easy to use (for a DIY, non-techy person like myself) and had more room to grow. I'll put it like …
    Incentivized
    Chose ActiveCampaign
    AWeber is also a solid product but is harder to navigate as a new user. They do have a free version released within the last year, but it is very limited (one list) and to upgrade is less efficient than the basic plan with AC. AC is much more user-friendly, has more features, …
    Incentivized
    Chose ActiveCampaign
    I chose ActiveCampaign software over AWeber and Mailchimp because of its automation capabilities and ease of use. Another decision feature was the email editor on ActiveCampaign which is by far much better than its competitors. At one point I was evaluating Infusionsoft but its …
    Incentivized
    Chose ActiveCampaign
    ActiveCampaign can do the simple stuff and the really complicated stuff all in one place.
    Incentivized
    Chose ActiveCampaign
    The really big difference between ActiveCampaign the the competition, is the power of the automation that you can get with AC.
    Incentivized
    Chose ActiveCampaign
    The fact that it combines email, CRM, and automations between them makes it such a force to be reconned with. Its plans are reasonable and moving up from a basic plan allows 25 users for one price. This is great compared to Hubspot. It's much smoother than Mailchimp and much …
    Incentivized
    Chose ActiveCampaign
    It's the easiest and most useful to use. The other products make it more complicated. ActiveCampaign also has a high deliverability rate compared to others, so it's one of the most important reasons why I love ActiveCampaign. I also love how easy it is to set up campaigns, edit …
    Incentivized
    Chose ActiveCampaign
    For the price, ActiveCampaign is streets ahead. I probably use about 60% of the platform's functionality with a further 20% that I could benefit from using and intend to explore in the next 12 months. This compares to only about 25% usage with some other platforms or having to …
    Incentivized
    Chose ActiveCampaign
    ActiveCampaign is the most intuitive out of all of the ones I've used. Their visual automation builder is great. I felt like every other option that I had previously played with just felt more confusing. I tested out many other tools while also using ActiveCampaign and I just …
    Incentivized
    Chose ActiveCampaign
    ActiveCampaign was more affordable and had more features than I needed. In particular, the automation, sequences, and integrations plus the ability for custom webhooks. While I like the other platforms too for various reasons, the automation and webhooks features, integrations, …
    Incentivized
    Chose ActiveCampaign
    In comparison to all the other systems (except Keap), ActiveCampaign goes above and beyond for email marketing, marketing automation, and CRM functionality. It's the closest you can get to an all-in-one system.

    And while Infusionsoft is also robust, it's not very intuitive. …
    Incentivized
    Chose ActiveCampaign
    Overall, we selected ActiveCampaign based on the features offered, the ease of use (and therefore the ease of training others to use), and the overall value for the price. The competitors I have used or evaluated in the past may occasionally be better than ActiveCampaign in one …
    Incentivized
    Chose ActiveCampaign
    It's mostly just personal preference, but I found ActiveCampaign to be a more user-friendly UI and system overall. It's possible I didn't quite explore everything other service providers had to offer, but I just found AC to be so much easier out of the box. It has a ton of …
    Incentivized
    Chose ActiveCampaign
    You've got to know what you want the software to do and then find software that covers as much of those needs as possible. AC had most of the features we wanted - mostly native connectivity with Salesforce and scalability. Their support structure was a HUGE selling point too. …
    Incentivized
    Chose ActiveCampaign
    I always recommend ActiveCampaign to clients primarily because we can import funnels into their accounts which saves us a tremendous amount of time. I also feel that ActiveCampaign's automation is a step above other platforms. They are easier for me to visualize what's …
    Incentivized
    Chose ActiveCampaign
    ActiveCampaign is the solution I recommend to all my clients. It's the best value with most functionality.
    Incentivized
    Chose ActiveCampaign
    Much better functionality
    Incentivized
    Chose ActiveCampaign
    Pardot is in my opinion overpriced and because it relies on Salesforce as a CRM limiting as a choice. HubSpot CRM is great even in the free version, but once you need to add email automation in the mix the cost become a big factor.
    Incentivized
    Chose ActiveCampaign
    ActiveCampaign dances circles around both. It's easy to learn, provides good support and training, and exactly fits our needs by providing so many options. We wish we had started out with ActiveCampaign - we feel like we lost three years monkeying around with difficult software …
    Incentivized
    AWeber
    Chose AWeber
    If you are evaluating an email marketing or email broadcast software that is easy to use, at a reasonable price and does the makes sure the emails get delivered in the inboxes and not in the spam folders and has all the necessary reporting functionality then try AWeber. …
    Incentivized
    Chose AWeber
    At the time we used it , AWeber offered features that MailChimp (free version) wasn't offering. We used AWeber instead of Infusionsoft because of the price. We have since switched from AWeber to ActiveCampaign for our email marketing. We liked how ActiveCampaign worked. It was …
    Incentivized
    Chose AWeber
    The reason we [opted for] AWeber over others is for its email delivery rates. AWeber is great for freelancers, large enterprises, mid-zize business, etc. A 14% discount is available if you pay quarterly and more if you pay annually. AWeber is priced roughly in the middle of …
    Incentivized
    Chose AWeber
    It is easier of a solution to work with when compared to other alternatives such as SendinBlue or MailChimp. Ultimately what I valued is the deliverability and quality to be able to deliver our emails. If you are seeking a more robust enterprise-level solution I would then …
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    Features
    ActiveCampaignAWeber
    Email & Online Marketing
    Comparison of Email & Online Marketing features of ActiveCampaign and AWeber
    Feature
    ActiveCampaign
    7.2
    679 Ratings
    AWeber
    7.7
    31 Ratings
    WYSIWYG email editor4.9596 Ratings8.930 Ratings
    Dynamic content4.0532 Ratings7.03 Ratings
    Ability to test dynamic content4.0482 Ratings00 Ratings
    Landing pages4.4349 Ratings6.04 Ratings
    A/B testing9.9391 Ratings8.07 Ratings
    Mobile optimization7.7538 Ratings7.026 Ratings
    Email deliverability reporting9.7645 Ratings8.031 Ratings
    List management9.9664 Ratings8.031 Ratings
    Triggered drip sequences10.0586 Ratings8.927 Ratings
    Lead Management
    Comparison of Lead Management features of ActiveCampaign and AWeber
    Feature
    ActiveCampaign
    7.9
    534 Ratings
    AWeber
    -
    Ratings
    Lead nurturing automation10.0500 Ratings00 Ratings
    Lead scoring and grading7.5366 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data quality management7.9407 Ratings00 Ratings
    Automated sales alerts and tasks7.0361 Ratings00 Ratings
    Lead segmentation and distribution7.39 Ratings00 Ratings
    Campaign Management
    Comparison of Campaign Management features of ActiveCampaign and AWeber
    Feature
    ActiveCampaign
    9.9
    383 Ratings
    AWeber
    -
    Ratings
    Calendaring9.9303 Ratings00 Ratings
    Event/webinar marketing9.9289 Ratings00 Ratings
    Social Media Marketing
    Comparison of Social Media Marketing features of ActiveCampaign and AWeber
    Feature
    ActiveCampaign
    6.7
    292 Ratings
    AWeber
    -
    Ratings
    Social sharing and campaigns7.1259 Ratings00 Ratings
    Social profile integration6.3254 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of ActiveCampaign and AWeber
    Feature
    ActiveCampaign
    6.5
    642 Ratings
    AWeber
    8.6
    31 Ratings
    Dashboards6.5611 Ratings8.927 Ratings
    Standard reports6.5599 Ratings8.931 Ratings
    Custom reports6.4387 Ratings7.926 Ratings
    Platform & Infrastructure
    Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of ActiveCampaign and AWeber
    Feature
    ActiveCampaign
    8.7
    503 Ratings
    AWeber
    -
    Ratings
    API8.3401 Ratings00 Ratings
    Role-based workflow & approvals8.3274 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customizability6.5429 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with Salesforce.com9.895 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with Microsoft Dynamics CRM9.862 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with SugarCRM9.858 Ratings00 Ratings
    Third-party software integrations8.230 Ratings00 Ratings
    Pre-Send Testing
    Comparison of Pre-Send Testing features of ActiveCampaign and AWeber
    Feature
    ActiveCampaign
    -
    Ratings
    AWeber
    7.6
    3 Ratings
    URL Validation00 Ratings7.73 Ratings
    Link Tracking00 Ratings8.43 Ratings
    Image Validation00 Ratings7.13 Ratings
    Inbox Display00 Ratings7.13 Ratings
    Spam Testing00 Ratings7.13 Ratings
    Email Previews00 Ratings8.43 Ratings
    User Ratings
    ActiveCampaignAWeber
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.2
    (691 ratings)
    8.0
    (37 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.0
    (25 ratings)
    6.8
    (6 ratings)
    Usability
    7.8
    (52 ratings)
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    Availability
    9.1
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    7.3
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    1.3
    (41 ratings)
    10.0
    (3 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.5
    (14 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    6.4
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    9.1
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    1.0
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    6.4
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    7.3
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)