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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    ActiveCampaign

    Score8.6 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.

    $180

    per year (single user)

    CallidusCloud LeadRocket (discontinued)

    Score4.3 out of 10
    N/ACallidusCloud LeadRocket offered users the ability to consolidate online and offline leads in one single platform. It has been discontinued in favor of SAP's Sales Cloud.

    $50

    per user per month

    Pricing
    ActiveCampaignCallidusCloud LeadRocket (discontinued)
    Editions & Modules
    Starter
    $15
    per month (billed annually)
    Pro
    $49
    per month (billed annually)
    Plus
    $79
    per month (billed annually)
    Enterprise
    $149
    per month (billed annually)
    Marketing
    $50
    per user per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    ActiveCampaignCallidusCloud LeadRocket (discontinued)
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
    Additional Details—Additional users, domains, DNS, dedicated IP, and email volume are available as add-ons. Monthly pricing is available upon request.
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    Community Pulse
    ActiveCampaignCallidusCloud LeadRocket (discontinued)
    Considered Both Products
    ActiveCampaign
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    98%
    Would buy again
    493 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Delivers good value for the price
    98%
    Delivers good value for the price
    471 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    98%
    Happy with the feature set
    494 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    97%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    455 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    94%
    Implementation went as expected
    459 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    ActiveCampaignCallidusCloud LeadRocket (discontinued)
    Email & Online Marketing
    Comparison of Email & Online Marketing features of ActiveCampaign and CallidusCloud LeadRocket (discontinued)
    Feature
    ActiveCampaign
    8.7
    691 Ratings
    12% above category average
    CallidusCloud LeadRocket (discontinued)
    6.5
    3 Ratings
    17% below category average
    WYSIWYG email editor8.5610 Ratings6.63 Ratings
    Dynamic content8.8542 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ability to test dynamic content8.5491 Ratings00 Ratings
    Landing pages7.7358 Ratings6.43 Ratings
    A/B testing8.3400 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile optimization9.3550 Ratings00 Ratings
    Email deliverability reporting8.6659 Ratings00 Ratings
    List management8.8678 Ratings00 Ratings
    Triggered drip sequences10.0597 Ratings00 Ratings
    Lead Management
    Comparison of Lead Management features of ActiveCampaign and CallidusCloud LeadRocket (discontinued)
    Feature
    ActiveCampaign
    8.2
    544 Ratings
    4% above category average
    CallidusCloud LeadRocket (discontinued)
    6.5
    3 Ratings
    19% below category average
    Lead nurturing automation8.5510 Ratings00 Ratings
    Lead scoring and grading8.5372 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Data quality management8.5418 Ratings6.43 Ratings
    Automated sales alerts and tasks8.8366 Ratings5.01 Ratings
    Lead segmentation and distribution6.820 Ratings00 Ratings
    Campaign Management
    Comparison of Campaign Management features of ActiveCampaign and CallidusCloud LeadRocket (discontinued)
    Feature
    ActiveCampaign
    8.9
    391 Ratings
    17% above category average
    CallidusCloud LeadRocket (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Calendaring8.7312 Ratings00 Ratings
    Event/webinar marketing9.1293 Ratings00 Ratings
    Social Media Marketing
    Comparison of Social Media Marketing features of ActiveCampaign and CallidusCloud LeadRocket (discontinued)
    Feature
    ActiveCampaign
    6.8
    295 Ratings
    10% below category average
    CallidusCloud LeadRocket (discontinued)
    5.0
    1 Ratings
    40% below category average
    Social sharing and campaigns7.2262 Ratings5.01 Ratings
    Social profile integration6.4257 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of ActiveCampaign and CallidusCloud LeadRocket (discontinued)
    Feature
    ActiveCampaign
    8.3
    653 Ratings
    11% above category average
    CallidusCloud LeadRocket (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Dashboards8.0624 Ratings00 Ratings
    Standard reports8.5612 Ratings00 Ratings
    Custom reports8.3398 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform & Infrastructure
    Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of ActiveCampaign and CallidusCloud LeadRocket (discontinued)
    Feature
    ActiveCampaign
    8.7
    512 Ratings
    14% above category average
    CallidusCloud LeadRocket (discontinued)
    6.4
    3 Ratings
    17% below category average
    API8.6410 Ratings00 Ratings
    Role-based workflow & approvals8.7278 Ratings6.43 Ratings
    Customizability7.6438 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with Salesforce.com9.097 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with Microsoft Dynamics CRM9.964 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with SugarCRM9.359 Ratings00 Ratings
    Third-party software integrations7.641 Ratings00 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    ActiveCampaignCallidusCloud LeadRocket (discontinued)
    Small Businesses
    Vbout
    Score9.9 out of 10
    Vbout
    Score9.9 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Bloomreach
    Score9.2 out of 10
    Bloomreach
    Score9.2 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Iterable
    Score8.1 out of 10
    Iterable
    Score8.1 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    ActiveCampaignCallidusCloud LeadRocket (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.6
    (704 ratings)
    2.9
    (15 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (27 ratings)
    6.0
    (13 ratings)
    Usability
    9.3
    (67 ratings)
    7.4
    (2 ratings)
    Availability
    9.1
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    7.3
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    1.3
    (42 ratings)
    6.0
    (2 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    10.0
    (16 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)
    User Testimonials
    ActiveCampaignCallidusCloud LeadRocket (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    ActiveCampaign
    I've been using ActiveCampaign since around 2018-2019 and I've always been satisfied with the software. It's simple to use, connects with the other tools I use and makes it easy for me to duplicate automations, email templates and workflows as I need to. On top of that, any time I've had an issue (which I think is around twice in the past 5/6 years), the customer service has always been super helpful and my issue has been resolved quickly.
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    We have really enjoyed the personal level of customer service with CallidusCloud and the quick turn around on any concerns and issues. CallidusCloud works well as an integrated instance with Salesforce and also as a stand alone instance that can send to csv files. We have been able to build campaigns, track success of said campaigns and manage automation. The level of integration has been key to our success and to the ability to create professional, personalized templates that are true to our brand but allow us to innovate. We also are pleased with the way that we can add blocks of emails on during our busy times so that service is not interrupted.
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    Pros
    ActiveCampaign
    • Collects and filters emails from various lead magnets exceptionally well (especially if a user wants to re-sign up to the same lead magnet and go through it again, they can)
    • Super easy to use email creation that is aesthetically pleasing and user friendly
    • Easy email sequences and user classification from a large range of opt in trigger options
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    • Reporting - we can send out emails all day, but if we don't have something to report to the client after-the-fact it voids the entire process. Genius provided a visually stimulating reporting tool.
    • Tracking - Genius was great at tracking opens, clicks, bounces, hard bounces, etc. This helped us clean up our system as we sent campaigns out.
    • CRM Integration - Genius was great about tracking each contact (in Salesforce) and their activity via emails.
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    Cons
    ActiveCampaign
    • It took me a while to get to understand where to find things, and I used a free online course from a consultant who specialises in AC to help me get the foundations set up more easily. That said, there were lots of onboarding workshops, which were good. It just felt like it required a lot of different angles of learning to just get started.
    • The customer support took longer than other software to get back to me via email, though once I found the chat option for my most recent query, that was fast.
    • I've ended up switching to another programme where more software is more naturally integrated, and the AC equivalent is included in the price, along with many other types of software. However, design-wise, ActiveCampaign is much better.
    • I also had a problem with a form used on my WordPress website, which has a BuddyBoss platform - the colours on the form would be overridden by colour choices for the website, so they were hard to read (pink text on purple background instead of the gold text it was meant to be)
    • I couldn't always find the templates I was looking for or how to access them for automation-based emails. I think when I used it, there was a new type of template for newsletters that weren't available for automations, so I had to recreate it, which added time.
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    • One area of LeadFormix that could be improved is the way it schedules out an email to multiple lists. It can get problematic when an email scheduled to ten lists takes ten hours (one list per hour) to go out. It also isn't efficient to make us schedule individual emails instead of this process. I would like to be able to send out an email to ten lists and have it arrive in everyone's mailboxes at the time I scheduled it for.
    • The email design platform could use work. I've resorted to coding my emails using html, since the WYSIWYG platform seems to add unwanted and un-needed style codes throughout the email (it's not a platform for people unfamiliar with coding).
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    Likelihood to Renew
    ActiveCampaign
    I am committed at the moment. Rebuilding the automations I have would be a huge time drain. Plus the cost of learning a new system and the risk to deliverability of porting a 6,000 person list to a new platform. Also, AC offers everything I need ast a reasonable (but a little high) price. So, why not a 10? Because, early 2023, AC dropped a massive 2x price hike on long-term customers. They knew few would shift, so this feels like a cynical cash grab and left a bad taste, If they do something like this again, this camel will have a broken back.
    Incentivized
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    Since the company has grown, the personal touch has dispatched and it's more difficult to get a rep. There is no longer a phone call that can be made but the responses don't take as long as others and the glitches are becoming more and more frequent.
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    ActiveCampaign
    ActiveCampaign has been the easiest marketing automation software we have ever used. They provide tips throughout the entire process of anything you are building. Their support team through LIVE CHAT has been extremely fast and helpful. The monthly meetings provided with the enablement team has helped us through several large and urgent needs.
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    Very easy to use and designed well.
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    Reliability and Availability
    ActiveCampaign
    I haven't experienced application errors or unplanned outages at all. Active Campaign is ultra reliable and I would not be using them if that were the case. Also, the helpful emails they send are welcomed and informative, and present very practical tips and guidance for using the platform. They're always demonstrating new features and I'm thankful for that.
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    Performance
    ActiveCampaign
    Oh my gosh, Active Campaign's performance gets an A+++ in my book. The pages load quickly and so do the reports. I haven't noticed any slowdowns when it's integrating with other programs and it performs excellently on all levels.
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    Support Rating
    ActiveCampaign
    This might be the best part. The chat support lady offered to make a video to help me solve my problem. I worked in customer service for years and I've never done that, lol. So, if they're offering things like that, I can only imagine that they'd be able to handle most any issue you throw at them.
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    It has declined since we started with this company and it could be better.
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    Implementation Rating
    ActiveCampaign
    Very satisfied with our implementation in our professional medical practice, allowing us to be on top of client service, and not miss out on crucial information and insights. Marketing is often neglected in professional practices and ActiveCampaign solved this problem with aplomb.
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    Alternatives Considered
    ActiveCampaign
    I moved to ActiveCampaign from Mailchimp. Admittedly, I was using the free version of Mailchimp, but I had numerous episodes of subscriber data NOT being added to Mailchimp, despite using API to integrate with my mailing list. Obviously, I couldn't pay for clicks and not capture subscriber data, so I had to find something else. ActiveCampaign has been 100% reliable in testing.
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    We selected CallidusCloud (Genius) based on the level of service for the price. It was more cost effective then Silver Pop which was another tool recommended to us. On the other hand, mail chimp did not provide the level of integration needed with our CRM - Salesforce. We need to be able to connect the response to an email campaign to the individual contact (student) record and determine the success of the campaign.
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    Scalability
    ActiveCampaign
    My web designer told me about Active Campaign and although I don't recall which platform I had before, I LOVE Active Campaign and its user friendliness. The transition was seamless and I've never had a problem with functionality or server failure.
    Active Campaign provides so many features, and makes it easy for non-techies to maneuver around the site with ease. They capture information and put it in an easy-to-read format.
    At this point, I don't think I'd ever use any other platform!
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    Return on Investment
    ActiveCampaign
    • I haven't monetized my list yet so no clear ROI but great from a list-building perspective
    • The software is not cheap so at times I feel like I may not be getting the most out of the product because I'm not using all of the features
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    • We have had problems with our emails landing up in spam which was hampering out marketing efforts.
    • Too many features that add very little value to business
    • You spend too much of time on the tool because the UI is very confusing
    Incentivized
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