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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    ActiveCampaign

    Score8.7 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)

    Creatio

    Score9.4 out of 10
    N/ACreatio offers an agentic CRM and workflow platform. Its offerings include Creatio Studio, a no-code agentic platform to build applications and AI agents with natural language and visual designers, and a CRM suite with embedded AI agents across Creatio Marketing, Sales, and Service. The platform also includes industry workflows across 19 verticals and a range of marketplace add-ons. Creatio products can be purchased separately or as a unified CRM solution to…

    $10,000

    per year (minimum price for new users)

    Pricing
    ActiveCampaignCreatio
    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)
    Growth
    $25
    per month per user
    Enterprise
    $55
    per month per user
    Unlimited
    $85
    per month per user
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    ActiveCampaignCreatio
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
    Additional Details—Creatio Sales, Creatio Marketing, and Creatio Service are available as add-ons for $15 per month, per user. Creatio AI is included in every tier of the Creatio platform (Growth, Enterprise, and Unlimited). Creatio AI starts at $5,000 per year
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    Community Pulse
    ActiveCampaignCreatio
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    ActiveCampaign
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    Creatio
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    98%
    Would buy again
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    100%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
    98%
    Delivers good value for the price
    471 Answers
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
    98%
    Happy with the feature set
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    98%
    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    97%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    455 Answers
    97%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    29 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    94%
    Implementation went as expected
    459 Answers
    85%
    Implementation went as expected
    34 Answers
    Features
    ActiveCampaignCreatio
    Email & Online Marketing
    Comparison of Email & Online Marketing features of ActiveCampaign and Creatio
    Feature
    ActiveCampaign
    8.7
    691 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Creatio
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    Ratings
    WYSIWYG email editor8.5610 Ratings00 Ratings
    Dynamic content8.8542 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ability to test dynamic content8.5491 Ratings00 Ratings
    Landing pages7.7358 Ratings00 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 Creatio
    Feature
    ActiveCampaign
    8.2
    544 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Creatio
    -
    Ratings
    Lead nurturing automation8.5510 Ratings00 Ratings
    Lead scoring and grading8.5372 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data quality management8.5418 Ratings00 Ratings
    Automated sales alerts and tasks8.8366 Ratings00 Ratings
    Lead segmentation and distribution6.820 Ratings00 Ratings
    Campaign Management
    Comparison of Campaign Management features of ActiveCampaign and Creatio
    Feature
    ActiveCampaign
    8.9
    391 Ratings
    16% above category average
    Creatio
    -
    Ratings
    Calendaring8.6312 Ratings00 Ratings
    Event/webinar marketing9.1293 Ratings00 Ratings
    Social Media Marketing
    Comparison of Social Media Marketing features of ActiveCampaign and Creatio
    Feature
    ActiveCampaign
    6.8
    295 Ratings
    10% below category average
    Creatio
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    Ratings
    Social sharing and campaigns7.2262 Ratings00 Ratings
    Social profile integration6.4257 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of ActiveCampaign and Creatio
    Feature
    ActiveCampaign
    8.3
    653 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Creatio
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    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 Creatio
    Feature
    ActiveCampaign
    8.7
    512 Ratings
    13% above category average
    Creatio
    -
    Ratings
    API8.6410 Ratings00 Ratings
    Role-based workflow & approvals8.7278 Ratings00 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 integrations7.541 Ratings00 Ratings
    Low-Code Development
    Comparison of Low-Code Development features of ActiveCampaign and Creatio
    Feature
    ActiveCampaign
    -
    Ratings
    Creatio
    8.5
    37 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Platform Security00 Ratings8.035 Ratings
    Platform User Management00 Ratings9.037 Ratings
    Reusability00 Ratings9.035 Ratings
    Platform Scalability00 Ratings8.036 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    ActiveCampaignCreatio
    Small Businesses
    Vbout
    Score9.9 out of 10
    No answers on this topic
    Medium-sized Companies
    Bloomreach
    Score9.2 out of 10
    Quixy
    Score9.9 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Iterable
    Score8.1 out of 10
    No answers on this topic
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    User Ratings
    ActiveCampaignCreatio
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.6
    (704 ratings)
    8.0
    (59 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (27 ratings)
    9.9
    (4 ratings)
    Usability
    9.3
    (67 ratings)
    9.0
    (40 ratings)
    Availability
    9.1
    (5 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    7.3
    (5 ratings)
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    1.3
    (42 ratings)
    10.0
    (38 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    10.0
    (16 ratings)
    9.6
    (2 ratings)
    Configurability
    6.4
    (4 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    9.1
    (4 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    1.0
    (5 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    6.4
    (4 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    7.3
    (4 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    ActiveCampaignCreatio
    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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    Creatio
    Creatio is well suited in following scenarios: Complex Business process modelling and automation, Low code No code development which is best for efficient timelines, customized reporting and dashboarding, seamless integration with other technologies. Scenarios where Creatio is less appropriate: Solutions which require high cutomizations on the frontend side as this can be done by javascript modifications but it increases the load on the page and slows it down.
    Incentivized
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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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    Creatio
    • Creatio's client success team is super. The team is collaborative, solution-oriented, and client-driven. We have weekly meetings with the team. They show up prepared with solutions/ideas to business requests and they are clearly engaged.
    • Creatio's infrastructure team has been critical to our ability to execute our cloud strategy. They have worked with us to set up our testing and production environments within Azure, assisted in testing, and are responsive and flexible to our unique requirements.
    • Creatio has been very flexible to requests for customization. We have taken their low-code out-of-the-box solution and "Ringlerized" it. The benefit for us is an application that meets our niche business needs.
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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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    Creatio
    • When we started using Creatio in 2022 the new user interface had just been released and did not include all the features we needed; however, we used a more classic user interface and were still satisfied with the results.
    • The ability to capture a digital signature directly within the application was missing in the base system; however, Creatio connected us with a partner that provided a solution for this specific situation.
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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.
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    Creatio
    We have always used a CRM and Creatio has proven to be much more effective in meeting our needs than our previous provider. Its customizability will allow us to adapt this product as our business may change in the future.
    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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    Creatio
    Because it is so easy to use and navigate through - even the most technophobic people in our company are using it on a regular basis. It is easy to change around and switch through different sections and keep neat and tidy.
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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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    Creatio
    Other than the daily maintenance window where the server may be inaccessible for a few minutes, there have been no issues with accessing our Creatio site. The daily maintenance window is outside normal business hours so it does not affect our Users - just myself when I am looking to implement changes.
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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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    Creatio
    Some Users have reported slow responses from the server at times which seems to be localized. Users are based across four different time zones and the issue is intermittent.
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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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    Creatio
    The people at the Creatio offices world wide are very friendly, patience and always happy to help. I have a huge respect for them, especially the people that were based in the Ukraine. Still in these strange times they always keep the focus on the customer, where we would have totaly understanded it if it was any different. So huge compliments to the whole team, keep up the energy and the good work
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    Online Training
    ActiveCampaign
    No answers on this topic
    Creatio
    Most of the roadblocks to learning were not discovered until the users were actually in the system using it on a day to day basis. Our Customer Success Manager has offered to setup additional training sessions as needed to close the gaps in our learning. Some areas which required some additional training are setting up filters, dashboards, and generating reports.
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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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    Creatio
    The project manager for our implementation was great to work with and took the time to understand our business. We felt very comfortable going into the project with a reasonable scope of work to provide us with a functional version of Creatio to meet our needs. Unfortunately, we came across multiple challenges with this partner in their deliverables and timelines. Thankfully Creatio was able to provide support resources to ensure we were able to launch. We have since changed partners for our third-party support.
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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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    Creatio
    The user-friendliness of Creatio was a big selling point along with the low-code initiatives, both of which were important to our business. With Salesforce, unlimited wasn't really unlimited. You couldn't deploy an on-site instance and the overall cost of the system far outweighed the ROI. These are all things Creatio offers, out-of-the-box.
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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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    Creatio
    I can see the promise of how it can be customized to other aspects of our business.
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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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    Creatio
    • We went from manually processing Work Orders into Invoices once a day - representing significant impact to turn around speeds - to submitting automatically in real time, eliminating a great deal of human transcription errors and freeing up a great deal of operations time
    • Custom Implementation automation in Creatio has eliminated 4-6 hours of configuration work per sale in comparison to our old manual methods
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