ActiveCampaign vs. Net-Results

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
ActiveCampaign
Score 7.9 out of 10
N/A
ActiveCampaign helps small teams power big businesses with a platform for intelligent marketing automation. It provides email marketing, marketing automation, and CRM tools that help businesses to create incredible customer experiences.
$19
per month
Net-Results
Score 8.1 out of 10
Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
Net-Results is a marketing automation solution that features segment-driven approaches to lead management and marketing automation. Some key features include support for A/B email testing, drag & drop landing pages, CRM integrations, and automated marketing workflows.
$800
Annual agreement, up to 25,000 Contacts or 60,000 Sends
Pricing
ActiveCampaignNet-Results
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
One Price Full Platform
$800
Annual agreement, up to 25,000 Contacts or 60,000 Sends
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
ActiveCampaignNet-Results
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsTiered pricing by total email sends or total contacts, you decide. All features included. No upsells or limitations based on your price.
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Features
ActiveCampaignNet-Results
Email & Online Marketing
Comparison of Email & Online Marketing features of Product A and Product B
ActiveCampaign
8.9
664 Ratings
13% above category average
Net-Results
7.1
23 Ratings
9% below category average
WYSIWYG email editor9.4581 Ratings7.021 Ratings
Dynamic content9.1520 Ratings7.214 Ratings
Ability to test dynamic content8.8471 Ratings7.311 Ratings
Landing pages8.0338 Ratings7.019 Ratings
A/B testing9.1380 Ratings6.311 Ratings
Mobile optimization9.3526 Ratings5.022 Ratings
Email deliverability reporting7.2631 Ratings8.023 Ratings
List management9.6650 Ratings7.022 Ratings
Triggered drip sequences9.7574 Ratings8.618 Ratings
Lead Management
Comparison of Lead Management features of Product A and Product B
ActiveCampaign
7.5
524 Ratings
3% below category average
Net-Results
7.6
20 Ratings
2% below category average
Lead nurturing automation9.2491 Ratings8.518 Ratings
Lead scoring and grading8.0359 Ratings8.418 Ratings
Data quality management9.2401 Ratings5.018 Ratings
Automated sales alerts and tasks9.2355 Ratings8.616 Ratings
Lead segmentation and distribution1.81 Ratings00 Ratings
Campaign Management
Comparison of Campaign Management features of Product A and Product B
ActiveCampaign
9.6
374 Ratings
23% above category average
Net-Results
7.5
15 Ratings
2% below category average
Calendaring9.6295 Ratings7.99 Ratings
Event/webinar marketing9.5286 Ratings7.015 Ratings
Social Media Marketing
Comparison of Social Media Marketing features of Product A and Product B
ActiveCampaign
9.5
287 Ratings
23% above category average
Net-Results
6.9
7 Ratings
9% below category average
Social sharing and campaigns9.6254 Ratings7.07 Ratings
Social profile integration9.5250 Ratings6.77 Ratings
Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
ActiveCampaign
8.4
627 Ratings
11% above category average
Net-Results
6.3
22 Ratings
17% below category average
Dashboards8.0597 Ratings7.021 Ratings
Standard reports8.0584 Ratings6.022 Ratings
Custom reports9.1377 Ratings6.019 Ratings
Platform & Infrastructure
Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Product A and Product B
ActiveCampaign
9.2
491 Ratings
19% above category average
Net-Results
7.5
20 Ratings
1% below category average
API9.6391 Ratings7.015 Ratings
Role-based workflow & approvals9.2267 Ratings8.08 Ratings
Customizability9.4420 Ratings7.019 Ratings
Integration with Salesforce.com9.392 Ratings7.99 Ratings
Integration with Microsoft Dynamics CRM9.860 Ratings7.03 Ratings
Integration with SugarCRM9.856 Ratings8.17 Ratings
Third-party software integrations7.520 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
ActiveCampaignNet-Results
Likelihood to Recommend
7.8
(676 ratings)
8.0
(25 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.4
(25 ratings)
9.0
(4 ratings)
Usability
7.7
(38 ratings)
7.5
(3 ratings)
Availability
9.1
(5 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
7.0
(5 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
1.4
(41 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
In-Person Training
9.1
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Online Training
7.3
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
8.6
(14 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Configurability
6.4
(4 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
9.0
(4 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
1.5
(5 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
6.4
(4 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
7.2
(4 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
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Likelihood to Recommend
ActiveCampaign
ActiveCampaign is brilliant for small businesses wanting a secure, reliable and user friendly email capture software that filters users emails into the appropriate category/tags and have endless options when it comes to having different lead magnets and ways users may sign up. It's been super handy for my small business to send regular emails and be able to analyse the success rates and open rates of emails and the ability to resend them with a different subject line. It's made email marketing really easy peasy.
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Net-Results
Net-Results is very well-suited for small, medium and large businesses. They seem to be more advanced than what a typical enterprise level implementation would require. When selecting a marketing automation provider make it a point to find out the level of integration with Salesforce and other marketing technologies. Do they have pre-built automation modules or does it require building from the ground up? Also ask questions regarding its specific capabilities ... for example: is it a marketing automation provider? is it a CRM provider? etc
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Pros
ActiveCampaign
  • The graphic design is very good, especially fonts, colours and templates
  • Flexibility of design and functionality
  • Takes a little while to learn it, but generally user-friendly
  • Looks very professional but doesn't cost much to get started
  • There are masses of integrations for ActiveCampaign, and the ones I tried all worked well and didn't take long to figure out.
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Net-Results
  • Automated emails in a drip campaign that Sales can remove people from.
  • Lead scoring and alerts that go right to the lead owner.
  • Weekly reports to each Sales person with their hottest lead.
  • Very finely tuned segments that can be used for alerts, emails, and scheduled reports.
  • Integration with Salesforce. The Sales team can basically trigger their own emails.
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Cons
ActiveCampaign
  • The email designing part could be easier to use. There are certain simple shortcuts that don't work, for example, adding links is more complicated than it should be, moving blocks around is hard, etc.
  • There's no good way to filter by 'active' and 'inactive' subscribers when editing en-mass.
  • I'd like more reporting data on one page.
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Net-Results
  • Forms: Would love to have dependent fields, also ability to see all data a user entered without having to create a custom field for every form.
  • Campaign branching: Criteria need to be selected one at a time, which can be very time-consuming.
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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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Net-Results
Net-Results does what we need and is straightforward to use. Their team has been very responsive to our requests and great to work with.
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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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Net-Results
Net Results is pretty easy to use and understand. I wouldn't say that it is the best in comparison to MailChimp's drag and drop email builder, but Net Results do so much more than MailChimp that it is hard to even compare the two. Overall Net Results has good usability
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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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Net-Results
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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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Net-Results
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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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Net-Results
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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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Net-Results
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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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Net-Results
We've used ClickDimensions and Marketo. We felt that ClickDimensions was more limited as far as creating effective email campaigns and not as easy to use. It also is completely native to Dynamics CRM, which can be a positive and a negative. Marketo was the previous solution we owned, we are much happier with Net-Results. It's easier to use, not as complex and there is much better communication from their support team. When looking at a new solution we also looked at Act-On and Hubspot. Act-On probably would've been our second choice, but it didn't have as modern of a feel and wasn't quite as easy to use. Hubspot didn't really fit our business. It was very focused on SEO and blog posts. It didn't have the features we needed from a marketing standpoint
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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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Net-Results
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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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Net-Results
  • Stronger re-engagement rates - The buy cycle for our product can be very long. Net-Results helps us keep in touch with prospects that may have gone cold.
  • Better asset utilization - Net-Results helps us drive continuous utilization of our assets.
  • Efficiency - The automation Net-Results has provided means we can focus on other tasks, like creating new assets or building new partnerships.
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ScreenShots

ActiveCampaign Screenshots

Screenshot of tagging, that when combined with conditional content helps to put the right message in front of each customer.Screenshot of marketing automationScreenshot of audience segmentation based on engagement, purchase activity, lead score, or any other dimensionScreenshot of live chat, site messaging, email, and a unified inbox that can be used to build relationships with customers.Screenshot of the CRM, which helps sales reps to get more done in less time

Net-Results Screenshots

Screenshot of Advanced nurturing campaignsScreenshot of Form actionsScreenshot of Salesforce integration/FunnelvisionScreenshot of Deep database segmentationScreenshot of Dashboards and reportsScreenshot of Drag and drop email builder