Discover Brevo, the affordable alternative to ActiveCampaign

Q: Is ActiveCampaign easy to use?

While ActiveCampaign has many advanced features , it is not known for its ease of use . It offers many email templates , however, the limited customizable boxes and clunky email designer interface make DIY email building a bit slow. Smaller teams with no HTML knowledge are better off with a user-friendly alternative .

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Brevo: the same features at half the price of ActiveCampaign

Brevo works out a lot cheaper than ActiveCampaign for sending bulk emails.

This is because ActiveCampaign pricing is based on the number of contacts while Brevo lets you store unlimited contacts at no extra cost. This way, you only pay for email usage and not for growing your business.

Brevo’s free plan offers a flexible way to test-drive the platform by sending up to 300 emails a day. ActiveCampaign, on the other hand, only offers a 14-day free trial limited to 100 contacts and 100 emails.

Number of contacts	Brevo	ActiveCampaign
Free plan	300 emails/day, unlimited contacts
Send a monthly newsletter to 1,000 contacts	Free	$39
Send a monthly newsletter to 2,500 contacts	Free	$61
Send a monthly newsletter to 5,000 contacts	Free	$99
Send a monthly newsletter to 10,000 contacts	$25	$174
Send a monthly newsletter to 25,000 contacts	$35	$286
Send a monthly newsletter to 50,000 contacts	$49	$486
Send a monthly newsletter to 100,000 contacts	$69	Custom quote

Based on ActiveCampaign “Pay Monthly” prices, taking the cheapest plan available. Source: activecampaign.com/pricing Date: 7/18/2023

ActiveCampaign vs Brevo: Manage your marketing and transactional emails all from one platform

If your business relies on time-sensitive transactional emails (order updates, password resets, etc.), you’ll be able to send these through Brevo’s dedicated SMTP server. Brevo lets you manage both marketing and transactional emails from the same platform as part of your monthly email plan. No need to buy separate plans or pay extra.

ActiveCampaign does not have a transactional email server. For this you’ll have to use another service which means paying even more for emails that should already be part of any email marketing tool.

ActiveCampaign vs Brevo: Features rundown

Available Features	Brevo	ActiveCampaign
Transactional emails		Paid add-on (Mandrill)
Email marketing campaigns
Advanced marketing automation
HTML email editor
Drag and drop email builder
Automation workflows
Telephone support	For $69 plans and up	Enterprise plan

Brevo’s email automation and transactional server work together seamlessly to guide leads through the customer journey. With powerful send time optimization and advanced customer segmentation, get your message sent when it matters most.

Go multichannel with Brevo's all-in-one sales and marketing platform

Brevo isn’t just for email. Tap into a range of multichannel features to grow your small business.

Available Features	Brevo	ActiveCampaign
Sales CRM		Paid platform add-on
SMS marketing		Paid add-on
WhatsApp marketing	Available directly with Brevo’s WhatsApp API access	3rd party integration
Facebook ads		Audiences only
Live chat		Discontinued
Push notifications
Appointment scheduling
Video meetings hosting
Popular integrations	WordPress, PrestaShop, WooCommerce, Shopify	WordPress, PrestaShop, WooCommerce, Shopify
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Deliverability: Land your emails in the inbox with Brevo

At Brevo, deliverability is a top priority. We work hard to protect the sender reputation of our shared IPs.

We have a rigorous anti-spam policy and account validation process.
Our team of deliverability experts actively monitor servers and work with clients to resolve any issues.
Our platform automatically removes hard bounce contacts from your campaigns.

If you’re a high volume sender, Brevo gives you more control over your deliverability with dedicated IPs. You can also set up SPF, DKIM, and DMARC authentication to help improve your deliverability. These options are also available with ActiveCampaign.

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They explain it best

Need more convincing? When comparing ActiveCampaign vs Brevo, look at what our users have to say.

An accessible, affordable tool

Brevo is very easy to learn, and lets you design attractive, effective emails that combine images, text and links to sites or documents. Importing contact files is very intuitive, and the system automatically checks for any duplicate entries. It also manages unsubscribes and blacklists people automatically. What's more, statistics on opens and clicks help us fine-tune our analysis of active contacts. All at a very affordable price! I highly recommend it.

Administrator

Truly practical and intuitive

For our current needs, Brevo is free, practical, and intuitive... Importing contacts is convenient, managing newsletters is easy, and the reports give us feedback about our campaigns. In my opinion, Brevo is the best emailing software on the market. The interface is clear, and plans are simple and transparent... Real professionals were at the other end of the line (or email) for technical assistance with our account setup, for example, or using automation.

Ludovic P.

Accessible and effective

The follow-up is great; you feel supported from day one. The prices are affordable and the service couldn't be better. The human factor is clearly present in their follow-up, and the customer service is fast and very efficient. I'm so glad I found it.

Internal consultant

Customer support that you can talk to

It’s an easy choice for Brevo vs ActiveCampaign here. ActiveCampaign only offers phone assistance for their enterprise clients. With Brevo, Business and BrevoPlus plans all have direct phone access to Brevo experience experts. Brevo also has a Help Center and Youtube tutorials to easily guide users through the platform.

In the words of our users, “Customer support is very reactive, and the features depth is there.” – Quentin U. Small business owner.

FAQ

Can ActiveCampaign be used as a CRM?

Yes. ActiveCampaign offers a sales platform. However, if you want to use it with your email marketing platform you must upgrade to a Marketing Plus plan. ActiveCampaign’s Lite plan cannot be used with its CRM.

This is not the case with Brevo. Our Sales CRM is integrated with our Marketing Platform.

Which one is better for ecommerce, Brevo or ActiveCampaign?

Both platforms offer efficient and powerful ecommerce solutions with essential integrations for your website.

But with ActiveCampaign, you would pay $85 a month for ecommerce automation and transactional email marketing. This price only guarantees you 1,000 contacts and doesn’t include a CRM.

With Brevo, your CRM is free and ecommerce functionalities are free. You pay only for the volume of emails sent. Website tracking and automations included.

Selling on Shopify? Discover our Ecommerce Dashboard for Shopify.

Is ActiveCampaign easy to use?

While ActiveCampaign has many advanced features, it is not known for its ease of use. It offers many email templates, however, the limited customizable boxes and clunky email designer interface make DIY email building a bit slow. Smaller teams with no HTML knowledge are better off with a user-friendly alternative.

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See for yourself! Get started with Brevo for free and send up to 300 emails per day.