ActiveCampaign
Email marketing and automation with an AI automation builder. AI-powered tool, from $15/mo; runs on web. The stack builder picks it for email marketing.
What it is known for
- Strengths: email, SMS and WhatsApp automation; AI drafting with a brand kit; segmentation and campaign analytics.
- For: any business, small teams to enterprises with 250,000+ contacts.
- Runs on: page does not say; bank lists web.
- Learning curve: easy: minimal setup and an 8x faster first campaign, the page claims.
- Works with: ChatGPT connector and Claude connector.
Read on October 9, 2026 from activecampaign.com.
Plans and prices
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Starter | $15/mo | Starting price; rises with contacts |
| Plus | $49/mo | Automation and customer insights |
| Pro | $79/mo | Enhanced email orchestration |
| Enterprise | $145/mo |
Checked by hand against activecampaign.com/pricing on October 9, 2026; confidence high. Prices are monthly in US dollars unless the row says otherwise; the builder counts the plan it starts on, Starter.
When the stack builder picks it
The builder reads each job's rules from the top and takes the first step whose conditions hold and whose plan fits the money left. ActiveCampaign is named in these steps:
- Email marketing, step 6 of 6, otherwise: Starter ($15/mo); the step also names Brevo, MailerLite, Omnisend, Klaviyo, Kit and beehiiv, and the best score takes it.
The rules are public in stack-rules.json, and how the stack builder scores explains the tie-break.
Alternatives the same rules name
- Brevo: Email, SMS and automations priced by emails sent. From free.
- MailerLite: Email newsletters and automations with an AI writing assistant. From free.
- Omnisend: Ecommerce email and SMS with Essential and Advanced AI. From free.
- Klaviyo: Ecommerce email and SMS, with Klaviyo AI for subject lines and content. From free.
- Kit: Email for creators: newsletters, forms and paid subscriptions. From free.
- beehiiv: Newsletter platform with growth and ad tools built in. From free.
Signals and what people say
- App Store: 4.6 from 1,171 ratings, as of October 9, 2026
- Hacker News, 30 days to October 9, 2026: 0 stories
Change log
- October 9, 2026: added to the tool list; plans and prices first recorded from activecampaign.com/pricing.
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