Solution guide

Marketing Automation & Email

Choose email campaigns, customer journeys and lifecycle tools based on your actual contacts, sends, channels and required integrations.

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Questions worth answering first

  1. 1How many marketing contacts and sends will you have?
  2. 2Do you need simple follow-ups or behavioral journeys?
  3. 3Must ecommerce, CRM or another channel be included?

Researched options

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HNo affiliate relationship

HubSpot

A connected CRM foundation with sales, marketing and customer-service hubs.

Best for
Teams that want connected CRM, sales, marketing and service data in a broader platform.
Major strength
Connected CRM and growth platform
ANo affiliate relationship

ActiveCampaign

Marketing automation platform for email campaigns, customer journeys and segmentation.

Best for
B2B teams that need deeper automation and lifecycle workflows than a simple newsletter tool.
Major strength
Automation-led email marketing
BNo affiliate relationship

Brevo

Email, SMS and marketing automation platform priced primarily by email volume.

Best for
Small teams that need campaign email and practical automation with a transparent send-volume starting point.
Major strength
Email-volume-based multichannel marketing
MNo affiliate relationship

Mailchimp

Email marketing platform for campaigns, audiences, templates and ecommerce-connected marketing.

Best for
Small businesses seeking a familiar email-first marketing workspace.
Major strength
Accessible email campaign workflow
KNo affiliate relationship

Klaviyo

Customer engagement platform for email, SMS, ecommerce data and lifecycle automation.

Best for
Ecommerce teams that need profile-based lifecycle marketing and storefront-triggered flows.
Major strength
Ecommerce lifecycle automation
ONo affiliate relationship

Omnisend

Ecommerce marketing platform for email, SMS and automated lifecycle campaigns.

Best for
Online stores seeking ecommerce-focused email and SMS automation.
Major strength
Storefront lifecycle marketing