Constant Contact vs ActiveCampaign

Two email marketing tools side by side. Prices are the starting plan a small business would pick, in USD.

Compare	Constant ContactConstant Contact	ActiveCampaignActiveCampaign
In one line	Email, social posts, and events with live phone support	Email automation for businesses that follow up over weeks
Starting price	From $10.20/mo	From $15/mo
At 2,500 contacts	Not on record	$39/mo
Plans	Starting prices, rising with contacts, billed yearly (15% off): Lite $10.20/mo; Standard $29.75/mo; Premium $68/mo (500 SMS); month to month $12, $35 and $80	At 1,000 contacts, billed yearly: Starter $15/mo (1 user, 5 actions per automation); Plus $49 (landing pages, unlimited actions); Pro $79 (3 users). Starter billed yearly rises to $39 at 2,500 contacts, $79 at 5,000, $149 at 10,000. Monthly $19/$59/$99
Pricing model	Free trial	Free trial
Free trial	—	14 days
Users	Not listed	1 on Starter and Plus; 3 on Pro
Both connect to	HubSpot CRM, Shopify, BigCommerce
Also connects to	Volusion, Shift4Shop	Pipedrive, Squarespace Commerce, WooCommerce, Teachable1,059+ listed by the vendor
Team size	Just me · 2–10 people · 11–50 people	2–10 people · 11–50 people
Available in	US · UK · CA · AU	US · UK · CA · AU
Phone support	Plans not stated (US, CA)	Plans not stated
Live chat	Plans not stated	Every paid plan
Support hours	Phone: Monday to Friday: 8am - 8pm ET; Saturday: 10am - 6pm ET, Saturday: 10am - 6pm ET, 3pm - 10pm UK · Live chat: Monday to Friday: 3am - 8pm ET · Video call: Monday to Friday: 10am - 4pm ET	Not published
Incidents posted	4 incidents posted on Constant Contact's status page, which covers all Constant Contact products and regions, in the 90 days to Oct 27, 2026; 1 marked major or critical by Constant Contact. Status page	11 incidents posted on ActiveCampaign's status page, which covers all ActiveCampaign products and regions, in the 90 days to Oct 27, 2026; 7 marked major or critical by ActiveCampaign. Status page
Capterra score	4.3 / 5 from 2,953 reviews	4.6 / 5 from 2,571 reviews
Trustpilot score	4.0 / 5 from 2,116 reviews	2.7 / 5 from 1,450 reviews
Fit: Retail shop	80	65
Fit: Restaurant or café	78	55
Fit: Service business	82	82
Fit: Agency or studio	65	85
Fit: Trades or contractor	65	55
Fit: Online store	65	82
Why people pick it	Live phone and chat support on every plan Social posts and event tools included	Unlimited automation steps from Plus up Over 1,000 integrations
Where it falls short	No free plan Price rises with your contact count	Starter caps automations at 5 actions and has no landing pages CRM pipelines and SMS cost extra
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List-size prices are the vendor's published price for 2,500 contacts. How we calculate prices