Hello Bar vs ActiveCampaign

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

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Hello Bar costs less at 2,500 contacts.
ActiveCampaign fits retail shop, restaurant or café, service business, agency or studio, trades or contractor.
ActiveCampaign suits teams past ten people.

Compare	Hello BarHello Bar	ActiveCampaignActiveCampaign
In one line	Popups and top bars that grow your email list	Email automation for businesses that follow up over weeks
Starting price	Free	From $15/mo
At 2,500 contacts	$0/mo	$39/mo
Plans	Free Starter (up to 5,000 views, lifetime); Growth $29/mo; Premium $49/mo; Elite $99/mo, billed annually (monthly $39/$69/$129)	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 tier	Free trial
Free trial	—	14 days
Users	Unlimited	1 on Starter and Plus; 3 on Pro
Both connect to	HubSpot CRM, Shopify, BigCommerce
Also connects to	No others on record	Pipedrive, Squarespace Commerce, WooCommerce, Teachable1,059+ listed by the vendor
Team size	Just me · 2–10 people	2–10 people · 11–50 people
Available in	US · UK · CA · AU	US · UK · CA · AU
Phone support	None listed	Plans not stated
Live chat	Plans not stated	Every paid plan
Support hours	Email: Monday through Friday 9:00am – 5:00pm PT	Not published
Incidents posted	We found no public status page for Hello Bar.	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	4.5 / 5 from 20 reviews	4.6 / 5 from 2,571 reviews
Trustpilot score	2.1 / 5 from 10 reviews (few reviews)	2.7 / 5 from 1,450 reviews
Fit: Retail shop	55	65
Fit: Restaurant or café	40	55
Fit: Service business	60	82
Fit: Agency or studio	65	85
Fit: Trades or contractor	35	55
Fit: Online store	80	82
Why people pick it	Fast to install A/B testing of bars	Unlimited automation steps from Plus up Over 1,000 integrations
Where it falls short	Needs a separate email sender Free plan capped at 5,000 views a month	Starter caps automations at 5 actions and has no landing pages CRM pipelines and SMS cost extra
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