Klaviyo alternatives, 2026

Klaviyo is one of four tools in StackScope's email marketing report. The table below shows the other three, Mailchimp, ActiveCampaign and Kit, using the same verified figures as the full report, last verified October 2026. Prices, free-plan limits and catches are shown as reported, with sources on each vendor's pricing page.

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Tool	Free plan	Entry	Mid	Highest	Aggregated sentiment
Mailchimp	250 contacts, 500 sends/mo1 seat, 1 audience, 250 sends/day cap — sending pauses if you exceed it, doesn't trigger a charge	$17/moStandard · 500 contacts · $20/mo billed monthly	$51/moStandard · 2,500 contacts · $60/mo billed monthly	$115/moStandard · 10,000 contacts · $135/mo billed monthly — vendor currently presents this as a first-year promotional rate for eligible businesses, not a guaranteed renewal rate	Catch: the bill scales fast with contact count, and lower tiers cap automation. Praised for a drag-and-drop builder that makes professional campaigns easy even for non-technical users. G2 reviewers repeatedly flag "expensive" as a recurring theme. A real billing trap: Mailchimp bills for every contact in your audience — including unsubscribed ones — unless you manually archive them. Monthly send allowances are capped at a multiple of contact count (10× Essentials, 12× Standard, 15× Premium); exceeding them can trigger overage charges.
ActiveCampaign Best value (paid)	No free plan14-day trial only, capped at 100 contacts	$39/moStarter · 2,500 contacts · annual-equivalent rate from vendor's contact-based calculator — a consistent public month-to-month figure isn't posted at every contact level	$95/moPlus · 2,500 contacts · annual-equivalent rate, same caveat	$375/moPro · 10,000 contacts · annual-equivalent rate, same caveat	Catch: public pricing is now built around annual billing and a contact-count selector, not a flat monthly rate. Automation depth is consistently the most praised feature — branching, multi-step workflows most competitors reserve for pricier tiers. Starter's automation actions are capped at 5 per automation, pushing serious users to Plus quickly. Add-ons (CRM pipelines, SMS, custom reporting) sit outside the sticker price and can add 30%+ to the real bill.
Kit Most generous free plan	10,000 subscribersUnlimited broadcasts, forms, landing pages, digital products; 1 basic automation, 1 email sequence — genuinely ongoing, not a trial	$33/moCreator · 1,000 subscribers · $39/mo billed monthly	$49/moCreator · 3,000 subscribers · $59/mo billed monthly	~$117/moCreator · 10,000 subscribers · $139/mo billed monthly — annual-effective figure rounded from Kit's 2-months-free annual schedule; confirm the exact yearly total in Kit's own calculator	Catch: the free plan is huge on subscribers but deliberately withholds automation. Praised for simplicity and creator-focused tools — built-in digital product sales and a cross-promotion network make it easy to actually monetize a list. Kit's published pricing has moved up since our last check — Creator is now $59/mo at 3,000 subscribers and $139/mo at 10,000 on monthly billing. Creator Pro starts at $79/mo (1,000 subscribers; annual pricing not independently verified) and adds subscriber scoring and a referral system, most useful past ~5,000 subscribers. Billing is subscriber-based — Kit doesn't impose a comparable monthly send cap the way most competitors do.

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What are the main alternatives to Klaviyo?

In StackScope's email marketing report, the other tools compared are Mailchimp, ActiveCampaign and Kit.

Where do these prices come from?

From each vendor's own pricing pages, cross-checked against independent sources and last verified October 2026. See the email marketing report and each vendor's pricing page for the full source list.