Constant Contact vs. ActiveCampaign
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Why choose Constant Contact over ActiveCampaign?
Constant Contact has the online marketing tools you need in one place, so you can send more, sell more, and get more customers in less time.
List-Growth Tools
More tools to grow your customer list, build your audience, and sell more—faster.
100s of Templates
Tons of professional templates to help you send beautiful emails—fast.
Easy-to-Use
Our simple interface makes everything easier to save you valuable time.
Reliable Performance
Avoid bugs and slow loading times with our digital marketing tools.
ActiveCampaign
Customer List Growth tools
Facebook ads integrated
Drive new business fast with our streamlined experience that display ads in your target customer’s Facebook feeds.
Google ads integrated
Our streamlined experience automates ad setup and management so you get the most clicks for the lowest cost.
Unlimited website sign-up forms
Turn your website visitors into leads by displaying customizable form that offers an incentive to sign up like email promotions, a checklist, or a free consultation.
Text message sign-up
Make it easy for people to join your email list by sending a text message from their mobile device.
Lead generation landing pages
Create a custom webpage dedicated to capturing new leads and share it via social, ads, and more.
Gift card incentives integrated
Get more signups by offering a $30 gift card, which can be used at over 9,000 businesses, at no cost to you, and can be automatically accessed via a landing page or by email.
Tablet sign-up form app
Capture offline visitors at your store or events by setting up your tablet with a form readily available for visitors to complete.
Email Marketing Features
Drag and drop email editor
Create beautifully branded emails fast with drag-and-drop editing.
Professionally designed, mobile-friendly templates
Choose from hundreds of templates or customize your own.
Automated email marketing
Engage and grow your audience in less time by automating real-time relevant emails like welcome emails, birthday & anniversary greetings, resend to non-openers and abandoned cart reminders.
Designs and images from Canva to create faster
A direct integration with Canva means you can quickly add your images and documents from Canva into your emails, social posts, and more.
Reporting
Track results in real-time & optimize
Easily know what’s working - see everything from views, clicks, sign-ups, and more in every plan.
Social Posting & Monitoring
Create and post to Facebook, Instagram, and/or LinkedIn at once
Our easy-to-use dashboard will automatically optimize the content and images for each platform.
Schedule posts in advance
Plan and schedule your social posts in advance so you can focus on other things.
Social inbox
Save time by reviewing and responding to comments and messages from all of your social channels in one place.
Social share
Multiply your campaign’s exposure by sharing a link to your emails directly to your social accounts.
Customer Service
Live phone support
An award-winning live customer support team is readily available by phone and excited to help all customers in all plans.
Live chat support
Chat with a real person and quickly get the expert advice you need.
Personalized new customer kickoff call
One-on-one guidance from our marketing experts to help you get results faster.
Additional Features
Marketing calendar
Stay organized and efficient with all your marketing activities mapped in one view, and sync your campaigns to your Google, Apple, or Outlook calendars.
Surveys & polls
Get instant feedback from your contacts so you know more about who they are and what they want and increase engagement.
Event management
Promote your event, collect registrations 24/7, sell items, and track details—quickly and easily.
Updated: October 2021
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