Does ActiveCampaign Marketing Starter offer a free plan or free trial?

Free-plan and free-trial availability for ActiveCampaign Marketing Starter isn't confirmed in our tracker yet.

What are all of ActiveCampaign Marketing Starter's pricing tiers?

ActiveCampaign Marketing Starter has 4 publicly-priced tiers as of September 12, 2026: • Starter — $19/mo ($15/mo billed annually). 1K contacts, basic automation, 1 user. • Plus — $59/mo ($49/mo billed annually). 1K contacts, CRM + SMS, unlimited automation actions, landing pages. • Pro — $99/mo ($79/mo billed annually). 1K contacts, 3 seats, predictive sending, attribution, 12x send multiplier. • Enterprise — $179/mo ($145/mo billed annually). 1K contacts, SSO + custom objects + dedicated account team.

Has ActiveCampaign Marketing Starter raised or lowered prices recently?

ActiveCampaign Marketing Starter's pricing has been stable since Sep 20, 2026. See full history at /tools/activecampaign-marketing-starter/price-history.

How does ActiveCampaign Marketing Starter pricing compare to other Marketing & Email tools?

ActiveCampaign Marketing Starter sits in the mid-range for Marketing & Email tools. Of the 25 we track with published entry prices, 8 are cheaper and 16 are more expensive. Entry price is $19/month vs. a category median of $29.90/month.

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ActiveCampaign Marketing Starter

ActiveCampaign Marketing Starter · Marketing & Email

ActiveCampaign Marketing Starter is ActiveCampaign's entry marketing automation product — email marketing, drip campaigns, segmentation, and basic automation at 1,000 contacts baseline for $19/mo monthly ($15/mo annual). Price scales with contact list size: 10K contacts ≈ $149/mo Plus. ActiveCampaign sells 2 additional products with independent pricing not tracked here: ActiveCampaign Sales (standalone CRM), ActiveCampaign Bundle (Marketing + Sales combined at a discount, Bundle Plus at $93/mo is the sweet spot for many customers). All three products scale with contact count. Popular with SMBs and solopreneurs graduating from Mailchimp.

In other words, ActiveCampaign Marketing Starter is worth it for SMBs (500-5,000 contacts) that need email + basic automation + CRM in one tool without HubSpot's price tag. Starter covers most basic email flows; Plus adds sales automation and SMS. Moderate learning curve — visual automation builder is powerful but not instant. Native integrations with Shopify, WooCommerce, Salesforce, and 900+ apps. Downside: reporting is thin at lower tiers, and per-contact pricing scales aggressively past 10K subscribers.

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Pricing summary

Starting price

$0 / month

No monthly fees

Pricing model

Per Usage

Pay as you go

Key limit

contacts

Main metered limit

Additional fees

Varies

DATA GAP CLOSED 2026-09-12: monthly-billing prices for Plus/Pro/Enterprise are now filled (59 / 99 / 179). Two independent sources now agree: buyersprint states the monthly-vs-annual deltas explicitly (Starter +$4, Plus +$10, Pro +$20, Enterprise +$34 per month), which applied to the confirmed annual rates 15/49/79/145 yields exactly 19/59/99/179 — matching the figures a single source gave on 2026-08-25. That earlier single-source reading is now corroborated, so it was written. NOT a price movement — annual prices are unchanged (Starter 15, Plus 49, Pro 79, Enterprise 145 @ 1K contacts, re-confirmed this run). This fills previously-blank monthly cells, so NO Weekly Price Changes snapshot was written. A blank-to-value fill is not an Up. Still true: accounts created on/after 2025-11-03 are billed on ALL contacts (incl. unsubscribed/bounced); older accounts grandfathered onto active-contacts billing. Prices scale steeply with list size — at 10K contacts (annual) the ladder is 149/189/375/589.

Free trial

14-day free trial

Pricing verified for United States.View full pricing details on ActiveCampaign Marketing Starter's website

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Alternatives to consider

Solo creator or under 1,000 contacts? Pick Mailerlite or Beehiiv (both free tiers). Need enterprise-grade automation? HubSpot or Klaviyo.

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Plan	Monthly	Annual	Key limit
StarterEntry tier	$19	$15Save 21%	1K contacts, basic automation, 1 user
Plus	$59	$49Save 17%	1K contacts, CRM + SMS, unlimited automation actions, landing pages
Pro	$99	$79Save 20%	1K contacts, 3 seats, predictive sending, attribution, 12x send multiplier
Enterprise	$179	$145Save 19%	1K contacts, SSO + custom objects + dedicated account team

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Price history

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Common questions about ActiveCampaign Marketing Starter

Is ActiveCampaign Marketing Starter worth it?: ActiveCampaign Marketing Starter is worth it for SMBs (500-5,000 contacts) that need email + basic automation + CRM in one tool without HubSpot's price tag. Starter covers most basic email flows; Plus adds sales automation and SMS.
What are the pricing tiers of ActiveCampaign Marketing Starter?: ActiveCampaign Marketing Starter has 4 plans: Starter ($19/mo), Plus ($59/mo), Pro ($99/mo), Enterprise ($179/mo).
Does ActiveCampaign Marketing Starter offer annual discounts?: Yes. Paying annually brings the entry plan from $19/month down to $15/month — about 21% cheaper.

Frequently asked questions

About ActiveCampaign Marketing Starter pricing.

ActiveCampaign Marketing Starter pricing starts at $19/month on monthly billing, or $15/month if billed annually — a 21% saving. ActiveCampaign Marketing Starter offers 4 paid plans in total, ranging from $19 to $179/month. Enterprise pricing is custom-quoted.