What are the best ActiveCampaign Marketing Starter alternatives in 2026?

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The closest Marketing & Email alternatives to ActiveCampaign Marketing Starter are Buffer ($6/mo), Brevo ($9/mo), Mailerlite ($12/mo). Buffer is the cheapest at $6/month versus $19/month for ActiveCampaign Marketing Starter. 11 of them ship a free plan.

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We track 26 Marketing & Email tools, and every price below is verified against the vendor's public pricing page — no estimates, no affiliate ordering. Alternatives are ranked by transparent published pricing first, then by entry price.

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

Entry price alone rarely decides a migration: check the per-seat step-ups, the contacts caps, and how often each vendor has raised prices before switching away from ActiveCampaign Marketing Starter.

Best ActiveCampaign Marketing Starter alternatives by entry price

#ToolEntry priceFree plan
1Buffer$6/moYes
2Brevo$9/moYes
3Mailerlite$12/moYes
4Constant Contact$12/mo
5Typefully$12.50/moYes
6Mailchimp$13/moYes
7Whitespark Local Rank Tracker$14/mo
8Moz Local$16/mo
9Klaviyo$20/moYes
10Mangools$29/moYes

Answer generated from SaaS Price Hub's daily-verified pricing tracker. Last updated August 20, 2026.

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