Best for
Best for teams that want email marketing with deep marketing automation and a built-in CRM, and that will grow into advanced segmentation and predictive sending.
- Small and mid-sized
- Enterprise
Email Marketing Comparison
ActiveCampaign vs. Mailmodo
At a glance
At a glance
Best for
Best for marketing teams that want interactive AMP emails, where forms and surveys run inside the inbox, backed by AI drafting and automation.
- Small and mid-sized
- Enterprise
Cataleo does not name a winner. Both statements come from the vendors themselves.
Full Comparison
| Criterion | ActiveCampaign | Mailmodo |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | Not stated | From $149 / month Lite plan, billed annually, for 500 contacts and 2,000 email credits per month; higher plans add contacts and credits. |
| Free trial | 14-day free trial, no credit card required | Free trial available |
| API | Yes, an API with webhooks, plus more than 1,000 integrations | Yes, an API, with integrations for Zapier, HubSpot, Customer.io and Clevertap |
| Hosting | Cloud (SaaS) | Cloud (SaaS) |
| Made in | Not stated | United States |
| Campaign types | Yes, email campaigns with a drag-and-drop designer and more than 250 templates | Yes, email newsletters and bulk campaigns, AMP interactive emails, and transactional email |
| Automation and journeys | Yes, marketing automation, 5 actions per automation on Starter and unlimited on Plus, Pro and Enterprise | Yes, email sequences and prebuilt automation templates |
| Segmentation and personalisation | Yes, segmentation from limited on Starter to advanced and premium on the higher plans, with predictive sending | Yes, contact segmentation, with AI segment generation |
| Templates and editor | Yes, a drag-and-drop email designer for plain text and HTML with more than 250 pre-built templates | Yes, a drag-and-drop editor with AI template and subject-line generation and a brand kit |
| Deliverability and testing | Yes, a spam check across plans and predictive sending | Yes, a managed deliverability service: Mailmodo monitors its own sending IPs, keeps bulk and transactional mail on separate sending streams, provides its own high-reputation SMTP, and its in-house experts run a deliverability audit of email health, performance and domain reputation, then plan domain warm-up and safe volume increases |
| Ecommerce and CRM data | Yes, contact profiles with custom fields, tags and lists, plus premium CRM integrations such as Salesforce on the higher plans | Yes, integrations with HubSpot, Customer.io and Clevertap for CRM data |
| Integrations and API | Yes, an API with webhooks plus more than 1,000 integrations | Yes, an API, plus integrations for Zapier, HubSpot, Customer.io and Clevertap |
| AI features | Yes | Yes |
| Deployment | Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based | Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based |
| Support | Email helpdesk, Chat, Community forum | Email helpdesk, Chat, Phone |
| Onboarding | more entries Documentation and knowledge base, Video tutorials, Guided onboarding, Live online demos and webinars | Documentation and knowledge base |
| Company size | Small and mid-sized, Enterprise | Small and mid-sized, Enterprise |
| Integrations | Shopify, Salesforce, Zendesk, Wix, Facebook, Google Sheets, Google Ads, ChatGPT, Claude | more entries HubSpot, Customer.io, Clevertap, Zapier, Make, Google Sheets, Mailchimp, Shopify, Segment, Mixpanel, Twilio, Zoom, Google Calendar, Intercom, Zendesk, MoEngage, WebEngage |
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The short version
Key Differences
- Free trial ActiveCampaign 14-day free trial, no credit card required Mailmodo Free trial available
- Support ActiveCampaign Email helpdesk, Chat, Community forum Mailmodo Email helpdesk, Chat, Phone
- API ActiveCampaign Yes, an API with webhooks, plus more than 1,000 integrations Mailmodo Yes, an API, with integrations for Zapier, HubSpot, Customer.io and Clevertap
- Campaign types ActiveCampaign Yes, email campaigns with a drag-and-drop designer and more than 250 templates Mailmodo Yes, email newsletters and bulk campaigns, AMP interactive emails, and transactional email
- Automation and journeys ActiveCampaign Yes, marketing automation, 5 actions per automation on Starter and unlimited on Plus, Pro and Enterprise Mailmodo Yes, email sequences and prebuilt automation templates
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The trade-offs
Strengths and Limitations
ActiveCampaign
Strengths
- Marketing automation with unlimited automation actions on Plus, Pro and Enterprise
- More than 1,000 integrations plus an API with webhooks
- Active Intelligence AI features across all plans
- Built-in CRM with contact profiles, custom fields, tags and lists
Limitations
- Starter caps automations at 5 actions each and offers only limited segmentation
- Prices scale with the number of contacts
Mailmodo
Strengths
- AMP interactive emails with forms, surveys and carts inside the inbox
- AI generates templates, subject lines and segments
- Email sequences and prebuilt automation templates
- Integrations for HubSpot, Customer.io, Clevertap and Zapier
Limitations
- Higher entry price than most email tools, from $149 per month
- Plans start at 500 contacts
Plans
Pricing
ActiveCampaign
- Starter Not stated Entry plan with the email designer, templates and up to 5 actions per automation. Scales with contacts.
- Plus Not stated Adds unlimited automation actions and standard segmentation. Scales with contacts.
- Pro Not stated Adds advanced segmentation and predictive sending. Scales with contacts.
- Enterprise Not stated Adds premium segmentation and premium integrations such as Salesforce and Microsoft Dynamics.
Mailmodo
- Lite From $149 / month Billed annually; 500 contacts, 2,000 email credits per month and one team member.
- Pro From $199 / month Billed annually; 500 contacts, 3,000 email credits per month and three team members.
- Max Not stated Unlimited email credits and five team members, quoted by sales.
What users say
Review Scores · opens after launch
ActiveCampaign
- Ease of use
- Not rated yet
- User interface
- Not rated yet
- Onboarding
- Not rated yet
- Support and service
- Not rated yet
- Value for money
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- Features
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Mailmodo
- Ease of use
- Not rated yet
- User interface
- Not rated yet
- Onboarding
- Not rated yet
- Support and service
- Not rated yet
- Value for money
- Not rated yet
- Features
- Not rated yet
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Where this comes from
Where this comes from
ActiveCampaign https://www.activecampaign.com · checked against the official source on 2026-08-19
Mailmodo https://www.mailmodo.com · checked against the official source on 2026-08-22
This table lists factual criteria taken from information the vendors publish themselves. For how we put it together, see the methodology.