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Alternatives to Drip
22 e-commerce tools sit alongside Drip in this directory. Below is what separates each from Drip on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 22
- With a free tier
- 15
- Cheaper to start
- 4
- Drip starts at
- $39/month
Why people look past Drip
Only what the record supports. Each point below is a figure on the Drip entry measured against the tools listed beside it.
There is no free tier
The record for Drip carries no free tier, so evaluating it means paying first. 15 of the 22 alternatives below can be used without paying.
What each alternative does differently
Ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry. Differences are drawn from price, pricing model, tier count and rating, the fields the category listing carries. For a feature-level difference, follow the head-to-head link on each card: those pages read both full records.
The email and SMS marketing platform for ecommerce
- Can be used without paying; Drip cannot.
- Starts $39 a month cheaper, at Free.
- Sold on a freemium model rather than Per month by contact count.
- 2 tiers to Drip's 3.
Email, SMS and push marketing automation for ecommerce
- Can be used without paying; Drip cannot.
- Starts $39 a month cheaper, at Free.
- Sold on a freemium model rather than Per month by contact count.
- 4 tiers to Drip's 3.
CRM, marketing automation, and sales platform
- Can be used without paying; Drip cannot.
- Sold on a subscription model rather than Per month by contact count.
Social resale marketplace with a flat fee on low-value sales and a percentage cut above that
- Can be used without paying; Drip cannot.
- Sold on a Free to list; tiered seller commission by sale price model rather than Per month by contact count.
- 1 tier to Drip's 3.
US and Canada grocery delivery and pickup marketplace with a paid membership tier
- Can be used without paying; Drip cannot.
- Sold on a Free to download; item markups plus delivery and service fees per order, optional subscription model rather than Per month by contact count.
- 2 tiers to Drip's 3.
Ultra-fast-fashion e-commerce app shipping low-cost apparel direct from Chinese manufacturers
- Can be used without paying; Drip cannot.
- Sold on a Free to browse and use; pay per order, optional paid loyalty tier model rather than Per month by contact count.
- 2 tiers to Drip's 3.
Every Drip alternative at a glance
A dash means the catalogue entry carries no figure, not that the answer is nothing.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Tiers | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drip (this page) | $39/month | Per month by contact count | 3 | |
| KlaviyoIf you need predictive analytics, revenue attribution depth and the largest ecommerce integration ecosystem, and can absorb the higher cost. | Free | Freemium | 2 | vs Drip |
| OmnisendIf you want email and SMS together for an ecommerce store, since Drip no longer offers SMS to new accounts. | Free | Freemium | 4 | vs Drip |
| ActiveCampaignIf your business is not primarily ecommerce and you need CRM and sales automation alongside email. | Free | Subscription | - | vs Drip |
| Poshmark | Free | Free to list; tiered seller commission by sale price | 1 | vs Drip |
| Instacart | Free | Free to download; item markups plus delivery and service fees per order, optional subscription | 2 | vs Drip |
| Shein | Free | Free to browse and use; pay per order, optional paid loyalty tier | 2 | vs Drip |
| Depop | Free | Free to list; percentage plus per-order seller fee, separate payment processing fee | 1 | vs Drip |
| Amazon Shopping | Free | Free to use; optional Prime subscription for fast shipping and bundled media | 2 | vs Drip |
| Wish | Free | Free to browse and use; pay per order | 1 | vs Drip |
| Temu | Free | Free to browse and use; pay per order, heavy promotional discounting | 1 | vs Drip |
| Mercari | Free | Free to list; 10 percent seller commission on sale price plus payment processing fee | 1 | vs Drip |
| Vinted | Free | Free for sellers, no commission; buyer pays a variable Buyer Protection fee at checkout | 2 | vs Drip |
| Zendrop | Free, then $49/month | Freemium | 3 | vs Drip |
| Saleor | Free | Open-source | 4 | vs Drip |
| CJ Dropshipping | Free | Freemium | - | vs Drip |
| Mollie | £0.3/transaction | Per transaction by payment method | 3 | vs Drip |
| Klarna | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Drip |
| Memberful | $49/month | Subscription | 2 | vs Drip |
| FastSpring | On request | Transaction | 1 | vs Drip |
| SamCart | $79/month | Subscription | 2 | vs Drip |
| Gumroad | On request | Transaction | 2 | vs Drip |
| Loox | $14.99/month | Subscription | 3 | vs Drip |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry; Softwr hosts no reviews of these products. How each figure is used is set out on the Drip badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
Free to start (15)
These publish a tier that costs nothing, so they can be evaluated before any money changes hands.
- Klaviyo , Free
- Omnisend , Free
- ActiveCampaign , Free
- Poshmark , Free
- Instacart , Free
- Shein , Free
- Depop , Free
- Amazon Shopping , Free
What you would be giving up
Drip is most often brought in for a shopify retailer wants abandoned cart, winback and post-purchase automation without the tier-by-tier feature gating that makes mailchimp and activecampaign quotes unpredictable., a store with a mid-sized list finds klaviyo expensive for the volume it sends and wants a comparable ecommerce data model at a lower monthly cost., a marketer needs onsite capture forms and popups included rather than paying separately for a popup tool alongside the email platform., a team sends high email volume to a modest list, such as daily deals or frequent restocks, where unlimited sends on a contact-based price is materially cheaper than send-metered plans.. Anything replacing it has to cover the ones you actually depend on, and a cheaper tool that misses one of them is not cheaper.
Two things this page cannot settle. It compares on price, model, tier count and rating, because those are the fields the category listing carries, feature-level differences need both full records, which is what the head-to-head pages load. And the ratings are third-party aggregates imported with each entry rather than reviews written here, so a 0.2 difference between two tools is noise rather than a finding.
If Drip is broadly right and the question is cost, the Drip pricing breakdown covers every tier and what each one adds. If you want the whole field rather than a shortlist, the E-Commerce category lists everything the directory holds, and best e-commerce tools ranks them.
Drip runs on web, api. Platform coverage is not carried on the category listing for the alternatives, so it is one more thing to check on each head-to-head page rather than here.
Questions about Drip alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Drip?
- 22 other e-commerce tools are listed in this directory, led by Klaviyo, Omnisend, ActiveCampaign, Poshmark. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to Drip?
- 15 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: Klaviyo, Omnisend, ActiveCampaign, Poshmark, Instacart.
- Is there a cheaper alternative to Drip?
- Yes. 4 of the alternatives below start under Drip's $39/month: Klaviyo at Free, Omnisend at Free, Mollie at £0.3/transaction, Loox at $14.99/month.
- Why do people look for an alternative to Drip?
- On the figures on record, one thing stands out: there is no free tier. Each is set out with the numbers behind it above.
- What would I give up by switching from Drip?
- Drip is most often brought in for a shopify retailer wants abandoned cart, winback and post-purchase automation without the tier-by-tier feature gating that makes mailchimp and activecampaign quotes unpredictable., a store with a mid-sized list finds klaviyo expensive for the volume it sends and wants a comparable ecommerce data model at a lower monthly cost., a marketer needs onsite capture forms and popups included rather than paying separately for a popup tool alongside the email platform., a team sends high email volume to a modest list, such as daily deals or frequent restocks, where unlimited sends on a contact-based price is materially cheaper than send-metered plans.. Anything you replace it with has to cover the ones you actually rely on, the side-by-side comparisons linked from each alternative below put the two feature records against each other.
- Is there an open-source alternative to Drip?
- Saleor is recorded with an open-source licence model.
- How were these Drip alternatives chosen?
- They are the tools filed in the same category, E-Commerce, ordered by the aggregated rating on each entry. There is no editorial shortlist, and nothing on this page is paid: no sponsored placement runs on alternatives pages and the order cannot be bought. Softwr has not used these products.
- Where can I compare Drip against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Drip covering price, platforms, features and what each one is used for. Those pages read the full record for both products rather than the summary shown here.
- Does this list cover every e-commerce tool?
- No. It covers what this directory holds in the E-Commerce category, 22 tools beside Drip. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.