Email Marketing · head to head
ActiveCampaign vs Lark

ActiveCampaign
Email Marketing
CRM, marketing automation, and sales platform
- From
- Free
- Rated
- -

Lark
Communication & Collaboration
The super app for team collaboration
- From
- Free
- Rated
- -
The short version
- Each has a real cost: ActiveCampaign starter tier capped at 5 automation actions per automation; unlimited actions require Plus tier or higher; Lark lark's own pricing page description states it offers a free starter pack, a Pro plan, and an Enterprise plan, and directs buyers to Contact us rather than publishing Pro/Enterprise figures on the rendered page.
- They diverge on capability: ActiveCampaign covers Contact management, Lark covers Team messaging.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which ActiveCampaign and Lark actually diverge.
| Attribute | ActiveCampaign | Lark |
|---|---|---|
| Platforms | Cloud-based SaaS | Web, Windows, Macos, Linux, Ios, Android |
| Category | Email Marketing | Communication & Collaboration |
| Founded | 2003 | 2019 |
Identical on both: starting price (Free), pricing model (subscription), free tier (Yes), user rating (Not yet rated).
What each one covers
Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.
Only in ActiveCampaign
- Contact management
- Sales pipeline
- Marketing automation
- Email marketing
- Customer service
- Reporting
- Automation
- Zapier
Only in Lark
- Team messaging
- Video conferencing
- Collaborative docs
- Cloud storage
- Calendar
- Jira
- GitHub
- Google Workspace
Both cover
- Salesforce
- SOC2
- Cloud deployment
- Web support
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
ActiveCampaign
- Businesses automating cross-channel campaigns (email, SMS, WhatsApp)not Lark
- Marketing teams needing AI-driven lead scoring and automationnot Lark
Lark
- Team communicationnot ActiveCampaign
- Document collaborationnot ActiveCampaign
- Project managementnot ActiveCampaign
- Company intranetnot ActiveCampaign
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
ActiveCampaign
- Starter tier capped at 5 automation actions per automation; unlimited actions require Plus tier or higher
- Active Intelligence (AI features) limited or excluded in Starter and Plus tiers; Advanced Intelligence only available in Pro and Enterprise
- SSO and advanced CRM integrations only available in Pro and Enterprise tiers
- Multiple users scaling limited: Starter allows 1 user, Plus allows 3, Enterprise allows 5 users
Lark
- Lark's own pricing page description states it offers a free starter pack, a Pro plan, and an Enterprise plan, and directs buyers to Contact us rather than publishing Pro/Enterprise figures on the rendered page.
Pricing, plan by plan
ActiveCampaign
FreeNo published plan breakdown. See the ActiveCampaign review.
Lark
Free- StarterFree
- Up to 50 users
- 100GB storage
- Unlimited messaging
- Pro$12/month
- Unlimited users
- 1TB storage per user
- 24-hour meetings
- Enterprise$20/month
- SSO/SAML
- eDiscovery
- Custom retention
Which should you pick?
Choose ActiveCampaign if
- You need contact management.
- You want to start without paying.
- You work on Cloud-based SaaS.
- You also want sales pipeline.
Choose Lark if
- You need team messaging.
- You want to start without paying.
- You work on Web, Windows, Macos, Linux, Ios, Android.
- You also want video conferencing.
Questions people ask
- Is ActiveCampaign or Lark better?
- Neither clearly leads. ActiveCampaign starts at Free and Lark at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, ActiveCampaign or Lark?
- ActiveCampaign starts at Free and Lark at Free.
- Does ActiveCampaign or Lark run on more platforms?
- ActiveCampaign runs on Cloud-based SaaS. Lark runs on Web, Windows, Macos, Linux, Ios, Android.
- Can I use ActiveCampaign for free?
- Both have a free tier, so you can try either at no cost before committing.
- What is ActiveCampaign best used for?
- ActiveCampaign is most often used for businesses automating cross-channel campaigns (email, sms, whatsapp), marketing teams needing ai-driven lead scoring and automation. Of those, businesses automating cross-channel campaigns (email, sms, whatsapp) and marketing teams needing ai-driven lead scoring and automation are not what Lark is typically brought in for.
- What can ActiveCampaign do that Lark cannot?
- ActiveCampaign covers Contact management, Sales pipeline, Marketing automation, Email marketing. Lark covers Team messaging, Video conferencing, Collaborative docs, Cloud storage. Both handle Salesforce, SOC2, Cloud deployment, Web support.
Related pages
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