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Email Marketing · head to head

AWeber vs Klaviyo

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AWeber

Email Marketing

Email marketing and automation for small business

From
On request
Rated
-
Klaviyo logo

Klaviyo

Email Marketing

The email and SMS marketing platform for ecommerce

From
Free
Rated
-

The short version

  • Only Klaviyo has a free tier, so it costs nothing to try first.
  • Each has a real cost: AWeber pricing scales with subscriber count, reaching $150 to $215 per month at higher list sizes on the Pro plan; Klaviyo the free plan caps active profiles at 250 and sends at 500 emails a month

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which AWeber and Klaviyo actually diverge.

Attributes where AWeber and Klaviyo differ
AttributeAWeberKlaviyo
Starting priceOn requestFree
Pricing modelsubscriptionfreemium
Free tierNoYes
FoundedUnknown2012

Identical on both: platforms (Web), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Email Marketing).

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 AWeber

Nothing recorded that Klaviyo does not also cover.

Only in Klaviyo

  • Email marketing
  • SMS marketing
  • Push notifications
  • Marketing automation
  • Segmentation
  • A/B testing
  • Reporting & analytics
  • Ecommerce integrations

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

AWeber

No use cases recorded yet. See the AWeber review.

Klaviyo

  • Email and SMS marketing automation for ecommerce storesnot AWeber
  • Segmenting customers on purchase and behaviour datanot AWeber

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

AWeber

  • Pricing scales with subscriber count, reaching $150 to $215 per month at higher list sizes on the Pro plan

Klaviyo

  • The free plan caps active profiles at 250 and sends at 500 emails a month
  • Pricing scales with stored profile count rather than with messages sent, so an unengaged list costs the same as an active one
  • SMS is metered separately, with only $5 of mobile messages included on the free plan
  • Paid tier prices are not published on the pricing page and depend on profile count

Pricing, plan by plan

AWeber

On request

No published plan breakdown. See the AWeber review.

Klaviyo

Free
  • FreeFree
    • Up to 500 contacts
    • Unlimited campaigns
    • Basic automation
  • Pro$20/month
    • Unlimited contacts
    • SMS campaigns
    • Advanced automation

Which should you pick?

Choose AWeber if

Nothing in the data separates AWeber from Klaviyo on the points above - pick on price and on how each one feels to use.

Choose Klaviyo if

  • You need email marketing.
  • You want to start without paying.
  • You also want sms marketing.

Questions people ask

Is AWeber or Klaviyo better?
Neither clearly leads. AWeber starts at On request and Klaviyo at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, AWeber or Klaviyo?
Klaviyo has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at On request for AWeber and Free for Klaviyo.
Does AWeber or Klaviyo run on more platforms?
Both run on Web, so platform support will not decide this one for you.
Can I use Klaviyo for free?
Yes. Klaviyo has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. AWeber starts at On request.
What can AWeber do that Klaviyo cannot?
Klaviyo covers Email marketing, SMS marketing, Push notifications, Marketing automation.

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