News & Media · head to head
ConvertKit vs Agility PR Solutions
ConvertKit
News & Media
The creator platform for digital professionals
- From
- On request
- Rated
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Agility PR Solutions
News & Media
Media intelligence that drives PR success
- From
- On request
- Rated
- -
The short version
- Each has a real cost: ConvertKit the free Newsletter plan allows only one basic visual automation, so sequences beyond a single flow require paying; Agility PR Solutions pricing is not published
- They diverge on capability: ConvertKit covers Email marketing, Agility PR Solutions covers Media monitoring.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which ConvertKit and Agility PR Solutions actually diverge.
| Attribute | ConvertKit | Agility PR Solutions |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2013 | 2003 |
Identical on both: starting price (On request), pricing model (subscription), free tier (No), platforms (Web), user rating (Not yet rated), category (News & Media).
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 ConvertKit
- Email marketing
- Landing pages
- Subscriber tagging
- Automation workflows
- Digital product sales
- Broadcast emails
- Subscriber segments
- Email templates
Only in Agility PR Solutions
- Media monitoring
- Media database
- PR analytics
- Report builder
- Journalist outreach
- Microsoft Teams
- CRM systems
Both cover
- Slack
- Web support
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
ConvertKit
- Sending newsletters and email sequences to an audiencenot Agility PR Solutions
- Selling paid subscriptions and digital products to a mailing listnot Agility PR Solutions
Agility PR Solutions
- Media monitoring across traditional and digital coveragenot ConvertKit
- Journalist targeting and pitch personalisationnot ConvertKit
- Social listening for trends and sentimentnot ConvertKit
- Crisis monitoring and executive briefingsnot ConvertKit
- Press release distribution through the newswirenot ConvertKit
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
ConvertKit
- The free Newsletter plan allows only one basic visual automation, so sequences beyond a single flow require paying
- The free plan is a single user, and the Creator plan at $33 a month allows two
- Subscriber signals, engagement analytics and paid recommendations are Pro only, at $66 a month
- A/B testing is capped at 2 subject lines below Pro, which allows 5
- Paid pricing is banded by subscriber count, so the published figures apply only at the smallest band
Agility PR Solutions
- Pricing is not published
- Newswire distribution is a separate service alongside the monitoring platform rather than part of it
Pricing, plan by plan
ConvertKit
On request- Creator$29/month
- Up to 10K subscribers
- Email campaigns
- Landing pages
- Creator Pro$79/month
- Unlimited subscribers
- Advanced automation
- Digital products
Agility PR Solutions
On request- Media MonitoringFree
- News monitoring
- Social listening
- Alerts
- Media DatabaseFree
- Journalist contacts
- Media lists
- Pitching tools
- Complete SuiteFree
- All features
- Advanced analytics
- API access
Which should you pick?
Choose Agility PR Solutions if
- You need media monitoring.
- You also want media database.
Questions people ask
- Is ConvertKit or Agility PR Solutions better?
- Neither clearly leads. ConvertKit starts at On request and Agility PR Solutions at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, ConvertKit or Agility PR Solutions?
- ConvertKit starts at On request and Agility PR Solutions at On request.
- Does ConvertKit or Agility PR Solutions run on more platforms?
- Both run on Web, so platform support will not decide this one for you.
- What is ConvertKit best used for?
- ConvertKit is most often used for sending newsletters and email sequences to an audience, selling paid subscriptions and digital products to a mailing list. Of those, sending newsletters and email sequences to an audience and selling paid subscriptions and digital products to a mailing list are not what Agility PR Solutions is typically brought in for.
- What can ConvertKit do that Agility PR Solutions cannot?
- ConvertKit covers Email marketing, Landing pages, Subscriber tagging, Automation workflows. Agility PR Solutions covers Media monitoring, Media database, PR analytics, Report builder. Both handle Slack, Web support.