Software · head to head
Keap vs SharpSpring
The short version
- Each has a real cost: Keap the entry price is $299 a month and includes only 2 user licences, with each additional user at $39 a month; SharpSpring still operates under the SharpSpring brand name (footer copyright SharpSpring 2026) as a Constant Contact product, serving over 2000 agencies and 10000 businesses per the vendor site
- They diverge on capability: Keap covers Pipeline management, SharpSpring covers Landing pages.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Keap and SharpSpring actually diverge.
| Attribute | Keap | SharpSpring |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | $29/month | $50/month |
| Platforms | Web, Ios, Android | Web |
| Founded | 2000 | 2014 |
Identical on both: pricing model (subscription), free tier (No), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Unknown).
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 Keap
- Pipeline management
- Sales automation
- Stripe
- Google Ads
- Facebook Ads
- Ios support
- Android support
Only in SharpSpring
- Landing pages
- CRM
- White labeling
- Salesforce
Both cover
- Contact management
- Email marketing
- Marketing automation
- Reporting
- Zapier
- Slack
- GDPR
- Cloud deployment
- Web support
- English language support
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
Keap
- CRM with built in marketing automation for small businessesnot SharpSpring
- Managing contacts, pipelines and follow up campaigns in one systemnot SharpSpring
SharpSpring
- Marketing automationnot Keap
- Lead generationnot Keap
- Client managementnot Keap
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
Keap
- The entry price is $299 a month and includes only 2 user licences, with each additional user at $39 a month
- Price varies with contact count, and the bands are only visible by entering a number into a calculator on the page
- Implementation services are described as required rather than optional
- Text marketing beyond the included 500 messages is a separate add on running from $24 to $279 a month
SharpSpring
- Still operates under the SharpSpring brand name (footer copyright SharpSpring 2026) as a Constant Contact product, serving over 2000 agencies and 10000 businesses per the vendor site
Pricing, plan by plan
Keap
$29/month- Lite$29/month
- Contact management
- Email marketing
- Standard$59/month
- Everything in Lite
- Sales automation
- Pipeline management
- Professional$149/month
- Everything in Standard
- Advanced automation
- AI features
SharpSpring
$50/month- Professional$50/month
- Contact management
- Email marketing
- Landing pages
- Agency$100/month
- Everything in Professional
- Client management
- White labeling
- Enterprise$undefined/month
- Everything in Agency
- Custom integration
- Dedicated support
Which should you pick?
Choose Keap if
- You need pipeline management.
- You work on Web, Ios, Android.
- You also want sales automation.
Questions people ask
- Is Keap or SharpSpring better?
- Neither clearly leads. Keap starts at $29/month and SharpSpring at $50/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Keap or SharpSpring?
- Keap starts at $29/month and SharpSpring at $50/month.
- Does Keap or SharpSpring run on more platforms?
- Keap runs on Web, Ios, Android. SharpSpring runs on Web.
- What is Keap best used for?
- Keap is most often used for crm with built in marketing automation for small businesses, managing contacts, pipelines and follow up campaigns in one system. Of those, crm with built in marketing automation for small businesses and managing contacts, pipelines and follow up campaigns in one system are not what SharpSpring is typically brought in for.
- What can Keap do that SharpSpring cannot?
- Keap covers Pipeline management, Sales automation, Stripe, Google Ads. SharpSpring covers Landing pages, CRM, White labeling, Salesforce. Both handle Contact management, Email marketing, Marketing automation, Reporting.