GetResponsevs
ActiveCampaign


ActiveCampaign: CRM, marketing automation, and sales platform

All-in-one email marketing, automation and landing pages
As of 28 August 2026, GetResponse has a free plan and paid plans start at €16/month. GetResponse is an all-in-one marketing platform offering email marketing, automation, landing pages, website building, course creation, webinars and ecommerce…. Softwr lists it under Email Marketing.
Overview
GetResponse is an all-in-one marketing platform offering email marketing, automation, landing pages, website building, course creation, webinars and ecommerce integrations.
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Pricing
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Starter
€16 /mo
Marketer
€54 /mo
Creator
€62 /mo
Enterprise
On request
Answered, with sources
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GetResponse pricing ranges from €16 per month for the Starter plan with 1,000 contacts to €469 per month for 100,000 contacts. Plans scale based on contact list size.
SourceCustomers who pay yearly instead of monthly save an additional 18% on their subscription cost across all plan tiers.
SourceGetResponse provides a 50% discount on monthly plans for charities and NGOs.
SourceGetResponse offers a free 14-day trial with full access to premium features.
SourceKeep looking
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Email marketing tool with a genuine free tier, priced by contact count once paid
Retail and publisher email personalisation, now one product inside the Marigold portfolio
Self-hosted newsletter app bought once for $69 that sends through your own Amazon SES account
AI-powered email assistant for intelligent inbox management
Raw transactional email infrastructure priced per thousand messages, with no campaign UI at all
Enterprise SMS and email marketing for retail brands, sold on quarterly minimum spend commitments
Email marketing tool with a genuine free tier, priced by contact count once paid
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Email marketing tool with a genuine free tier, priced by contact count once paid
Per month by contact tier once on a paid planEmail marketing platform priced by contact tier, with unlimited sends only from the mid tier up
Per month by contact tier and plan levelRaw transactional email infrastructure priced per thousand messages, with no campaign UI at all
Per 1,000 emails sent, tiered by volume, no campaign features includedSelf-hosted newsletter and mailing list manager that ships as a single Go binary
Open source, no licence feeLow-cost email marketing from 9 US dollars a month, owned by Sitecore since 2021
Per month by contact countAGPL newsletter tool from Germany, self-hostable or hosted in the EU with no free plan
Per month by emails sentSelf-hosted newsletter app bought once for $69 that sends through your own Amazon SES account
One-time purchase