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ROI categoryrevenue velocityrevenue velocity
Time-to-Value2–4 weeks (~30d)4–6 weeks (~30d)
Typical annual TCO$12,000/yr$24,000/yr
Starting price$1,020/yr$10,800/yr
Implementation feeNoneNone
Seat tiersMAU tiers: up to 5,000 / 20,000 / 40,000 / 60,000 / 80,000 / 100,000 MAU, then 100,000+; plans are Core, Pro and UltimateNot seat-based; published example is Professional at 2,500 contacts emailed per month for $900/month
Implementation friction2/53/5
Friction meter
Best forB2C mobile-first brands that want analytics, segmentation and omnichannel campaigns in one platform; Growth, CRM and lifecycle marketing teams optimizing retention and customer lifetime value; E-commerce, subscription, fintech and gaming apps with large user bases; Teams wanting AI-assisted content, send-time, channel and next-best-action decisions with marketer-set guardrailsMidsize and enterprise marketing teams running lifecycle campaigns across email, web, SMS and social; Organizations that want an open ecosystem platform rather than a CRM-locked add-on; Brands running distributed marketing through branch offices, franchisees, agents and partners; Teams that want CRM choice (Salesforce, Dynamics, Sugar, NetSuite, Zendesk) with Act-On embedded in the CRM UI; Marketers who need advanced automation in an approachable, non-technical interface
Not forB2B sales-led organizations without a consumer app or large opted-in user base; Teams looking for a pure CRM or sales-pipeline tool rather than engagement and retention; Buyers who need fully public self-serve list pricing at enterprise MAU volumes, since Pro and Ultimate require a demo; Organizations unwilling to manage usage-based CleverAI token and block top-upsVery small teams needing a free tier or sub-$500/month entry point; Buyers who require published, self-serve list pricing before a sales call; Companies that want an all-in-one CRM plus marketing suite from a single vendor; Regulated buyers who need publicly documented SOC 2 or ISO 27001 attestations; Teams needing native Snowflake, AWS or Slack integrations out of the box
Stack fit matrix
SalesforceNot supportedIntegration
AWSNativeNot supported
SnowflakeIntegrationNot supported
HubSpotNot supportedNot supported
Google WorkspaceNot supportedNot supported
Microsoft 365Not supportedNot supported
SAPNot supportedNot supported
SlackNot supportedNot supported
MCP (Model Context Protocol)Not supportedNot supported
Compliance
SOC 2 Listed Not listed
ISO 27001 Listed Not listed
GDPR Listed Not listed
HIPAA Listed Not listed
FedRAMP Not listed Not listed
CMMC Not listed Not listed
ISO 42001 Not listed Not listed
IAPP AIGPnamed staff Not listed Not listed
Company & support
Who is behind each solution, and how you reach support. “Not listed” means the vendor’s public pages don’t mention a channel, not that it is unavailable.
Founded2013 (13 yrs)2008 (18 yrs)
HeadquartersSan Francisco, USPortland, US
PhoneNot listedNot listed
EmailNot listedAll plans
Live chatNot listedNot listed
Support portal / ticketsPlan not statedNot listed
Community forumNot listedNot listed
Help centre / docsAll plansAll plans
Dedicated account managerEnterprise onlyNot listed
In person / on-siteNot listedNot listed
Support hoursNot recordedNot recorded
Response timeNot statedNot stated
AI & MCP readiness
Whether each solution can join your AI stack, and what it asks of you to do so.
MCP connectionreaches AI clientsNot supportedNot supported
AI featuresAgentic workflows; Predictive analytics; NLP automationAgentic workflows; Predictive analytics; NLP automation
Built around AI?AI added to an existing productNot recorded
Trains on your dataNot recorded — ask the vendorNot recorded — ask the vendor
Runs onNot recordedNot recorded
AI pricingBilled by usage or creditsNot recorded
Model keyNot recordedNot recorded
AI usage auditNot recordedNot recorded
Quadrant view
Where the 2 selected solutions land on the same value plane. Toggle axes to compare on cost, speed, friction, or buyer score.
Quadrant view
Typical annual cost × Time-to-value
The lines cross at the median of the solutions shown, so about half sit on each side of each line.
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