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ROI categoryrevenue velocityrevenue velocity
Time-to-ValueAbout 2 weeks (14-day free trial) (~14d)4–6 weeks (~30d)
Typical annual TCO$12,000/yr$24,000/yr
Starting price$1,200/yr$10,800/yr
Implementation feeNoneNone
Seat tiersUnlimited user seats on every plan; profile tiers start at 5,000 profiles (people + objects)Not seat-based; published example is Professional at 2,500 contacts emailed per month for $900/month
Implementation friction2/53/5
Friction meter
Best forProduct-led SaaS teams running event-driven lifecycle and onboarding messaging; Lifecycle marketing teams that need email, push, in-app, SMS and webhooks in one platform; Data-savvy teams that want warehouse, CDP and reverse-ETL style data flows feeding campaigns; Organisations whose own AI agents should operate messaging via MCP, CLI or APIMidsize 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 forCompanies wanting a cheap standalone email blaster (entry price is $100/month); Teams that need heavy sales-pipeline CRM rather than lifecycle engagement; Buyers wanting zero engineering work to instrument events and objects; Organisations requiring FedRAMP authorisation or on-premises deploymentVery 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
SalesforceIntegrationIntegration
AWSIntegrationNot supported
SnowflakeIntegrationNot supported
HubSpotIntegrationNot supported
Google WorkspaceNot supportedNot supported
Microsoft 365Not supportedNot supported
SAPNot supportedNot supported
SlackIntegrationNot supported
MCP (Model Context Protocol)NativeNot supported
Compliance
SOC 2
ISO 27001
GDPR
HIPAA
FedRAMP
ISO 42001
IAPP AIGPnamed staff
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.
Founded2012 (14 yrs)2008 (18 yrs)
HeadquartersNot recordedPortland, US
PhoneNot listedNot listed
EmailAll plansAll plans
Live chatPlan not statedNot listed
Support portal / ticketsNot listedNot listed
Community forumAll plansNot listed
Help centre / docsAll plansAll plans
Dedicated account managerPlan not statedNot listed
In person / on-siteNot listedNot listed
Support hoursBusiness hoursNot recorded
Response time2-hour first outreach response time on Premium and Enterprise plansNot stated
AI & MCP readiness
Whether each solution can join your AI stack, and what it asks of you to do so.
MCP connectionreaches AI clientsOfficial serverNot supported
AI featuresCopilot / assistant; Agentic workflows; AI searchAgentic workflows; Predictive analytics; NLP automation
Model keyNot recordedNot recorded
AI usage auditNot recordedNot recorded
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Implementation friction × Verified buyer score
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