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Olark

4.4/5
Act-On Software logoAct-On

Act-On Software

3.8/5
ROI categoryrevenue velocityrevenue velocity
Time-to-ValueSame day (agent trains in about a minute) (~1d)4–6 weeks (~30d)
Typical annual TCO$4,800/yr$24,000/yr
Starting price$348/yr$10,800/yr
Implementation feeNoneNone
Seat tiersNo seat minimum stated; one human agent seat is included with the AI agent, additional seats +$29 per agent per month.Not seat-based; published example is Professional at 2,500 contacts emailed per month for $900/month
Implementation friction1/53/5
Friction meter
Best forSMB and mid-market marketing teams that want AI chat plus a human fallback on the same thread; Higher-education admissions and student-services teams qualifying prospective students; E-commerce retailers answering product and order questions to lift conversion; Teams that want setup in minutes with no logic-tree or flow builder maintenanceMidsize 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 forEnterprises requiring formal SOC 2 / ISO 27001 attestations and FedRAMP; Companies needing token-metered, BYO-model LLM control; Contact centres wanting deep workforce-management and telephony routing; Buyers who need a documented MCP or agent-to-agent API pathVery 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
AWSNot supportedNot supported
SnowflakeNot supportedNot supported
HubSpotIntegrationNot supported
Google WorkspaceIntegrationNot supported
Microsoft 365Not supportedNot supported
SAPNot supportedNot supported
SlackIntegrationNot supported
MCP (Model Context Protocol)Not supportedNot 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.

Founded2009 (17 yrs)2008 (18 yrs)
HeadquartersNot recordedPortland, US
PhoneNot listedNot listed
EmailAll plansAll plans
Live chatAll plansNot listed
Support portal / ticketsNot listedNot listed
Community forumNot listedNot listed
Help centre / docsAll plansAll plans
Dedicated account managerPlan not statedNot 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 featuresCopilot / assistantAgentic workflows; Predictive analytics; NLP automation
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

$3k/yr$9k/yr$14k/yr$20k/yr$25k/yr1d3d7d16d39dAnnual TCO ← betterDays to value better →Quick & CheapQuick & PriceySlow & CheapSlow & Pricey

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