fitgap

Act-On

Features
Ease of use
Ease of management
Quality of support
Affordability
Market presence
Take the quiz to check if Act-On and its alternatives fit your requirements.
Pricing from
$900 per month
Free Trial
Free version unavailable
User corporate size
Small
Medium
Large
User industry
  1. Information technology and software
  2. Professional services (engineering, legal, consulting, etc.)
  3. Manufacturing

What is Act-On

Act-On is a marketing automation platform used to plan, execute, and measure multi-channel campaigns across email, web, and social. It supports B2B marketing teams with lead capture, nurturing, scoring, and handoff to sales through CRM integrations. The product includes landing pages, forms, segmentation, and reporting to connect campaign activity to pipeline outcomes. It is commonly deployed by mid-market organizations that need automation and analytics without building a custom stack.

pros

Broad campaign automation toolkit

Act-On combines email marketing, automated programs, forms, landing pages, and list management in one platform. This reduces the need to stitch together multiple point tools for core demand generation workflows. It also supports triggered and behavior-based messaging to move leads through nurture tracks. For teams standardizing processes, the unified workflow builder and reusable assets can improve consistency.

Lead scoring and routing

The platform provides lead scoring based on demographic and behavioral signals to prioritize follow-up. It supports segmentation and automated routing rules to align leads to the right sales teams or territories. These capabilities help operationalize marketing-to-sales handoff and reduce manual list work. Scoring models can be tuned over time as conversion data accumulates.

Reporting tied to outcomes

Act-On includes marketing analytics and attribution-oriented reporting to connect campaigns to engagement and downstream results. Dashboards and reports help marketers monitor funnel performance and identify which programs contribute to pipeline. This is useful for teams that need recurring performance reporting without exporting data into separate BI tools. The reporting layer also supports optimization of nurture paths and content based on observed behavior.

cons

ABM and data depth varies

While Act-On supports account-based marketing workflows, it typically relies on integrations for deep account intelligence and large-scale B2B contact/company data. Organizations expecting built-in, continuously refreshed account datasets may need additional vendors. Visitor identification and account insights can be limited by data availability and privacy constraints. This can increase total cost and implementation complexity for ABM-heavy programs.

Advanced journey analytics limitations

Customer journey mapping and analytics are available, but highly granular cross-channel journey analysis often requires additional instrumentation and data modeling. Teams with complex product-led or multi-touch journeys may find out-of-the-box journey views less flexible than specialized analytics stacks. Data normalization across CRM, web, and email can require careful configuration. As a result, some organizations export data for deeper analysis.

Implementation and admin overhead

To get reliable scoring, attribution, and automation, Act-On requires ongoing governance of fields, tracking, and integrations. CRM sync configuration, consent management, and deliverability practices add operational work that smaller teams may underestimate. Complex nurture programs can become difficult to maintain without clear documentation and naming standards. Organizations may need dedicated marketing operations support to sustain the system.

Plan & Pricing

Plan Price Key features & notes
Professional $900 per month (estimated, for 2,500 Active Contacts) Complete marketing automation platform; world-class marketing automation, multichannel campaigns, landing pages/forms, AI Predictive Lead Score & AI Audience Insights, standard email support. Pricing uses Act-On's "Active Contacts" model (pay for contacts you email). Anticipated pricing starts at the figure shown; actual pricing may vary based on add-ons, configuration, and implementation.
Enterprise Custom pricing Everything in Professional plus enhanced scale and scope: CRM integrations (Salesforce, SugarCRM, NetSuite, Dynamics), Data Studio for reporting/BI integration, Account-Based Marketing (ABM) capabilities, recommended premium support; contact sales for quote.

Notes:

  • Pricing model: Active Contacts (monthly active contacts you email). Act-On emphasizes "Pay only for the contacts you actually email" and claims Active Contacts pricing can save 30-50% versus charging for entire database.
  • Add-ons available (per Act-On pricing page): Data Studio (advanced reporting), Account-Based Marketing, Automated SMS marketing, Transactional Email, InSite AI Web Agent, AI-Powered Advanced Analytics, and others. Many are listed as "add on" and may affect final price.
  • The pricing page displays an estimated Professional price ($900/mo) for an example of 2,500 contacts and notes the calculator provides an estimate; customers must contact sales for a specific quote.

Seller details

Act-On Software, Inc.
Portland, Oregon, USA
2008
Private
https://act-on.com/
https://x.com/ActOnSoftware
https://www.linkedin.com/company/act-on-software/

Tools by Act-On Software, Inc.

Act-On

Best Act-On alternatives

ActiveCampaign
Adobe Marketo Engage
SAS Customer Intelligence 360
Blueshift
See all alternatives

Related stack guides

Marketing
Automated invoicing from deal close to accounting entry
Step1
Detect the deal close and retrieve customer data
Step2
Pull the signed line items and payment terms
Step3
Generate and send the invoice

Popular categories

All categories