Fomo
Personalization software
Pop-up builder software
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- Ease of management
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$25 per month
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- Accommodation and food services
- Retail and wholesale
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation
What is Fomo
Fomo is a web marketing tool that displays real-time activity notifications (often called social proof pop-ups) on websites to influence visitor behavior. It is used by ecommerce, SaaS, and lead-generation teams to promote actions such as purchases, sign-ups, and downloads. The product focuses on configurable notification widgets, rules-based display targeting, and integrations that pull events from other systems to populate messages.
Real-time social proof widgets
Fomo specializes in on-site notifications that surface recent customer actions (for example, purchases or sign-ups) to visitors. This supports common conversion-rate optimization use cases without requiring a full personalization suite. Teams can deploy multiple widget types and control where and when they appear. The approach is straightforward compared with broader marketing platforms that combine many channels.
Broad integration-driven event sourcing
Fomo commonly relies on integrations and event sources (such as ecommerce platforms, email/CRM tools, and webhooks) to generate notification content. This reduces the need to manually create every message and helps keep notifications aligned with actual user activity. Integration-based setup can also support multiple event types across products and properties. It fits organizations that already have a marketing and analytics stack in place.
Rules and targeting controls
The product provides controls to schedule, throttle, and target notifications by page, device, or audience conditions. These controls help reduce overexposure and allow different messages for different parts of a site. For small teams, this can be an efficient way to add lightweight on-site personalization behaviors. It is typically easier to operate than building custom pop-up logic in-house.
Limited depth of personalization
Fomo’s core capability centers on notification-style overlays rather than full website personalization (such as dynamic content blocks, recommendations, or multi-step journeys). Organizations seeking advanced segmentation, experimentation, and cross-channel orchestration may need additional tools. As a result, it may function as a point solution within a broader stack. This can increase total tooling and governance overhead.
Potential UX and compliance risks
Pop-ups and overlays can negatively affect user experience if frequency and placement are not carefully managed. Depending on how events are sourced and displayed, teams may need to review privacy, consent, and disclosure requirements (for example, when showing identifiable customer information). Mobile performance and accessibility considerations also require testing. These risks are common to pop-up builders but still require ongoing operational attention.
Integration setup can be required
To get meaningful real-time notifications, teams often need to configure integrations, event mappings, or webhooks. If the underlying systems have inconsistent data or delayed events, notifications may be inaccurate or stale. Implementation effort can be higher for custom stacks or multiple domains. This can slow time-to-value compared with purely manual pop-up builders.
Plan & Pricing
| Plan | Price | Key features & notes |
|---|---|---|
| Starter | $25 / month (or $250 / year billed annually — 2 free months) | 8,000 notifications/month; 1 website; unlimited integrations; active visitors counter; 30+ customizable settings; roundup notifications; custom page rules; API access; Inline not available; 14-day free trial. |
| Business | $75 / month (or $750 / year billed annually — 2 free months) | 40,000 notifications/month; Unlimited websites; Inline available; unlimited integrations; active visitors counter; 30+ customizable settings; Large notifications limit; 14-day free trial. |
| Pro | $149 / month (or $1,490 / year billed annually — 2 free months) | 300,000 notifications/month; Unlimited websites; Inline available; unlimited integrations; active visitors counter; 30+ customizable settings; Large notifications limit; 14-day free trial. |
| Unlimited | Custom pricing (contact sales) | Unlimited notifications/month; Unlimited websites; Inline available; unlimited integrations; API access; 2 free months on annual plans; Start 14-day trial. |
Additional agency add-ons:
- Agency Dashboard: $29 / month (provides unified agency dashboard).
- Agency Notification White-labeling: $75 / month.
Notes:
- The vendor page displays both Monthly and Annual billing views and highlights "17% off when paid annually" and "2 free months on Annual Plan" for annual billing.
