Marketing Platform reviews from Reddit
Summary
We analyzed 225 Reddit reviews across 15 subreddits and 33 posts to rank the best Marketing Platform brands recommended by redditors, including communities like r/Emailmarketing, r/SaaS, r/marketing, r/Entrepreneur, r/growmybusiness. Top-rated brands include MailChimp (3.5/5), MailerLite (4.2/5), ActiveCampaign (4.4/5).
Stats
Reviews225
Subreddits15
Posts33
Brands95
Products10
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#1
MailChimp
3.5
(26)
"Mailchimp for sure, easy and simple."
"MailChimp is one of the simplest and most cost effective platforms for this."
"MailChimp is what I’ve used at all three of the startups I’ve been at and what I’d recommend here."
"MailChimp is great."
"Mailchimp is great for simplicity."
"Consider using Mailchimp or ActiveCampaign. Both are great for service-based businesses."
"Options like Mailchimp, ActiveCampaign, FloDesk, Sendinblue (Brevo), and rental-specific tools."
"My preference is Mailerlite but MailChimp and Brevo are pretty good too"
"MailChimp free version or mailerlite"
"Mailchimp"
#2
MailerLite
4.2
(20)
"MailerLite feels like a cozy, affordable little slipper for a list your size."
"I've been using MailerLite and I really like it. Besides MailChimp, it's the easiest platform I've used, but much much cheaper."
"I choose MailerLite and I am very happy."
"I use Mailerlite and find it very effective for my email marketing needs."
"Platforms like MailerLite, ActiveCampaign, or even a well-set-up Mailchimp can work well for automation."
"Look at Mailerlite and Brevo for starters."
"My preference is Mailerlite but MailChimp and Brevo are pretty good too"
"I’d suggest looking into Sendinblue or MailerLite. Both are easy to use and perfect for straightforward emails."
"MailerLite"
"Mailerlite is a good option."
#3
ActiveCampaign
4.4
(12)
"Marketing automation plus CRM makes life so much easier."
"I love the ease of integrations, the data it provides and it even has a nice Segment integration which is ideal for SaaS."
"ActiveCampaign is by far the best bang for your buck for automation."
"ActiveCampaign is excellent for automation and CRM."
"I've tried it all and those 2 are best."
"I’d lean toward ActiveCampaign—it’s powerful for segmenting and drip sequences, plus the built-in CRM is a bonus."
"ActiveCampaign had the right mix of CRM, marketing automation, and sales features for my needs."
"Active Campaign is easy to use."
"I personally like Active Campaign, but it can get a bit pricey as your list grows."
"Solid automation depth of functionality and ease of use."
#4
Brevo
4.4
(11)
"It's user-friendly and offers all the essential features like easy contact import, customizable email templates, and useful analytics."
"Brevo is the best for your buck when I did analysis a year ago."
"Brevo is a cost-effective solution with unlimited contacts."
"Brevo has the most easy to use tool, at a good price and I am happy with it."
"Try Brevo for an excellent experience!"
"Zoho and Brevo works just fine."
"Brevo is an excellent product!"
"Brevo- pricing based on email sends and not on number of active profiles."
"My preference is Mailerlite but MailChimp and Brevo are pretty good too"
"Brevo is cheaper but has poor support."
#5
Klaviyo
4.1
(10)
"Klaviyo or ActiveCampaign. These two are full-blown customer segmentation marketing suites."
"Best for E-Commerce email marketing automation."
"Klaviyo excels in e-commerce."
"Klaviyo is the most powerful and scalable. The power of Klaviyo is in the segmenting, the A/B testing, automation."
"Super powerful but expensive as you scale."
"Klaviyo is typically used for ecom."
"Klaviyo if you want to grow your business."
"Klaviyo is good but has limitations with billing based on contacts."
"Klaviyo is e-commerce-focused, but Mailchimp or ActiveCampaign may suit your needs better."
"I personally really dislike Klaviyo."
#6
ConvertKit
4.3
(8)
"ConvertKit is an excellent tool for email marketing!"
"Extremely easy-to-use platform with excellent deliverability."
"It's super customizable."
"Go for either ConvertKit or ActiveCampaign if you're a course creator."
"ConvertKit seems to be the go-to for content creators these days, and it's priced quite fairly."
"Delivery was consistently strong, and it catered well to creators."
"User-friendly and designed for those who want simple setups."
"Convertkit costs $119 / month, which is also higher than EmailOctopus."
#7
OmniSend
4.8
(6)
"Omnisend definitely deserves a spot here, outperforms the others in all the areas that matter most."
"Omnisend has been my go-to for keeping things simple without needing fancy design skills."
"It’s super easy to use, covers the basics like open rates and CTR, and handles large contact lists with no problem. Plus, their support team is around 24/7."
"Omnisend is a great alternative to Klaviyo."
"Great for automating email marketing for online stores."
"Omnisend is easy to pick up, even if you’re just starting out."
#8
HubSpot
4.1
(7)
"If you have around £600-£700 a month and want to do it properly I’d suggest hubspot. Their automation tools are second to none."
"Its working well for us"
"Hubspot."
"Hubspot"
"Lately I’ve been using HubSpot for almost everything for smaller events: emails obviously, but also forms for registration."
"Hubspor for free"
"HubSpot website hosting comes with useful marketing features."
#9
Sender
4.7
(6)
"Sender - best free plan."
"Sender is the cheapest option with great features."
"It lets me send cold emails from my scraping software which hits all inbox."
"Try Sender. 2500 subscribers in free plan and 15000 mails/month."
"I can recommend trying Sender."
"Basic features at a low price of $18 per month."
#10
KarioDrive
4.4
(5)
"KarioDrive works best for me because of its integration and it also offers automated updates."
"I recommend KarioDrive, easy to us."
"KarioDrive automates email for customers especially for follow-ups."
"KarioDrive stands out for small businesses for its user-friendly and budgetwise CRM."
"KarioDrive integrates easily with other third-party platforms."
#11
Beehiiv
3.8
(5)
"I use beehiiv. It has a bunch of cool native features that help monetize as well."
"Beehiiv."
"Beehiiv is designed to do everything that Mailchimp, AC, and ConvertKit can do, with a better UX."
"Beehiiv is known for its user-friendliness and cost-effectiveness."
"Beehiiv doesn't support RSS-to-email."
#12
SendInBlue
4.0
(4)
"I’d suggest looking into Sendinblue or MailerLite. Both are easy to use and perfect for straightforward emails."
"SendinBlue is also affordable and provides essential features for managing contacts."
"Known for its affordability and user-friendly interface."
"Affordable pricing at $25 per month."
#13
Sendy
4.0
(4)
"Buy Sendy (https://sendy.co/) and install... it's like $70 one time purchase."
"Sendy + AWS."
"Sendy is a cost-effective solution for those on a budget."
"Sendy with AWS ses?"
#14
Event Mail
5.0
(3)
"The Event Mail Pro Plan has all the features you need, including multiple list management, automation sequences, and excellent customer service."
"The Event Mail Event Pro plan offers excellent features and competitive pricing."
"You can store up to 25k contacts and send unlimited e-mails every month for just 25$ per month."
#15
SendGrid
3.5
(4)
"SendGrid is effective for email deliverability."
"I like Sendgrid, but it started to become expensive."
"Sendgrid is cheaper but has poor deliverability."
"Have you try AWS ses or sendgrid(but require programming to connect to the services)?"
#16
EasySendy
4.7
(3)
"EasySendy offers a unique pricing model based on subscriber count, making it a cost-effective choice for email marketing."
"EasySendy is an excellent choice for small businesses looking for an email marketing solution."
"EasySendy is an affordable and user-friendly platform ideal for sending emails to large lists."
#17
Moosend
4.3
(3)
"They're cheap, and really good. I use them for my clients."
"Moosend, same."
"Moosend is a good option for email marketing."
#18
Systeme
4.3
(3)
"$27/month for 4K contacts and unlimited emails. Marketing automation, funnels, landing pages, etc included."
"We've moved everything to this platform and never looked back."
"Systeme has a lot of features that you don't need in your situation."
#19
Mailmodo
5.0
(2)
"Some good features you may like are: A wide range of widgets."
"Extremely Competitive Price compared to Mailchimp, Klaviyo, Omnisend."
#20
Ainfluencer
5.0
(2)
"I personally have used Ainfluencer. They are completely free and provide the filters you mentioned."
"Ainfluencer can be a great option. The platform is free to use."
#21
Rewardful
4.5
(2)
"I have used this software for over a year and have 600+ affiliates."
"You can run your own program with something like Rewardful.com."
#22
MailPoet
4.5
(2)
"Great functionality for ecommerce stores."
"MailPoet integrates well with WordPress for email automation."
#23
Salesforce
4.5
(2)
"It is easy to store large amounts of relational data and the automation canvases support ETL’s right out of the box."
"If you are enterprise, SFMC or nothing"
#24
SendFox
4.5
(2)
"I love the float therapy and find my deliverability rates are high."
"Interesting features like pulling in Instagram and blog content."
#25
Constant Contact
4.0
(2)
"Constant Contact is good for different situations."
"Constant Contact suits a lot of small business needs."
#26
Maileroo
4.0
(2)
"Maileroo.com"
"The best one I have used so far is Maileroo.com; the second one is Mailchimp."
#27
We-Connect
5.0
(1)
"Moved over to We-Connect because it was cheaper, simpler, and could also manage LinkedIn automation for me."
#28
Sendgrid
5.0
(1)
"Sendgrid provides excellent email delivery services with great reliability."
#29
Intercom
5.0
(1)
"I use Intercom for inbound."
#30
Amazon
5.0
(1)
"Amazon SES is a reliable choice for SMTP."
#31
Cleo.Tech
5.0
(1)
"Cleo.Tech is a marketing platform that generates leads and has a better impact for the growth of any brands and businesses."
#32
Sendlane
5.0
(1)
"Sendlane offers similar features to Klaviyo."
#33
Audienceful
5.0
(1)
"Sounds like one of the more minimalist platforms like Audienceful would be a good fit."
#34
CustomerIO
5.0
(1)
"CustomerIO is extremely powerful and has advanced automation capabilities."
#35
Zoho
5.0
(1)
"Zoho and Brevo works just fine."
#36
Elastic Email
5.0
(1)
"Great UI for building emails like MailChimp, and user lists, management etc. Also has API for transactional email."
#37
Ingify
5.0
(1)
"The only tool that makes sense is Ingify."
#38
Insight Interlink
5.0
(1)
"They have given me the best overall experience."
#39
GetResponse
5.0
(1)
"GetResponse is definitely one of the best email marketing services available."
#40
SES
5.0
(1)
"For 10k and not mailing daily, SES is a great solution."
#41
LeadGenFusion
5.0
(1)
"LeadGenFusion seems to have considerably more features."
#42
EmailOctopus
5.0
(1)
"I'd always recommend EmailOctopus for that level of subscribers - their free plan covers up to 2.5k subscribers and includes loads of premium features you normally only get on paid plans with other platforms."
#43
Selzy.com
5.0
(1)
"For small and medium businesses it has really good pricing options."
#44
Mails.ai
5.0
(1)
"For a no-code solution that allows for easy communication, consider Mails.ai."
#45
Mailwizz
5.0
(1)
"Mailwizz is excellent for managing email marketing."
#46
xolby.com
5.0
(1)
"There are tons of options for you to help with all of this."
#47
Minutemailer.com
5.0
(1)
"It's made for businesses like yours who just want to quickly get their emails out there."
#48
Loops
5.0
(1)
"Completely free (no CC) required to try out up to 1,000 contacts. No sales call or anything required."
#49
Salesforge
5.0
(1)
"I use Salesforge for outbound."
#50
Afluencer
5.0
(1)
"Afluencer is a great platform for finding influencers."
#51
Heepsy
5.0
(1)
"Heepsy allows for detailed filtering of influencers."
#52
Upfluence
5.0
(1)
"Upfluence is excellent for browsing and filtering influencers."
#53
affable.ai
5.0
(1)
"I recommend affable.ai to browse and filter influencers based on various criteria, including location, niche, audience size, engagement rate, and more. It offers a range of features for influencer discovery, campaign management, and performance tracking."
#54
Post Affiliate Pro
5.0
(1)
"It's an affiliate referral software that gives you access to Merchant panel and your affiliates to the affiliate panel to see their stats and manage their promotion materials."
#55
Super Affiliate Funnel
5.0
(1)
"I’d highly recommend this platform I recently discovered on TikTok, called SuperAffiliateFunnel."
#56
Mailchimp, MailJet
4.0
(1)
"Most of them? Mailchimp, MailJet.."
#57
Keitaro
4.0
(1)
"Perhaps a tracker like Keitaro would suit you?"
#58
Amazon Influencer Program
4.0
(1)
"I'm about to look into Amazon influencer program."
#59
Awin
4.0
(1)
"I use Awin"
#60
Social Cat
4.0
(1)
"I’ve had success on social cat for influencers, but more micro and for UGC"
#61
UserList
4.0
(1)
"Take a look at UserList."
#62
Listmonk
4.0
(1)
"I’m using free and self hosted version of listmonk.app .."
#63
Meetz AI
4.0
(1)
"We use Meetz ai (cold email and warm up) and mailchimp."
#64
MiloRevive
4.0
(1)
"MiloRevive is up and coming."
#65
BigMailer.io
4.0
(1)
"BigMailer.io is affordable and decent."
#66
MailsAI
4.0
(1)
"MailsAI is built for ease of use, focusing on core features like tracking open rates and click-through rates."
#67
Instantly
4.0
(1)
"Great for sending cold emails to potential clients."
#68
Apollo
4.0
(1)
"Excellent for B2B outreach."
#69
Podia
4.0
(1)
"Podia offers a free plan option and affordable pricing for email management."
#70
MailGun
4.0
(1)
"I think I used MailGun when I did. It was cheap."
#71
Salesflare
4.0
(1)
"It’s like a cheaper HubSpot."
#72
Attentive
4.0
(1)
"Can do restock alerts that MailChimp can’t."
#73
Yotpo
4.0
(1)
"Can do restock alerts that MailChimp can’t."
#74
Mailbob.io
4.0
(1)
"Good luck with the book launch! Mailbob.io is a great option for personal newsletters."
#75
Aweber
4.0
(1)
"Aweber is a good choice for managing contacts."
#76
Benchmark Email
4.0
(1)
"User-friendly platform with drag-and-drop functionality."
#77
Moonsend
4.0
(1)
"Known for its simplicity and affordability."
#78
MailerCloud
4.0
(1)
"Focuses on simplicity with a free plan and competitive pricing."
#79
SendPulse
4.0
(1)
"Cost-effective with a variety of marketing tools."
#80
Drip
4.0
(1)
"Drip is more focused on eCommerce and has helped WPBeginner significantly."
#81
smartreach.io
4.0
(1)
"Smartreach allows you to automate your email sequences with human-like sending."
#82
lemlist
4.0
(1)
"Lemlist provides detailed reports and helps in automating outreach."
#83
klenty
4.0
(1)
"Klenty is another tool that automates email sequences effectively."
#84
GeResponse
4.0
(1)
"GeResponse is also reasonably priced and offers essential email marketing features."
#85
Sendster
4.0
(1)
"Affordable and offers handy features like AI email writing and unlimited sending."
#86
Plexins
4.0
(1)
"Plexins offers a very cheap price, free sample, and no contact restriction."
#87
CrowdCore
4.0
(1)
"I tried CrowdCore and its pretty good"
#88
MailEngine
4.0
(1)
"A pretty good solution for low-cost email sending."
#89
ManyChat
4.0
(1)
"ManyChat is one of the biggest omnichannel chat marketing tools."
#90
MobileMonkey
4.0
(1)
"MobileMonkey is also a major player in omnichannel chat marketing."
#91
Emercury
4.0
(1)
"Emercury will allow you to do the automation based on a trigger"
#92
Influencer Gift Form
3.0
(1)
"The only app necessary is influencer gift form to send them products and get consent."
#93
AWS SES
3.0
(1)
"Have you try AWS ses or sendgrid(but require programming to connect to the services)?"
#94
The Newsletter Plugin
3.0
(1)
"The Newsletter Plugin is a cheaper alternative but requires self-hosting."
#95
AppSumo
2.0
(1)
"It’s decent for what you want, but it’s basically Active Campaign copied and not as good."
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