16 categories · RankedActiveCampaign
ActiveCampaign is a marketing automation platform for any business, with a CRM and more than 1000 integrations · activecampaign.com ↗
Gane, the publisher, sells software in Email marketing, Marketing automation, AI marketing agents and Content marketing, where this product is measured. It is measured there by the same method as every other product. How the conflict is handled.
Strongest at small business, contested with HubSpot Marketing Hub. Ranked 4 of 74 for enterprise buyers.
The standing depends on who is buying. Every model is asked the same questions for each company size.
Ranked first, contested: HubSpot Marketing Hub has 19%.
HubSpot Marketing Hub is first at 42%. 4 of 14 models made it the first choice when asked directly.
HubSpot Marketing Hub is first at 41%.
Why models recommend it
“Start with HubSpot or ActiveCampaign if your B2B focus is on lead nurturing, sales alignment, and data-driven campaigns”Grok 4.20 · Direct question · first choice
“platforms like ActiveCampaign, Keap (Infusionsoft), or GoHighLevel offer a safer middle ground”Qwen 3.7 Flash · Negative question · first choice
“or ActiveCampaign if you prioritize automation depth and budget efficiency. Both are industry standards”GLM 4.7 FlashX · Direct question · first choice
“ActiveCampaign is the top recommendation due to its advanced automation and CRM capabilities”Mistral Small · Paraphrase question · first choice
What gives them pause
“Skip advanced platforms like ActiveCampaign or HubSpot unless you need CRM depth”Grok 4.20 · Budget-constrained question · warning
“you should watch for pricing practices and plan limitations; recent reviews mention frustrating pricing and export/data portability concerns”GPT-5.4 mini · Negative question · warning
“Overwhelming for beginners, complex features, not the cheapest, unfair billing policy regarding contact counting”GLM 4.7 FlashX · Negative question · warning
“ActiveCampaign has a steeper learning curve... it may be more expensive and complicated than necessary”Qwen 3.7 Flash · Negative question · warning
Also on the shortlist
The products named in the same answers as ActiveCampaign, over the 512 answers that named it, and how often each was the first choice instead.
| Product | Named together | Picked instead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 368 | 130 | Compare → | |
| 247 | 36 | Compare → | |
| 219 | 13 | Compare → | |
| 182 | 17 | View → | |
| 132 | 12 | View → | |
| 91 | 11 | View → | |
| 82 | 19 | Compare → | |
| 82 | 11 | View → | |
| 82 | 0 | View → | |
| 70 | 10 | View → |
What the models named instead of ActiveCampaign →
A side-by-side page exists where both products are among a category's top eight.
At a glance
Stated on ActiveCampaign's own site, not checked by Gane.
- For
- any business
- Price stated
- Request Pricing
- Free plan or trial
- Free 14-day trial with email sign-up
- Integrations
- 1000
- Customers named
- Kommunicate, Spark Joy, Her First 100K, YMCA of Alexandria, Pickleball Kingdom, Go Mini's, Toss and Spin, Analytics Mates
- Headquarters
- Chicago, United States
- Founded
- 2003
How this is measured
Fourteen AI models from 12 labs are asked the same buying questions six ways, for three company sizes. Standings refresh every edition.
Gane sells AI visibility software. No company can pay to change a result.
Read the method →Sources returned with these answers
Fourteen of the fourteen models returned a source list in this edition: five return the pages they cited and nine the search results they consulted. These counts come from 437 of the 512 answers that named ActiveCampaign and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
734 of the 796 domain citations in answers naming ActiveCampaign came from a third party's page.
Pages cited
Pages are listed as the models cited them.
By model
| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 12 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 13 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 1 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 14 |
| Grok 4.20 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 19 |
| Mistral Small | 1 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 13 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 1 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 13 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 1 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 13 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 2 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 14 |
| Kimi K2 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 14 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 2 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 18 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 11 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 16 |
What it publishes
| Kind | Pages | Last 90 days | 2025-10 to 2026-09 | Latest | Categories named |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blog | 638 | 10 | 2026-09-17 | ||
| Glossary or explainer | 185 | 2 | 2026-08-10 | ||
| Case study | 115 | 0 | 2026-01-23 | ||
| Report or ebook | 90 | 0 | 2025-08-12 | ||
| Comparison | 65 | 6 | 2026-09-03 | ||
| Webinar or virtual event | 28 | 0 | 2026-03-04 | ||
| News or press | 19 | 3 | 2026-09-17 | ||
| Template or tool | 17 | 1 | 2026-09-03 | ||
| Conference or event | 4 | 0 | 2026-02-20 |
Most recent
- 2026-09-172026 2027 activecampaign customer advisory board blog
- 2026-09-17Newsletter news or press
- 2026-09-03Watch comparison
- 2026-09-03Whatsapp button template or tool
- 2026-08-27Esp migration guide blog
- 2026-08-27Activecampaign launches active intelligence wavelength marketing ai tuned to your business not the industry average news or press
How it is countedHide how it is counted
Every page activecampaign.com exposes, subdomains included. Kind is read from the address and title. The last 90 days, the latest date and the twelve months count pages by when they were published, from the site's feeds, a date in the address, or the page's own publication date, read from up to a hundred of its most recently changed pages; a page that says only when it last changed is counted in its kind but not in when, so the recent counts are a floor, and a kind none of whose pages gives a publication date reads undated. An event counts as online when its address or title says so (webinar, on demand, virtual or online summit); a conference, summit, trade show, expo or roadshow that does not say so is counted as a conference or event, which on a vendor's site is mostly in person. Read September 29, 2026.