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Leave ActiveCampaign. Keep the sequences.

ActiveCampaign is a fine email engine pretending to be a CRM. We replace it with a real CRM and keep your sequences, deals, and lead scoring intact — without per-contact tiers.

3-year savings (50 seats)

$92,000

vs ActiveCampaign effective $110/seat

Why teams leave ActiveCampaign

The four reasons we hear most often.

  • Reason 01

    Per-contact pricing tiers

    Plus tier starts at $49/mo for 1,000 contacts. At 25,000 contacts you're already at $199+/mo. Bigger list = bigger bill, every quarter.

  • Reason 02

    Sales features as add-ons

    Lead scoring, attribution reporting, and deeper pipeline tools live in higher tiers (Professional, Enterprise) or as separate Sales add-ons. The base plan is email-first.

  • Reason 03

    Automation builder learning curve

    ActiveCampaign's automation editor is powerful but baroque. Hiring contractors who can read your existing automations is its own problem.

  • Reason 04

    AI features are tier-gated

    Predictive sending, Win Probability, and AI-generated content all require Professional+ — even though most teams just want a usable copilot.

The math

What ActiveCampaign actually costs.

Public list pricing plus the add-ons most teams end up buying. Implementation and admin overhead extra.

Plus + Sales add-on, per-contact tiers
ActiveCampaign effective per-seat cost teardown
Line itemCost

Plus tier base

$49 / mo (1,000 contacts)

Sales add-on

$19 / seat / mo

Professional / Enterprise upgrade

$149–$259 / mo

Per-contact overage (typical mid-tier)

+$30–80 / 5K contacts
Real all-in~$110 effective per seat all-in

What we migrate

Every record.
Every field.

Specifically, from ActiveCampaign. Nothing is left behind to "migrate later."

  • Contacts, lists, custom fields, tags
  • Automations (re-implemented as readable workflow records)
  • Email templates, campaigns, landing pages
  • Deals, pipelines, deal custom fields
  • Sales sequences, tasks, automated follow-ups
  • Lead scoring rules and historical scores
  • Attribution data and conversion events

Our recommendation

Replace ActiveCampaign with Twenty (open source).

Twenty handles the deals-and-pipelines half cleanly, and we wire Resend or Postmark for the email half. Sequences become cron-triggered workflow records you can read end-to-end. AI uses your own Claude or OpenAI keys.

Not the right fit?

We also build fully bespoke CRMs, deploy Twenty / EspoCRM / NocoBase to other variants, and integrate with whatever you're keeping. The audit covers the choice.

ActiveCampaign migration FAQ

Specific to ActiveCampaign.

Other questions? Email us — that's a real address.

Contact us

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Stop renting your CRM.

Book a 30-minute audit. Walk away with a written replacement plan and a fixed quote. The audit is free whether or not you hire us.

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