Head to head

Braze vs ActiveCampaign

Both platforms are scored with the same methodology and the same category rubric. Nothing on this page is influenced by advertising.

 
51/100
51/100Higher score
Category rank#5#5
ConfidenceHigh confidenceHigh confidence
External Reputation8466
AI Authority3251
Web Authority1438
Expert Assessment6539
TOP10 User Score
PricingNot published · free tier: Not confirmed — a free trial is offered via a 'Try Braze for free' link; the pricing-page FAQ 'Does Braze offer a free plan?' is unanswered, so no free-forever plan is verifiedUSD $15.00 per month (Starter, vendor-supplied figure published on G2) · free tier: 14-day free trial ("Try it free for 14 days" per vendor homepage); no free plan verified
Pricing modelCustom (MAU-based licence plus consumption-based Action Credits)Subscription
Best forMid-market to enterprise consumer brands with a mobile app or high-traffic web property, real MAU volume, an existing BI stack to offset reporting gaps, and at least one engineer supporting the marketing team.SMBs and agencies with roughly 500–25,000 contacts that want marketing automation, CRM and email/SMS/WhatsApp messaging in one system and will actually build branching automations rather than simple broadcasts.
Avoid if You are a small business, email-only or B2B lead-nurture team, need published self-serve pricing, need deep native analytics without a BI layer, or need results inside a quarter. You need frictionless self-service cancellation, predictable refunds, a fully published price at higher contact volumes, guaranteed support SLAs on lower tiers, or only simple newsletter sending.
MarketsMid-Market, Enterprise, Consumer brands with mobile appsSMB, Mid-Market, Agencies
Founded
HeadquartersNew York, USA (15 offices across Americas, EMEA and APAC)Chicago, Illinois, United States (1 N. Dearborn, 5th Floor)

A higher TOP SCORE means more of the evidence favours that platform on this methodology — it is not a recommendation, and it does not account for your specific requirements. Advertisers are never declared the winner of a comparison.