ActiveCampaign cost at 1,000 contacts

The pricing page defaults to annual and labels that figure as a per month number. At this list size the recorded annual monthly equivalents are Starter $15, Plus $49, and Professional $79. A monthly biller pays the higher sticker in the key numbers above. The 15 dollar Starter headline is the annual figure, not the monthly one.

ActiveCampaign attaches a monthly send allowance of ten to fifteen times the contact limit depending on plan. Going over costs half a cent per extra email, and reaching three times the allowance switches sending off until the next month. This page does not invent a plan by plan multiple beyond that published range.

One question, two answers, split by a date. Accounts created on or after 3 November 2025 are billed for every contact whatever its list status. Accounts created on or before 2 November 2025 are billed for active contacts only. ActiveCampaign publishes both answers in the same help article. That is why a dashboard reading 1,000 mailable people can still land in a higher tier once unsubscribed and bounced contacts are counted. What each tracked vendor counts is recorded here.

The ladder starts at the 1,000 contact tier, so a 500 contact list pays the same Starter $19, Plus $59, and Professional entry. Those 500 cells are derived from this verified stop rather than a separate published band. The next stops up are at 2,500 (Starter $49, Plus $119), also read off the pricing calculator.

The full Starter, Plus and Professional ladder, including empty Contact Sales stops, lives on the parent page. ActiveCampaign pricing by contacts.