Comparison

Flodesk vs ActiveCampaign pricing

Both bill on stored contacts. ActiveCampaign Starter undercuts Flodesk Lite at 500 and 1,000 contacts. From 2,500 through 25,000, Lite is the cheaper entry plan wherever both publish a monthly figure. Flodesk includes unlimited email sends on every paid plan. The Flodesk 100,000 column stays empty on every plan.

Snapshot 3, Flodesk checked 13 September 2026, ActiveCampaign checked 25 September 2026. Monthly billing shown first. Flodesk stays outside the six vendor tables and the watchlist.

Entry paid plans, side by side

Flodesk Lite against ActiveCampaign Starter, the cheapest paid plan each vendor sells at the eight breakpoints. Plans are not feature matched.

Prices are compiled from public vendor pages and can lag behind a change. Cells marked Der are calculated from published rules and cells marked Est are rough figures. Neither is an invoice or a quote, so confirm with the vendor before you spend.

Contacts	Flodesk Lite	ActiveCampaign Starter	Cheaper
500	$25$19 annualDer	$19$15 annualDer	ActiveCampaign by $6
1,000	$25$19 annualVer	$19$15 annualVer	ActiveCampaign by $6
2,500	$32$29 annualDer	$49$39 annualVer	Flodesk by $17
5,000	$52$48 annualDer	$99$79 annualVer	Flodesk by $47
10,000	$72$66 annualDer	$189$149 annualVer	Flodesk by $117
25,000	$162$149 annualDer	$489$391 annualVer	Flodesk by $327
50,000	n/aNot	n/aNot	not comparable
100,000	n/aNot	n/aNot	not comparable

Flodesk Lite against ActiveCampaign Starter, month to month billing, with the per month cost of paying yearly underneath. The Cheaper column compares the monthly prices. Plans are not feature matched.

Where the cheaper entry plan sits

Lite at 500: $25; Starter is $19 at the same size
Lite at 10k: $72; Starter is $189 at the same size
Lite at 25k: $162; Starter is $489, or $391 a month paid yearly

ActiveCampaign Starter is cheaper than Flodesk Lite at 500, 1,000 contacts. From 2,500 contacts through the last overlapping monthly stop, Lite is the cheaper entry plan wherever both publish a figure.

At 1,000 contacts Lite is $25 against Starter at $19. At 25,000 contacts Lite is $162 against Starter at $489. Lite then hits its 25,000 subscriber ceiling and is not sold at 50,000. At 100,000 contacts every Flodesk cell stays empty (none) rather than inventing a midpoint between nearby slider stops. ActiveCampaign Plus and Professional leave that stop empty on the recorded ladder as well (none), so nothing is invented on either side.

Step up plans

Flodesk Pro against ActiveCampaign Plus, then Everything against Professional. Neither pair is feature matched.

Contacts	Flodesk Pro	ActiveCampaign Plus	Cheaper
500	$28$25 annualDer	$59$49 annualDer	Flodesk by $31
1,000	$28$25 annualVer	$59$49 annualVer	Flodesk by $31
2,500	$39$35 annualDer	$119$95 annualVer	Flodesk by $80
5,000	$59$54 annualDer	$179$145 annualVer	Flodesk by $120
10,000	$79$72 annualDer	$239$189 annualVer	Flodesk by $160
25,000	$169$155 annualDer	$489$389 annualVer	Flodesk by $320
50,000	$389$357 annualDer	$759$609 annualVer	Flodesk by $370
100,000	n/aNot	n/aNot	not comparable

Flodesk Pro against ActiveCampaign Plus, month to month billing, with the per month cost of paying yearly underneath. The Cheaper column compares the monthly prices. Plans are not feature matched.

Contacts	Flodesk Everything	ActiveCampaign Professional	Cheaper
500	$54$49 annualDer	$99$79 annualDer	Flodesk by $45
1,000	$54$49 annualVer	$99$79 annualVer	Flodesk by $45
2,500	$87$79 annualDer	$189$149 annualVer	Flodesk by $102
5,000	$107$99 annualDer	$259$205 annualVer	Flodesk by $152
10,000	$137$126 annualDer	$469$375 annualVer	Flodesk by $332
25,000	$257$236 annualDer	$789$629 annualVer	Flodesk by $532
50,000	$527$483 annualDer	$1,209$969 annualVer	Flodesk by $682
100,000	n/aNot	n/aNot	not comparable

Flodesk Everything against ActiveCampaign Professional, month to month billing, with the per month cost of paying yearly underneath. The Cheaper column compares the monthly prices. Plans are not feature matched.

At 10,000 contacts Pro is $79 against Plus at $239. Everything at the same size is $137 against Professional at $469. Pro is cheaper than Plus at 500, 1,000, 2,500, 5,000, 10,000, 25,000, 50,000.

The headline price is not on the same billing terms

ActiveCampaign Starter: $19; $15 paid yearly, about 21 percent off and the figure the pricing page leads with
Flodesk Lite: $25; $19 paid yearly from the published one month free rule
Free plans: Neither sends free; ActiveCampaign: There is no free plan to limit. ActiveCampaign publishes no free tier, so the entry price is the floor.. Flodesk free covers forms and landing pages and does not send email.

ActiveCampaign shows annual billing by default. A month to month buyer pays $19 at the entry stop, not the $15 headline. Flodesk annual dollars come from the published one month free rule. Comparing the two headlines therefore mixes an annual calculator default with a monthly slider matrix.

Sends and what each one counts

Paid Flodesk Lite, Pro and Everything include unlimited email sends. ActiveCampaign attaches a send allowance under the contact tier, with overage and a hard stop above that allowance.

ActiveCampaign. 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.

Flodesk. Soft bounced contacts still count toward the tier. Unsubscribed, hard bounced, cleaned, archived and deleted contacts stay off it. Lite stops at 25,000 active subscribers, then auto-moves to Pro.