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Best Kicklace alternatives in 2026

Data compiled by Toolradar Updated October 31, 2026 How we rate

Cite this list: Toolradar, best Kicklace alternatives 2026, toolradar.com/alternatives/kicklace

8 direct alternatives to Kicklace, compared on pricing, features, and best-for use cases. Pick the right replacement without the marketing fluff.

Quick answer

ActiveCampaign is the top alternative to Kicklace on our list, followed by HubSpot Marketing and Mailchimp.
5 of the 8 alternatives have a free plan, starting with HubSpot Marketing.
Highest rated: Brevo, 4.6 out of 5 from 6,219 ratings, Sep 2026.

Publications that cover the tools tracked here

8 alternatives
5 with a free plan

ActiveCampaign
#1 Top pick
Autonomous marketing platform with AI-powered email, SMS, and WhatsApp automation.
Starting price
From $15 /mo
Cheapest paid plan, monthly, as of October 2026
4.5 /5 across G2 and Capterra · 17,363 ratings, Sep 2026
Our take
Best overall
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HubSpot Marketing
#2
Marketing automation by HubSpot
Starting price
From $20 /mo
Cheapest paid plan, monthly, as of October 2026
4.4 /5 across SourceForge and G2 · 14,991 ratings, Sep 2026
Our take
Best free tier
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Mailchimp
#3
Grow your business with email, SMS, and AI marketing
Starting price
From $13 /mo
Cheapest paid plan, monthly, as of October 2026
3.9 /5 across Trustpilot, G2 and Capterra · 31,997 ratings, Sep 2026
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Kicklace vs 8 alternatives

Kicklace and its alternatives compared on starting price (cheapest paid plan, monthly, as of October 2026), free plan and average user rating.
Tool	Starting price (Oct 2026)	Free plan	Rating
Kicklace Compared tool	Price: Free + paid	Free plan: Yes	n/a
ActiveCampaign	Price: $15/mo	Free plan: No	4.5 out of 5, from 17,363 ratings across G2 and Capterra (17,363)
HubSpot Marketing	Price: $20/mo	Free plan: Yes	4.4 out of 5, from 14,991 ratings across SourceForge and G2 (14,991)
Mailchimp	Price: $13/mo	Free plan: Yes	3.9 out of 5, from 31,997 ratings across Trustpilot, G2 and Capterra (31,997)
Brevo	Price: $9/mo	Free plan: Yes	4.6 out of 5, from 6,219 ratings across G2 and Capterra (6,219)
Omnisend	Price: $16/mo	Free plan: Yes	4.6 out of 5, from 2,080 ratings across G2 and Capterra (2,080)
Klaviyo	Price: $20/mo	Free plan: Yes	4.6 out of 5, from 1,901 ratings across G2 and Capterra (1,901)
Customer.io	Price: $100/mo	Free plan: No	4.5 out of 5, from 988 ratings across G2 and Capterra (988)
Drip	Price: $39/mo	Free plan: No	4.4 out of 5, from 480 ratings on G2 (480)

Why people consider alternatives to Kicklace

Kicklace puts your customers and the emails they get on one map: the road from first visit to sign-up to paying, with each stage's emails on the stage itself, so you see who is where and what they were sent without a CRM's separate…

Teams most often switch away when one of these starts to bite:

Pricing at scale as usage or premium tiers add up.
Missing integrations with the rest of your stack.
Performance or scale limits as your needs grow.
A specific feature gap you have hit in marketing automation.

The 8 alternatives below cover the same core job (marketing automation) with different trade-offs.

See full Kicklace review Best marketing automation tools How we rank

Kicklace by the numbers

Kicklace compared with 110 Email Marketing tools on Toolradar, as of Oct 2026
Metric	Kicklace	Peer median	Position (1 is best)
Free plan	Yes	58% have one	n/a
Integrations listed	2	3	#18 of 31 (joint) tools with at least one integration recorded

Each position is counted among the tools that have data for that row, as noted under it. All Email Marketing data · How we compute this. Advertising and placement fees are not inputs to any position.

Cite this: Toolradar, “Kicklace by the numbers”, Oct 2026.

Marketing Automation leaderboards from Toolradar data

Toolradar ranks Marketing Automation tools on one measure at a time, only where at least 8 tools have data. As of Oct 2026.

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Lowest entry price, plans with no stated unit

Cheapest standard paid plan per month (annual prices divided by 12), read on vendor pages and compared only with tools priced on the same basis.

Counted among 149 tools with no stated price unit, verified price.

Lowest entry price, plans with no stated unit, Marketing Automation tools on Toolradar, as of Oct 2026
#	Tool	Entry plan
1	LadderFlow	$1.58/mo, billed yearly
2	Repostit	$4/mo, billed yearly
3	Moosend	$7/mo, billed monthly
4	Multilogin	$7.08/mo, billed yearly
5	Pic-Time	$8/mo, billed monthly

A position exists only when at least 8 tools have data for that metric. 149 of 357 Marketing Automation tools have a verified price; the others publish none we could read (often "contact sales"). Advertising and placement fees are not inputs to any position. Visit counts include visits from every source. How we compute this. Cite this: Toolradar, “Marketing Automation leaderboards”, Oct 2026. Data licensed CC BY 4.0. All Marketing Automation statistics.

8 alternatives to Kicklace

Ranked by G2 and Capterra ratings, media mentions, and editor review, plus how directly they replace Kicklace.

Frequently asked questions

What is the best alternative to Kicklace?

Based on real-signal scoring (G2 and Capterra ratings, media mentions, and editorial review), the top alternatives to Kicklace are ActiveCampaign, HubSpot Marketing, Mailchimp. Each solves the same core job with different trade-offs on pricing, features, and integrations.

Is there a free alternative to Kicklace?

There is no fully free alternative in this list. ActiveCampaign is freemium: a permanent free tier plus paid plans (Autonomous marketing platform with AI-powered email, SMS, and WhatsApp automation).

Why do people look for Kicklace alternatives?

Common reasons teams switch away from Kicklace: pricing that scales aggressively, missing integrations with the rest of their stack, performance or scale limits, or a specific feature gap in marketing automation. The alternatives on this page solve the same core problem with different trade-offs.

Side-by-side comparisons

In-depth comparison pages for Kicklace versus each alternative.

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Top 3 alternatives to Kicklace

ActiveCampaign

HubSpot Marketing

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