Email marketing platforms · October 2026 Edition
ActiveCampaign vs Moosend
Five of fourteen models named ActiveCampaign first on the direct prompt; zero named Moosend. ActiveCampaign was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and Moosend by eight and ActiveCampaign carries 56 labels and Moosend 11, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Chicago, United States, founded 2003. Named in seventeen categories this edition.
Named in five categories this edition.
First-choice share28%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate11%9%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#2#7A position in a field of 14; printed, not drawn.
Labels5611A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, ActiveCampaign reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.HubSpot Marketing Hub was named alongside these two in thirteen of the fourteen direct answers. HubSpot Marketing Hub vs ActiveCampaign · HubSpot Marketing Hub vs Moosend · ActiveCampaign vs Brevo
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the email marketing platforms page.
By framing
How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
ActiveCampaignFirst choices, of fourteen modelsMoosend
Direct50
Paraphrase80
Comparative00
Budget-constrained01
Scale-constrained30
Negative206 against ActiveCampaign · 1 against Moosend
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.
Every model, every framing
The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where ActiveCampaign and Moosend stood in it.
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | | | | | | |
| GPT-5.4 mini | | |||||
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | | | | | | |
| Perplexity Sonar | | | | |||
| Grok 4.1 Fast | | | | | | |
| Mistral Small | | | | | ||
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | | | | | | |
| Llama 4 Maverick | | | ||||
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | | | | | ||
| Kimi K2 | | | | | | |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | | | | | ||
| MiniMax M2.5 | | | | |||
| GPT-6 Luna | | | ||||
| Muse Glimmer 30B | | | | | |
ActiveCampaign Moosend first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, ActiveCampaign on the left and Moosend on the right.The direct prompt
The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where ActiveCampaign and Moosend stood in it.
ActiveCampaign first, Moosend not the choice
5 of 14 modelsMoosend was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Mistral SmallActiveCampaign, HubSpot Marketing Hub
Llama 4 MaverickActiveCampaign alternatives: Dotdigital, Salesforce Email Marketing
Kimi K2ActiveCampaign, HubSpot Marketing Hub
MiniMax M2.5ActiveCampaign alternatives: HubSpot Marketing Hub, Salesforce Marketing Cloud Account Engagement
Muse Glimmer 30BActiveCampaign, HubSpot Marketing Hub alternatives: Adobe Marketo Engage
Neither was the first choice, one was named
7 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Claude Haiku 4.5HubSpot Marketing Hub alternatives: ActiveCampaign, Brevo, GetResponse
Gemini 3.5 FlashHubSpot Marketing Hub alternatives: ActiveCampaign, Customer.io, Salesforce Marketing Cloud Account Engagement
Perplexity SonarHubSpot Marketing Hub alternatives: ActiveCampaign, Outreach, Salesloft, ZoomInfo Marketing
Grok 4.1 FastHubSpot Marketing Hub alternatives: ActiveCampaign, Adobe Marketo Engage
DeepSeek V4 FlashHubSpot Marketing Hub alternatives: ActiveCampaign, Klaviyo, Salesforce Marketing Cloud
Qwen 3.7 FlashHubSpot Marketing Hub alternatives: ActiveCampaign, Adobe Marketo Engage, Salesforce Marketing Cloud Account Engagement, SharpSpring
GLM 4.7 FlashXHubSpot Marketing Hub alternatives: ActiveCampaign, Brevo, Klaviyo
Neither was named
2 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.GPT-5.4 miniHubSpot Marketing Hub alternatives: Adobe Marketo Engage, Salesforce Marketing Cloud Account Engagement
GPT-6 LunaHubSpot Marketing Hub alternatives: Adobe Marketo Engage, Salesforce Marketing Cloud Account Engagement
Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.
By buyer segment
The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
ActiveCampaign leads by twenty-five points.
ActiveCampaign25%#1 of 11Moosend0%#– of 11Mid-marketThe figures above
ActiveCampaign leads by twenty-six points.
ActiveCampaign28%#2 of 14Moosend2%#7 of 14Enterprise
ActiveCampaign leads by four points.
ActiveCampaign4%#6 of 13Moosend0%#– of 13What the models said about ActiveCampaign
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Four of five in this category shown.
“some tools look affordable at small list sizes but leave the budget bracket quickly as subscriber counts rise, including Mailchimp, ActiveCampaign, and Constant Contact” Perplexity Sonar · negative prompt · soft negative
“ActiveCampaign - known for its robust email automation and lightweight CRM functionality, making it popular among mid-sized B2B teams.” Llama 4 Maverick · direct prompt · first choice
“For most mid-market B2B companies, ActiveCampaign provides the best balance of automation depth, ease of use, and pricing.” MiniMax M2.5 · direct prompt · first choice
“If your priority is advanced automation and a robust all-in-one platform, ActiveCampaign is often the best choice.” Mistral Small · direct prompt · first choice
What the models said about Moosend
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Four of four in this category shown.
“Excluded from some "best of" lists due to overlapping features with other tools and potential limitations in scalability” Mistral Small · negative prompt · soft negative
“The most cost-effective email marketing platforms are Moosend, MailerLite, and Brevo.” Claude Haiku 4.5 · budget prompt · first choice
“No free plan (30-day trial) | ~$7–$9/mo (unlimited emails) | Automation-heavy needs without daily caps” Grok 4.1 Fast · budget prompt · alternative
“Extremely low-cost paid tiers... Moosend punches well above its weight class.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · budget prompt · alternative
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Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.