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ActiveCampaign
Marketing automation survived on deliverability and automation logic.
NOT REALLY
why this verdict
Keep paying — OpenAI has not replaced it
OpenAI's version overlaps, but does not finish the email job, so this one still earns its $29/mo.
- A named launch, not a vibe named, unlinked
- AI writes the email; deliverability sends it. OpenAI, May 13, 2024 — no announcement link recorded yet.
- How much of the job it covers not the job editorial call
- Parts of it. The job still needs the tool to get finished.
- Is there a free way to do it? yes
- 1 of 2 listed replacements have a usable free tier: Brevo.
- What the call is worth $348/yr
- $29/mo at the entry paid tier — $348 a year per seat.
Reason composed from the fields above missing: announcement linked recorded: free replacement listed recorded: two or more escape hatches
- Threatened by
- OpenAI
- Since
- May 13, 2024
- List price
- $29/mo
- Per year
- $348
The backstory
ActiveCampaign runs behavioural email automation with a capable visual builder. Models made writing the emails free, which every ESP absorbed as a feature. The business underneath is sending reputation, deliverability engineering and the automation graph — none of which a chat product provides.
Escape hatches
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Loops Simpler modern alternative.
loops.so open_in_new B 
Brevo Free tier with generous sending.
brevo.com open_in_new1 of 2 replacements have a usable free tier.