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| Terms | Annual and Monthly Options | Annual and Monthly Options |
| Annual Cost* | $11,988 | $7,407 - $7,704 |
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* Cost for all products based on 10K contacts.
Launched in 2014 to deliver powerful and affordable marketing automation, SharpSpring is a flexible platform that integrates easily with other tools. SharpSpring has annual and monthly payment options and is a fraction of the cost of competitors.
Keap is an all-in-one CRM, sales and marketing platform for small businesses to start simple and grow over time.
Compare Keap pricing and terms to SharpSpring, the best alternative to Keap. Review the details, including the number of contacts, inclusions and onboarding costs.
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| Get Started Cost | $2,998 (As little as) |
$825 - $2,325 |
| Terms | Annual and monthly options | Annual and monthly options |
| Monthly Cost | $999/mo With annual contract. |
$299/mo first 3 months then $399/mo |
| Annual Cost | $11,988 | $7,707 |
| Onboarding (Based on Annual Terms) | $1,999 | $7,707 |
| Contacts | 10k | 10k |
| Users | Unlimited | 1 |
| Emails Included Per Month | 50K | 100K |
Keap has a slight edge over SharpSpring in terms of annual pricing. However, in addition to requiring an annual contract, Keap requires upsells and upgrades to “get the most out of it,” whereas SharpSpring’s pricing is all-inclusive.
Compare Act-On software’s features to SharpSpring’s features in key areas, such as the email designer, dynamic content, and render testing for email automation.
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| All Plans | Pro | |
| Total | 7/8 | 6/8 |
| Drag-And-Drop Designer | ✔ | ✔ |
| WYSIWYG Interface | ✔ | ✔ |
| Dynamic Content | ✔ | $ |
| Responsive Templates | ✔ | ✔ |
| After-The-Click Tracking | ✔ | ✔ |
| Render Testing | $ | ✔ |
| A/B Testing | ✔ | ✔ |
| RSS Email Syndication | ✔ | $ |
SharpSpring has the clear advantage here with built-in email features and capabilities. Keap is able to make up some ground by integrating with 3rd-party apps or leveraging “tagging” to simulate true A/B testing, but it falls decidedly short in ease of use as delivered.
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See how Keap and SharpSpring compare in key areas within automation, such as branching workflows, behavior-based automations and other functions that drive your marketing.
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| All Plans | Pro | |
| Total | 10/10 | 8/10 |
| Visual Workflow Builder | ✔ | ✔ |
| Unlimited Workflows and Tasks | ✔ | ✔ |
| Triggers and Filters | ✔ | ✔ |
| Branching Workflows | ✔ | ✔ |
| Time-Based Automations | ✔ | ✔ |
| Behavior-Based Automations | ✔ | ✔ |
| Dynamic Lists | ✔ | ✔ |
| Advanced Segmentation | ✔ | ✔ |
| Dynamic Landing Pages | ✔ | $ |
| Personas | ✔ |
Both platforms offer intuitive automation features, but Keap’s options are more limited. Tagging and other features can be incorporated to maximize functionality, but this means additional costs, either in terms of custom development or third-party integrations.
See how Keap’s form building functions compare to SharpSpring’s, such as analytics, auto-complete, progressive profiling and more. Compare dynamic form features. Find the best alternative to Keap for form building – a vital component of lead collection for marketers.
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| All Plans | Pro | |
| Total | 13/13 | 7/13 |
| Drag-And-Drop Form Designer | ✔ | ✔ |
| Dynamic Forms | ✔ | $ |
| Use CSS To Match Your Site | ✔ | ✔ |
| Custom Calls To Action | ✔ | ✔ |
| Auto-Complete | ✔ | ✔ |
| Progressive Profiling | ✔ | ✔ |
| Form Analytics | ✔ | ✔ |
| Hidden Fields Supported | ✔ | ✔ |
| Referral Forms/Fields | ✔ | $ |
| Third-Party Forms Supported | ✔ | $ |
| Third-Party Post-Back | ✔ | $ |
| Native WebEx Integration | ✔ | $ |
Both SharpSpring and Keap include important features and tools to help gather information about leads, but SharpSpring lets you take your campaigns to the next level.
View a side-by-side comparison of Keap vs SharpSpring for contact tracking features, such as anonymous site visitor tracking, daily email of site visitors and more. SharpSpring makes it easy to track your contacts through the sales and marketing funnel.
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| All Plans | Pro | |
| Total | 5/5 | 5/5 |
| Identify Anonymous Site Visitors | ✔ | ✔ |
| Track Behavior History of Known Leads | ✔ | ✔ |
| Timeline of Lead Interactions | ✔ | ✔ |
| Daily Email of Site Visitors | ✔ | ✔ |
| Important Page Visit Tracking | ✔ | ✔ |
Both SharpSpring and Keap allow you to see contact activity and trigger messaging according to the parameters you choose. SharpSpring’s Life of the Lead sets it apart, featuring a timeline of interactions between the lead, your website, your communications, and any events or changes made to the record in SharpSpring.
Landing pages are key to conversions and you need to ensure they function flawlessly. Compare the landing page builders in Keap vs SharpSpring on key functions and features, such as dynamic content, a template library and more.
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| All Plans | Pro | |
| Total | 7/7 | 6/7 |
| Drag-and-Drop Designer | ✔ | ✔ |
| WYSIWYG Interface | ✔ | ✔ |
| Dynamic Content | ✔ | ✔ |
| Library Of Responsive Templates | ✔ | ✔ |
| Optimize For Mobile | ✔ | ✔ |
| Build Single Landing Pages | ✔ | ✔ |
| Build Landing Page Funnels | ✔ |
SharpSpring's landing page builder offers pre-built and customizable funnels – series of landing pages that work together to convert visitors into leads. This feature is not available in Keap.
Fill the top of your funnel with a blogging tool that makes blogging easy. Compare the blog builder in Keap vs SharpSpring. Compare key functions and features, such as social sharing, advance post scheduling, and more.
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| All Plans | Pro | |
| Total | 7/7 | 0/7 |
| Drag-and-Drop Editor | ✔ | |
| WYSIWYG Interface | ✔ | |
| Dynamic Content | ✔ | |
| Library Of Responsive Templates | ✔ | |
| RSS Email Syndication | ✔ | |
| Advance Post Scheduling | ✔ | |
| Social Sharing Widget | ✔ |
IKeap's platform does not include a blog builder, while SharpSpring offers a comprehensive set of tools to help you build your blog. This means you’ll have one less service to manage. If an alternative CMS is desired, SharpSpring offers universal compatibility.
You should be tracking social media efforts as part of your overall marketing automation efforts. See how Keap’s social media features compare to SharpSpring’s capabilities; including social sharing, measuring social conversions and more.
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| All Plans | Pro | |
| Total | 6/6 | 4/6 |
| Social-CRM Integration | ✔ | ✔ |
| Social Profiling | ✔ | |
| Social Listening / Monitoring | ✔ | ✔ |
| Social Publishing | ✔ | ✔ |
| Social Media Conversions | ✔ | ✔ |
| Content Calendar | ✔ |
Both platforms offer social listening, publishing and conversion tracking. SharpSpring wins with its content calendar, which allows users to get a holistic view of all their scheduled emails, blog posts and social content.
Marketing automation should streamline marketing and sales efforts. See how Keap’s sales tracking features compare to SharpSpring for core sales platform functions, such as integrations, lead scoring and more.
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| All Plans | Pro | |
| Total | 9/10 | 6/10 |
| Built-In CRM | ✔ | ✔ |
| Sales Automation | ✔ | ✔ |
| IMAP Syncing | $ | ✔ |
| Custom Analytics and Dashboards | ✔ | |
| Report Scheduling | ✔ | ✔ |
| Advanced Lead Scoring | ✔ | ✔ |
| Book Meetings | ✔ | ✔ |
| Outbound Dialing/Call Tracking | ✔ | |
| Custom Notifications | ✔ | ✔ |
| Shopping Cart Integration | ✔ |
SharpSpring sets itself apart from competitors with reporting features and by providing a free CRM that’s also optional (i.e., it plays nice with other CRMs). It also includes native integrations with Salesforce and popular Shopping Carts for even more flexibility.
With so many marketing tools and systems, your marketing automation platform should be a central hub of operations and robust integration capabilities. See how well Keap integrates with other tools like CRMs, CMSs and more. See how Keap compares to SharpSpring on integrations with crucial tools for marketing automation, such as CRMs, CMS platforms and more.
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| All Plans | Pro | |
| Total | 6/7 | 5/7 |
| Universal CMS Compatibility | ✔ | $ |
| Open API | ✔ | ✔ |
| Zapier Connections | ✔ | ✔ |
| PieSync Integration | ✔ | ✔ |
| Multiple Device Tracking | ✔ | ✔ |
| Third-Party/Native Form Compatibility | ✔ | ✔ |
| Native Salesforce Integration | $ |
Since it’s a closed system, Keap does not have a native integration with Salesforce, the top CRM on the market. Both platforms provide a built-in CRM, but SharpSpring also plays nice with other CRMs, including offering a native Salesforce integration.
As marketing technology evolves, you’re likely to have questions and need help. Does Keap stand behind the platform with comprehensive, free, support? Will Keap support migrate you from another platform?
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| All Plans | Pro | |
| Total | 6/6 | 3/6 |
| Phone & Email Support | ✔ | ✔ |
| Ongoing Training Sessions | ✔ | $ |
| Platform Migration Support Included | ✔ | $ |
| Dedicated Customer Success Manager Included | ✔ | |
| Library of OnDemand Training Resources | ✔ | ✔ |
| Live Chat | ✔ | ✔ |
While Keap certainly provides quality support for its core product, this remains a fertile ground for pulling revenue from customers. Keap's website and support/onboarding processes are rife with “up-sell” propositions. SharpSpring adopts a holistic approach to customer support, including in its pricing everything from initial migration to help with third-party integrations.
Fraction of the Cost of Competitors • Month-to-Month Contracts • Unlimited Users/Support
With single-sign-on, manage your clients all in one spot in our Client Management Console.
A dedicated customer success manager with 100% free phone and email support, plus over 100 training videos to hone your skills.
Get up and running quickly. Contextual help on every page of the platform.
Powerful native integrations plus an open API and universal CMS compatibility.
