The #1 Alternative to MailChimp
KARTRA IS THE BEST ALL-IN-ONE MARKETING PLATFORM THAT MAKES IT RIDICULOUSLY EASY TO BUILD AND SCALE YOUR ONLINE BUSINESS FAST… WITH TONS OF EXTRA FEATURES AT A MORE AFFORDABLE PRICE.
There’s no denying that MailChimp does email automation well. It’s even in their name.
But, there’s a LOT more to running a successful business than email. And despite MailChimp trying to market themselves as an all-in-one solution, they’re simply not.
MailChimp doesn’t offer help desk features, membership sites, built-in ecommerce, affiliate management, scheduling tools or video hosting — all of which are crucial to success.
Their most advanced and expensive plan lacks some of the most important features for running a business, forcing users to fork out dough elsewhere and set up tricky integrations.
And if you want to add a custom domain to the website you build with them? Well that will be an additional $99/Year.
If you’re ready to get a solution that not only sends your emails, but does everything else you need to run your business, then look no further than Kartra.
Kartra takes care of emails, landing pages, customer support, affiliates, premium video, membership sites, checkouts, and a million other things. In fact, Kartra clients rave about how much money they save with Kartra because the HUGE feature-list allows them to cancel all their other marketing tool subscriptions.
Keep reading to see why Kartra is the clear choice for your business.
Kartra ADVANTAGES
SEE WHY THOUSANDS ARE CHOOSING KARTRA OVER MAILCHIMP
Helpdesk
It costs FIVE times as much to acquire a new customer than to retain an existing one — that's why customer service is vital to your business's success. Except, MailChimp currently doesn’t have a built-in helpdesk — meaning you'll need to purchase yet another 3rd party software.
Fortunately, with Kartra... our help desk is built right into our platform! This allows you to easily provide immediate customer support via live chat, and our built-in email reply system will make your customers feel heard and help resolve issues as fast as humanly possible.
Calendars
If you’re a consultant, coach, or just want to host live events, you need a simple and intuitive calendar tool where your customers can check, schedule and self-manage their appointments on their own. Except, with MailChimp, you’ll need to purchase a separate calendar software in order to do this.
But the hassle (and the extra bill) can be avoided with Kartra’s built-in Calendar functionality — this allows your clients to self-book and reschedule based on your availability, and even sends automated reminders, so no appointment is ever forgotten.
Moreover, since Kartra Calendars and Kartra Checkouts are part of the same family, you can charge for your sessions straight from within the Calendar App — ensuring your time is always worth something.
Affiliate Management
Imagine building an army of people that all enthusiastically promote your product on a daily basis and create a lasting impact on your overall sales! This is called affiliate marketing, and to convince people to sell your products your affiliate process should be seamless and exciting...
Unfortunately, MailChimp ignores this massively important aspect of business growth. Alternatively, Kartra comes with built-in affiliate management, complete with questionnaires, automated payments, minimum sales requirements, and more. This ensures you’re finding quality people for the job, without spending extra time shuffling payments around.
Are you interested in gaining residual income as well? Well, unlike MailChimp, Kartra offers an awesome affiliate marketplace to both FIND affiliates to sell your products AND become one yourself! And what if you really love Kartra and want to promote our product? Well, we offer you 40% commission on affiliate sales, while MailChimp will give you a $30 “MonkeyReward” that you can only use in the app.
Video Marketing
It's no secret that video marketing is important to a business — after all, marketers who use video grow revenue 49% faster than non-video users.
So why would you want to waste your budget on a platform like MailChimp where you’ll need to purchase a third-party plugin, like Wistia or Vimeo, to even add a basic video to your page.
Kartra reliably hosts your videos with a customizable player, complete with advanced in-video actions so you can get more conversions, shares, and sales. You can add compelling CTAs and opt-in forms at any point while the video is playing, as well as automatically tags viewers based on their behavior.
Customer didn’t watch the whole video? No problem. The tags will show you that and instantly activate automations — such as sending a follow-up email, entering your viewer into a special offer campaign, subscribing them to a list and more — giving you more chances to convert leads to customers.
Membership Sites
Membership sites aren't just a way to deliver content to your customers; they are one of the most reliable sources of steady, passive income each month that a business owner can have.
Yet, MailChimp doesn't even have membership site capabilities. In fact, you’ll need to purchase an additional plugin like Memberful or Memberspace just to manage memberships (just pile it on to your increasingly hefty monthly bills).
Kartra not only makes it easy for you to deliver and time release (drip) your valuable content to your customers, but we also offer a specific portal to manage and analyze your members and their behaviors. With Kartra's flexibility and simplicity, just imagine how quickly you can grow your business by offering your products in memberships.
Why Business Owners Like You Made the Switch
I've been using Kartra for less than a week. I've replicated (from scratch) my mailchimp/clickfunnels setup I've been sending traffic for about less than a day and have 4 leads in the sequence. Then I looked at the leads info panel and I'm completely blown away by what this platform does for me.
I did everything myself.
All on one platform.
It's amazing and I love it.
Kartra's email sequence building, automations, split testing, and analytics are superior to anything you can get with Mailchimp (and superior to any other email service provider I've tried... Get Response, ConvertKit, Aweber, Active Campaign). For this reason, I'm gradually moving all of my email stuff to Kartra.
Kartra keeps everything under one roof eliminating the need and expense of multiple apps. It has drag and drop simplicity and deep funnel complexity. The best thing is the features keep getting better and the community is super supportive. After having used many programs with multiple clients such as Infusionsoft, Mailchimp, Pipedrive, VTiger, CF, Leadpages... this is the cleanest and easiest interface to optimal functionality.
See How They Stack Up Against Kartra’s Powerful Features
VISUAL CAMPAIGN BUILDER
| VISUAL CAMPAIGN BUILDER | KARTRA | MailChimp |
|---|---|---|
| Goal Based Automation | ||
| Campaign Triggers | ||
| Conditional Filtering | limited | |
| Split Testing | ||
| Pre-built Campaign Marketplace | X | |
| Custom Domains | limited | |
| Drag & Drop Page Builder | ||
| Web Page Templates | ||
| Add Custom HTML | ||
| Responsive Design | ||
| Page Analytics | limited |
VIDEO MARKETING
| VIDEO MARKETING | KARTRA | MailChimp |
|---|---|---|
| Video Hosting | X | |
| Video Playlists | X | |
| Clickable Video Call To Action | X | |
| Share To Unlock Videos | X | |
| Video Analytics | X |
HELPDESK
| HELPDESK | KARTRA | MailChimp |
|---|---|---|
| Built-In Helpdesk | X | |
| Live Chat | X | |
| Helpdesk Canned Responses | X | |
| Customizable Wikis | X | |
| Embeddable Helpdesks | X | |
| Detailed Helpdesk Analytics | X |
PAGE BUILDER
| PAGE BUILDER | KARTRA | MailChimp |
|---|---|---|
| Built-in Landing Page Creator | ||
| Landing Page Personalization | ||
| Landing Page Template Marketplace | limited | |
| Custom Thank You Pages | limited | |
| Built-in Web Form Creator | limited | |
| Pre-filled Forms | limited |
CALENDARS
| CALENDARS | KARTRA | MailChimp |
|---|---|---|
| Appointment Calendars | X | |
| Automated Reminder Notifications | X | |
| Charge For Sessions In Calendar App | X |
EMAIL MARKETING
| EMAIL MARKETING | KARTRA | MailChimp |
|---|---|---|
| Built-in Email Editor | ||
| Email Personalization | ||
| Native Email Automation | ||
| Automated Sequences | ||
| Email Templates | ||
| Lead Importation | ||
| List Cleaning | X | |
| SMS Sequences | X | |
| Expiring Tags | X | |
| Email Split Testing | ||
| Automated Reengagement | limited | |
| Broadcasts | ||
| Segmentation | ||
| Message Open Tracking | ||
| Click-through Tracking | ||
| Automated Follow-up | ||
| Lead Scoring | X |
CRM
| CRM | KARTRA | MailChimp |
|---|---|---|
| Visual Contact Workflow Management | X | |
| Custom Fields | ||
| Notes | ||
| Groups | ||
| Tags | ||
| Automation Log | ||
| Activity Log |
ECOMMERCE
| ECOMMERCE | KARTRA | MailChimp |
|---|---|---|
| Order Forms | X | |
| Multiple Payment Processing | X | |
| Taxes | X | |
| Free Trials | X | |
| Payment Plans | X | |
| Subscriptions | X | |
| Credit Card Decline Follow-up | X | |
| Abandoned Cart Follow-up | ||
| Coupon Creation | X | |
| One-Click Upsells | X | |
| Built-In Checkout | NO, have to integrate | |
| Multiple Price Points with Flexibility | X | |
| Ecommerce for Digital or Physical Products | NO, have to integrate | |
| Checkout Page Templates | ||
| International Currencies | X | |
| Link Tracking | ||
| Page Tracking | ||
| Detailed Sales and Transaction Analytics | limited |
AFFILIATES
| AFFILIATES | KARTRA | MailChimp |
|---|---|---|
| Automated Affiliate Management | X | |
| Referral Tracking Links | X | |
| Promo Tools | X | |
| Earnings Reports | X | |
| Automated Affiliate Payments | X | |
| Affiliate Marketplaces | X | |
| Affiliate Analytics | X | |
| Analytics for your affiliate sales for other brands | X |
MEMBERSHIP SITES
| MEMBERSHIP SITES | KARTRA | MailChimp |
|---|---|---|
| Automated Member Management | X | |
| Multiple Membership Levels | X | |
| Page-by-page Content Protection | X | |
| Drip Content | ||
| Centralized Membership Portal | X | |
| Built-in Membership Site | X | |
| Host Files | X | |
| Comment Control | X | |
| Locked Posts | X | |
| Membership Site Analytics | X |
SERVICES
| SERVICES | KARTRA | MailChimp |
|---|---|---|
| Annual Contract Required | NO Contract Required | No |
| Chat Support | limited | |
| Email Support | limited | |
| Live Training Events | ||
| Online Training | ||
| Certified Consultant Community | Coming Soon | X |
TRACKING & ANALYTICS
| TRACKING & ANALYTICS | KARTRA | MailChimp |
|---|---|---|
| Tracked Links | ||
| Split Testing | ||
| Page Tracking | ||
| Visual Performance Reporting | ||
| Contact Flow Reports | X | |
| Funnel Conversion Reports | ||
| Lifetime Value Reports | limited | |
| Custom Date Range Reporting Filters | ||
| Video Analytics | limited | |
| Detailed Form Analytics | X | |
| Analytics For Affiliate Sales for Other Brands | X | |
| List Analytics | limited | |
| Broadcast Analytics | ||
| Sequence Analytics | X | |
| Detailed Sales and Transaction Analytics | X | |
| Detailed Help Desk Analytics | X | |
| Page Analytics | ||
| Membership Site Analytics | X |
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All those features AND Kartra saves you money?!
MailChimp lures most new customers in with the promise of a “free plan.” What most customers don’t realize is MailChimp counts your entire “audience” in your subscriber count. This means that even those people who have unsubscribed (that you have to keep on file for GDPR) are counted against you, forcing you to bump up to a more expensive plan much, much faster.
And those plans get expensive real fast. MailChimp’s premium plan is a whopping $299/Month...and that’s before you even consider that MailChimp is lacking about SIX critical tools, meaning you’ll have to purchase them elsewhere and then configure complicated integrations.
Let’s do the math on those, shall we? An ecommerce platform (so you can actually sell your stuff) costs about $99/month. Add an affiliate management software so you can have other people promoting you and you'll need another $100-$200 a month.
How about membership sites or e-learning platforms? That’s another $99 a month. If you want a professional video hosting platform, an account for Wistia will run you about $99 a month.
The leading help desk platforms will cost you $99 per month per agent. And if you want to schedule appointments, you’ll need a calendar tool for another $15 a month.
That’s about $500-$600 EXTRA each month you’ll need to pay for a full suite of business tools. Before you know it, that “free plan” quickly adds up to hundreds of dollars a month.
Kartra, on the other hand, gives you ALL of the above features, no matter the package you select – ultimately saving you a lot of cash.
MailChimp Pricing
With Kartra, you won’t need to purchase other software or set up confusing connections to get started. Our programmers have done all the work for you, so everything is already integrated for you straight out of the box. Choosing Kartra is the right choice because our product comes packed with every tool you’ll need to effortlessly run your online business.
You know what they say: time is money, and Kartra saves you a lot of both!
Starter
$1 for 14 days
then $99/month
Annual billing saves $240
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Your order is safe and secure
Silver
$1 for 14 days
then $199/month
Annual billing saves $600
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Your order is safe and secure
Gold
$1 for 14 days
then $299/month
Annual billing saves $840
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Your order is safe and secure
Platinum
$1 for 14 days
then $499/month
Annual billing saves $1440
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Your order is safe and secure
Starter
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Up to 2,500 Leads
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1 custom domain
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15,000 emails /mo
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50 GB bandwidth
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Host 100 pages
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Host 50 videos
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Sell 20 products
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Build 2
membership sites
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Add 1 additional
team member -
Connect 1 helpdesk
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Agency not included
$1 for 14 days
$79/month
when billed annually
Save $240 a year
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Your order is safe and secure
Silver
$1 for 14 days
$149/month
when billed annually
Save $600 a year
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Your order is safe and secure
Gold
$1 for 14 days
$229/month
when billed annually
Save $840 a year
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Your order is safe and secure
Platinum
$1 for 14 days
$379/month
when billed annually
Save $1440 a year
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Your order is safe and secure
Switch to Kartra today, and get MORE out of your software.
GREAT COMMUNITY
When you choose Kartra, you gain a family. We have an online community with 10,000 members and growing — so your questions will never go unanswered, and you’ll always receive the support you need! We also offer a robust marketplace community and a “Done For You” campaign community where users can download funnels from fellow marketing experts on the platform.
INTUITIVE & SIMPLE
Why spend time on web development when that’s not your forte? The best thing about Kartra is its simplicity!
With our drag and drop features your marketing campaigns will be created easily, look fantastic, and run themselves!
RICH IN FEATURES
From websites, to email marketing, shopping cart technology, and more — Kartra truly is the first all-inclusive online marketing platform.
Kartra seamlessly integrates all the essential marketing tools your business needs in one super-easy, radically-affordable platform. Get ready to boost your bottom line from the very first login.
Got questions? We've got the answers!
Is Kartra PCI and GDPR compliant?
Absolutely! Kartra is 100% PCI and GDPR compliant, using payment-gateway-sanctioned industry best practices to ensure that your shopping experience, and that of your customers, is a safe one.
"PCI security standards are technical and operational requirements set by the PCI Security Standards Council (PCI SSC) to protect cardholder data. The standards apply to all entities that store, process or transmit cardholder data – with guidance for software developers and manufacturers of applications and devices used in those transactions.
The Council is responsible for managing the security standards, while compliance with the PCI set of standards is enforced by the founding members of the Council, American Express, Discover Financial Services, JCB International, MasterCard Worldwide and Visa Inc." (From “PCI DSS Quick Reference Guide” published by the PCI Security Standards Council™)
In other words, Kartra is as secure as a secure platform can be in this day and age. And as security standards and capabilities evolve, you can be sure that Kartra will be among the first platforms to incorporate them.
What platforms and services does Kartra replace?
Are you ready? Here’s the entire list:
- Email marketing campaign platform
- Marketing automation platform (letting you build and automate your sales funnels)
- Marketing page builders (landing pages, squeeze pages, sales pages, thank you pages, product launch pages, checkout pages, video sales letter pages, and more)
- Membership portal builders
- Shopping carts
- Online form builders
- Split testing and link tracking software
- Calendar and appointment scheduling software
- Helpdesk ticketing systems, including live chat
- Video hosting (with advanced marketing features)
- Affiliate management system
- Campaign analytics platform
- Custom programming to integrate your various marketing software platforms — Kartra seamlessly integrates all of the above already
- Graphic designers — Kartra’s professional, stunning templates designed to convert — for pages, emails, forms, and more — take care of that for you
Best of all, Kartra’s tools are not merely basic versions. Oh, no. In fact, each Kartra tool is absolutely full-featured, giving you the functionality of the leading platforms in each individual category — plus effortless integration with all of Kartra’s other full-featured tools. It’s the most complete yet easy-to-use online business solution you’ll find anywhere.
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What else is included?
Kartra not only gives you a complete suite of integrated sales and marketing tools that make it easy to build your emails, pages, opt-in forms, checkouts, and sales funnels. Kartra actually gives you complete sales funnels too — pre-built, beautifully designed and professionally copywritten by renowned internet marketing experts — ready for you to customize and activate in just minutes.
Kartra also gives you a complete set of ready-to-use, stunning design templates for creating new emails, pages, checkouts, opt-in forms and more. Between Kartra’s ease of use and all the done-for-you marketing assets we’ve included, you can literally launch your entire online business in just a few hours with Kartra.
Do I need design skills?
Not with Kartra!
Instantly give your marketing assets that polished, professional look with Kartra’s wide variety of gorgeous templates for pages, emails, and forms.
Our team of expert graphic artists and internet marketing gurus have crafted these stunning designs to help you attract the most customers and maximize conversions effortlessly. It’s like having an elite marketing agency creating your assets for you — without any of the cost.
Easily customize these templates with your own copy, images, and colors, and launch your marketing assets in just minutes. No design skills needed.
What are the system requirements?
Kartra is software hosted in the cloud, a.k.a. Software as a Service (SaaS). Which means we host the software for you. And you don’t have to download a thing. All you need is an internet-connected computing device (Mac, Windows, Chromebook, Linux PC), and a recent version of any of the major browsers (Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Opera, etc.). Then, simply navigate to app.kartra.com, log in with the credentials you received when you subscribed, and start building your online marketing machine!
Do my pages have to be hosted on Kartra?
Not at all. Kartra gives you several hosting options.
First of all, if you have your own domain name we have good news for you: you can plug it into Kartra so your landing pages, checkout pages, membership sites, helpdesk portals, etc are indeed displayed under your domain name.
Needless to say, Kartra also offers robust, reliable hosting for your Kartra-built pages. You can launch your online business presence right away without needing any other internet hosting account.
Plus, if you have your own internet hosting account and want to host your pages on those servers, that’s easy too.
Kartra generates straight HTML code for every page you build in Kartra. Just upload that code in a .html file via FTP to your host server and your page will become live. Whenever you make changes to a page, simply save a new .html file from Kartra and replace the previous one on your server via FTP.
And, if you have a site on WordPress, Kartra also gives you a one-line JavaScript code for every Kartra page. Just paste this code into a blank WordPress page and publish. Your Kartra page will be part of your WordPress site, and look exactly as you designed it in Kartra. Better still, whenever you make any updates to your page in Kartra, those updates will automatically be made in your WordPress page.
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How secure is Kartra?
At Kartra, we leave nothing to chance.
So it was essential to us that Kartra have the most robust security measures available. And take every precaution to ensure the security of your data — and your customers’ data.
We start with a direct, secure, encrypted (256-bit) connection directly from your customers to your payment gateway. Customer payment information is tokenized — a fancy term that means that at no time does any customer payment data ever touch our servers. We never store it, and we never see it.
All the data you store in your account – including the personal information you collect about your leads and customers, is protected by multiple firewalls and Cloudflare security. On top of that, there is no central Kartra database to hack. Every Kartra user account has its own, isolated database. That means it’s practically impossible for anyone to breach Kartra and run off with “everyone’s data”.
Finally, Kartra is extremely reliable too! Today’s internet-driven businesses run 24/7. Any downtime is lost money. So we’ve gone the extra mile to ensure the reliability of Kartra for your business. Kartra’s infrastructure runs on the best — top-tier storage and delivery providers, including Amazon and SendGrid®. This is your assurance that Kartra will be there for you, day in and day out.
Can I cancel or change plans anytime?
Kartra gives you a convenient, budget-friendly monthly subscription model with the lowest prices you’ll find for such a combination of online marketing tools in one platform. You can cancel or change your subscription at any time in our convenient Billing self-service portal.
Why is your pricing so good?
That’s the million-dollar question, isn’t it?
Maybe what we really should be asking is, “Why does other software cost so much?”
Because truly, in this day and age, there is no sane reason for you to have to pay hundreds or even thousands of dollars a month on multiple apps to get the minimum necessary functionality you need to run your online business.
Nor should you have to spend the time to research hundreds of apps to find the right combination for your business, learn how to use each app, and spend money on programmers to integrate them so they can share data. Again, in this day and age, that’s just insanity.
After struggling ourselves to try and find a viable solution for our business and coming up empty, we decided to do something about this.
Since we were already an expert cloud software company (having produced the wildly popular and successful WebinarJam and EverWebinar platforms), we put our resources to work crafting a truly affordable platform that any marketer can use to grow their business, profitably.
But that wasn’t enough in our book. This platform also had to be very easy to use. And fully integrated to provide you with truly useful, actionable analytics.
And after three years of solid development, we are proud to be able to offer you the first true all-in-one eCommerce and marketing platform that gives you everything you need to launch and run your business — at a price that is refreshingly sane.
Which package should I choose?
Kartra offers you different packages to best meet your business needs and your budget. The packages differ primarily by the number of contacts and monthly email sends, amount of monthly bandwidth, and number of marketing assets you can have. Otherwise, all four packages give you complete access to Kartra’s amazing assortment of tools, features and benefits. There are no extra-cost “add-ons”. With Kartra, you get everything from the start, no matter which package you choose.
Which package is right for you? The one that matches your size of business — the number of leads, monthly email and bandwidth volume and number of marketing assets you’ll need. And with Kartra’s easy monthly subscription model, you’re never locked into a package.
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Does Kartra integrate with other platforms?
Of course! Connect Kartra with many of the platforms you know and use for your business, including many popular payment gateways, membership platforms, email marketing platforms, SMS, Zapier, and more. We're continually adding more integrations too.
Do I need coding skills?
Absolutely not!
Kartra’s simple drag-and-drop interface and menu wizards let you do everything without any code whatsoever — from designing and launching your marketing pages, emails, forms and checkouts; to configuring your products, shopping carts, helpdesk, videos, and affiliate program.
Kartra makes it even easier for you with its wide variety of gorgeous, pre-designed templates for pages, emails, and forms, getting you going even faster with practically no effort.
With Kartra, anyone, regardless of experience, can easily build a complete online business presence in just a few hours. No code required!
Can I use my own domain?
Of course. Kartra gives you the option to use any domain you own to point to your Kartra-hosted pages. All you need to do is adjust a few settings in the cPanel of your internet host account. It takes just a few minutes to complete the configuration, and we provide you with complete help documentation to explain how to do it. You can easily do it yourself, or let your webmaster or IT person do it for you.
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