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At a Glance
Market Segments
Small-Business (81.0% of reviews)
Small-Business (92.8% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
Starting at $12.00 Per Month
Free Trial Per Month
Constant Contact Advanced Automation
Star Rating
(952)4.4 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (81.0% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
Starting at $12.00 Per Month
Free Trial is available
Browse all 3 pricing plansDrip
Star Rating
(470)4.4 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (92.8% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
Free Trial Per Month
Free Trial is available
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AI Generated Summary
AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
- G2 reviewers report that Constant Contact Advanced Automation excels in user satisfaction, with many praising its simplicity and effective automation features. Users appreciate how it automates essential tasks like welcome email sequences and abandoned-cart reminders, making it a reliable choice for small businesses.
- Users say Drip offers powerful and flexible automation workflows, particularly for e-commerce. The platform's visual builder allows users to create sequences that respond to customer behavior, ensuring messages are timely and relevant, which is a significant advantage for targeted marketing.
- According to verified reviews, Constant Contact Advanced Automation has a higher overall G2 Score compared to Drip, indicating a stronger performance in user satisfaction metrics. This is reflected in the feedback highlighting its ability to streamline marketing campaigns with templates and quick marketing slogans.
- Reviewers mention that while both platforms are easy to use, Constant Contact Advanced Automation has a slight edge in quality of support, with users noting a more responsive customer service experience compared to Drip, which is still regarded as knowledgeable.
- Users highlight that Drip's advanced segmentation and automation tools make it particularly effective for managing customer relationships, allowing for easy targeting of the right audience. This feature is especially beneficial for businesses focused on lifecycle marketing.
- G2 reviewers note that Constant Contact Advanced Automation has a significantly higher number of recent reviews, suggesting a more consistent user experience and ongoing improvements, while Drip has fewer recent reviews, which may indicate less frequent updates or user engagement.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Constant Contact Advanced Automation
Lite
Starting at $12.00
Per Month
Start marketing today with a simple suite of email, social, and event management tools, all backed by marketing experts and legendary support.
- Basic email marketing with easy-to-use templates.
- Automated Welcome Email for new contacts
- Social Marketing
Drip
Free Trial
Free Trial
Per Month
14-day free trial (no credit card required)
- Access to All Features
- Free Migration
- No Credit Card Required
Free Trial
Constant Contact Advanced Automation
Free Trial is available
Drip
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.7
804
8.8
372
Ease of Use
8.5
819
8.5
372
Ease of Setup
8.4
584
8.3
205
Ease of Admin
8.8
546
8.7
200
Quality of Support
9.0
762
8.8
359
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
9.1
545
8.9
199
Product Direction (% positive)
8.8
793
8.6
367
Features by Category
Sales Force Automation
8.9
110
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.4
112
Not enough data
8.4
107
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.5
103
Not enough data
7.9
76
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Marketing Automation
9.1
120
Not enough data
8.9
119
Not enough data
8.7
121
Not enough data
8.4
109
Not enough data
Customer Support
8.4
95
Not enough data
8.6
99
Not enough data
8.6
102
Not enough data
7.9
82
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Reporting & Analytics
8.7
113
Not enough data
8.6
118
Not enough data
8.0
95
Not enough data
Mobile & Social
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.0
96
Not enough data
7.5
76
Not enough data
Platform
8.3
84
Not enough data
8.6
86
Not enough data
8.6
95
Not enough data
7.7
61
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.3
80
Not enough data
8.8
97
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Integration
8.5
91
Not enough data
8.0
80
Not enough data
7.8
74
Not enough data
Generative AI
6.7
21
Not enough data
Agentic AI - CRM
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Email Marketing
8.6
549
|
Verified
8.7
276
|
Verified
9.0
545
|
Verified
9.1
272
|
Verified
8.6
544
|
Verified
8.5
250
|
Verified
8.9
536
|
Verified
9.2
238
|
Verified
Online Marketing
8.0
501
|
Verified
7.1
177
|
Verified
8.4
449
|
Verified
8.2
185
|
Verified
8.2
392
|
Verified
7.7
148
|
Verified
8.3
463
|
Verified
8.7
211
|
Verified
8.3
419
8.0
29
Lead Management
8.8
529
|
Verified
8.3
208
|
Verified
8.5
504
8.1
190
|
Verified
8.7
504
|
Verified
8.8
244
|
Verified
8.9
512
|
Verified
8.1
198
|
Verified
8.8
506
|
Verified
8.5
209
|
Verified
8.7
503
|
Verified
8.3
202
|
Verified
8.8
495
|
Verified
8.4
169
|
Verified
8.6
448
|
Verified
7.8
126
|
Verified
Campaign Management
8.5
156
|
Verified
8.4
140
|
Verified
8.5
292
7.9
87
8.4
273
|
Verified
7.5
67
7.7
113
6.5
54
Social
7.9
262
|
Verified
7.1
22
8.0
278
|
Verified
7.9
23
7.9
292
7.7
79
|
Verified
8.0
241
8.1
24
8.0
96
7.8
78
|
Verified
Reporting & Analytics
8.6
520
|
Verified
7.9
242
|
Verified
8.2
492
|
Verified
7.8
179
|
Verified
8.2
417
|
Verified
7.4
143
|
Verified
8.2
384
|
Verified
7.5
139
|
Verified
7.6
323
7.1
23
Platform
8.1
397
|
Verified
8.1
124
|
Verified
8.6
393
|
Verified
8.7
134
|
Verified
8.7
411
|
Verified
8.6
120
|
Verified
8.3
202
|
Verified
7.4
64
|
Verified
8.0
245
7.5
16
8.6
404
|
Verified
8.7
134
|
Verified
8.2
288
7.6
71
|
Verified
Agentic AI - Marketing Automation
8.8
8
Not enough data
8.5
8
Not enough data
8.5
8
Not enough data
8.8
7
Not enough data
8.8
8
Not enough data
7.9
8
Not enough data
Integration
8.6
394
|
Verified
8.4
125
|
Verified
8.1
311
|
Verified
8.3
124
|
Verified
7.8
300
|
Verified
7.9
103
|
Verified
Lead Generation
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Visitor Behavior
Not enough data
8.5
39
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.6
40
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.1
33
|
Verified
Templates
Not enough data
8.2
40
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.6
39
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.5
36
|
Verified
Personalization
Not enough data
8.8
36
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.5
33
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.8
36
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.9
22
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.2
28
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.2
29
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.7
34
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.1
39
|
Verified
Multichannel
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
9.1
43
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.9
39
|
Verified
Administration
Not enough data
9.1
44
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.5
47
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.9
47
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.7
50
|
Verified
Agentic AI - E-Commerce Personalization
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Templates
8.0
205
|
Verified
8.4
96
|
Verified
Feature Not Available
Feature Not Available
7.9
175
7.3
36
8.2
151
8.3
10
Edit
8.0
197
|
Verified
8.1
83
|
Verified
8.5
210
|
Verified
8.6
58
8.0
197
|
Verified
8.5
78
|
Verified
Logistics
8.7
205
|
Verified
8.1
93
|
Verified
7.4
200
|
Verified
7.2
71
|
Verified
7.8
185
|
Verified
8.6
48
8.5
151
8.3
9
Generative AI
7.0
83
Not enough data
7.1
80
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Email Template Builder
6.7
5
Not enough data
6.7
5
Not enough data
Attribution Modeling
8.8
27
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.0
29
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.8
13
Not enough data
8.7
25
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.7
21
|
Verified
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Attribution
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Marketing
8.9
33
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.7
30
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.1
40
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.0
35
|
Verified
Not enough data
Reporting
8.8
44
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.5
47
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.7
43
|
Verified
Not enough data
Content & Collaboration
8.6(won by default)
74
Not enough data
8.7(won by default)
77
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.9(won by default)
77
Not enough data
8.6(won by default)
48
Not enough data
Social Management
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.6(won by default)
78
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.4(won by default)
67
Not enough data
8.4(won by default)
47
Not enough data
7.6(won by default)
20
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Social Media Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Platform Basics
9.2
53
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.9
55
|
Verified
Not enough data
Platform Data
8.8
57
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.7
51
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.8
62
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.7
57
|
Verified
Not enough data
Platform Additional Functionality
8.2
44
Not enough data
8.6
56
Not enough data
8.9
64
|
Verified
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Customer Journey Analytics
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Page Customization
8.3
71
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.4
74
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.4
68
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.5
70
|
Verified
Not enough data
Page Optimization
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.5
66
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.9
68
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.5
54
|
Verified
Not enough data
Integrations
8.4
49
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.9
62
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.8
65
|
Verified
Not enough data
Generative AI
8.0
16
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Landing Page Builders
Not enough data
Not enough data
Customization
8.1
31
Not enough data
7.8
29
Not enough data
7.8
29
Not enough data
8.0
29
Not enough data
Additional Functionality
8.0
30
Not enough data
6.2
23
Not enough data
8.0
29
Not enough data
7.8
24
Not enough data
7.9
27
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Visitor Identification
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Sales Analytics
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Data Sourcing
9.0
38
Not enough data
9.1
41
Not enough data
8.9
31
Not enough data
9.1
41
Not enough data
9.1
43
Not enough data
Predictive Analytics
9.3
48
Not enough data
9.3
48
Not enough data
8.8
32
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Sales Management
9.2
46
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
9.5
49
Not enough data
Marketing Distribution
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Campaign Planning
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Integrations
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Marketing Operations
8.4
91
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.4
93
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.3
88
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.5
100
|
Verified
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Campaign Activity
8.5
97
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.6
100
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.1
87
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.2
94
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.5
86
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.8
75
|
Verified
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Marketing Analytics
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Constant Contact Advanced Automation and Drip are categorized as Email Template Builder and Marketing Automation
Unique Categories
Constant Contact Advanced Automation is categorized as Online Form Builder, Customer Journey Analytics, Landing Page Builders, Sales Analytics, Marketing Analytics, Visitor Identification, Attribution, Social Media Management, and CRM
Drip is categorized as E-Commerce Personalization
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Constant Contact Advanced Automation
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Drip
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Marketing and Advertising
46.7%
Information Technology and Services
4.7%
Computer Software
3.9%
Financial Services
3.2%
Non-Profit Organization Management
2.3%
Other
39.3%
Marketing and Advertising
15.8%
Health, Wellness and Fitness
7.0%
Computer Software
6.6%
E-Learning
5.5%
Retail
5.0%
Other
60.1%
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What's the setup process like?
1 Comment
Official Response from Drip
We've made the setup workflow as painless as possible. It's a simple three-step process: activate your campaign, install our JavaScript, define your goal....Read more
What happens when I start a free trial?
1 Comment
Official Response from Drip
You get a fully-functional account for 14 days, which gives you access to everything Drip has to offer. If (and only if!) you love it, your card will be...Read more
Can I send individual emails and email sequences based on actions a user performs in my application?
1 Comment
Official Response from Drip
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