Alternative to ActiveCampaign: Hyax
ActiveCampaign climbs with every contact — $119/mo at 15k, $559/mo at 100k. Hyax is $29/mo flat with email automations plus website, courses, community, and AI.
Pricing at a glance
ActiveCampaign Plus (representative) scales from about $49/mo at 5k contacts to ~$559/mo at 100k on monthly billing. Professional and Enterprise differ. Hyax stays $29/mo flat with full-stack creator features.
Hyax email cost (optional)
Assumes ~60,000 sends/mo (4 sends to your full list per month). Pick one — /pricing for Resend vs platform caps.
Save $90/mo with Hyax (76% cheaper)
That's $1080/year you keep in your pocket.
ActiveCampaign: Estimates for Plus plan, monthly billing, by contact count. Exact pricing varies by plan (Lite/Plus/Professional), annual discount, and add-ons (Conversations, SMS). Verify on activecampaign.com.
Hyax: Starter plan ($29/mo), monthly billing, flat pricing, unlimited contacts, 0% platform fees. Does not include raw Resend charges when you use your own API key for unlimited sending — see pricing for email limits and overage.
ActiveCampaign vs Hyax: Feature comparison
| Feature | Hyax | ActiveCampaign |
|---|---|---|
| Content & Publishing | ||
| Blog / Website | Landing pages | |
| AI Writing Assistant | ||
| Brand-trained AI | ||
| Custom Domain | ||
| SEO Optimization | ||
| Lighthouse 85+ Score | ||
| Email Marketing | ||
| Email Newsletters | ||
| Email Automations | ||
| Behavioral Segmentation | ||
| A/B Testing | ||
| Email Sequences | ||
| Unlimited Sends | Plan limits | |
| Monetization | ||
| Digital Products | Integrations | |
| Paid Subscriptions | ||
| Courses | ||
| 0% Platform Fees | N/A | |
| Community / Memberships | ||
| Platform & Tools | ||
| Analytics Dashboard | Email + CRM | |
| API Access | ||
| Link in Bio | ||
| Help Desk / Knowledge Base | Conversations+ | |
| Visual Workflow Builder | Automations | |
| Live Chat Widget | Add-on | |
| Pricing Model | ||
| Flat Pricing | Per contact | |
| Unlimited Subscribers | Tiered by list size | |
| No Transaction Fees | N/A | |
Why switch from ActiveCampaign to Hyax
Saved per month at 100k contacts
ActiveCampaign Plus-scale pricing is roughly $559/mo at 100,000 contacts. Hyax is $29/mo flat — over $6,300/year back in your pocket before add-ons.
Email plus what AC does not ship
ActiveCampaign is CRM and email first. Hyax adds a real website, courses, community, help desk, link-in-bio, and brand-trained AI in the same subscription.
Built for publishing businesses
AC optimizes sales pipelines. Hyax optimizes subscribers, content, and revenue — with native monetization and Stripe context ESPs treat as someone else’s problem.
Ready to switch from ActiveCampaign?
Import your content and subscribers. Start building on Hyax today.