iContact vs Nimble

Written by Marcus Taylor - CEO
Updated 27/07/2023

5 minute read

Who is this software for?

iContact is ideal for freelancers and small to mid sized businesses

Pros

  • Offers live chat support Monday - Friday
  • 20% Discount for nonprofit organizations
  • Integrations with social media platforms

Cons

  • Missing some fundamental features like importing contacts from Gmail
  • Limitations on segments

Screenshots

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Pricing

For 2.5k contacts
Contact sales
For 10k contacts
Contact sales
For 25k contacts
Contact sales
For 100k contacts
Contact sales
Full feature pricing
Contact sales
Starting price
Contact sales
Setup fee
None
Starting # of users
Multiple
Cost per extra user
Yes
Refund policy
No refunds
Free demo

Ratings

Overall rating
Ease of use
Value for money
Form templates
Customer support

Features

Lead scoring
Lead segmentation
Web activity tracking
SMS marketing
Personalize web content
Predictive analytics
Bi-directional CRM syncing
Event management
Create invoices
Create quotes
Split testing
Create membership sites
Bulk social media posting
Sales reports
Real-time sales alerts
Mobile app
Social CRM

Integrations

Outlook integration
Gmail integration
Salesforce integration
SAP integration
Oracle integration
Netsuite integration
SugarCRM integration
Microsoft Dynamics integration
Zapier integration

General Info

HQ Location
United States
Founded in
2003

About iContact

Since 2003, iContact have provided small to mid sized businesses a practical and user friendly solution to email marketing and marketing automation. With scalable solutions that grow with your business iContact is well suited for high-volume senders, marketers and businesses starting out with email marketing. The iContact platform is a full suite of marketing automation features including email marketing, landing page builder, social media management, analytics, reporting and more.

Who is this software for?

Nimble is ideal for freelancers, small to mid size businesses and public administrations.

Pros

  • Simple and easy to use features
  • Strong social media integration
  • Easily track where, what and how you have interacted with leads

Cons

  • Very limited mobile app
  • Limited customization of data and analytics

Screenshots

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Pricing

For 2.5k contacts
Contact sales
For 10k contacts
Contact sales
For 25k contacts
Contact sales
For 100k contacts
Contact sales
Full feature pricing
$25 / month
Starting price
$25 / month
Setup fee
None
Starting # of users
1 User
Cost per extra user
Yes
Refund policy
No refunds
Free demo

Ratings

Overall rating
Ease of use
Value for money
Form templates
Customer support

Features

Lead scoring
Lead segmentation
Web activity tracking
SMS marketing
Personalize web content
Predictive analytics
Bi-directional CRM syncing
Event management
Create invoices
Create quotes
Split testing
Create membership sites
Bulk social media posting
Sales reports
Real-time sales alerts
Mobile app
Social CRM

Integrations

Outlook integration
Gmail integration
Salesforce integration
SAP integration
Oracle integration
Netsuite integration
SugarCRM integration
Microsoft Dynamics integration
Zapier integration

General Info

HQ Location
California
Founded in
2009

About Nimble

Nimble is an insightful relationship manager created to help professionals build better relationships across all social channels. Nimble provides a smart and easy way to track, engage and nurture contacts as well as source new leads. Nimble provides small-medium sized businesses with one solution that can help them discover, listen and engage with individuals relevant to their business and build relationships that can lead to opportunities. Nimble will identify valuable prospects in your network and guide your interaction with them. The application brings together contact profiles, email conversations, calendars, communications, collaborations and social signals and displays them on one easy-view platform. Social channels such as Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn are automatically linked to business contacts enabling you to effectively engage them from everywhere you work.

ActiveCampaign

Who is this software for?

ActiveCampaign is suitable for businesses of all sizes looking for a powerful, easy-to-use marketing automation platform that's reasonably priced.

Pros

  • Easy to build powerful automated workflows
  • Very affordable and no setup fees
  • A/B testing automation sequences & campaigns

Cons

  • Limited dashboard customization options
  • The CRM isn't ideal for large sales teams or complex use cases.

Screenshots

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Pricing

For 2.5k contacts
$49 / month
For 10k contacts
$139 / month
For 25k contacts
$229 / month
For 100k contacts
Contact sales
Full feature pricing
$129 / month
Starting price
$9 / month
Setup fee
None
Starting # of users
3 Users
Cost per extra user
Yes
Refund policy
No refunds
Free demo

Ratings

Overall rating
Ease of use
Value for money
Form templates
Customer support

Features

Lead scoring
Lead segmentation
Web activity tracking
SMS marketing
Personalize web content
Predictive analytics
Bi-directional CRM syncing
Event management
Create invoices
Create quotes
Split testing
Create membership sites
Bulk social media posting
Sales reports
Real-time sales alerts
Mobile app
Social CRM

Integrations

Outlook integration
Gmail integration
Salesforce integration
SAP integration
Oracle integration
Netsuite integration
SugarCRM integration
Microsoft Dynamics integration
Zapier integration

General Info

HQ Location
Chicago, United States
Founded in
2003

About ActiveCampaign

ActiveCampaign is one of the most user friendly all-in-one marketing platforms for small to mid sized businesses. ActiveCampaign combines email marketing, marketing automation and sales CRM software in a simple to use visual platform to help businesses like yours acquire, retain and engage your customers. Ultimately helping you save time and grow your business. ActiveCampaign lets you easily create eye catching email campaigns to help you stay in touch with your contacts and customers. Their visual campaign builder lets you easily create automated marketing campaigns and send out targeted emails to your potential customers based on their personal interactions with your business and their integrated CRM lets you keep track of your leads and close more deals to grow your business.ActiveCampaign plays nice with others and integrates with over 700 apps and services. From accounting to CMS and analytics applications, all the way to services that are focused on sales, support and lead generation. Visit their website and try out their platform for free to find out if ActiveCampaign is the right solution to help grow your business.