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Both cover landing pages & funnels. Here is what separates them on price, billing, what you can take with you, and coverage.
Quizzes and calculators that qualify a lead
Popups and opt-ins with exit-intent targeting
involve.me | OptinMonster | |
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| Starting price (they differ) | From $29 | From $210 |
| Pricing model (they differ) | Free plan, paid tiers | Paid subscription |
| Free tier (they differ) | Yes | No |
| Billing | Not stated | Not stated |
| Free trial | Not stated | Not stated |
| API | Yes | Not stated |
Shaded rows are where the two answers disagree and both listings have answered. A row where one side has not stated a fact is left plain, because silence is not a difference.
Quizzes and calculators that qualify a lead
involve.me builds the interactive middle of a funnel: quizzes, calculators, product finders and forms that branch on the answers and hand over a scored lead rather than an email address. Outcomes can be scored and routed, so a price calculator can quote and a quiz can recommend. Results push into the usual email and CRM tools. It is not a page builder, so the pieces it makes are embedded into a site that already exists.
Our note
The value here is the qualifying, not the form, so only buy it if what somebody answers actually changes what you send them next. Typeform is the obvious comparison and is better at plain surveys; this is better when the answers have to compute something.
Popups and opt-ins with exit-intent targeting
OptinMonster captures email addresses from traffic a site already has, and its exit-intent trigger is the feature it built its name on: the offer appears as the pointer leaves for the tab bar. Campaigns can be aimed at a page, a referrer, a device or a returning visitor. It is a licence attached to a site rather than a platform holding the list, so the addresses go to whatever email tool is already in use. The pricing is annual and the first year is discounted, which is worth reading before budgeting.
Ratings are the average of reviews readers left. The facts are stated by each tool’s own listing and are not verified by CloutStack. How we make money.
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| Not stated |
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| Their cut | None | None |
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| Runs on | Web | Web |
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| Covers | Landing Pages & Funnels | Landing Pages & Funnels, Email Marketing & Automation |
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| Works with | Nothing in particular | Nothing in particular |
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| Founded | Not listed | Not listed |
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| Reader rating | No reviews yet | No reviews yet |
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| Live deals | None right now | None right now |
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Our note
Budget the standing $210 rather than the introductory $7, because the footnote is unambiguous that renewals are full price and that is the number you live with. Against ConvertFlow the split is clean: this targets better, that one personalises better, and only one of them needs your visitor history.
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