# Streamlined alternative to ActiveCampaign

ActiveCampaign packs in power you may never use — and bills you for all of it. Bitelio distills email automation down to what actually ships: no CRM baggage, no sales modules, no enterprise price list. Made for developers, not marketing departments.

## Why teams choose Bitelio

### Workflow Automation

Triggers, delays, and conditional branches compose into complete sequences — no CRM prerequisite, just email automation that plugs straight into your product.

### Developer-First API

A clean REST API brings email into your application directly. Skip the labyrinthine marketing console; write code, hit send.

### 50-80% Cost Savings

Automation that costs $149+/month at ActiveCampaign comes standard on every Bitelio plan from $19/mo. Multiply that difference by twelve months.

### Unlimited Contacts

Contact storage is free and boundless; only outgoing email is billed. List growth and invoice growth are fully decoupled.

### EU-Hosted & GDPR-Compliant

Processing happens on EU infrastructure under GDPR, and the API exports your contacts and data at any time. ActiveCampaign runs on US infrastructure.

### Fast Setup

From signup to first send in about five minutes — simple auth, a tidy API, solid docs, and no CRM standing between you and delivery.

## Feature comparison

| Feature | Bitelio | ActiveCampaign |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pricing Model | Free plan + tiers from $19/mo | Expensive tiers |
| Setup Complexity | 5 minutes | Hours to days |
| Transactional Emails | Yes | Yes |
| Marketing Campaigns | Yes | Yes |
| Workflow Automation | Yes | Yes |
| CRM Included | No | Yes |
| Sales Automation | No | Yes |
| Machine Learning | No | Yes |

## FAQ

### When should I choose ActiveCampaign over Bitelio?

Teams that need a genuine CRM — sales automation, lead scoring, machine-learning recommendations — are on ActiveCampaign's home turf; it exists for combined marketing-and-sales organizations. Bitelio is for developers who want strong email automation wired into their product without dragging a CRM along for the ride.

### What is the price difference between Bitelio and ActiveCampaign?

ActiveCampaign opens at $29/month for the basics and climbs past $149/month once real automation enters the picture. Bitelio includes automation everywhere: free at 1,000 emails/month, Pro at $19/mo with 15,000 included, Scale at $99/mo with 100,000 — then a flat $1.20 per extra 1,000 emails, with unlimited contacts throughout. Email-focused teams commonly spend 50-80% less on Bitelio for equivalent email automation.

### Can Bitelio match ActiveCampaign's automation capabilities?

On the email front, yes — workflows, event-based triggers, and audience segmentation behave much as they do in ActiveCampaign. What Bitelio deliberately omits is everything around them: the CRM, the sales automation, the ML recommendations. If email automation is the actual job, Bitelio does it with far less machinery to implement and maintain.

### Is migration from ActiveCampaign to Bitelio difficult?

That hinges on how deep you are in. Teams using ActiveCampaign mainly for campaigns and email automation move quickly — export contacts, rebuild workflows, connect Bitelio's API — often within a single day. Heavy CRM, lead-scoring, or sales-automation users will need replacement tools for those pieces before making the jump.

### What ActiveCampaign features does Bitelio not have?

The CRM suite, sales pipeline management, lead scoring, SMS marketing, and machine-learning features stay exclusive to ActiveCampaign — Bitelio doesn't attempt them. Choose accordingly: enterprise breadth over there, focused email automation without the complexity over here.


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> Source: https://dev.bitelio.com/vs/activecampaign