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ActiveCampaign Free Trial in 2026: Official 14-Day Terms, and What It Is Not
Official ActiveCampaign 14-day trial terms and the vendor's 30-day money-back line, checked on November 13, 2026, compared with official free plans and trials from other vendors. No unofficial trial extensions or coupons.
On this page
- The short answer
- How we researched this guide
- What the official trial copy actually says
- Official paid prices you would see after a trial
- Official trials and free plans at commonly compared tools
- Official limits that are easy to miss during a trial
- Official yearly versus month-to-month, if you convert
- How to start the official trial — and what we will not tell you to do
- FAQ
- Sources and method
The short answer
ActiveCampaign's official entry point, on November 13, 2026 (America/Denver), was a free 14-day trial, not a free plan. The official pricing page advertised a “Free 14-day trial with email sign-up,” “No credit card needed,” and “Instant setup,” with the invitation to “Try it free for 14 days.” The same official page also carried the vendor line “Guaranteed results in 30 days or your money back.” That 30-day line is a money-back promise about a paid period, not an extension of the 14-day trial, and it is the vendor's policy — not a guarantee from this site.
There is no official free plan on the pricing page we checked. Official paid plans still start at a 1,000-contact minimum, at $15 / $49 / $79 / $145 a month billed yearly (or $19 / $59 / $99 / $179 month-to-month) for Starter / Plus / Pro / Enterprise. After the trial, those official rates — plus any official add-ons — are what you would pay if you keep a paid plan. Details: ActiveCampaign pricing.
This page describes only the official trial and official refund line. We do not publish unofficial trial extensions, coupon codes, or unauthorized discounts. Official ActiveCampaign program terms also restrict unauthorized discounts and trials.
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How we researched this guide
Trial and refund wording come from activecampaign.com/pricing, checked November 13, 2026 (America/Denver). Plan prices and limits come from that page and the official USD catalog it loads. Official free plans and trials at other vendors come from those vendors' official pricing pages, as cited below and in the linked guides. We did not invent trial feature checklists that the public pricing page does not print, and we did not test every trial click-path as a signed-in customer.
What the official trial copy actually says
The official pricing page, on the date we checked, used these phrases:
- “Ready to take ActiveCampaign for a spin? Try it free for 14 days.”
- “Free 14-day trial with email sign-up.”
- “No credit card needed.”
- “Instant setup.”
That is the documented official trial: 14 days, started with an email sign-up, without a credit card. The page does not, in the copy we recorded, publish a separate trial-versus-paid feature matrix (for example, a list of Plus-only items that are or are not unlocked during the trial). We are not going to invent one. Confirm the current trial scope on the official sign-up flow, including which plan is being trialled and what happens to data if you do not convert.
The same official page also says: “Guaranteed results in 30 days or your money back.” We quote that as official vendor copy. We do not reinterpret it as a 44-day free period, a performance SLA from this site, or a coupon. Read the live terms on ActiveCampaign's official pages before you rely on a refund, including any conditions the vendor attaches to “guaranteed results.”
If you need a plan that stays free after two weeks, official ActiveCampaign is not that product. Several official alternatives publish free plans, with caps. Those are listed below.
Official paid prices you would see after a trial
The trial does not change the official catalog. If you convert, official USD rates at the 1,000-contact default on November 13, 2026 were:
| Official plan | Month-to-month | Yearly-billed / month | Official annual total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starter | $19 | $15 | $180 |
| Plus | $59 | $49 | $588 |
| Pro | $99 | $79 | $948 |
| Enterprise | $179 | $145 | $1,740 |
Official Starter is the lowest published paid entry, and it is also the tightest official grid (25,000-contact maximum, two-seat maximum, five automation actions, five lists, email only, no official Plus-and-up landing pages, generative AI, or CRM/SMS add-ons). If the reason you started a trial was to use those Plus or Pro items, check that the official trial actually includes them, then budget the official Plus or Pro rate rather than official Starter.
CRM, SMS, and WhatsApp add-ons are official products on Plus and up. We did not record a complete public add-on rate card, so this page does not quote unofficial add-on prices.
Official trials and free plans at commonly compared tools
A “free trial” search is often a search for a way to start without a card, or for a plan that stays free. Official options we recorded the same day:
- Mailchimp: official Free plan at 250 contacts, 500 sends a month, and 250 sends a day, plus a 14-day trial advertised on the official pricing page. See ActiveCampaign vs Mailchimp.
- Klaviyo: official Free plan at 250 active profiles and 500 emails a month, with official Free inclusions such as $5 of Composer usage and $5 of mobile messages a month. See ActiveCampaign vs Klaviyo.
- MailerLite: official Free plan at 250 subscribers, 2 seats, and 2,500 emails a month, plus an official 14-day premium-feature trial (official FAQ: premium features expire after 14 days unless you upgrade; data is not removed). See MailerLite alternatives.
- Kit (formerly ConvertKit): official Free plan up to 10,000 subscribers, and a 14-day Creator or Pro trial with no credit card required. Official FAQ: after the trial you add a card to keep Creator or Pro, or you can continue on Free. Official FAQ also describes a 30-day refund window on paid plans, which is the vendor's policy, not ours.
- Brevo: official “free forever, no credit card needed.” Official FAQ: new accounts get a Free plan to upload contacts; after the account is approved for sending, you can send up to 300 emails a day. Paid official Starter starts at $9 a month or $97 a year. See Brevo alternatives.
- HubSpot: official Free CRM, plus official Marketing Starter at a $20 list price per seat (with an official new-customer promotion on the date we checked). Official Marketing Professional is a different band. See ActiveCampaign vs HubSpot.
- GetResponse: official 14-day trial advertised on the pricing page we recorded, with official Starter from $19 a month (or $15.58 annually) at 1,000 subscribers.
None of those official free plans is a coupon from this site, and none of them is an unofficial ActiveCampaign trial extension.
Official limits that are easy to miss during a trial
A 14-day trial is long enough to click around a product and too short to treat as a substitute for reading official caps. These official limits still apply to the paid plan you would convert onto, even if the trial felt spacious.
- No official band below 1,000 contacts. If you import 300 contacts, official starting prices are still the 1,000-contact row. Vendors that officially start paid plans at 500 contacts or subscribers may be a better published match if staying small is the point.
- Starter is not Plus. Official Starter omits landing pages, generative AI, cross-channel marketing, and CRM/SMS add-ons. If those items are why you started the trial, confirm they are in the trial, and compare official Plus ($59 or $49 yearly-billed at 1,000 contacts) rather than official Starter ($19 or $15).
- Sends and seats are published caps, not unlimited. Official sends are 10× / 10× / 12× / 15× of the contact limit. Official included seats are 1 / 1 / 3 / 5, with a Starter maximum of 2. Official Starter also caps contacts at 25,000 and lists at 5.
- Add-on prices are often not on the public grid. Official SMS, WhatsApp, and CRM pipeline add-ons exist on Plus and up. We did not record a complete public dollar card. Check the official calculator before you treat a trial add-on screen as a final bill.
The ActiveCampaign review and pricing guide reprint the official catalog rows at 2,500, 5,000, 10,000, 25,000, and higher contacts so you can see how official prices move if the list grows after you convert.
Official yearly versus month-to-month, if you convert
If you keep a paid plan, official yearly billing is the lower published total at the same contact tier. At 1,000 contacts, twelve official month-to-month Starter invoices would be $228 versus an official annual total of $180. Official Plus is $708 versus $588; Pro $1,188 versus $948; Enterprise $2,148 versus $1,740. Those yearly totals are catalog figures, not a trial coupon and not a discount we are offering. If you may cancel within a few months, official month-to-month is the rate that matches that flexibility. Confirm whether official yearly plans can be refunded under the vendor's 30-day money-back line; we are not restating conditions the public pricing page did not spell out in the copy we recorded.
How to start the official trial — and what we will not tell you to do
Start on ActiveCampaign's official pricing or sign-up page. Use an email address you control. Official copy said no credit card is needed. If a later official screen asks for a card, that is a change from the copy we recorded; follow the live page, not this paragraph.
We will not publish workarounds to extend the trial, stack unofficial codes, or open multiple trials to avoid the official 14-day limit. We will not invent a “best day to start” or a private onboarding discount. If you convert, official yearly billing at the catalog totals above is cheaper than twelve month-to-month invoices at the same contact tier, if you intend to keep the plan for a year.
Related: ActiveCampaign review, ActiveCampaign alternatives.
Official demo is a separate path on the vendor site (the pricing header also includes a Demo link). This article covers the official 14-day trial, not a scheduled demo. If you want a walkthrough from ActiveCampaign rather than a self-serve trial, use the official Demo link and treat whatever terms appear there as the vendor's, not as an unofficial extension of the 14-day trial described above.
FAQ
Is there an ActiveCampaign free plan?
Not on the official pricing page we checked on November 13, 2026. The official entry is a 14-day trial.
Do I need a credit card for the official trial?
Official pricing-page copy said no credit card is needed for the 14-day trial with email sign-up. Confirm the live sign-up flow.
Is the 30-day money-back line the same as the trial?
No. Official copy advertises a 14-day trial and, separately, “Guaranteed results in 30 days or your money back.” Treat them as two official vendor policies, and read the live terms for conditions.
Do you have an ActiveCampaign trial coupon or an extended trial?
No. This site does not publish unofficial trial extensions or coupon codes.
What happens to my data if I do not convert after 14 days?
The public pricing-page copy we recorded does not spell out a data-retention rule for expired trials. We are not inventing one. Confirm that on official help or in the trial account before you rely on it. (For comparison, MailerLite's official FAQ says trial data is not removed when premium features expire; that is MailerLite's policy, not ActiveCampaign's.)
Can I use the official trial on every plan?
Official copy advertises a 14-day trial with email sign-up. It does not, in the sentences we recorded, publish a plan-by-plan trial matrix. Confirm which plan you are trialling in the official sign-up flow, especially if you need official Plus, Pro, or Enterprise inclusions.
Is ActiveCampaign's official trial longer than Mailchimp's or Kit's?
On the date we checked, official Mailchimp and official Kit also advertised 14-day trials. Official Kit additionally publishes a Free plan up to 10,000 subscribers after the trial. Official ActiveCampaign does not publish a free plan. Length alone is not the whole comparison.
Sources and method
Checked November 13, 2026 (America/Denver): ActiveCampaign official pricing (trial copy, “no credit card needed,” 30-day money-back line) and official USD catalog for plan prices; official pricing pages for Mailchimp, Klaviyo, MailerLite, Kit, Brevo, HubSpot, and GetResponse, as cited in the linked guides.