OptinMonster is a lead capture platform billed by campaign impressions, and buyers look past it when the renewal price is a multiple of the first-year price or when a tier locks features such as A/B testing. Most go to OptiMonk, Sleeknote or Poptin, and to Popupsmart, Hello Bar or Picreel when a free plan matters.
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What each alternative does differently
1. OptiMonk
Popup builder with an AI agent that drafts campaigns · Hungary
OptiMonk has a free plan with 10,000 pageviews a month and one domain, with no expiry. Paid plans run by pageview band plus AI credits and domains. Its pricing page says no plan has feature gates and none adds OptiMonk branding. Pricing follows pageviews, not campaign impressions.
Switch from OptinMonster if you want a free plan that does not expire and no feature locked to a higher tier.
Pricing: Free up to 10,000 pageviews a month; paid plans from $19 a month billed yearly ($29 monthly), rising with pageviews, AI credits and domains. (free plan)
Full review: #1 of 12 in our ranking ·
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2. Sleeknote
Popups and gamified campaigns priced by monthly visitors · Denmark
Sleeknote prices by monthly visitor band in euros, from Core at 49 euros billed annually for up to 25,000 visitors. Gamification is a paid add-on. It offers a 14-day trial and a 100-day money-back window on annual plans, and quotes only on request above 500,000 visitors.
Switch from OptinMonster if you want a long refund window and prices in euros that rise by visitor band.
Pricing: Core from 49 euros a month billed annually (62 monthly) up to 25,000 visitors; Core plus Gamification from 68 euros annually; custom quote above 500,000 visitors. (free trial)
Full review: #2 of 12 in our ranking ·
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3. Poptin
Popups and forms with built-in email campaigns · Israel
Poptin has a free plan for 1,000 visitors a month on one domain, which keeps the Poptin credit. Basic is 25 dollars a month billed annually for 10,000 visitors. Pro covers four domains. A separate email tier exists, so email campaigns can sit in the same account.
Switch from OptinMonster if you want a free plan to test on one domain and popups plus email in one account.
Pricing: Free forever for 1,000 visitors a month; popup-only plans from $25 a month billed annually for 10,000 visitors; combined email and popup plans priced by contacts. (free plan)
Full review: #3 of 12 in our ranking ·
Visit Poptin →
5. Hello Bar
Popups, bars and inline forms since 2012 · United States
Hello Bar offers a free plan with unlimited popups but only 5,000 views for the life of the account. Paid tiers are priced by popup views, and its pricing page lists A/B testing, CSV export and unlimited subscribers on every paid plan, with no tier gating of tests.
Switch from OptinMonster if you want A/B testing on every paid plan and mainly run simple bars and popups.
Pricing: Free for 5,000 lifetime views; paid plans listed at $29, $49 and $99 a month billed annually on one table and $39, $69 and $129 on another. (free plan)
Full review: #6 of 12 in our ranking ·
Visit Hello Bar →
6. Convertful
Widgets, bars and welcome mats synced two ways with CRMs · British Virgin Islands
Convertful sells Solo at 9 dollars a month, or 7 billed yearly, for 10,000 pageviews, with its own branding shown. Starter adds three sites, two-way CRM sync, A/B testing and webhooks. There is a 14-day trial on each tier and no free plan.
Switch from OptinMonster if you want CRM sync and webhooks at a lower entry price and accept branding on the entry tier.
Pricing: Solo $9 a month monthly ($7 yearly) for 10,000 pageviews; Starter $29 ($17 yearly); Growth $69 ($47); Enterprise $179 ($97). (free trial)
Full review: #7 of 12 in our ranking ·
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7. Justuno
Ecommerce popups with visitor identification · United States
Justuno is sold to online stores. Lite is 59 dollars a month with no contract for up to 10,000 visitors. Done-For-You is 299 dollars a month and adds an account manager and a Slack channel. Visitor identification is a separate add-on, called Spotlight, and it is priced apart.
Switch from OptinMonster if you run an online store and want a vendor-managed service with no contract.
Pricing: Lite $59 a month for up to 10,000 visitors; Done-For-You $299 a month for up to 20,000 visitors; Enterprise by quote; Spotlight is an add-on. (free trial)
Full review: #8 of 12 in our ranking ·
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8. Privy
Ecommerce email and SMS platform with popup displays · United States
Privy sells popups as part of a store messaging platform. Its displays-only plan starts at 24 dollars a month for 10,000 page views, while the Email plan starts at 30 dollars and is priced by mailable contacts. SMS is an add-on. It offers a 15-day trial and no free plan.
Switch from OptinMonster if you want popups, email and SMS billed together, or a cheaper displays-only plan.
Pricing: Email and SMS from $30 a month for mailable contacts with 250 SMS credits; displays only from $24 a month by page views; 15-day free trial. (free trial)
Full review: #10 of 12 in our ranking ·
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9. Picreel
Exit-intent popups and surveys from the ProProfs family · United States
Picreel has a free plan for up to 5,000 pageviews a month with unlimited campaigns and domains listed. Essentials is 9.99 dollars a month for 50,000 pageviews and one domain, and Business is 39.99 for 200,000 pageviews. The annual totals are twelve times the monthly price.
Switch from OptinMonster if you want a low monthly price for 50,000 pageviews and a free plan on many domains.
Pricing: Free up to 5,000 pageviews a month; Essentials $9.99 a month annually (50,000 pageviews, one domain); Business $39.99 annually (200,000 pageviews, five domains). (free plan)
Full review: #11 of 12 in our ranking ·
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10. Wisepops
Onsite campaigns, feed, web push and recommendations · France
Wisepops shows no plan prices on its pricing page. The route in is a demo booking, and the Get started button leads to a results finder, not to checkout. No free plan is shown. A price comparison with OptinMonster is therefore possible only after a sales conversation.
Switch from OptinMonster if you are happy to book a demo and get a quote before you compare prices.
Pricing: Demo-led; the pricing page states plans starting at 599 or 499 per month depending on the passage, by pageviews, in USD or EUR. (none)
Full review: #9 of 12 in our ranking ·
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11. Zotabox
Bundle of 20+ onsite marketing widgets · Vietnam
Zotabox presents a package of onsite widgets with customer support and lists a 14-day free trial. We could not read its plan prices, because the pricing address returned an error when we checked. Its scope is a widget bundle, not a pure popup builder.
Switch from OptinMonster if you want several onsite widgets from one vendor and will confirm the price yourself.
Pricing: 14-day free trial; plan prices sit on a login-gated membership page that we could not read, so no figure is given. (free trial)
Full review: #12 of 12 in our ranking ·
Visit Zotabox →
Questions and answers
How much does OptinMonster cost at renewal?
OptinMonster renews at 210 dollars a year for Basic, 570 for Plus, 870 for Pro and 1,470 for Growth. The first-year figures are 108, 324, 444 and 804 dollars billed on annual plans, according to its pricing page. Monthly subscriptions are available separately.
Does OptinMonster have a free plan?
No permanent one. OptinMonster offers a free try with Basic features and 500 impression credits, and it upgrades to Plus when the credits are used up. Free plans exist at OptiMonk, Poptin, Popupsmart, Hello Bar and Picreel, each with its own pageview or view limit.
Does OptinMonster renew automatically?
Yes. OptinMonster's pricing FAQ says all new plans are billed annually by default and renew automatically. We did not verify the cancellation steps or any notice period, so read your account terms and order confirmation before the renewal date.
Can I export my OptinMonster campaigns?
We could not verify it. The OptinMonster pages we read state no campaign export format, so assume you rebuild each campaign by hand. Ask OptinMonster support in writing which lead data and campaign settings you can download, before you cancel.
Which OptinMonster alternatives have A/B testing?
OptiMonk says no plan has feature gates, and Hello Bar lists A/B testing on every paid plan. Popupsmart lists it from Advanced, and Convertful from Starter. OptinMonster itself starts A/B testing at Plus. Check the current tier table of any tool before you buy.
Who owns OptinMonster?
OptinMonster's terms say the site is owned and operated by Retyp, LLC doing business as OptinMonster. They say the site is controlled from the United States and that Florida law governs disputes. The terms give no registered street address or state of organisation.
Which OptinMonster alternative is cheapest?
Among published prices, Picreel's Essentials plan is 9.99 dollars a month for 50,000 pageviews, and Convertful's Solo is 7 dollars a month billed yearly. Several others have free plans. Limits differ, since pageviews, visitors and impressions are counted differently, so compare on your own traffic.
