GetResponse vs Ontraport

Written by Marcus Taylor - CEO
Updated 12/02/2026

5 minute read

Who is this software for?

GetResponse is ideal for small businesses and marketers on a tight budget looking for a European email marketing provider.

Pros

  • Publish designer-quality landing pages in seconds
  • No contracts. No obligations. Cancel anytime
  • 500+ professionally designed email templates

Cons

  • Duplicate contacts count towards monthly limit
  • Limited CRM tools

Screenshots

Pricing

For 2.5k contacts
$22 / month
For 10k contacts
$59 / month
For 25k contacts
$129 / month
For 100k contacts
$399 / month
Full feature pricing
$997 / month
Starting price
$12 / month
Setup fee
Starting # of users
Cost per extra user
Refund policy
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
SugarCRM integration
Microsoft Dynamics integration
Zapier integration

General Info

HQ Location
United States
Founded in
1998

About GetResponse

GetResponse is the world's easiest email marketing platform, helping over 350,000+ small businesses, marketers and brands get better results. GetResponse includes an amazingly easy drag 'n drop Email Editor (winner of Stevie Award 2012) with hundreds of beautiful newsletter templates to choose from. Customize your newsletter with beautiful photos from iStock library.

Who is this software for?

Ontraport is ideal for coaches, teachers and other information product-based businesses looking for an all-in-one sales and marketing platform.

Pros

  • Huge range of features including built-in Wordpress membership functionality, affiliate program & more.
  • Scalable, unified system allows measurable results for business growth

Cons

  • Currently, no invoicing/quotes, true shopping cart with inventory monitoring or multi-currency capability without a shopping cart integration.
  • Less integrations than competitors, but API helpers like Zapier and Apiant make most things possible.
  • Live Support isn't 24 hours yet.

Screenshots

Pricing

For 2.5k contacts
$98 / month
For 10k contacts
$223 / month
For 25k contacts
$306 / month
For 100k contacts
Contact sales
Full feature pricing
$597 / month
Starting price
$79 / month
Setup fee
Starting # of users
Cost per extra user
Refund policy
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
SugarCRM integration
Microsoft Dynamics integration
Zapier integration

General Info

HQ Location
United States
Founded in
2006

About Ontraport

Landon Ray founded ONTRAPORT in 2006 in Santa Barbara, California. "I was running another business and ran into the problems that all entrepreneurs do, and I couldn't believe there wasn't a slick solution to solve them," Ray said of the founding. ONTRAPORT offers customer relations management services that help with content management, such as creating and hosting webpages, lead tracking, which includes collecting customer data and behavior, traditional marketing approaches, such as e-mail, SMS, social media, and direct mail, managing online payments, including automated billing, and workflow automation, such as for recruiting. Forbes named ONTRAPORT no. 71 on its list of "America's Most Promising Companies. "ONTRAPORT was no. 102 in the Inc. 500 list. The company also placed no. 10 on Inc.'s "Top 100 Software Companies" and no. 26 on its "Top 100 California Companies.". ONTRAPORT has clients all over the globe.