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Marketing Automation · head-to-head

ActiveCampaign (Automation) vs HubSpot Marketing Hub

ActiveCampaign (Automation)

Rest of world

Panel rating

Sovereignty: 1 of 4 dimensions proven

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HubSpot Marketing Hub

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Panel rating

Sovereignty: 3 of 4 dimensions proven

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The written short answer is being updated after a re-evaluation. The scores below are current.

Read this comparison as one judge. Each weighs the same scores by what they care about.

The bench's picks

Same scores, different priorities: each judge's weighting applied to both products. The split is the finding.

  • The Demand Gen Lead ActiveCampaign (Automation) HubSpot Marketing Hub picks ActiveCampaign (Automation)
  • The Sales Ops Manager ActiveCampaign (Automation) HubSpot Marketing Hub picks ActiveCampaign (Automation)
  • The Data Protection Officer ActiveCampaign (Automation) HubSpot Marketing Hub picks ActiveCampaign (Automation)
  • The Lifecycle Marketer ActiveCampaign (Automation) HubSpot Marketing Hub picks ActiveCampaign (Automation)
  • The Solution Architect ActiveCampaign (Automation) HubSpot Marketing Hub picks ActiveCampaign (Automation)
  • The Skeptic ActiveCampaign (Automation) HubSpot Marketing Hub picks ActiveCampaign (Automation)

Criterion by criterion

Criterion ActiveCampaign (Automation) HubSpot Marketing Hub The bench leans
Journeys & orchestration ActiveCampaign (Automation), 5 of 6 judges
Lead scoring, routing & lifecycle ActiveCampaign (Automation), 6 of 6 judges
Channels & personalisation ActiveCampaign (Automation), 6 of 6 judges
Consent, tracking & profiling HubSpot Marketing Hub, 1 of 6 judges
CRM integration & data model ActiveCampaign (Automation), 6 of 6 judges
European sovereignty ActiveCampaign (Automation), 6 of 6 judges
Pricing transparency ActiveCampaign (Automation), 5 of 6 judges

Stars show the bench average per criterion; the lean counts which product each judge scored higher. Open a judge's tab for their reasoning on both sides.

Sovereignty, side by side

Dimension ActiveCampaign (Automation) HubSpot Marketing Hub
Legal entity Not determined Incorporated in IE
Ownership Not determined Not determined
Data residency Not determined EU optional
Subprocessors US CLOUD Act reach US CLOUD Act reach

Facts, side by side

Only facts both products carry under the same definition — anything else would not be a fair row.

Compliance · Dpf certification yes · yes · yes1

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yes · yes · yes2

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Integrations · App count 9503

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over 100 · Netsuite · Shopify · Airtable4

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Legal · Entity ActiveCampaign, LLC1

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HubSpot, Inc.5

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Support · Privacy contact email privacy@activecampaign.com6

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privacy@hubspot.com2

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