OptinMonster alternatives: five popup tools that keep a free plan

OptinMonster alternatives: five with a free plan

Five OptinMonster alternatives keep a free plan or a free core: Popupsmart, OptiMonk, Poptin, Popup Maker and Hello Bar. OptinMonster's pricing page names no free plan or trial. Basic is $21 a month, billed monthly, or $9 a month for the first year, billed annually ($108), then $210 a year, for 2,500 campaign impressions. An impression is one count each time a visitor sees a campaign, according to its FAQ.

Every OptinMonster plan includes a 14-day money-back guarantee. Its FAQ advises choosing a plan with 20 to 30 percent more impressions than your website pageviews. Followed as written, that advice sizes an OptinMonster plan above your pageviews, so the impression meter only works in your favor when your campaigns show on a small share of your page loads.

Popupsmart and OptiMonk: pageview meters with free plans

Popupsmart's free plan allows 5,000 pageviews a month, 1 website and 1 live popup, with Popupsmart branding. Exit intent and every other trigger are ticked on it. Basic is $39 a month, billed monthly, for 50,000 pageviews. For the head-to-head, see Popupsmart vs OptinMonster.

OptiMonk's free plan allows 10,000 pageviews a month on 1 domain. OptiMonk says all features are on every plan, so exit intent is there, and no plan carries OptiMonk branding. Essential is from $29 a month, billed monthly. At the limit OptiMonk pauses campaigns.

Poptin and Hello Bar: visitors and popup views

Poptin counts monthly visitors. Its free plan allows 1,000 visitors on 1 domain, with exit intent on every plan, and its Free card marks Unbranded as not included. Poptin Basic costs $25 a month, billed monthly, and covers 10,000 visitors.

Hello Bar counts popup views. Starter is free for up to 5,000 views, shown as a lifetime count in its feature table, and it includes exit-intent detection. Growth, at $39 a month billed monthly, covers up to 50,000 popup views a month.

On WordPress: Popup Maker, and OptinMonster against Popup Maker

Popup Maker's free core plugin has unlimited popups, and its listing says no traffic limits. Click Open and Auto Open are free triggers; exit intent and scroll need Pro. OptinMonster's plugin needs an OptinMonster account, and its plugin page names exit intent among the Pro solutions.

On a yearly basis, OptinMonster Pro is $37 a month for the first year, billed annually ($444), then $870 a year. Popup Maker Pro is $99 a year for one site. Popupsmart vs Popup Maker covers the plugin route.

OptinMonster vs OptiMonk in short

OptinMonster counts campaign impressions and OptiMonk counts pageviews. OptinMonster Basic is $21 a month, billed monthly, for 2,500 impressions. OptiMonk Free is $0 for 10,000 pageviews, and Essential is from $29 a month, billed monthly. OptinMonster puts exit intent at Pro, and OptiMonk puts every feature on every plan. Both offer 14 days: OptinMonster as a money-back guarantee on every plan, OptiMonk as refunds within 14 days of the first payment.

• Stay with OptinMonster if billing by impressions suits your traffic.
• Pick Popupsmart for exit intent on a free plan, then 50,000 pageviews on Basic.
• Pick OptiMonk for 10,000 free pageviews; OptiMonk alternatives prices five tools against it.
• Pick Popup Maker for a WordPress plugin with no traffic limits.
• Pick Poptin for a visitor meter, and Hello Bar for a 30-day money-back guarantee.