G2 Vendor Directory

Pencil vs. ActiveCampaign

A side-by-side comparison based on G2 review data.

MetricPencil

by Pencil

ActiveCampaign

by ActiveCampaign

Overall rating4.74.4
Review count1614,827
Ease of use9.08.5
Ease of setup9.28.3
Quality of support9.98.7
Meets requirements9.18.9
NPS81.2563.188467
Small Business75.0%92.0%
Mid-Market18.8%7.1%
Enterprise6.3%0.9%
Total page views37412,380
Total LLM citations8,890171,147

Pencil

Pencil is the enterprise agentic marketing OS. It is the only platform covering the full marketing workflow, from brief to results, with AI agents at every step. Built for enterprise marketing teams, Pencil replaces fragmented tool stacks with a single operating system where every step lives in one place: insights, briefing, planning, creation, adaptation, approval, deployment, activation, analysis, optimisation, and reporting. AI agents handle the repetitive production work while humans stay on strategy, creative direction, and sign-off.

Pros

  • AI Technology

ActiveCampaign

ActiveCampaign is the autonomous marketing platform built to transform how marketers, agencies, and business owners work. Use Active Intelligence to power goal-aware automations and orchestrate personalized experiences across email, SMS, and WhatsApp. Effortlessly integrate with 1000+ apps, uncover deep performance insights, and optimize your workflows so you win every day. - Autonomous marketing Built on the foundation of marketing automation, fuel your marketing strategy and customer journeys with AI-driven execution, optimization, and insight at every step.

Pros

  • Ease of Use
  • Automation
  • Automations
  • Automation Features
  • Features
  • Email Marketing