Hello Bar vs Getsitecontrol.
What happens after the notice appears?
Compare Hello Bar vs Getsitecontrol for announcements, Shopify cart actions, surveys, testing and the cost of showing offers on a busy website.
What do you need your website to do next?
A retailer tells customers that weekend orders ship on Tuesday. The notice needs a date, a close control and a place where the right shoppers will see it. Asking those shoppers to subscribe would make the message less useful. A week later the same retailer wants an offer that adds a product to the cart. The second brief changes which tool deserves a trial.
Hello Bar is a strong starting point for a publisher with bars, questionnaires and occasional prize campaigns. Getsitecontrol deserves a closer look where the response determines the next question, the shopper acts inside a widget, or subsequent emails belong with the campaign.
Price the paid campaign you would actually run. The view allowance of a permanent site-wide banner can dominate its cost. For an infrequent wholesale enquiry, what reaches the sales team after a successful submission can matter far more.
How the comparison works
15 rounds compare both platforms against the same 196 capability criteria, with 100 points distributed across the sections. Each round explains the practical differences and adds to the running score. The table beneath each round shows how the points are awarded. The conclusions bring those results together for different uses of the platforms.
Formats & content
For a shipping update, try both tools with no email field and no promotional button. Check what remains visible on a narrow product page after the notice is dismissed. For a sale, add the precise action the customer must take and repeat the same test.
Hello Bar offers text-only announcements, top or bottom bars, sliders and floating alerts. A notice can retain its close control without asking for a signup or adding a destination button. Getsitecontrol builds standalone notices, slide-ins and bars, with teasers, countdowns and dynamic text. Desktop and mobile styles can be adjusted separately.
| Formats & content | Hello Bar | Getsitecontrol |
|---|---|---|
| Message | +0.32 | +0.32 |
| Flyby / slide-in | +0.32 | +0.32 |
| Promo bars | +0.32 | +0.32 |
| Teasers | +0.32 | +0.32 |
| Content carousel | — | — |
| Eye-catching | — | +1.93 Eye-catching (+0.64) · Entrance animation (+0.64) · Element animation (+0.64) |
| Countdown | — | +0.64 |
| Button link | +0.32 | +0.32 |
| Copy coupon | — | +0.64 |
| Dynamic text | — | +0.64 |
| Mobile editor | — | +0.64 Set desktop and mobile styles and preview the widget. |
| Score | +1.611.61 | +6.116.11 |
Forms
A form can collect an email, phone, free text and choices. The survey editor can present one question at a time and show a progress counter. Getsitecontrol collects email, phone, text, single-choice and multiple-choice answers. It adds star, NPS, emoji and binary ratings, hidden values and consent checkboxes. Conditional fields and page branching tailor the next question to an earlier answer. Double opt-in verifies email ownership, while reCAPTCHA screens suspicious submissions.
| Forms | Hello Bar | Getsitecontrol |
|---|---|---|
| Email capture | +0.16 | +0.16 |
| SMS capture | — | — |
| Phone field | +0.16 | +0.16 |
| Single choice | +0.16 | +0.16 |
| Multiple choice | +0.16 | +0.16 |
| Free text | +0.16 | +0.16 |
| Consent checkbox | +0.16 | +0.48 Consent checkbox (+0.16) · Email marketing consent (+0.32) |
| Hidden fields | — | +0.32 |
| Multi-step | +0.32 Multi-step (+0.16) · Popup steps (+0.16) | +0.65 Multi-step (+0.16) · Popup steps (+0.16) · Survey pages (+0.32) |
| Logic | — | +0.97 Logic (+0.32) · Field logic (+0.32) · Step logic (+0.32) |
| Validation | +0.48 Validation (+0.16) · Required fields (+0.32) | +0.48 Validation (+0.16) · Phone format (+0.32) |
| CAPTCHA | — | +0.32 |
| Email double opt-in | — | +0.32 |
| Follow-up | — | +1.94 Follow-up (+0.32) · After signup (+0.32) · Email automation (+0.32) · Email sequences (+0.32) · Delays and branches (+0.32) · Lifecycle triggers (+0.32) |
| Score | +1.783.38 | +6.312.41 |
Surveys
Hello Bar can take respondents through a scale with a visible progress indicator. Getsitecontrol is useful when the business needs a follow-up only from customers giving a particular answer. Compare the resulting response record as well as the number of screens. Forms & Surveys includes modal questionnaires with a progress counter, star ratings, numerical scales, yes/no questions and multiple selections. Quiz is a separate goal for scored questions. Getsitecontrol collects feedback with NPS, star, emoji and binary ratings inside widgets.
| Surveys | Hello Bar | Getsitecontrol |
|---|---|---|
| Numeric rating | +0.41 | — |
| NPS | — | +0.41 |
| Star rating | +0.2 | +0.2 |
| Emoji rating | — | +0.41 |
| Binary rating | +0.2 | +0.2 |
| Quizzes | +0.82 Quizzes (+0.41) · Scored quiz (+0.41) | — |
| Score | +1.645.02 | +1.2313.63 |
Gamification
Hello Bar gives the operator prize probabilities and a losing outcome in its game editor. That distinction matters when a merchant promises a chance to win. A store promising the same coupon to every eligible shopper can use a shorter route.
The gamification editor includes spin-to-win, scratch cards and mystery boxes. A campaign can assign probabilities to prizes and include a losing outcome. Getsitecontrol offers a prize wheel, a scratch card and a tap-to-reveal card. Prize settings include codes and relative weights, with replay controls. The wheel adds spin duration and a pause after spinning; the scratch card sets how much of the cover must be removed.
| Gamification | Hello Bar | Getsitecontrol |
|---|---|---|
| Spin the wheel | +0.53 Spin the wheel (+0.13) · Prize weights (+0.13) · Losing slices (+0.26) | +0.26 Spin the wheel (+0.13) · Prize weights (+0.13) |
| Slot machine | — | — |
| Plinko | — | — |
| Lottery ball | — | — |
| Claw machine | — | — |
| Scratch card | +0.13 | +0.13 |
| Pick a gift | +0.26 | — |
| Pick a card | — | +0.26 |
| Break the egg | — | — |
| Shake the tree | — | — |
| Memory cards | — | — |
| Treasure hunt | — | — |
| Learn to earn | — | — |
| Seasonal calendar | — | — |
| Daily offers | — | — |
| Score | +0.935.95 | +0.6614.3 |
Targeting
Combine URL, previous page, traffic source, location and visitor conditions. A custom browser event can trigger an existing popup, with a limit on repeated displays. Getsitecontrol combines page, device, location, referral and visitor conditions, including Shopify cart data. Widgets can open after a delay, on scroll or on exit intent. Repeat-display settings respond to a view, closure or action; schedules use dates, hours and weekdays.
| Targeting | Hello Bar | Getsitecontrol |
|---|---|---|
| Page targeting | +0.23 | +0.23 |
| Geo targeting | +0.23 | +0.23 |
| Device targeting | +0.23 | +0.23 Target widgets by the visitor’s device. |
| Audience targeting | +0.45 Audience targeting (+0.23) · Referrer targeting (+0.23) | +1.8 Combine referral, visitor and Shopify cart or customer conditions. Audience targeting (+0.23) · New/returning visitors (+0.45) · Referrer targeting (+0.23) · Cart targeting (+0.45) · Profile targeting (+0.45) |
| Behavior triggers | +1.8 Behavior triggers (+0.23) · Time delay (+0.23) · Exit intent (+0.23) · Scroll trigger (+0.23) · Custom event trigger (+0.45) · Page-load trigger (+0.45) | +0.9 Trigger widgets after a delay, on scroll or on exit intent. Behavior triggers (+0.23) · Time delay (+0.23) · Exit intent (+0.23) · Scroll trigger (+0.23) |
| Click trigger | +0.23 | +0.23 |
| Scheduling | +0.23 | +0.23 |
| Frequency cap | +0.23 | +0.23 |
| Campaign control | — | — |
| Score | +3.69.55 | +4.0518.35 |
Experiments
Paid plans starting with Growth include A/B testing. The offer counts popup views per site, so a test’s reach depends on both its audience rules and the plan allowance. Getsitecontrol Pro runs widget A/B tests with random visitor assignment and reports views, actions and click-through rate for each variant. Tests end manually. Its separate email-broadcast testing can select a winning email, which does not establish an automatic winner for popup tests.
| Experiments | Hello Bar | Getsitecontrol |
|---|---|---|
| A/B testing | +0.7 A/B testing (+0.35) · Popup tests (+0.35) | +2.1 A/B testing (+0.35) · Popup tests (+0.35) · Email or SMS campaign tests (+0.7) · Email tests (+0.7) |
| Score | +0.710.25 | +2.120.45 |
Email & SMS
A lead alert reaching a Hello Bar administrator and a message reaching the subscriber serve different people. If the existing sender already delivers the welcome offer, keep that integration in the comparison. If the sender is to be retired, price Getsitecontrol’s email volume too.
Hello Bar delivers signups to a contact list and can alert account admins when a new lead arrives. Follow-up campaigns can run in the connected email service. Getsitecontrol has its own email editor, broadcasts, contact segments and automations. A form submission can start a welcome sequence; workflows can add delays, apply conditions and respond to contact or store events. Email sends are billed as credits separately from widget views.
| Email & SMS | Hello Bar | Getsitecontrol |
|---|---|---|
| Email marketing | — | +1.5 |
| SMS marketing | — | — |
| Web push | — | — |
| Score | +010.25 | +1.521.95 |
Team & sites
Each website has separate campaigns, contacts and analytics. Growth includes three seats. Premium and Elite list unlimited seats. Getsitecontrol assigns None, View, Edit or Full access separately to widgets, emails and contacts on each site. Edit allows drafting; Full adds actions such as activation, sending or exports. Account admins can manage billing, sites and users, while only the owner can delete the account. Sites have separate subscriptions.
| Team & sites | Hello Bar | Getsitecontrol |
|---|---|---|
| Workspaces | +0.56 Workspaces (+0.28) · Several sites (+0.28) | +0.56 Workspaces (+0.28) · Several sites (+0.28) |
| Team | +0.28 | +0.28 |
| Roles | — | +1.13 Roles (+0.56) · Billing access controls (+0.56) |
| Score | +0.8411.09 | +1.9723.91 |
Developer
Hello Bar can send captured contact data to an endpoint through webhooks, listed for Premium and Elite. This is a delivery route for leads rather than an external campaign-management interface. Getsitecontrol provides browser hooks for widget actions and webhooks for captured data. These connections are separate from the assistant inside the editor.
| Developer | Hello Bar | Getsitecontrol |
|---|---|---|
| HTTP API | — | — |
| Browser API | +0.19 | +0.19 |
| Webhooks | +0.19 | +0.19 |
| MCP server | — | — |
| Score | +0.3811.47 | +0.3824.29 |
Support
Compare the channel you need rather than assuming “priority” means live chat or a guaranteed response time. A support upgrade can change the useful plan even when campaign capacity is sufficient. Getsitecontrol includes live chat on all plans, including Free. Product support covers the widget and email platform; the subscription remains a self-service product rather than a campaign-production retainer.
| Support | Hello Bar | Getsitecontrol |
|---|---|---|
| Chat support | — | +1.8 |
| Score | +011.47 | +1.826.09 |
Editor & workflow
Hello Bar lets you configure a campaign in the free editor and save it paused before activation. Separate the editing workflow from the paid allowance needed for ongoing views and split tests. Getsitecontrol lets you build on Free and save drafts before activation. Ask AI edits widget copy, appearance and targeting directly in the builder.
| Editor & workflow | Hello Bar | Getsitecontrol |
|---|---|---|
| Free editor | +0.39 | +0.39 Build widgets on the ongoing Free plan. |
| Campaign drafts | +0.39 | +0.39 Save widget drafts before activation. |
| Saved versions | — | — |
| AI popup assistant | — | +3.09 AI popup assistant (+0.77) · Copy (+0.77) · Design (+0.77) · Targeting (+0.77) |
| Score | +0.7712.24 | +3.8629.95 |
Data & reporting
Native contact lists can be exported. Salesforce connections can create a Contact or Lead with mapped popup fields, which affects where sales staff find the new enquiry. Getsitecontrol reports widget views, actions and click-through rates, with breakdowns by page, traffic source, country and device. Responses and contacts can be exported. Email campaigns have their own delivery and engagement reporting.
| Data & reporting | Hello Bar | Getsitecontrol |
|---|---|---|
| Field mapping | +0.32 | +0.32 Map form fields, system values and static values to an external service. |
| Lead export | +0.32 | +0.32 Export collected responses and contacts. |
| Scheduled reports | — | — |
| Revenue goals | — | — |
| Team notifications | +1.29 Team notifications (+0.64) · Email (+0.64) | — |
| Score | +1.9314.17 | +0.6430.59 |
Integrations
Hello Bar connects to providers including Mailchimp, ActiveCampaign and Kit; its FAQ places webhooks on Premium and Elite. Getsitecontrol connects forms to email services, CRM destinations, Google Sheets, Zapier and analytics. Field mapping passes form, system and static values to the destination. Webhooks provide another route for submissions, and its own contact list can power native email campaigns.
| Integrations | Hello Bar | Getsitecontrol |
|---|---|---|
| +0.13 Klaviyo: Choose a destination Klaviyo list for signups from the connected Hello Bar contact list. ActiveCampaign, Kit: Send new subscribers and collected fields to the connected mailing list. GetResponse: Start a new contact list under Contacts and choose GetResponse. Paste the API key from GetResponse to set up the email sync. The guide describes transferring newsletter addresses and does not specify how to set a subscriber’s autoresponder cycle day. AWeber: Create a Hello Bar contact list, choose AWeber and sign in. Select the AWeber contact list to receive email addresses from the bars or popups using this connection. The guide leaves custom fields and tag-triggered workflows unspecified. Constant Contact: Under Contacts, create a contact list, choose Constant Contact, sign in and select the receiving list. Campaigns using that Hello Bar list send their email signups there. The setup guide does not identify any extra contact fields. Mailchimp: Sync subscribers and collected fields to Mailchimp on any Hello Bar plan. | +0.13 ActiveCampaign: Connect with the ActiveCampaign account URL and API key, choose an existing list and map form answers, visitor details and UTM values. Brevo, MailerLite: Choose the receiving audience and map form answers, visitor details and UTM values. The connection can pass both subscriber information and campaign context to the email platform. Constant Contact: Open the form’s Integrations tab, add Constant Contact and authorize the account. Select an existing list, then map each form answer to its receiving field. The connection applies to that form, so a second signup offer can use a different list. Mailchimp: Choose an audience, map form and system fields, and optionally require opt-in confirmation. Mailchimp groups accept mapped radio-button or checkbox option values. Email integrations and field mapping are included in Free. Klaviyo: Select an existing Klaviyo list and map widget fields to profile properties. Create a new list in Klaviyo before selecting it here. Email integrations and field mapping are included in Free. | |
| SMS | — | — |
| CRM | +0.13 HubSpot: Connect a Hello Bar contact list to HubSpot, then select that list under Conversion. The setup guide specifies Premium or Elite, while the pricing FAQ includes HubSpot on all plans. Salesforce: Connect Salesforce to a Hello Bar contact list and assign that list to the popup under Conversion. Choose whether submissions create a Lead or a Contact and check the field mapping for that object. Two campaigns can use different destinations even on the same website. | +0.13 HubSpot: Choose a static HubSpot list or send leads directly to contacts. Map form answers, system data and fixed values to preserve both visitor details and campaign context. |
| Messaging | — | — |
| Customer lifecycle | — | — |
| Analytics | — | +0.25 Google Analytics: Record widget views, submissions, clicks and other interactions alongside site analytics. |
| Advertising | — | — |
| Marketing tools | — | — |
| Store | — | +0.25 Shopify Customers: Widgets on a connected Shopify account can send contacts to the store customer list. |
| Product recommendations | — | — |
| Personalization | — | — |
| Reviews | — | — |
| Content | — | — |
| Custom forms | — | — |
| Data & validation | — | — |
| Spreadsheets | — | +0.25 Google Sheets: Save form submissions to a spreadsheet with field mapping. |
| Automation | +0.13 Zapier: Choose a Hello Bar site and contact list, then configure the destination action. Lists already linked to an external provider cannot also use this Zapier route. | +0.13 Zapier, Integrately, Webhooks: Forward new submissions to other apps. Integrately uses a webhook configured in the widget. |
| Custom connections | +0.25 Webhooks: Send captured contact data to another endpoint. | — |
| Score | +0.6314.79 | +1.1331.71 |
Shopify
A link from a Hello Bar can send someone to a collection. For a merchant who wants an eligible shopper to add an item or apply a discount inside the promotion, test Getsitecontrol against a populated cart, then confirm the cart contents at checkout.
These products can be considered for general website notices, but their confirmed Popup capabilities do not establish a full Shopify customer, cart or discount workflow. Getsitecontrol uses Shopify cart and customer parameters in targeting, and widget buttons can add a product to the cart or apply a discount. The main GSC Email Marketing + Popups app also connects store events to email workflows. The separate GSC Popup, Email Pop Up app carries the Built for Shopify badge and supports Shopify Flow; neither earns points for Getsitecontrol.
| Shopify | Hello Bar | Getsitecontrol |
|---|---|---|
| Storefront installation | — | +0.79 Install through the native Shopify app. |
| Native Shopify app | — | +0.79 GSC Email Marketing + Popups is the Shopify app for the main Getsitecontrol platform. GSC Popup, Email Pop Up is a separate app; its exclusive capabilities do not contribute to this score. |
| Built for Shopify | — No Built for Shopify badge, as confirmed by the site owner. | — The Built for Shopify badge belongs to the separate GSC Popup, Email Pop Up app and does not earn points for Getsitecontrol. |
| Shopify media assets | — | — |
| Shopify products and variants | — | +0.79 Add product cards to emails and send customers selections of abandoned products, purchased products, related products, bestsellers and products on sale. |
| Shopify collections | — | — |
| Shopify discount assets | — | +0.79 Pro emails support unique, single-use Shopify coupons. |
| Shopify metafields and metaobjects | — | — |
| Shopify customer data | — | +0.79 Use customer parameters and dynamic product, cart and customer text. |
| Shopify customer synchronization | — | +0.79 Send widget contacts to Shopify Customers and import Shopify contacts. |
| Shopify events and triggers | — | +0.79 Shopify cart-add/remove triggers documented on Pro; store automation events include abandoned checkout, new/fulfilled order, subscriber and winback. Email sending separately billed. |
| Shopify audience and cart targeting | — | +0.79 Shopify cart, product and customer parameter conditions documented on Pro; Shopify page presets on Free. |
| Apply a Shopify discount | — | +0.79 Apply a Shopify discount with a widget button. |
| Add a Shopify product to cart | — | +0.79 Add a product to the cart with a widget button. |
| Buy now / direct checkout | — | — |
| Shopify Flow | — | — Connect to Shopify Flow through the separate GSC Popup, Email Pop Up app. This does not earn points for Getsitecontrol. |
| Score | +014.79 | +7.8739.59 |
Pricing
Size both accounts for the site and campaign frequency that will go live. Hello Bar Starter has a lifetime view allowance. Getsitecontrol Pro bills per site and charges for email sends separately. A no-email announcement and a monthly newsletter require different budgets.
Hello Bar Growth costs $39 with monthly billing; $29 is the monthly equivalent under annual billing. The cost scenarios use monthly prices. Stored contacts and popup views must be forecast separately. Getsitecontrol Free includes 10,000 widget views per month. Pro costs $19 per month per site for 100,000 views; Pro Max costs $29 for unlimited views. Email credits are separate, so a popup-only bill and a popup-plus-email bill are different calculations.
| Pricing | Hello Bar | Getsitecontrol |
|---|---|---|
A small website
| $39 / mo · Growth The recurring 2,000-display workload fits Growth at $39 monthly, assuming one widget display per pageview. Starter’s 5,000 lifetime views are not a recurring monthly allowance. +0 points | $0 / mo · Free 2,000 widget views fit the 10,000-view allowance, assuming one widget display per pageview. +1 point |
Visitors explore more pages
| $69 / mo · Premium One widget display per pageview produces 60,000 monthly displays, above Growth’s 50,000 and within Premium’s 150,000. Premium costs $69 with monthly billing. +0.22 points | $19 / mo · Pro One display per pageview produces 60,000 widget views, within Pro’s 100,000. Fewer displays can reduce the required plan. +0.78 points |
A higher-traffic website
| $69 / mo · Premium One widget display per pageview produces 100,000 monthly displays, within Premium’s 150,000. Growth’s 50,000 is insufficient; Premium costs $69 monthly. +0.22 points | $19 / mo · Pro One display per pageview produces 100,000 widget views, matching Pro’s allowance. +0.78 points |
Two websites on one account
| — The view allowance is per website; the total subscription charge for two sites is not established. | $38 / mo · Pro × 2 sites Multiple sites require a paid plan. Two Pro site subscriptions cost $19 each; each includes 100,000 widget views. +1 point |
Launch popups without vendor branding
| — The monthly price is established, but the qualifying plan for removing vendor branding is not confirmed. | $19 / mo · Pro Pro removes widget branding and covers 2,000 widget displays. +1 point |
Run a sale or promotion
| $39 / mo · Growth Growth supports recurring promotion campaigns and covers 2,000 monthly widget displays on one site at $39 monthly. Starter’s lifetime view allowance is not a recurring quota. +0 points | $0 / mo · Free A link or fixed-code promotion fits the Free editor and 10,000-view allowance. +1 point |
Improve popup conversion with A/B testing
| $39 / mo · Growth Growth is the first paid A/B-testing tier. Its 50,000 monthly views cover 2,000 widget displays at $39 with monthly billing. +0.33 points | $19 / mo · Pro Widget A/B testing is a Pro feature; the traffic fits its allowance. +0.67 points |
Collect data and feedback with surveys, quizzes and forms
| — Text and choice fields are available; their inclusion in a specific paid publishing tier is not confirmed. | $0 / mo · Free Text and single-choice fields fit the Free editor. Advanced branching is not required by this scenario. +1 point |
Signup plus an automated welcome email
| — A qualifying built-in welcome-email plan is not established; external email services are separate. | $2 / mo · Free + 1,000 email credits Free supports welcome automations and unlimited contacts. 1,000 recurring sends cost $2; one-time signup credits are excluded. +1 point |
Popups and email marketing in one platform
| — A qualifying native email-marketing plan is not established; external email services are separate. | $10 / mo · Free + 5,000 email credits Free supports broadcasts, segments and automations. 5,000 sends cost $10; 10,000 widget displays fit Free. One-time credits are excluded. +1 point |
| Score | +0.7615.55 | +9.2448.83 |
The final score
Choose Hello Bar if visible announcements, quizzes and prize-led campaigns make up the team’s everyday work. Choose Getsitecontrol for branching enquiries, Shopify actions and email workflows tied to the original interaction. For a site with one simple notice, compare actual exposure and mobile placement before assigning value to the rest of either toolkit.
- Hello Bar
- 15.55
- Getsitecontrol
- 48.83
What matters most to you?
Let’s put your priorities first
First, check that each tool can do the task. An absent or unconfirmed required capability means a dash with an explanation instead of a scenario score, and no winner highlight. Only qualifying tools share the points; a sole qualifier earns the full weight of each criterion it meets. 70 points go to the criteria directly related to it, and 30 to everything else. For “Popups without email marketing”, all 100 points go to the included capabilities and relevant popup pricing scenarios; unwanted features and email sending have zero weight. Both tools earn points for confirmed capabilities; unconfirmed ones earn zero. The first row keeps the original overall score.
| What matters to me | Hello Bar | Getsitecontrol |
|---|---|---|
| The overall feature set | 15.55 | 48.83 |
| Popups without email marketing | 20.46 | 49.52 |
| Collecting more leads | 18.79 | 42.51 |
| Driving clicks and actions | 23.39 | 39.15 |
| Popups and email marketing in one service | —Required capability unconfirmed | 56.2 |
| Running campaigns for my Shopify store | —Required capability unconfirmed | 61.6 |
| A/B testing and measuring results | 21.38 | 33.28 |
| Creating and editing campaigns with AI | —Required capability unconfirmed | 77.52 |
| Collecting data and feedback | 18.36 | 45.76 |
| Working with a team or managing clients | 17.74 | 45.35 |
| Connecting AI agents to my workflow | —Required capability unconfirmed | —Required capability unconfirmed |
How the comparison works
These scores are relative to Hello Bar and Getsitecontrol in this comparison. They cannot be carried over to comparisons with other products: each tool’s points depend on what the other participant offers.
Relative scores, not universal ratings
The same capability earns half the points when both tools have it, and all the points when only one does. Changing the opponent can therefore change a product’s score without changing the product itself. The review pages separately show absolute capability ratings without price.
One shared pool of 100 points
The 15 rounds cover 196 criteria. Each round has a set weight, divided equally among its criteria. These weights are our editorial choices.
How features earn points
If both products meet a criterion, they split its points equally. If only one does, it earns all of them. An unconfirmed capability earns zero. If neither qualifies, those points are not awarded, so the two totals can add up to less than 100.
How prices earn points
Ten scenarios carry 1 point each. We use the cheapest confirmed plan meeting each scenario’s traffic and feature requirements, billed monthly in USD. Equal prices split the point; a plan costing half as much earns twice the share. A free qualifying plan beats a paid one. If only one suitable plan and price are confirmed, it earns the full point.
Which plans count
Feature rounds cover capabilities across the products’ plans. The total does not describe a single subscription; the pricing scenarios identify the plan needed for each stated use case.
How your priorities change the score
A tool must first meet the task’s required capabilities. If a requirement is absent or unconfirmed, its scenario score is shown as a dash and it cannot be the winner; the status explains why. Only qualifying tools participate in point allocation and price comparisons. A sole qualifying tool earns the full weight of each criterion it meets; criteria it does not meet remain unearned. Standard priorities assign 70 points to their relevant criteria and 30 to the rest, preserving relative weights within each group. “Popups without email marketing” instead distributes all 100 points among its included criteria, preserving their relative weights and giving everything else zero. It includes lead capture, testing, reporting and external handoff. Its pricing criteria exclude email sending and feedback workloads. Included email features carry no penalty: only the required plan price counts. The evidence and scoring rules stay the same. The overall-feature row keeps the original weights.