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Planning useful messages that arrive at the right time
Automated emails can welcome new subscribers, deliver a planned series or follow up after someone interacts with your business.
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Connect messages with sign-ups, purchases and other activity. Add delays, organise contacts and decide which steps each person should receive. Some tools suit a simple welcome sequence; others support more detailed customer journeys. Compare the automation features available on the entry plan, alongside contact limits and email sending allowances.
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Brevo combines email campaigns, contact management and automated follow-up tools. Use its visual editor to plan welcome messages, introduce delays and send different emails according to a contact's actions or information. Templates help you begin with common sequences before adapting them to your business. The ongoing free plan includes 300 email sends per day and allows up to 2,000 unique contacts to enter your automations. That automation limit applies across workflows and also remains on the paid Starter plan. Standard and higher plans remove it, with sending allowances and other features depending on the subscription selected.
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GetResponse helps you build automated email journeys using a visual workflow editor. Start with a template or arrange your own conditions, delays and actions to welcome subscribers, deliver a sequence or follow up on activity. Tags and contact groups help different people receive relevant messages. A 14-day trial is available without card details. Continued use of automation requires a suitable paid plan: Starter includes one custom automation workflow, while Marketer and higher plans provide unlimited workflows and additional features such as purchase-related triggers. Subscription costs depend on your contact allowance and chosen features.
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Klaviyo helps online stores plan emails around customer behaviour and purchase history. Connect a supported shop platform, then build sequences for welcoming subscribers, following up after purchases or reminding customers about an unfinished checkout. Its visual flow builder combines messages, delays and conditions, while customer groups help you tailor what each person receives. The ongoing free plan supports up to 250 active profiles and 500 email sends per month, including automated messages. Free emails carry Klaviyo branding. Paid plans increase capacity and support options; reaching the free sending limit can interrupt automated emails until the allowance resets or you upgrade.
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Moosend provides email campaigns and automated workflows for welcoming subscribers, sharing a planned series and following up on customer activity. Choose a ready-made sequence or build your own using triggers, conditions and actions. Contact groups and website activity can help determine which messages someone receives when the relevant connections are configured. A 30-day trial requires no card and includes unlimited email sends to up to 1,000 contacts, with one published automation workflow. Continued access requires a paid subscription or an appropriate email-credit package. Subscription pricing scales with contact numbers, so compare the allowance against your expected list size.
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systeme.io includes an autoresponder for sending a planned series of emails, alongside contact tagging, simple automation rules and a visual workflow builder. Use it to welcome subscribers, deliver a short email course or follow up when someone joins a list or makes a purchase. Its email tools can also connect with the platform's funnels and courses. The ongoing free plan requires no card and supports 2,000 contacts with unlimited email sends. It includes one email campaign, one automation rule and one workflow, making it an option for a focused first sequence. Paid plans expand these allowances.
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