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Klaviyo is ecommerce marketing automation: email, SMS, and revenue attribution for stores. Simplero runs courses, coaching, email, CRM, and checkout from one login.

How Klaviyo and Simplero compare

Klaviyo is the marketing brain of many online stores. Deep integration with Shopify and other platforms, behavior-based flows, predictive segments, email plus SMS plus push, and reporting that ties every send to revenue make it the standard for brands that live on repeat purchases. It is powerful and it is priced for that power.

Simplero is built for coaches, course creators, and teachers who are tired of paying for a stack of tools that do not talk to each other. Courses with drip schedules, quizzes, and certificates, memberships and communities, email and a CRM that remembers every purchase and lesson, scheduling links, and a checkout with payment plans, upsells, and order bumps all share one contact record, and Simplero takes no transaction fee on sales. Its AI, Simplero Coach, can draft a course, a sales page, and the welcome sequence inside your account. For a coach whose business is a program people pay for and finish, Simplero covers the whole job.

Where they are different

Choose Klaviyo when you run an e-commerce brand and want email and SMS driven by store data.

Choose Simplero when the business is a program: courses, coaching, or a membership people pay for and work through, sold with funnels and affiliates, with an AI that builds inside the account.

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What's on Klaviyo and Simplero

A check means that capability is available. Klaviyo and Simplero are marked only when the offer is comparable, not the same product.

Site and brand

  • Workspace site
    Klaviyo: Not included
    Simplero: Included
  • Custom domain
    Klaviyo: Not included
    Simplero: Included

Public content

  • Blog
    Klaviyo: Not included
    Simplero: Included
  • Shop pages
    Klaviyo: Not included
    Simplero: Included

Audience and email

  • Audience
    Klaviyo: Included
    Simplero: Included
  • AI Email Template Builder
    Klaviyo: Included
    Simplero: Included
  • Marketing emails
    Klaviyo: Included
    Simplero: Included
  • Campaign workflows
    Klaviyo: Included
    Simplero: Included

Messaging

  • Messaging Center
    Klaviyo: Not included
    Simplero: Included

Commerce

  • Shop payments
    Klaviyo: Not included
    Simplero: Included
  • Scheduling and bookingsLink to external scheduling available on Starter.
    Klaviyo: Not included
    Simplero: Included

Team

  • Admin users
    Klaviyo: Included
    Simplero: Included
  • AI Assistant
    Klaviyo: Included
    Simplero: Included

* Note: This table does not capture every feature of Klaviyo or Simplero, and is not intended as a comprehensive list. We keep this page current, but Klaviyo or Simplero may add or remove features that are not shown here.

Klaviyo vs Simplero pricing

Compare plans, prices, and what it costs to get started.

  • Klaviyo

    Current plans and prices

    See what Klaviyo charges on their pricing page.

  • Simplero

    Current plans and prices

    See what Simplero charges on their pricing page.

Cardel: An alternative to
Klaviyo and Simplero

You don't pay until you publish.

Cardel provides a home for your craft. Share and sell your work, grow your audience, and bring your community together on a site of your own.

Common questions

  • Is Cardel an alternative to Klaviyo or Simplero?

    Cardel is a home for your craft: a site of your own with a blog, newsletter, shop, community, and one inbox. It can replace Klaviyo or Simplero when you want your work, audience, and sales in one place. The feature list on this page shows where Klaviyo and Simplero are marked.

  • Can I use Cardel with Klaviyo or Simplero?

    Yes. Cardel pages can link out to other products, so you can keep Klaviyo or Simplero for what it does best and bring the rest of your work to Cardel.

  • How much does Cardel cost compared with Klaviyo and Simplero?

    You don't pay for Cardel until you publish. Choose Starter, Pro, or Studio when your site goes live. Klaviyo and Simplero set their own prices, so check their pricing pages on this page for current plans.

  • How do I switch from Klaviyo or Simplero to Cardel?

    Start with Build Your Site, set up your home, and bring your work over at your own pace. You do not have to move everything on day one.