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Keap vs kōdlo

Keap and kōdlo are both CRM tools aimed at small businesses and freelancers. kōdlo costs less, from $49/mo versus $299/mo for Keap. Only kōdlo has a free plan.

Keap

All-in-one CRM, email automation and payments for small businesses

kōdlo

AI sales workspace for prospecting, cited research and outreach

PricingPaid · $299Freemium · $49
Starting price$299/mo$49/mo
Free planNoYes
Free trial14 days—
Built forSmall businesses, FreelancersSmall businesses, Freelancers
Platformsweb, ios, androidweb
CountryUS · 2001PL
Rating——

Choose Keap if

Established US small businesses that sell services or digital products and want CRM, automation and payments in one tool.

  • Deep automation that replaces several separate small-business tools
  • Payments, invoicing and funnels built into the CRM
  • Dedicated customer success manager and US phone support included

Look elsewhere if: Solo founders on a budget or teams outside North America (HubSpot, ActiveCampaign or Pipedrive are cheaper and more flexible).

Choose kōdlo if

Founders and small B2B sales teams selling high-ticket products who want research, prospecting and drafting in one workspace.

  • One shared context for research, drafts and CRM records
  • Research answers come with sources
  • Nothing is imported or sent without your approval

Look elsewhere if: Teams that need large-scale enrichment or built-in sequencing and sending (Clay, Apollo.io).

Keap vs kōdlo pricing

Keap

  • Keap$299/mo$2,988/year billed annually; 2 users, CRM, automation, payments
  • Additional user$39/user/moOn top of the 2 included user licenses
  • Text marketing tiers$24/moTier 2 add-on; Tier 1 (500 texts) included; US only

kōdlo

  • Free$01 seat, one-time AI credits, no card
  • Starter$49/mo1 seat, MCP, note taker; 15% off billed quarterly; plus VAT
  • Pro$199/moUp to 3 seats, long-term memory, 4x limits; 15% off quarterly
  • CustomCustomCustom agents and integrations, SSO, SLA, DPA

Keap · Key features

  • Visual campaign builder for email, text, task and tag automations
  • Contact management with tags, lead scoring and custom fields
  • Sales pipeline with automated stage-based follow-ups
  • Landing pages, multi-page funnels and checkout forms with order bumps
  • Quotes, invoices, recurring billing and native US payments
  • Appointment scheduler synced with Google and Outlook calendars

Cons

  • $299 a month plus an implementation fee is steep for solo users
  • Texting, phone line and native payments are mostly US-only
  • Contact tier pricing is not shown without entering a contact count

kōdlo · Key features

  • ICP builder that interviews you to write your profile and playbook
  • Prospect finder with a buying signal behind every lead
  • Deep search reports with citations from public sources
  • Knowledge Hub with OCR that cites file and page in answers
  • Contacts, pipeline, tickets and scheduled agent jobs
  • Outreach drafts in saved tone-of-voice presets

Cons

  • No native CRM, email or calendar sync
  • Free plan excludes MCP, note taker and long-term memory
  • Deck generator is still in beta

Keap vs kōdlo: FAQ

Which is cheaper, Keap or kōdlo?

kōdlo starts at $49/mo and Keap at $299/mo. Both prices are checked on the vendors' own pricing pages.

Do Keap and kōdlo have a free plan?

Keap has no free plan, a 14-day free trial. kōdlo has a free plan.

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