AWeber vs ConvertKit

How Does AWeber compare to ConvertKit with key features?

Customer Support

We know passionate entrepreneurs and creators don't always thrive on a 9 to 5 schedule. If your business is a side hustle, you don't have the luxury of working traditional hours. At AWeber, we're committed to helping you succeed around the clock. You can call, email, or live chat with AWeber's award-winning Customer Solutions Team, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

ConvertKit customer service no longer offers phone support or live chat support.

Deliverability

Getting into the inbox is the foundation of successful email marketing. You can spend hours crafting the perfect message, but if it goes to the spam folder, your subscribers won’t see it. Anyone can call themselves an email service provider, but finding a provider that owns and controls the infrastructure with an in-house deliverability team ensures the best delivery for you. Here at AWeber, we’re proud to say we own the full delivery process.

ConvertKit’s deliverability? It's outsourced to third parties.

AWeber’s email delivery team is staffed with experts to protect our customers’ email deliverability. Plus, we work closely with customers, educating them on industry best practices that will improve their email marketing strategies.

Split Testing

Split testing your emails gives you the chance to see what your audience prefers. It can also significantly improve your open and click-through rates and tell you which email resonates best with your audience. Being able to refine your emails based on the data you have can lead to more engaged readers, better click-through rates, and more sales.

We believe split testing is such an important feature that we don’t just limit split testing to subject lines. You can — and should — test many variables in your emails, including calls to action, headline text, personalization, button colors, imagery, content, time of day, and more. Conduct multi-variant email split tests with AWeber Pro. AWeber Pro also lets you split test sign up forms.

ConvertKit only lets you split test email subject lines on their paid plan and does not offer split test sign up forms on any subscription level.

Email Templates

You never get a second chance to make a first impression, so AWeber includes everything you need to create beautiful emails in our Free plan. You will get unrestricted access to a huge library of professionally-designed templates and stock images at no extra charge, full access to our drag and drop editor, AWeber’s AI-powered Smart Designer that creates beautiful, branded emails in seconds, and AWeber's HTML Editor to create your own custom HTML templates (if you like coding!).

ConvertKit offers a limited number of email templates and does not have an easy to use drag and drop email editor.

Web Push Notifications

Web push notifications are short, one-time messages that appear on a user's desktop — usually in the corner of the screen — when they have a web browser open. Web push notifications instantly deliver direct and time-sensitive messages linking directly to a website, landing page, sign up form, or shopping cart.

AWeber wants everyone to take advantage of the power of web push notifications. That’s why AWeber's web push notifications are included in all plans for no additional cost. ConvertKit does not offer web push notifications on any of their plans.