19 Messaged Alternatives That Are Actually Active

Clean, modern SaaS email built by people who actually ship. Transactional included.

Active development with frequent updates. What a maintained SaaS email tool looks like. The interface is genuinely pleasant to use - clean design, logical navigation, and an editor that doesn't fight you. Every feature is available on every plan with no tiered gates, so you know exactly what you're getting. The team ships regular updates and communicates openly about their roadmap. At $99/month for 10k subscribers, it's pricier than some alternatives, but you're paying for a proven, actively maintained platform purpose-built for software companies.

The enterprise-grade behavioral messaging platform. If you need advanced triggers, multi-channel, and serious automation, this is the established choice.

Not cheap, but actively developed. Customer.io supports email, push, SMS, in-app messages, and webhooks - all orchestrated through sophisticated behavioral workflows that trigger based on actual user actions in your product. The API is excellent for piping events from your app, and the segmentation engine updates in real time as user behavior changes. At $100/month for just 5k profiles, it's the premium option, but the depth of behavioral automation is unmatched by simpler platforms. If Messaged's appeal was event-driven SaaS email, Customer.io is where that concept lives at enterprise scale.

Marketing automation for SaaS startups with behavior-based flows and user scoring. Like having a proper marketing automation tool that understands software companies.

Encharge's visual flow builder lets you create complex automation sequences with branching logic based on user behavior, lead scores, and product events. Native integrations with Segment, Stripe, and Intercom mean your data flows in without custom webhook plumbing. User scoring helps sales teams identify which trial users are most likely to convert, prioritizing outreach where it matters. At $79/month for 10k subscribers, it sits between budget options and enterprise tools - offering genuine SaaS marketing automation without Customer.io's price tag.

Email automation specifically for B2B SaaS with company-level data. Strong focus on team accounts and complex onboarding.

Made by SaaS people for SaaS people. Userlist's standout feature is its company + user data model - it understands that in B2B SaaS, individual users belong to company accounts with shared subscriptions and team dynamics. This lets you trigger emails based on company-level events (all seats filled, team inactive for 14 days) rather than just individual actions. In-app messages complement email for onboarding flows. At $119/month for 10k MAU, it's specialized and priced accordingly, but for B2B SaaS with multi-seat accounts, no other tool models the relationship as cleanly.

SaaS marketing automation with event-driven approach. Does things differently than most tools - combining chat and email with AI features.

Bento tracks user events from your application and uses them to trigger automated email sequences, chat messages, and in-app prompts. The AI content generation helps draft emails based on your product context, and the event-driven architecture means messages are always relevant to what users actually did. Documentation is solid for a smaller platform, and the transactional email support means you can consolidate tools. At $30/month for 1k subscribers scaling up, the pricing is competitive, though the unconventional approach takes time to master compared to traditional email marketing tools.

The automation powerhouse. If you need complex workflows, branching logic, lead scoring, and CRM, ActiveCampaign is probably the most powerful option available.

The visual automation builder supports if/else branching, goal tracking, conditional waits, and dozens of trigger types - more sophisticated than what most SaaS-focused tools offer. The built-in CRM includes sales pipelines, deal scoring, and win probability tracking. With 900+ integrations and excellent deliverability across its infrastructure, it's the tool that scales from startup to mid-market without outgrowing. At $79/month for 10k contacts, it's not SaaS-specific like Messaged was aiming to be, but the raw automation power compensates for the lack of specialization.

The budget-friendly choice that actually works. Formerly Sendinblue. Unlimited contacts, pay per email.

If you're watching costs, start here. Brevo's unlimited contacts model means you import your entire user base without worrying about per-contact fees - you only pay for emails sent. Transactional email is included alongside marketing campaigns, so password resets and newsletters come from the same platform. SMS marketing is built in for teams that need multi-channel reach. At $25/month for 20k emails, it's the pragmatic choice for early-stage startups that need working email infrastructure without the SaaS-specific features of pricier alternatives. The interface isn't modern, but it gets the job done reliably.

The dominant e-commerce email platform. Deep Shopify integration, powerful segmentation, and predictive analytics.

If you're selling products online, this is the industry standard. Klaviyo pulls in product catalog data, purchase history, and browsing behavior to power abandoned cart flows, product recommendation emails, and predictive analytics that estimate customer lifetime value. The segmentation engine is among the best in the industry, letting you target based on dozens of behavioral and purchase attributes. SMS marketing is included alongside email for unified e-commerce messaging. At ~$150/month for 10k contacts, it's expensive compared to general email tools, but for online stores the ROI from automated revenue recovery usually justifies the investment.

E-commerce CRM and email marketing built for online stores. Strong automation, good segmentation, and deep integrations with e-commerce platforms.

Drip's visual workflow builder makes it easy to create complex automation sequences with branching logic based on purchase behavior, page visits, and custom events. Revenue attribution tracks exactly which emails drive sales, giving you clear ROI data for every campaign. The Shopify and WooCommerce integrations pull in order data natively, powering pre-built workflows for cart abandonment, post-purchase follow-ups, and win-back campaigns. At ~$154/month for 10k contacts, it's a more approachable e-commerce option than Klaviyo if you find that platform overwhelming.

The enterprise CRM with email marketing included. If you need marketing, sales, and service all in one platform with unlimited scale, HubSpot is the 800-pound gorilla.

The free CRM tier is genuinely useful with contact management, deal tracking, and basic email - enough for many early-stage companies. The Professional tier adds sophisticated marketing automation, A/B testing, and comprehensive analytics across every customer touchpoint. HubSpot Academy provides extensive free training, and the integration ecosystem connects to virtually every tool in your stack. At $890/month for Professional with 10k contacts, it's overkill for email-only needs, but for companies that need a unified platform spanning marketing, sales, and customer service, nothing else integrates as seamlessly.

Customer messaging platform with email, chat, and in-app messages. Strong for product-led growth companies wanting unified customer communication.

Intercom's unified inbox brings together live chat, email, and in-app messages in one view, letting support and marketing teams see the full conversation history. Product tours and in-app announcements help with onboarding without requiring engineering work. The Fin AI chatbot handles routine support queries automatically, though at $0.99 per AI resolution those costs add up quickly. Intercom is best when customer engagement spans multiple channels - chat for real-time support, email for lifecycle marketing, and in-app messages for feature adoption. Email marketing alone isn't worth Intercom's seat-based pricing.

Multi-channel engagement platform with email, push, and in-app messages. Event-driven architecture for behavior-based messaging.

Vero tracks user events from your product and triggers messages across email, push, and in-app channels based on actual behavior - similar to Customer.io but at a more accessible price point. The visual workflow builder makes it straightforward to create multi-step sequences with branching logic based on user actions. Segmentation updates in real time as behavior changes, so your targeting is always current. At $54/month for 10k users, it offers solid multi-channel behavioral messaging without the enterprise price tag, though the smaller team means fewer integrations and a more modest community compared to bigger players.

Marketing automation platform formerly known as Autopilot. Visual journey builder with a focus on customer data and personalization.

Ortto's drag-and-drop journey builder is genuinely intuitive - marketing teams can create complex multi-step campaigns without engineering support. The built-in CDP (customer data platform) features unify data from multiple sources for personalized messaging across email, SMS, and in-app channels. Analytics and attribution help you understand which touchpoints drive conversions. At ~$99/month for 10k contacts, the pricing is reasonable for the feature breadth, though the platform has evolved significantly since its Autopilot days and carries some legacy complexity from the transition.

Open-source email platform for developers. Self-hostable, API-first, and focused on transactional email with marketing capabilities.

Plunk runs on AWS SES for sending, keeping costs at $0.001 per email after the free tier - dramatically cheaper than commercial alternatives at scale. The self-hosted option via Docker gives you complete control over your data and infrastructure with no vendor lock-in. The API is developer-friendly with clean endpoints for contacts, campaigns, and transactional sends. At $19/month for cloud hosting or free for self-hosted (plus SES costs), it's the lowest-cost actively maintained option for developers who want both transactional and marketing email without paying enterprise prices.

Modern developer-first transactional email API. If Messaged's appeal was its developer-friendly approach, Resend takes that philosophy further with the cleanest API in the transactional email space.

React Email lets you build templates as components, and the documentation reads like a well-written tutorial. Free tier includes 3,000 emails/month. At $20/month for 50,000 transactional emails, it's affordable and focused. No marketing features - this is purely transactional. But if you pair it with a marketing tool, the combination covers everything Messaged was trying to do.

Premium transactional email with industry-best deliverability. If Messaged's appeal was reliable transactional delivery for SaaS, Postmark is the gold standard.

Average delivery time under 10 seconds with exceptional inbox placement. Message streams separate different transactional types for better monitoring. At $15/month for 10k emails, it's focused and affordable for pure transactional. No marketing features - you'd pair it with a marketing platform like Sequenzy or Loops. Best for SaaS teams where transactional email speed and reliability are non-negotiable.

Established email delivery from Twilio with both transactional and marketing capabilities. If Messaged's stalled development concerns you, SendGrid's decade-plus track record and Twilio backing provide enterprise-grade stability.

Handles billions of emails monthly with both transactional API and marketing campaign tools. At $19.95/month for 50k emails on Essentials, per-email costs are competitive. The platform isn't SaaS-specific and the interface feels dated, but the infrastructure is battle-tested and actively maintained. Best for teams who prioritize proven reliability over SaaS specialization.

Simple, affordable email marketing with landing pages and a generous free tier. If Messaged was appealing because of simplicity and affordability, MailerLite delivers both with a proven platform.

The drag-and-drop editor, landing page builder, and automation workflows are all intuitive and accessible to non-technical users. At $73/month for 10k subscribers, it covers basic marketing needs without the complexity of enterprise tools. The free tier includes 1,000 subscribers with full features. No transactional API and no SaaS-specific features - this is general-purpose email marketing done simply and affordably.