Where the five tools land
The one-line version of all five comparisons. Read the traffic row carefully — it is not the same unit for every tool, which is the single most common way these products get compared unfairly.
| Cheapest paid plan | What that buys | Free plan | The catch | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ChilliPopup | $15/mo | 1,000 visitors, 1 domain, every content type | ⚠ 14-day trial | Smallest traffic allowance at the entry price; no built-in email sending |
| Poptin | $20/mo annual | 10,000 visitors, 1 domain | ✓ Branded | No surveys or quizzes; email marketing is a second bill |
| Poper | $15/mo annual | 50,000 visitors, 1 website, 5 campaigns | ✓ Free Forever | A/B testing, games and quizzes start at $29; surveys at $79 |
| OptinMonster | $7/mo intro, $210/yr after | 2,500 campaign impressions, 1 site | ✗ Money-back only | Annual billing only; exit intent starts two tiers up |
| OptiMonk | $19/mo annual | 20,000 pageviews, 2 domains, all 97 features | ✓ Branded, all features | Pageviews climb fast, and the next rung is $69 |
| Popupsmart | $32.50/mo annual | 50,000 pageviews, 3 websites | ⚠ 1 popup | A/B split testing starts at $57.50; overages are billed |
✓ included · ⚠ gated, or with a caveat · ✗ not available
The comparisons
Each guide covers what the tool is, why people leave it, five alternatives ranked by what you get for the money, full pricing tables, a head-to-head feature comparison and an FAQ.
Top 5 Poptin Alternatives, Compared on Price and What You Actually Get
Poptin is cheap and capable, but the free plan is branded, surveys and quizzes are not content types, and the popup and email tracks are billed separately.
PoperTop 5 Poper Alternatives, and What Their Entry Plans Really Include
$15/mo buys 50,000 visitors — but A/B testing, prize games and quizzes start on the $29 tier and surveys on the $79 one. Five tools that draw those lines differently.
OptinMonsterTop 5 OptinMonster Alternatives, Priced Against the Renewal, Not the Intro
Annual-only billing, campaign-impression caps and exit intent behind the Pro tier. Five tools that price the same job differently.
OptiMonkTop 5 OptiMonk Alternatives, Compared on Price Per Unit of Traffic
Every plan gets every feature — the question is the pageview ladder: $19 for 20,000, $69 for 100,000, $179 for 500,000.
PopupsmartTop 5 Popupsmart Alternatives, and Where the A/B Testing Actually Starts
The tidiest builder here, and the most expensive entry point — with split testing two tiers up and pageview overages billed rather than throttled.
GuidesThe ChilliPopup blog
Forty-plus practical guides on popups, forms, surveys, quizzes and gamification — triggers, copy, design, analytics and platform installs.
How we compare these tools
Three rules, applied to every guide on this page.
- Prices come from the vendor, and are dated. Every figure is read off the vendor’s own pricing page, and the month it was checked is stated on the article. Introductory rates are shown alongside the renewal price they become.
- Plan gates are named, not implied. When a feature only appears two tiers up, the comparison says which tier and what it costs — because a tool’s real price is the cheapest plan that contains everything you need.
- Nothing is invented. Where a vendor does not publish a number, the table says “not published”. We do not link out to competitors, and we do not repeat claims from other comparison articles.
Common questions
How are these popup tool comparisons researched?
Every price, traffic allowance and plan gate is read directly off each vendor’s own public pricing and feature pages, and the month it was checked is stated on the page. Where a vendor does not publish something, the comparison says so rather than guessing. Nothing is copied from other comparison articles.
Why do popup tools quote traffic in different units?
Because they meter different things. Poptin, Poper and ChilliPopup count unique monthly visitors. OptiMonk and Popupsmart count pageviews. OptinMonster counts campaign impressions — how many times a campaign was displayed. A site with 5,000 visitors reading five pages each generates 25,000 pageviews, so the same headline number can mean very different amounts of headroom.
Which popup tool has the best free plan?
OptiMonk. Its free tier covers 10,000 pageviews a month on one domain with all 97 of its features unlocked, including gamification, surveys and A/B testing. Poptin’s free plan covers 1,000 unique visitors with unlimited popups, Poper has a Free Forever tier limited to one website, and Popupsmart’s allows a single popup. All of them display the vendor’s badge.
Where does ChilliPopup fit?
It is the tool these guides are published by, and it is ranked first in all of them — so read the tables rather than the ranking. Its actual argument is narrow and checkable: every plan includes every content type (popups, forms, surveys, quizzes and four prize games), plus A/B testing and AI generation, from $15/mo. What it does not do is send email, remove its badge, or offer a permanent free tier — and the comparisons say so.
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