Where the eleven tools land
The one-line version of all eleven 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 | $29/mo | 50,000 visitors, 5 domains, every content type | ✓ 1,000 visitors, branded | No built-in email sending; the badge stays on every plan |
| 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 |
| Wisepops | From €499/mo on a demo · $299/mo on Shopify | 500,000 pageviews on the Shopify plan, six channels | ✗ 14-day trial | Priced by demo; the only self-serve route is the Shopify app |
| Getsitecontrol | $19/mo, per site | 100,000 widget views, 1 site | ✓ 10,000 widget views, unbranded | Each extra site is billed; no quizzes and no prize games |
| Wheelio | $14.92/mo | 30,000 impressions, Shopify-first | ✗ 7-day trial | Gamified formats only — no plain popups, surveys or quizzes |
| Privy | $24/mo popups only · $30/mo with email | 10,000 page views, 1 store | ✗ 15-day trial | Monthly billing only; Spin-to-Win is the only game |
| Claspo | ⚠ Slider-priced, from $29/mo annual | 100,000 pageviews at the published $49 point | ✓ 3,000 pageviews, branded | Pageviews count whether or not a widget shows |
| Justuno | $59/mo | 10,000 visitors, 5 live workflows | ✗ 14-day trial | Highest entry price here; live workflows are capped on it |
✓ 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.
WisepopsTop 5 Wisepops Alternatives, Compared on Price and What You Actually Get
A six-channel platform sold with a strategist attached — and a pricing page that opens at €499 a month and a demo booking. Five tools you can price and install yourself.
GetsitecontrolTop 5 Getsitecontrol Alternatives, Compared on Price and What You Actually Get
Genuinely cheap, and the free plan hands you every widget type — but every display counts, every extra site is billed, and quizzes and prize games are not on the list.
WheelioTop 5 Wheelio Alternatives, Compared on Price, Prize Games and What Your Traffic Really Costs
The app that started spin-to-win: metered in impressions rather than visitors, Shopify-first, gamified formats only and no free plan.
PrivyTop 5 Privy Alternatives, Compared on Price and What You Actually Get
Popups, email and SMS on one bill for small stores — with no free plan any more, page-view metering that climbs quickly, and a spin wheel as the only game.
ClaspoTop 5 Claspo Alternatives, Compared on Price and What You Actually Get
The most generous “every feature on every plan” offer in the category — until you read the meter: 3,000 free pageviews, slider pricing, and every page load counted.
JustunoTop 5 Justuno Alternatives, Compared on Price and What You Actually Get
A real conversion platform, priced like one: $59/mo for 10,000 visitors and five live workflows, $199 by 50,000. Five tools that price the same job differently.
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, Popupsmart’s allows a single popup, and ChilliPopup’s covers 1,000 unique visitors with every content type and all four prize games. 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 — and the cheapest plan is a permanent free one for 1,000 visitors a month, with paid plans from $29/mo. What it does not do is send email or remove its badge — and the comparisons say so.
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Popups, forms, surveys, quizzes and four prize games — every content type, A/B testing and AI generation on every plan, including the free one. No credit card, no time limit; paid plans from $29 a month.
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