Deadline Funnel review (2026): is it worth $39 a month, billed yearly?
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Deadline Funnel report card
Weak · out of 4.0 · graded Nov 13, 2026
Best for countdown deadlines for emails and sales pages
Deadline Funnel gives each lead their own countdown for emails, sales pages and launches, from $39 a month on yearly billing. It adds deadlines to your existing emails and pages and is not a popup builder. Pricing follows leads per month, and social proof and branding removal start at $79.
Who Deadline Funnel is for
- Fits if you sell through email launches and want each person's deadline to be real
- Makes sense if you already use one of the email tools it lists
Who Deadline Funnel is not for
- Pricey if you are small: $39 a month for 3 campaigns and 1,000 leads
- Not for you if you want a popup builder, since it adds deadlines to what you already have
- Skip it if you want a free plan, as there is only a trial
- Watch out: pricing follows leads, from 1,000 on Start to 50,000 on Scale
Why Deadline Funnel gets a 1.8
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- DValue for money$39 a month on yearly billing, $49 monthly, puts it in the dearer quarter ($24) of popup tools, and branding removal and social proof need Create at $79.
- DFree plan and trialA 14-day free trial on any plan, but the page does not say whether it needs a card. No free plan.
- CFeaturesPer-lead deadlines, countdown timers, ten-plus campaign types, an AI assistant and integrations. It does that one job but it is a smaller job than a popup tool, and Start is limited to 3 campaigns.
- CEase of useNo store rating on record. You connect an email tool and build campaigns.
- BPlatforms and integrationsWeb app that connects with ActiveCampaign, AWeber, ConvertKit, Klaviyo, Mailchimp, HubSpot, ClickFunnels and Shopify. No phone or desktop app.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Deadline Funnel's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. How we review and grade.
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<a href="https://toolgpa.com/tools/deadline-funnel#review"><img src="https://toolgpa.com/badge/deadline-funnel.svg" alt="Deadline Funnel: 1.8 GPA on ToolGPA" width="196" height="56"></a>Where Deadline Funnel stands among popup and widget tools
Deadline Funnel's GPA of 1.8 is higher than 1 of the 54 other popup and widget tools we grade, and level with 3.
It stands best on platforms and integrations (B, above 14 of 54) and worst on value for money (D, above 0).
Its paid plans start at $39 a month, against a middle price of $14 for the category: 41 of the 48 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 10 tools score higher and cost less.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 55 popup and widget tools we grade, cut by the letter each got. Deadline Funnel’s own letter is outlined.
- DValue for moneyAbove 0 of 54, level with 8
- DFree plan and trialAbove 8 of 54, level with 3
- CFeaturesAbove 0 of 54, level with 38
- CEase of useAbove 0 of 54, level with 52
- BPlatforms and integrationsAbove 14 of 54, level with 40
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 51 popup and widget tools. Further left costs less, and higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. Point at a dot to see which tool it is.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Keep Deadline Funnel, or make your own?
Keep it
The plain part of Deadline Funnel you could make: popups. What surrounds it you could not. The 3 things listed below take a company, not a weekend.
That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 50 of the 54 other popup and widget tools grade higher. It costs $468 a year.
What you could make
- Popups: an app builder makes this well.
What you could not
- It plugs into other products, ActiveCampaign, AWeber and ConvertKit among them.
- AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself.
- Hooks into the device itself: widgets.
What this rests on. Deadline Funnel’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.
What is Deadline Funnel?
Deadline Funnel gives each lead their own deadline and shows it as a countdown timer in emails, on sales pages and in an announcement bar. It covers evergreen funnels, launches, flash sales and abandoned carts, and has an AI assistant that builds campaigns. Plans are priced by leads per month.
Worth knowing
- Pricing follows leads per month, from 1,000 on Start to 50,000 on Scale.
- Start is limited to 3 campaigns; social proof, portals and branding removal begin on Create.
- There is no free plan; every plan starts with a 14-day free trial.
- It adds deadlines to your existing emails and pages; it is not a standalone popup builder.
Key features
- Per-lead deadlines
- Every lead gets a unique deadline, tracked across email, sales pages and checkout pages.
- Countdown timers
- Timers can be placed in emails and on web pages, with an on-page pop-up widget and an announcement bar.
- Ten-plus campaign types
- Includes evergreen, tripwire offer, product launch, holiday promo, flash sale, abandoned cart and automated webinar campaigns.
- AI assistant
- An assistant takes a plain description of an offer, picks the campaign type, sets the deadline and drafts emails and page copy.
- Email and funnel integrations
- Connects to email platforms such as ActiveCampaign, Kit (ConvertKit), Klaviyo and Mailchimp, plus ClickFunnels and a Shopify app.
Deadline Funnel pricing
As of Nov 13, 2026, Deadline Funnel is a paid product with a free trial, starting at $39 per month, billed yearly ($49 billed monthly).
- Starts at
- $39 per month, billed yearly ($49 billed monthly)
- Free plan
- None
- Free trial
- 14-day free trial on any plan
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Start | $39per month, billed yearly ($49 billed monthly) | 3 campaigns and 1,000 leads per month, with email and chat support. |
| Create | $79per month, billed yearly ($99 billed monthly) | Unlimited campaigns, 10,000 leads a month, social proof, portals, no branding and priority support. |
| Accelerate | $119per month, billed yearly ($149 billed monthly) | Everything in Create with 20,000 leads per month. |
| Scale | $159per month, billed yearly ($199 billed monthly) | Everything in Create with 50,000 leads per month. |
Read from deadlinefunnel.com on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Deadline Funnel before you buy.
Ways to pay less
- Annual discountSave 20% with yearly billing
The pricing page labels yearly billing as a 20% saving; for example Start is $39 a month yearly against $49 monthly.
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Common questions
Does Deadline Funnel have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. Deadline Funnel is listed for Web.
Does Deadline Funnel have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. Deadline Funnel is listed for Web.
Is Deadline Funnel open source?
Deadline Funnel is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Nov 13, 2026.
Sources for this page
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