The Hello Bar Insider’s Guide
Everything we know about Hello Bar in one document: what it costs, its grades, getting a refund, getting help and what else to look at. Read it here, or keep a copy.
Hello Bar
The Insider’s Guide
Top bars, popups and slide-ins for collecting leads on any site
Every plan, grade, refund rule and rival among popup and widget tools, read from Hello Bar’s own pages.
Made by Hello Bar LLC · checked Oct 18, 2026 · toolgpa.com
Contents
- 01WelcomeWhat it is, who it suits, its grades and the ten things to know first
- 02What it costsEvery plan, the free plan, ways to pay less and how prices have moved
- 03What it doesIts main features, where it runs, what it works with and who makes it
- 04Where it standsIts grades against its category, and whether to keep it or make your own
- 05The alternativesThe tools it is most often weighed against, side by side
- 06Quick answersThe questions people ask about it, each answered in a line or two
- 07About ToolGPAWho made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it
ToolGPA put this guide together from Hello Bar’s own pages, its app-store listings and our grades. Every fact in it is on Hello Bar’s page too, where it is kept up to date. Checked Oct 18, 2026.
Part 01 · Overview
Welcome
What it is, who it suits, its grades and the ten things to know first
2.2
GPA, above 2 of the 12 other popup and widget tools we grade
Hello Bar adds sign-up bars, modal popups, slide-ins, small alerts and full-page takeovers to an existing website to collect email addresses and promote offers. Campaigns can be triggered by exit intent, scrolling or time on page and targeted by location, device or ad campaign, and paid plans include A/B testing. Plans are priced by how many times a popup is shown each month.
To get you started, here are 9 things to know about Hello Bar, taken from its own pages and our grades.
- 1
Best for sign-up bars on blogs and small sites
Hello Bar is the classic sign-up bar across the top of a site, plus popups, slide-ins and full-page takeovers, with A/B tests on every paid plan.
- 2
Paid plans start at $29 a month
As its pricing page puts it: $29 per month for up to 50,000 popup views, billed annually.
- 3
You can try it first
Free Starter plan: unlimited popups but 5,000 views in total, not per month, with 1 seat and no card required
- 4
It runs on Web
Web.
- 5
Bars, modals, sliders and takeovers
Sticky header and footer bars, modal popups, small alerts, slide-ins, inline forms, video popups and full-screen takeovers.
- 6
Triggers and targeting
Show a campaign on exit intent, after a scroll or a delay, on chosen URLs, by device, by country or city, or by ad campaign and traffic source.
- 7
A/B testing
Every paid plan can run unlimited A/B tests to compare popup versions; the free Starter plan cannot.
- 8
A 2.2 GPA, above 2 of 12
That is against the other popup and widget tools we grade, on value, the free plan, features, ease of use and platforms.
- 9
Keep it
The plain part of Hello Bar you could make: popups, forms and templates. What surrounds it you could not. The 2 things listed below take a company, not a weekend.
Hello Bar at a glance
- Pricing
- Free trial, from $29 per month for up to 50,000 popup views, billed annually
- Free plan
- No
- Free trial
- Free Starter plan: unlimited popups but 5,000 views in total, not per month, with 1 seat and no card required
- Runs on
- Web
- Made by
- Hello Bar LLC
- Category
- Popups & Website Widgets
- Our grade
- 2.2 GPA, fair
The report card
Best for sign-up bars on blogs and small sites
Hello Bar is the classic sign-up bar across the top of a site, plus popups, slide-ins and full-page takeovers, with A/B tests on every paid plan. Growth covers 50,000 views a month for $29 billed yearly, which is plenty for a small site. Just know the free plan is really a trial: 5,000 views in total, and then it's done.
| Subject | Grade | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | C | A site with 20,000 visitors should fit in Growth's 50,000 popup views a month: $29 billed yearly, or $39 monthly. That's the middle of what popup tools here charge. Webhooks and CRM sync cost more, on Premium at $49. |
| Free plan and trial | C | The Starter plan is free with no card, but its 5,000 views are in total, not per month, so a site with real traffic runs out fast. Treat it as a trial. There's no A/B testing on it either. |
| Features | C | Bars, modals, slide-ins and takeovers, exit-intent, scroll and delay triggers, targeting by country, device and ad campaign, and A/B tests on every paid plan. The core is all there, but there's no spin-to-win, coupons or cart rules on record, which most tools here list. |
| Ease of use | C | No rating on record. 100+ templates and a Design Assistant that copies your site's colours and fonts help a lot, but you still put it on your site and set up the triggers and targeting yourself. |
| Platforms and integrations | B | Works on an existing website and sends sign-ups to Mailchimp, Klaviyo, ActiveCampaign, HubSpot, GetResponse, ConvertKit, Salesforce and Zapier. There's no desktop or phone app, so B is as high as it goes. |
An A is worth 4 points, a B 3, a C 2, a D 1 and an F nothing. The GPA is the average of the five.
Who Hello Bar is for
- Great if you want a sign-up bar along the top of every page of your blog
- Handy when you want to A/B test popups without paying for a top plan
- Good for running popups on several sites from one account
Who it is not for
- Skip it if you run a shop and want spin-to-win wheels or offers based on the cart
- Tight if you hope to stay free, as Starter's 5,000 views don't reset each month
- Not for you if you need webhooks or CRM sync for less than $49 a month
Good to know
Good for
- Blogs and small sites that want a sign-up bar at the top of every page
- Teams that want A/B testing on the cheapest paid plan
- Running popups across several sites from one account
Worth knowing
- The free Starter plan stops after 5,000 views in total, not per month, and has no A/B testing.
- View limits apply to each website; when a site reaches its monthly limit, its campaigns pause until the next billing cycle.
- Growth allows 3 seats; unlimited seats, priority support, webhooks and CRM sync need Premium or Elite.
- First-time customers get a 30-day money-back guarantee, and a cancelled account drops to the free Starter plan.
Part 02 · Pricing
What it costs
Every plan, the free plan, ways to pay less and how prices have moved
$29
A month to start
Hello Bar is a paid product with a free trial, starting at $29 per month for up to 50,000 popup views, billed annually.
That's the middle of what popup tools here charge.
Starter
$0
Unlimited popups and pre-built themes for 1 seat, capped at 5,000 views in total, not per month. No A/B testing and basic targeting only.
Growth
$29
per month for up to 50,000 views, billed annually ($39 monthly)
Unlimited popups, subscribers and A/B tests, customizable targeting and 3 seats. Price rises with views: $49 a month at 150,000.
Premium
$49
per month for up to 150,000 views, billed annually ($69 monthly)
Unlimited seats, priority support and the premium integrations, including webhooks and CRM sync.
Elite
$99
per month for up to 500,000 views, billed annually ($129 monthly)
Everything in Premium with a 500,000 views a month allowance for high-traffic sites.
Agency or Enterprise
Custom
Higher view volumes across several sites, with views that can be shared across the account and dedicated support.
Trying it first
Free Starter plan: unlimited popups but 5,000 views in total, not per month, with 1 seat and no card required
Read from hellobar.com on Oct 18, 2026.
Ways to pay less
Annual discount
Annual billing costs less than paying monthly
Growth is $29 a month billed annually against $39 billed monthly, Premium $49 against $69 and Elite $99 against $129.
Stated on hellobar.com
Part 03 · Features
What it does
Its main features, where it runs, what it works with and who makes it
1
Place it runs: Web
Top bars, popups and slide-ins for collecting leads on any site. Here is what it does, as its own site describes it, and what it covers: templates, forms, a/B testing, popups.
The core is all there, but there's no spin-to-win, coupons or cart rules on record, which most tools here list.
- Bars, modals, sliders and takeovers
- Sticky header and footer bars, modal popups, small alerts, slide-ins, inline forms, video popups and full-screen takeovers.
- Triggers and targeting
- Show a campaign on exit intent, after a scroll or a delay, on chosen URLs, by device, by country or city, or by ad campaign and traffic source.
- A/B testing
- Every paid plan can run unlimited A/B tests to compare popup versions; the free Starter plan cannot.
- Themes and Design Assistant
- Start from more than 100 templates, and the Design Assistant picks up your site's colors and fonts to style a popup to match.
- Lead capture and integrations
- Send sign-ups to Mailchimp, Klaviyo, ActiveCampaign, HubSpot and others or export them as CSV; Premium and Elite add webhooks and CRM sync.
- Reports
- Track how each campaign performs and build custom reports from the results.
Where it runs
- Web
What it works with
- Mailchimp
- Klaviyo
- ActiveCampaign
- HubSpot
- GetResponse
- ConvertKit
- Salesforce
- Zapier
Hello Bar is made by Hello Bar LLC.
Part 04 · Standing
Where it stands
Its grades against its category, and whether to keep it or make your own
2/12
Other popup and widget tools it is graded above
Hello Bar's GPA of 2.2 is higher than 2 of the 12 other popup and widget tools we grade, and level with 4.
It stands best on platforms and integrations (B, above 0 of 12) and worst on features (C, above 0).
Its paid plans start at $29 a month, against a middle price of $19 for the category: 7 of the 11 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 4 tools score higher and cost less.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 13 popup and widget tools we grade, cut by the letter each got. Hello Bar’s own letter is outlined.
- CValue for moneyAbove 4 of 12
- CFree plan and trialAbove 3 of 12
- CFeaturesAbove 0 of 12
- CEase of useAbove 0 of 12
- BPlatforms and integrationsAbove 0 of 12
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 12 popup and widget tools. Further left costs less; higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. Hello Bar is the marked dot.
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
Keep it, or make your own?
Whether this is something you could build for yourself with an AI app builder, and what you would give up.
Keep it
The plain part of Hello Bar you could make: popups, forms and templates. What surrounds it you could not. The 2 things listed below take a company, not a weekend.
That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 6 of the 12 other popup and widget tools grade higher. It costs $348 a year.
What you could make
- Popups, forms and templates: an app builder makes these well.
What you could not
- Splitting visitors between versions and telling you which won.
- It plugs into other products, Mailchimp, Klaviyo and ActiveCampaign among them.
What this rests on. Hello Bar’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.
Part 05 · Alternatives
The alternatives
The tools it is most often weighed against, side by side
OptinMonster, BDOW!, Poptin, OptiMonk and Popupsmart
The 5 tools Hello Bar is most often weighed against, with where each one differs from it.
- 1.8GPA
OptinMonster
From $210/yr
Pop-ups, floating bars and opt-in forms added to an existing site.
- OptinMonster also covers no-code.
- 2.2GPA
BDOW!
Free trial · from $19/mo
Popups, sticky bars and sign-up forms with email, formerly Sumo.
- Hello Bar also covers templates.
- BDOW! also covers email campaigns.
- 2.4GPA
Poptin
Free plan · from $19/mo
Popups and embedded forms, with email campaigns and automations.
- Poptin has a free plan. Hello Bar does not, though it has a free trial.
- Hello Bar also covers templates.
- Poptin also covers marketing automation and email campaigns.
- 2.6GPA
OptiMonk
Free plan · from $19/mo
Popups for online stores, built by an AI agent you describe them to.
- OptiMonk has a free plan. Hello Bar does not, though it has a free trial.
- Hello Bar also covers forms.
- OptiMonk also covers AI agents.
- 2.4GPA
Popupsmart
Free plan · from $32.50/mo
No-code popup builder with AI drafting and 500+ templates.
- Popupsmart has a free plan. Hello Bar does not, though it has a free trial.
- Popupsmart also covers no-code.
Part 06 · Questions
Quick answers
The questions people ask about it, each answered in a line or two
13
Questions, each answered in a line or two
The short version of everything above, for when you only need the answer. Each one is told in full in its part of the guide.
Is Hello Bar free?
No, Hello Bar is a paid product, but you can try it first. Free Starter plan: unlimited popups but 5,000 views in total, not per month, with 1 seat and no card required.
How much does Hello Bar cost?
Hello Bar lists 5 plans. Starter: $0.
What platforms does Hello Bar work on?
Hello Bar is available on Web.
Does Hello Bar offer any discounts?
Hello Bar publicly lists the following: Annual billing costs less than paying monthly.
Does Hello Bar have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 18, 2026. Hello Bar is listed for Web.
Does Hello Bar have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 18, 2026. Hello Bar is listed for Web.
Is Hello Bar open source?
Hello Bar is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Oct 18, 2026.
What does Hello Bar integrate with?
Hello Bar's listing names Mailchimp, Klaviyo, ActiveCampaign, HubSpot, GetResponse, ConvertKit, Salesforce and Zapier.
Who makes Hello Bar?
Hello Bar is made by Hello Bar LLC.
What are the alternatives to Hello Bar?
The closest alternatives to Hello Bar in our directory are OptinMonster, BDOW!, Poptin, OptiMonk and Popupsmart.
How does Hello Bar compare with other popup and widget tools?
Hello Bar's GPA of 2.2 is higher than 2 of the 12 other popup and widget tools we grade, and level with 4.
Is Hello Bar good value for money?
ToolGPA grades Hello Bar C for value for money. Its paid plans start at $29 a month, against a middle price of $19 for the category: 7 of the 11 others that charge start lower.
Could I make my own version of Hello Bar?
The plain part of Hello Bar you could make: popups, forms and templates.
Where this guide comes from
The prices, plans, platforms and features were read from Hello Bar’s own pages on Oct 18, 2026, and the grades were given on Oct 18, 2026. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Hello Bar's own pages on 18 October 2026. Its pricing page turned our reader away when we went back to check it the same day. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews.
Every tool we list gets five grades, A to F, each with its reason, and a GPA that averages them. How each is decided is at toolgpa.com/grades. This guide is ToolGPA’s own work; it is not made, paid for or approved by Hello Bar LLC. Prices change, so check hellobar.com before you buy.
Part 07 · About
About ToolGPA
Who made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it
2,281
Tools graded, in 73 categories
ToolGPA grades software the way a school report grades a pupil: five subjects, a letter for each with the reason written beside it, and a GPA that averages them. Prices, plans and platforms are read from each maker’s own pages and dated, so you always know how fresh a figure is.
ToolGPA is free to read. It may earn a commission from affiliate links and it works with sponsors, but anything paid for is labelled and no one can pay for a grade. Every tool on the site has a guide like this one, free to download and pass on. It all lives at toolgpa.com.
2,281
tools graded
73
categories
426
price changes on record
579
apps priced in 12 countries
What else is on toolgpa.com
- Hello Bar, kept up to dateEverything in this guide, with prices and grades as they are todaytoolgpa.com/tools/hello-bar
- How grades are givenThe rules behind every letter and every GPAtoolgpa.com/grades
- Value chartsWhat each tool costs against what it scores, for every categorytoolgpa.com/charts
- CompareAny two tools side by side, plan by plantoolgpa.com/compare
- Price changesEvery price rise and cut on record, each with its sourcetoolgpa.com/price-changes
- Prices by countryWhat apps cost on the App Store in 12 countriestoolgpa.com/prices-by-country
- Pay lessEvery public discount: yearly billing, students, nonprofitstoolgpa.com/save
- Keep or makeWhich tools are worth paying for, and which you could build yourselftoolgpa.com/keep-or-make
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Choosing software? Every tool graded, every price dated.
Compare tools at toolgpa.com ›Everything in this guide is ToolGPA’s own summary of what Hello Bar’s pages, its app-store listings and public reviews said on the dates shown. Grades are our judgement under the rules at toolgpa.com/grades. ToolGPA uses affiliate links and may earn a commission from them, and it works with sponsors; anything paid for is labelled, and no one can pay for a grade. Hello Bar is a trademark of its owner, and this guide is not made, paid for or approved by Hello Bar LLC. Prices and plans change: check hellobar.com before you buy.