# Vbout review (2026): is the free plan enough? > Email, automation, social and landing pages in one platform Checked Nov 13, 2026 ยท graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA. Vbout is a marketing platform that bundles email marketing, automation, lead management, landing pages, social media tools and an AI chatbot. Plans are priced by monthly email volume rather than by contact count, and there is also an agency edition with white-label options. - **Category:** Email Marketing & Newsletters - **Made by:** Vbout - **Website:** https://www.vbout.com - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Pricey if you send a lot: $50 buys 500 emails a month, and Professional is $100. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 13, 2026, Vbout has a free plan, and paid plans start at $50 per month at 500 emails/month (Starter), billed monthly. - **Pricing model:** Free plan - **Free plan:** 500 emails a month, unlimited contacts in lead management, automation, pipeline management and limited reporting. - **Free trial:** 14-day free trial, no credit card required. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Free | $0 | 500 emails a month, lead management, automation, pipeline management, 1 team seat, limited reporting. | | Starter | $50 per month at 500 emails/month, billed monthly | Adds landing pages, advanced reporting, AI chatbot and 5 seats. Price rises with email volume. | | Professional | $100 per month at 500 emails/month, billed monthly | Adds social media tools, API access, calendar booking, no Vbout branding and 10 seats. | | Enterprise | Custom | Adds a Salesforce connector, higher API limits, dedicated IP pool and account manager, unlimited seats. | Read from https://www.vbout.com/pricing on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Vbout before buying. ## Ways to pay less - **Save 10% with yearly billing** (Annual discount): The pricing page offers a Yearly option marked "Save 10%" next to the Monthly option. Source: https://www.vbout.com/pricing ## Key features - **Email marketing and automation:** Drag-and-drop automation workflows, lead scoring and email campaigns, with lead management that has no contact cap. - **Landing pages, forms and pop-ups:** Landing pages come with Starter; forms with payments and pop-ups are listed in the core feature set. - **AI chatbot:** Starter and up include a chatbot capped at 1K, 5K or 10K messages a month; Messenger, SMS and WhatsApp channels start at Professional. - **Social media tools:** Social publishing and moderation sit in the platform, with the social tools listed under Professional. - **Pipeline and calendar booking:** A pipeline manager tracks leads and tasks, and calendar booking is available from Professional. - **Agency edition:** Agencies can build a plan with a reseller portal and white label starting at $95 a month, plus email pool and sub-accounts. ## Good for - Small teams wanting email, CRM and landing pages in one tool - Businesses with large lists, since contacts are not billed - Agencies reselling marketing software under their own brand ## Worth knowing - Prices follow the monthly email volume; the page also shows $199 and $299 for Starter and Professional at a higher volume. - Removing Vbout branding on lower plans and human support are add-ons. - The free plan is limited to 500 emails a month and has no landing pages. - A 10% saving is advertised for yearly billing. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.2 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. Vbout covers email, automation, landing pages, social and a pipeline, with a free plan of 500 emails a month. Starter is $50 for 500 emails and $100 on Professional, and branding removal and human support are add-ons. - **Value for money: D.** Starter is $50 a month for 500 emails and Professional $100, rising to $199 and $299 at higher volumes. That is far above the $20 middle. - **Free plan and trial: C.** Free plan with 500 emails a month, lead management, automation and 1 seat, but no landing pages. There's also a 14-day trial with no card. - **Features: B.** Email, automation, landing pages, forms, an AI chatbot, social tools, pipeline and calendar booking. Social and API sit on Professional. - **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record. A web app with many tools to set up. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web app with Salesforce, HubSpot, Insightly and Zoho, plus an API on Professional. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Vbout's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among email marketing and newsletter tools - Vbout's GPA of 2.2 is higher than 42 of the 102 other email marketing and newsletter tools we grade, and level with 24. - It stands best on features (B, above 47 of 102) and worst on value for money (D, above 1). - Its paid plans start at $50 a month, against a middle price of $19 for the category: 58 of the 78 others that charge start lower. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.7 out of 4. 3 tools score higher and cost less. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/email-marketing ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** To replace Vbout you would be making newsletters sent to thousands of people that still reach the inbox. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one. It costs $600 a year. - You could make: Popups and forms: an app builder makes these well. - You could not: Newsletters sent to thousands of people that still reach the inbox. - You could not: Email sent in volume that still reaches the inbox. - You could not: A chatbot builder hooked into the messaging apps. - You could not: It plugs into other products, Salesforce, HubSpot and Insightly among them, and has an API. - You could not: AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself. - You could not: The depth: we grade its features B, which means it covers the whole job. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## Works with Salesforce, HubSpot, Insightly, Zoho **Tags:** Email campaigns, Marketing automation, Popups, Chatbots, AI features, Forms, Public API ## Alternatives - [ActiveCampaign](https://toolgpa.com/tools/activecampaign): Email marketing and multi-step automation priced by contacts. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/activecampaign-vs-vbout) - [GetResponse](https://toolgpa.com/tools/getresponse): Email marketing with automation, webinars, courses and landing pages. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/getresponse-vs-vbout) - [SharpSpring](https://toolgpa.com/tools/sharpspring): Marketing automation and CRM for agencies and small businesses. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/sharpspring-vs-vbout) - [MailerLite](https://toolgpa.com/tools/mailerlite): Email newsletters, automations, sites and paid subscriptions. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/mailerlite-vs-vbout) - [Brevo](https://toolgpa.com/tools/brevo): Email, SMS and WhatsApp marketing priced by emails sent, with a CRM. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/brevo-vs-vbout) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026: - https://www.vbout.com/ - https://www.vbout.com/pricing Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/vbout Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).