Act-On vs Aritic PinPoint (2026)
The buying choice is between charging for the contacts a team emails and charging for the size of its marketing database. Act-On's entry plan covers 2,500 active contacts, allowing other stored contacts to remain outside that active allowance. Aritic PinPoint uses contact volume and edition, with a much lower displayed entry price but conflicting rate schedules. Both support lead capture, scoring and automated nurture connected to CRM. Act-On adds Adaptive Send, bot filtering through True Open and several named CRM integrations. PinPoint is a hosted campaign service with IndiaMart inquiry routing and email, SMS, WhatsApp and push. The operational difference is clearest in integration detail. Act-On separates Salesforce Lead synchronization from its Campaign audience path, while PinPoint does not describe how CRM conflicts are resolved or failed syncs recovered. Neither offers a complete model provider retention answer. A structured, recurring demand program gets more from Act-On; a smaller multichannel operation whose inquiry sources match PinPoint's connectors gets more from PinPoint.
- The database includes many contacts that are not emailed every month.
- Salesforce, Dynamics, SugarCRM or NetSuite is central to marketing operations.
- Adaptive sending and bot filtered engagement help guide an established nurture program.
- IndiaMart inquiries are a meaningful source of sales leads.
- The team needs email, SMS, WhatsApp and push around one contact record.
- A lower entry subscription matters more than Act-On's larger starting allowance.
This comparison is published by GTM Tech Index, an independent research platform that compares go to market software vendors objectively. Act-On and Aritic PinPoint are each graded against the same capability taxonomy, from each vendor's own public materials, under the GTM Tech Index verification standard. No vendor pays for placement, and no vendor has reviewed this page. How this evidence is graded
Plain facts
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| Primary category | Marketing Automation & ABM | Marketing Automation & ABM |
| Founded | Not published | Not published |
| Headquarters | Not published | Not published |
| Website | act-on.com | aritic.com/aritic-pinpoint/ |
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The short version of each
Act-On
Act-On is built for a demand generation team that emails a defined portion of a larger database and needs established CRM connections. Its active contact allowance counts the people mailed during a month, so stored contacts outside that group do not raise the bill. Next to Aritic PinPoint on the GTM Tech Index, Act-On's buying case rests on contact economics, Salesforce workflow detail, Adaptive Send and True Open bot filtering. Optional CRM, account marketing and other services add costs to the core subscription. Act-On's AI tools assist with content and workflows, and submitted AI input is excluded from training.
Source: GTM Tech Index, 2026
Aritic PinPoint
Aritic PinPoint pairs hosted nurture with specific lead capture routes such as IndiaMart and Facebook forms. Email, SMS, WhatsApp and push can follow contact segments, inquiry details and scoring rules. Within the GTM Tech Index, PinPoint starts lower than Act-On and bills on a different contact basis, although its concurrent rate schedules conflict. Contact allowances, users and service charges separate that entry rate from a configured purchase. Salesforce synchronization is available, with less specific object, conflict and recovery rules than Act-On's Lead and Campaign workflows. PinPoint is most compelling when its inquiry connectors and channel mix match the team's daily work.
Source: GTM Tech Index, 2026
Common questions
Why is Act-On's starting price higher than Aritic PinPoint's?
The starting packages use different contact allowances and billing terms. Act-On Professional starts at $900 monthly on an annual contract for 2,500 active contacts. PinPoint displays $59 for Lite at its default contact setting, alongside a conflicting lower schedule. Graded by GTM Tech Index against seventeen capability axes from each vendor's own published materials, verified October 12, 2026. No vendor pays for placement.
What does Act-On mean by active contacts?
Its allowance counts contacts emailed during the month rather than every stored record. PinPoint's pricing follows contact volume and edition. A large database with a smaller regularly mailed audience therefore has a different cost shape on the two systems. Graded by GTM Tech Index against seventeen capability axes from each vendor's own published materials, verified October 12, 2026. No vendor pays for placement.
How do the Salesforce connections differ?
Act-On distinguishes Lead synchronization and Campaign audience workflows, with separate behavior for its All Contacts audience. PinPoint offers Salesforce synchronization without describing its object coverage, conflict resolution or recovery after a failed sync. Graded by GTM Tech Index against seventeen capability axes from each vendor's own published materials, verified October 12, 2026. No vendor pays for placement.
Which has more specific support for marketplace inquiries?
PinPoint can segment IndiaMart leads by inquiry date, type and product, update response status and continue through messaging. Act-On's differentiation is broader demand automation connected to CRM, with Adaptive Send and True Open supporting email operations. Graded by GTM Tech Index against seventeen capability axes from each vendor's own published materials, verified October 12, 2026. No vendor pays for placement.
Related comparisons
Other published head to head assessments involving these vendors or their closest peers. The full set for this category is on the Marketing Automation & ABM page.
Act-On's planned acquisition by Banzai was terminated in 2025. The products remain separate purchases. Both leave model provider retention details incomplete. Act-On's AI input treatment also differs from ordinary customer content, while PinPoint's Marketing Intelligence uses pooled anonymous campaign information.