Migrate from ActiveCampaign to Send & Retain
Your agent reads your ActiveCampaign automations and rebuilds them here, paused. You test each one, then switch it.
✓Free to start. Unlimited contacts on every tier.
Inventory before cutover
Inventory
Source material read
Rebuild
Created paused
Verify
Real inbox test
Switch
One trigger first
Destination automation
Paused until validation and explicit cutover
[ 01 / 05 ]Step by step
How do I migrate from ActiveCampaign?
ActiveCampaign's API lists every automation, but doesn't always open their steps. Your agent flags the ones it couldn't read.
Connect ActiveCampaign read-only
In Settings → Developer, copy your API URL and API key and paste both on your sending settings page. We never write to ActiveCampaign.
Import unsubscribes and bounces first
Export contacts filtered by Unsubscribed and Bounced, and import them as your block list before a single send.
Import contacts
Export your contacts and import the CSV. Keep the fields and tags that still drive a decision.
Rebuild automations, paused
Your agent reads each automation's steps where the API returns them, asks you about the rest, and rebuilds it here paused.
Test, then switch one automation
Send each email to your own inbox, move one trigger, and turn the ActiveCampaign automation off. Revoke the key when you're done.
[ 02 / 05 ]Example prompts
What can I ask my agent to do?
Paste these into any agent connected to Send & Retain once ActiveCampaign is connected.
Inventory
“List every ActiveCampaign automation you pulled and flag the ones with steps you couldn't read.”
Rebuild
“Rebuild our trial onboarding automation here, paused, triggered by our signup event.”
Clean up
“Which of our ActiveCampaign tags still decide who gets what? Drop the rest.”
Review
“Walk me through the rebuilt automation step by step before I turn it on.”
[ 03 / 05 ]ActiveCampaign vs Send & Retain
What changes when I leave ActiveCampaign?
Pricing
Grows with your number of contacts
Priced on sends. Unlimited contacts on every tier
Automations
Visual automations built on tags and conditions
Automations triggered by product events, always created paused
Campaigns
Campaigns to lists and segments
No blasts. Every email goes to one person
CRM
Contact CRM built in; deals and pipelines through a CRM add-on
No CRM. Email only
Who does the work
A marketer in the dashboard, or an agent over its MCP server
Your AI agent over MCP, with your approval
[ 04 / 05 ]Honest limits
What doesn't move from ActiveCampaign?
Contacts, unsubscribes, and the shape of your automations move. Some things stay behind.
- Steps the API won't open. Your agent lists those automations and asks you to fill the gaps.
- CRM deals and pipelines. Send & Retain has no CRM.
- Open and click history stays in ActiveCampaign.
- Campaigns to whole lists. Every email here goes to one person.
[ 05 / 05 ]Related
Related pages
Questions people ask us
Rebuild your first automation today.
Connect ActiveCampaign read-only, rebuild one automation paused, and switch it when it works.