Seedly CRM Vs Keap in 2026

Buy it once.

Q: Is Seedly cheaper than Keap?

Over any real time horizon, yes. Keap is $299 a month month-to-month (or $2,988 a year paid annually) plus a required implementation package with a quoted or promotional price, with extra users at $39 a month each and a price that climbs with your contact list. Seedly is $1,599 once plus your own hosting. You are usually ahead within the first year, and the gap only widens after that.

Q: Does Keap do white-label like Seedly?

No, and that is the clearest reason an agency outgrows it. Keap has a partner and reseller program, but no white-label, so everything your clients see stays Keap-branded and you cannot run it as your own product. Seedly gives you unlimited white-label client sub-accounts under your own brand, with no per-account fee, because you own the codebase.

Q: Can I move my data from Keap to Seedly?

Yes. Keap exports your contacts to CSV, and you bring those into Seedly. Automation logic does not port cleanly off Keap, so you rebuild your workflows on Seedly's canvas, which most people treat as a chance to clean house. Run both in parallel while you cut over.

Q: Do I need to be a developer to switch?

No. Sprout walks you through setup in plain English, or you point Claude Code at the repo and it deploys for you. The honest tradeoff is that you are giving up Keap's done-for-you onboarding team and phone support. If that hand-holding is what you want, that is a real reason to stay, and I would rather you know it up front.

Q: Does Seedly do everything Keap does?

On automation and CRM, yes, and then some, because you own the code and can build anything on top of it. What Seedly does not give you is Keap's twenty years of polish, its done-for-you implementation team, or a phone support line. Which matters more depends on you.

Q: What happens if Seedly shuts down?

You still own the source code and your CRM keeps running, because it is on your infrastructure, not mine. That is the entire point of owning instead of renting. The product is also actively maintained, with a public changelog at /docs/changelog you can read before you buy.

I got fed up renting my agency on GoHighLevel, took a hard look at the veterans like Keap, and built my own instead. Here is the honest comparison, including where Keap wins.

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Which one fits your work?

Pick Seedly CRM if you want the source code, control of your hosting, and room to shape the CRM around your agency.

Pick Keap if you want a vendor team to help set up your first automations and manage the platform.

You own it

Seedly CRM

$1,599one time

Their model

Keap

$299/mo

Plus a recommended onboarding package; annual billing locks a 12-month term.

THE HONEST VERSION

I never ran my business on Keap. So here is the honest version.

That is the point of this page, so I will be straight: I never ran my business on Keap. When I got fed up renting on GoHighLevel and went looking, Keap (formerly Infusionsoft) kept coming up as the veteran in small-business automation, so I looked closely.

Keap is a capable, mature platform. Its standard price starts at $299 a month, or $2,988 a year paid annually, with two users included and additional users at $39 a month. Contact count affects the quote. Keap requires an implementation package, with current pricing depending on the offer and scope. For agencies, Keap does not provide Seedly's white-label client account model.

Every option I looked at came down to the same thing. You are renting. So I built the thing I wanted to own. This is the honest comparison.

At a glance.

Capability	Seedly CRM	Keap
Price model	$1,599 once	$299/mo, or $2,988/yr paid annually; required implementation package extra
Seats and users	Unlimited, no per-seat feesOur advantage	2 users included, +$39/mo each after
Per-contact pricing	None, your list size is your businessOur advantage	Climbs as your contact list grows
You own the source code	Yes, the full codebaseOur advantage	No, you rent access
Own the source / control your infra	Yes, source you own, on infrastructure you controlOur advantage	No, their cloud only
White-label client sub-accounts	Unlimited, no per-account feeOur advantage	No white-label; client-facing stays Keap-branded
Contract commitment	None after purchaseOur advantage	Annual contract, early-termination fee
Where your client data lives	On servers you controlOur advantage	On their servers
Onboarding fee	None, you deploy it yourself	Required implementation package; confirm current price
Done-for-you onboarding	Guided by Sprout; a coding agent can perform setup	Team builds your first automations for youTheir advantage
Managed hosting	You host it (or Convex Cloud)	Fully managed, zero opsTheir advantage
Support	Docs, a community, and you own the code	Live phone and chat supportTheir advantage

Price model

Seedly CRM: $1,599 once
Keap: $299/mo, or $2,988/yr paid annually; required implementation package extra

Seats and users

Seedly CRM: Unlimited, no per-seat feesOur advantage
Keap: 2 users included, +$39/mo each after

Per-contact pricing

Seedly CRM: None, your list size is your businessOur advantage
Keap: Climbs as your contact list grows

You own the source code

Seedly CRM: Yes, the full codebaseOur advantage
Keap: No, you rent access

Own the source / control your infra

Seedly CRM: Yes, source you own, on infrastructure you controlOur advantage
Keap: No, their cloud only

White-label client sub-accounts

Seedly CRM: Unlimited, no per-account feeOur advantage
Keap: No white-label; client-facing stays Keap-branded

Contract commitment

Seedly CRM: None after purchaseOur advantage
Keap: Annual contract, early-termination fee

Where your client data lives

Seedly CRM: On servers you controlOur advantage
Keap: On their servers

Onboarding fee

Seedly CRM: None, you deploy it yourself
Keap: Required implementation package; confirm current price

Done-for-you onboarding

Seedly CRM: Guided by Sprout; a coding agent can perform setup
Keap: Team builds your first automations for youTheir advantage

Managed hosting

Seedly CRM: You host it (or Convex Cloud)
Keap: Fully managed, zero opsTheir advantage

Support

Seedly CRM: Docs, a community, and you own the code
Keap: Live phone and chat supportTheir advantage

Keap (formerly Infusionsoft, now Thryv-owned) pricing reflects its single plan at $299/mo month-to-month, or $2,988/yr (about $249/mo) paid annually, which includes 2 users and roughly 1,500 contacts; additional users are $39/mo each and the price climbs as your contact list grows. Keap requires implementation services; the package price varies with the offer and scope, and annual billing carries a 12-month term with a $299 early-termination fee. Pricing per keap.com, verify the current numbers before relying on them. Checked against keap.com on 2026-11-02.

Sources checked: Keap pricing.

THE REAL THING

See the software.

Seedly CRM product screen — The automation most people buy Keap for, running on a CRM whose source code is yours. Real screenshot, not a rendering.

About $299 a month, forever, versus $1,599 once.

Keap's single plan is $299 a month month-to-month, or $2,988 a year (about $249 a month) if you prepay annually. Either way it covers two users; more are $39 a month each, and your bill grows as your contact list does. Keap also strongly recommends a required implementation package with a quoted or promotional price, and choosing annual billing locks you into a 12-month term with a $299 early-termination fee.

Seedly is $1,599 one time. You cover your own hosting after that, typically $25 to $200 a month. No per-seat fees, no contact escalator, no annual contract. You are usually ahead of Keap within the first year, and the gap only widens after that.

And if you are an agency, one axis is decisive: Keap has no white-label, so everything your clients see stays Keap-branded and you cannot run it as your own product. Seedly was built to do exactly that.

What ownership changes.

You own the code, not a login

With Seedly the actual software is yours. Change anything, add anything, integrate with anything. No plan tier to unlock a feature, no permission to ask for. If you can describe it, you (or Claude Code) can build it on top of a foundation that already runs.

No annual contract, no surprise bills

On Keap, annual billing locks you into a 12-month term with an early-termination fee, and the price climbs as your contact list grows. With Seedly there is no contract to sign and no contact escalator. You pull updates when you want them and merge in only the pieces you actually want.

White-label that Keap does not offer

Keap has no white-label: everything your clients see stays Keap-branded, so you cannot run it as your own product. On Seedly you run unlimited white-label client sub-accounts under your own brand, with no per-account fee, because you own the whole codebase. For an agency, this is the difference between a tool you outgrow and one you build a business on.

Your client data lives on your servers

Not on a vendor's. If Seedly disappeared tomorrow, your CRM keeps running and your clients never notice. That is the difference between owning an asset and renting access to one.

What you are actually buying.

With Keap you are buying access to a managed platform, billed per user, month to month or on an annual term. It is mature and well supported, and the day you stop paying, your contact export is what you walk away with.

With Seedly you are buying the actual software. The files sit on your machine. You could never speak to me again and your business keeps running exactly as it did. That is the whole difference, and it is the reason I built this instead of signing another annual contract.

Coming from Keap? Your contacts come with you.

Keap exports your contacts to CSV, and that is the part you actually need. Bring them into Seedly and rebuild your automations on Seedly's canvas, since automation logic does not port cleanly off Keap anyway. Run both side by side while you cut over, so nothing goes dark.

Sprout, the setup guide built into the product, walks you through deploying it in plain English, or you point Claude Code at the repo and it sets everything up for you. Rebuilding instead of importing is usually a good thing here: it is the moment you delete the automations you were paying for and never used.

When Keap is the right call (and I mean it).

If you are a solo operator or small business that wants a vendor's team to map your business and build your first automations for you, and you never want to touch infrastructure, Keap has done that well for twenty years. It is a mature, fully managed platform with real phone support and a deep automation history. Seedly includes a guided setup path, and a coding agent can carry out the deployment with your review. Keap offers a human implementation team.

Seedly is for the operator who wants to own the software their business runs on, with no per-seat fees and no annual contract, and especially for agencies who need white-label, which Keap does not offer. If a fully managed, hand-held setup is what you want, Keap will serve you well, and I would rather tell you that than sell you something you will regret.

BEFORE YOU DECIDE

Questions about Seedly CRM and Keap.

Is Seedly cheaper than Keap?

Does Keap do white-label like Seedly?

Can I move my data from Keap to Seedly?

Do I need to be a developer to switch?

Does Seedly do everything Keap does?

What happens if Seedly shuts down?

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