Who OneHive Mail is built for
Real estate agents, teams and property professionals in Canada and the US who want email marketing and a simple CRM in one product, and who’d rather write their own emails from ready-made designs.
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OneHive Mail vs IXACT Contact for real estate agents
IXACT Contact is a real estate CRM, founded in Toronto in 2007 and now headquartered in Seattle, with a done-for-you monthly newsletter, an agent website and a mobile app. OneHive Mail puts real estate email marketing and a CRM in one product, priced by active contacts in Canadian or US dollars. Here’s how they compare.
IXACT Contact information comes from its own website and help centre, checked on . Prices and features change, so check IXACT Contact’s site before you decide. OneHive Mail isn’t affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by IXACT Contact.
Is OneHive Mail a good IXACT Contact alternative for Canadian agents?
It can be, if you’d rather write your own emails from ready-made real estate designs. OneHive Mail has fixed Canadian-dollar prices, three users on every plan and CASL consent records. IXACT Contact suits agents who want a done-for-you monthly newsletter, an agent website and a mobile app.
Who each platform is for
Who IXACT Contact is built for
Real estate agents and teams: its site says it is “specially designed for real estate agents and teams”. It also has a Broker Program and a separate recruiting CRM. IXACT Contact was established in Toronto in 2007 and is now headquartered in Seattle, Washington.
Side by side
Feature and pricing comparison
Facts from each company’s own published information. Where we couldn’t confirm something on IXACT Contact’s site, we say so rather than guess.
| Topic | OneHive Mail | IXACT Contact |
|---|---|---|
| Plans | One product with every feature on every plan, in 6 sizes from 1,000 to 20,000 contacts; larger audiences by quote. | One CRM + Email Marketing plan for agents, a Teams plan with leader and member prices, a Broker Program priced by phone, and a separate IXACT Recruiter product. Add-ons include Social Stream, an IDX website upgrade, extra mass emails and text marketing. |
| Starting price | $25 USD/month for up to 1,000 active contacts ($35 CAD in Canada). No free plan. | $55/month billed monthly, or $46.75/month billed annually. Each team member is $34/month ($28.90/month billed annually). We didn’t find a free plan. |
| Which contacts count | Active contacts only. Unsubscribed, bounced, archived and CRM-only contacts don’t count toward your plan. | Priced per user rather than by contacts. We didn’t find a contact limit on its pricing page. |
| Monthly email sends | Ten times your plan’s contact limit. | 2,500 mass emails a month are included. More are sold in packs that never expire, from 1,000 for $10 to 50,000 for $150. Drip emails don’t count toward the limit. |
| Users | 3 included on every plan; extra users $5 USD/month each. | Priced per user: a team leader pays the agent price, and each team member is $34/month ($28.90/month billed annually). |
| CRM and contact management | Built in: a pipeline with stages, tasks, a calendar, an activity log, engagement scores, buyer and seller preferences and real estate contact types. | A real estate CRM with automated keep-in-touch plans, a “Keep in Touch Coach” that prompts calls, texts, birthday wishes and move-in anniversaries, a CRM app for iPhone and Android, and sync with Google and Outlook. |
| Email designs and content | 198 ready-made designs, most written for real estate: listings, open houses, market updates, newsletters and client care. You write the words, and your branding fills in automatically. | A done-for-you monthly e-newsletter whose articles IXACT writes, a library of over 125 written emails and letters, and e-cards and e-flyers for new listings, just solds, birthdays and holidays. |
| Automation | Included on every plan: email sequences started by a tag, a list or a new contact, with a rule that stops them when someone clicks. | Pre-written drip campaigns for buyers, sellers, renters, FSBOs, expired listings and more, which you can send as they are or customize. |
| Agent website | Not offered. OneHive Mail has signup forms and landing pages, but no agent website or IDX listing search. | A mobile-friendly agent website is included. IDX listings are a $50/month add-on, plus a $69 one-time setup fee and $24/year for the domain. |
| Text messages (SMS) | Not offered. OneHive Mail is email only. | A Text Marketing add-on with its own texting number and credit packs that never expire. |
| Free trial | 10 days with 100 contacts and 250 email sends; card required, $0 today. | A free trial with no contract. Its pricing page doesn’t give the trial’s length. |
| Currency and compliance | Fixed prices in US dollars, and separate fixed prices in Canadian dollars for customers in Canada. Consent records follow CASL’s categories: express consent, or implied consent from a business relationship or an inquiry. | Its pricing page shows prices with a “$” sign and doesn’t say which currency. Its email marketing page says it offers “full compliance with CAN-SPAM and CASL regulations”. |
Which fits you
Our honest take
This part is our opinion, based on the facts above. The right choice depends on your business.
IXACT Contact may suit you better if…
- You want a newsletter written for you every month instead of writing your own.
- You want an agent website, with IDX listings as an option, from the same company as your CRM.
- You want a CRM app for iPhone and Android.
- You want to send text messages as well as email.
- You have a large database but email only part of it each month: IXACT Contact is priced per user, not by contact count.
OneHive Mail may suit you better if…
- You write your own emails and want 198 ready-made real estate designs to start from, with your branding filled in.
- You work as a small team: 3 users are included in every OneHive Mail plan, where IXACT Contact charges for each team member.
- You send campaigns often and want ten times your contact limit in sends every month, without buying email packs.
- You want a pipeline board, tasks and a calendar alongside your email campaigns.
- You’re in Canada and want fixed prices in Canadian dollars and consent records that follow CASL’s categories.
Switching
Moving from IXACT Contact to OneHive Mail
- Export your contacts from IXACT Contact to a CSV file.
- Leave out anyone who has unsubscribed or whose address bounces. Importing into OneHive Mail means confirming that everyone in the file agreed to hear from you, so they shouldn’t be in it. Keep your export of them for your records.
- Import the file under Contacts → Import. Match the columns, including any groups or tags, and record how your contacts agreed to hear from you.
- Add your branding once, then rebuild your main segments and turn your keep-in-touch drips into automations.
- Pick a design for your first newsletter, send yourself a test, and send.
Step by step: Import your contacts · Clean your contact database first
Questions
Frequently asked questions
- Is OneHive Mail a good IXACT Contact alternative for Canadian agents?
- If you want to write your own emails from ready-made real estate designs, yes. OneHive Mail has fixed prices in Canadian dollars, starting at $35 CAD a month, and records each contact’s consent using CASL’s categories. If you want newsletter articles written for you, IXACT Contact’s done-for-you e-newsletter may suit you better.
- Does OneHive Mail write my newsletter for me?
- No. OneHive Mail gives you 198 ready-made designs for newsletters, listings, market updates and client care, with your branding filled in, but you write or edit the words. IXACT Contact’s monthly e-newsletter is researched and written by its own team.
- How do the prices compare for a team of three?
- On their published prices, IXACT Contact is $55/month for the team leader plus $34/month for each of two team members, $123/month in all on monthly billing. OneHive Mail starts at $25 USD ($35 CAD) a month for up to 1,000 active contacts, with 3 users included; bigger lists need a bigger plan.
- Can I keep my IXACT agent website?
- OneHive Mail doesn’t build agent websites or IDX search, so you’d need a website elsewhere. You can put a OneHive Mail signup form on any website, or share a OneHive Mail landing page.
Sources
- IXACT Contact: Pricing
- IXACT Contact: Real estate CRM and marketing solution (home page)
- IXACT Contact: Real estate email marketing
- IXACT Contact: About
- OneHive Mail pricing · OneHive Mail features
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