Popupsmart and Privy can both be considered for subscriber capture, but Privy’s display-only and email offers solve different buying needs. Compare Popupsmart with Privy Displays when you intend to keep your email platform. Evaluate Privy Email separately if replacing that platform is part of the project.
Popupsmart vs Privy at a glance
| Decision | Popupsmart | Privy |
|---|---|---|
| Entry paid popup price | Basic: $39 monthly or $390 annually | Pop-ups & Displays-only: from $24 monthly |
| Main popup billing unit | Monthly site pageviews | Monthly pageviews for Displays |
| Entry email offer | Check email quota and destination workflow for the selected plan | Email from $30 monthly, based on mailable contacts |
| SMS budgeting | Verify a separate sending workflow if required | Starting email offer includes 250 SMS credits; additional sending is credit-based |
| Evaluation | Free allowance of 5,000 pageviews | Advertised 15-day trial without a credit card |
| A/B requirement | Advanced: $690 annually | Confirm the controls and entitlement in the selected product |
Sources: Popupsmart pricing and Privy pricing, checked 5 September 2026. Starting prices do not establish the cost at every traffic or contact tier. Popupsmart’s free live-campaign entitlement needs confirmation because vendor surfaces differ.
What is the cost if you keep your email platform?
Start with the display or capture subscription, then add the email platform you will continue paying for. At the starting rate, twelve monthly Privy Displays payments total $288. Popupsmart Basic totals $468 across twelve monthly payments or $390 on its annual plan. This arithmetic is not a like-for-like capacity quote: select the required pageview allowance, domains and campaign controls before deciding.
An existing Klaviyo or other email subscription does not automatically rule out Privy. Its display-only offer is a separate option to evaluate. Test whether the exact list, fields and consent state arrive at your existing destination before committing to either capture tool.
What changes if you replace your email platform?
Privy Email starts at $30 monthly and uses mailable contacts. Its pricing page lists unlimited email sends and 250 included SMS credits, but unlimited email does not mean unlimited text messages. Record the configured contact tier and SMS credit requirement to obtain a useful quote.
Compare that quote with your current email subscription plus your planned popup subscription. Include any period when both senders will remain active during migration. A lower entry price is not a saving if the required contact tier costs more or the old subscription continues running.
What should a migration prove before switching?
Use a small controlled test to check the signup form, consent state, custom properties, segment membership and welcome message. Map the automations you depend on, including exclusions for existing customers. Review what happens to suppressed contacts so that moving data does not accidentally restart messages to people who opted out.
These are evaluation steps, not a claim that we completed a client migration. The right choice depends on whether your actual workflow survives the move, not on an assumed advantage from a Shopify installation or an app-store rating.
How do you avoid overlapping subscriptions?
Privy’s plan-management guide, checked 5 September 2026, says uninstalling its app or closing a connected store does not cancel subscriptions. Manage every active plan in My Plan & Billing. Cancellation removes the associated paid features immediately, so coordinate it with the replacement workflow and retain the confirmation.
Choose a capture-first evaluation when your current email platform already meets your needs. Compare Popupsmart and Privy Displays against the same pageviews and destination requirements. Choose an email-replacement evaluation when consolidating sending is an explicit requirement; compare Privy’s configured quote with the complete cost of your current stack.
Related: Popupsmart pricing, Privy pricing, Popupsmart integrations, Privy integrations.
