Klaviyo: Email Marketing & SMS

Been using them for over 3 years. Between the price changes and the declining customer support, not to mention the LOW deliverability that they have, it is not worth it -- save your money and go elsewhere.

Pretty useless customer service. Probably one of the worst I've ever encountered.

I've spent weeks being bounced between different operators, going back and forth talking about the same thing and it just simply seemed like nobody knew what were they actually doing there. I was getting the same canned messages over and over again.

The issue I had was so simple that should have literally been resolved in seconds, but here we are...second week now, and we are right where we started! Meanwhile I noticed they closed my case and marked it as "resolved" ha-ha.

I've been using Klaviyo for three years, but I'm switching to Shopify Email due to their recent cost structure changes. The pricing has become unreasonable, especially for small and mid-sized businesses. There are more affordable options that offer similar functionality without the excessive costs. I’d recommend others consider alternatives to avoid the unnecessary expense. Speak with your wallet. Klaviyo's price hikes are unacceptable.

Terrible customer service and it is not worthy for your money! Also, they do not return your money if you pay and decide to cancel the plan (we cancelled at the same day as we were charged and they have told us that are not refunding! !!)

A Cataclysmic Change That Puts Long-Time Customers at Risk

I have been a loyal Klaviyo customer for the past 6 years, sending around 2 emails a week to less than 5000 contacts. I recently learned about their new policy that will charge me for every active profile—a massive price hike from $100 per month to $860 per month for hosting all my profiles. This change came with almost no notice and I now have less than 3 weeks to suppress over 75% of my hard-earned, paid-for email profiles.

Why would Klaviyo risk losing customers like me, especially after 6 years of loyalty? I barely use the service to its full potential—why should I pay for profiles I don’t actively use? This is an incredibly disruptive change, and frankly, it feels like Klaviyo has given no thought to how it will affect smaller, long-time customers.

I hoped Klaviyo would rethink this price change or, at the very least, give us more time to determine which profiles to keep active. But instead, I feel forced to look for a more affordable platform that can offer better value. For me, Klaviyo is simply not worth more than $100/month anymore, and I’m deeply disappointed in how they’ve handled this change.

Adding: Klaviyo response doesn't address my issues at all. More time to reduce emails would be much more appreciated than 25% off... Seriously? 25% off of $860/month? Are you thinking I'll just make the jump from $100/month to $645 per month?

disappointed that they have changed their pricing model so that I am locked into paying for my entire subscriber list even if I am not utilizing the entire list. The price split between paying for active profiles and amount of emails means you will always overpay. I would suggest seeking a cheaper alternative which I am now forced to do in order to save money. a shame as I have been using klaviyo for close to 4 years. but there are much much cheaper options

Dishonest company! They send emails claiming you can adjust your plan (which they auto-upgrade), but it’s a lie. I will open a chargeback with my bank! Do not use their services for emails. They make everything complicated just to take your money.

Is it usual for the customer (me) to raise a support request and for that request to be closed within 24 hours without any response? Not the serivce I am hoping for looks to be $400USD per month....
update: Opened a second support request and again closed without being contacted....wow...smh.

The worst experience as a business owner who is new to email marketing. Everybody was saying how great this company is so I didn't hesitate to give it a try.

I wasn't able to figure out how to create my signup flow. I must comply with GDPR so I wanted to ask support. Well, you have no live chat support on the free plan (we are living in 2025), so I paid for the basic email plan. I contacted their support team on several occasions and I can confidentally say that their support team is the worst I've ever seen. They did not even understand my questions (or didn't even try and just gave me an unrelevant answer).

After 3 days of trying and getting nowhere with their "support", I asked for a refund. They told me that a refund is not possible as Klavyo is already processing my data and it costs them money as well (1 signup sequence in draft mode).

"Per our Terms of Service, we cannot process a refund for subscriptions that were not canceled or downgraded prior to their proceeding billing cycle nor for non-usage - as it still costs Klaviyo to host your data."

So basically, they take our money but don't bother to hire a support team that is actually decent. Well done!

People talk about how intuitive it is... Well, not if you are a beginner. I switched to their biggest competitor (who has live chat support on a free plan and is actually very good) and their app is way more intuitive and user friendly.

Maybe Klavyo is good for you if you already know what are you doing but if you are a beginner and rely on support, don't even bother.

I can't believe they are starting to bill based on "active profiles" instead of emails / sms sent. What an absolute money grab that doesn't help businesses grow! Limit Customer / Merchant Growth = Limit Klaviyo's Growth. Not sure why that isn't straight forward. Going public for them was a mistake if this is the direction they chose! Come on Klaviyo! Get it together or lose a lot to your competitors.