Getsitecontrol
On-site widgets and email marketing in one tool, with unlimited contacts on every plan
Getsitecontrol is an on-site engagement and email marketing platform that lets a website owner build popups, promo bars, inline forms, surveys, and exit-intent offers without code, then follow up with the addresses those widgets collect through broadcasts and automated sequences. It is metered by monthly widget views rather than by list size, charges for email sends separately per thousand, and starts on a permanent free plan.
Overview
Getsitecontrol began in 2014 as a widget tool: a small script you dropped onto a site to run a promo bar, an email opt-in, or a one-question survey. For most of its life that was the whole product, and it competed with the popup builders on ease of use, targeting depth, and the fact that a designer could make a widget look like it belonged on the page rather than like a rented overlay.
In mid-2025 the company shipped the change that defines the current product: a full email marketing layer sitting behind the widgets. Contacts collected by a form now land in lists inside the same account, get tagged and segmented there, and can be sent broadcasts or enrolled in automations triggered by a form submission, an email click, a new order, or an abandoned checkout. The deliverability side has been built out since, with sender reputation monitoring in 2025 and bounce verification, link checking, and multiple broadcast sending modes in 2026.
The pricing model is the most distinctive thing about it and the reason it belongs in a small-business directory. Contacts are unlimited on every plan including the free one, so a growing list does not raise the subscription. What is metered is monthly widget views, and email sends are bought separately at a per-thousand rate that falls as the plan rises. That inverts the standard email tool economics, where the list size is the meter. For a site with modest traffic and a large but infrequently mailed list, Getsitecontrol can be dramatically cheaper than a conventional ESP; for a high-traffic site that mails constantly, the arithmetic can go the other way.
It remains a small operation, self-funded, run from Cyprus by its two founders with a handful of staff. That shows up in both directions: the product moves quickly and support is genuinely responsive, but the surface area is narrower than Klaviyo or Omnisend, the template library is smaller than the popup specialists, and there is no enterprise apparatus behind it.
Best for
Small ecommerce stores and content sites, especially on Shopify or WordPress, that want on-site lead capture and the email program it feeds inside one affordable tool, and whose list is larger than their monthly send volume would justify paying an ESP for.
Not the right fit for
- Teams that need advanced lifecycle marketing: predictive segments, revenue attribution per flow, SMS in the same account, and the depth of a dedicated ecommerce ESP.
- Sites where mobile exit intent is central to the plan, since exit intent depends on cursor movement and does not fire on touch devices in any tool including this one.
- High-traffic publishers with a light mailing habit, where unlimited widget views on the top plan is fine but the widget-view meter on lower plans will be exhausted early in the month.
- Buyers who want a very large template library or gamified capture formats such as spin-to-win wheels as a first-class feature.
- Organizations with strict data residency requirements outside the United States, since data is stored on Amazon infrastructure in the US.
- Anyone expecting a full live chat product; the built-in chat is basic and does not handle attachments.
How it works
- 1
You install one script, either directly in a template, through the Shopify app, or via the WordPress plugin. Pricing is per site, and every site inside an account sits on the same plan tier, so an agency running five client sites buys a five-site plan rather than five separate accounts.
- 2
Widgets are built in a visual editor from a template gallery: popups, slide-ins, promo bars, inline forms embedded in page content, surveys, and exit-intent overlays. A CSS editor sits behind the visual controls for anyone who wants the widget to match the site exactly rather than approximately.
- 3
Targeting is where the product spends most of its complexity budget. Page rules include or exclude URLs with wildcard matching and query-parameter conditions. Audience filters cover geography, device and browser, language, screen width, new versus returning, referrer, page views, session count, scroll depth, time on page, UTM parameters, cookies, IP, and custom JavaScript conditions. Shopify stores add cart value, cart contents, item count, discounts, login status, customer tags, order history, and lifetime spend. Conditions combine with AND inside a segment and OR between segments.
- 4
Display triggers include immediate load, a time delay, total session time, inactivity, scroll percentage, exit intent, and cart events on Shopify, plus a JavaScript call for programmatic display. Hide triggers and stop conditions control how long a widget stays up and how long a visitor is left alone after closing or converting, which is the setting that separates a tolerable popup from an annoying one.
- 5
Submitted addresses go into contact lists with tags and segments. From there you send broadcasts using the email builder, or build automations that chain emails, tags, delays, and reusable sequences off triggers such as a form submission, a link click, a new subscriber, a new order, a fulfilled order, a checkout abandonment, or a webhook. Reporting covers widget impressions, conversion rate, A/B test results, and automation performance.
Feature breakdown
31 features in 4 modulesWidgets and design
The on-site layer: what the visitor actually sees, and how closely it matches the site.- Popup and slide-in formats
- Modal popups, corner slide-ins, and full-screen overlays built from a template gallery, all responsive across desktop, tablet, and mobile layouts.
- Promo bars and banners
- Sticky top or bottom bars for shipping thresholds, sale announcements, and countdowns, the lowest-friction format for a site that does not want an overlay.
- Inline embedded forms
- Forms placed inside page content rather than over it, which is how blog subscription capture usually performs best without interrupting the read.
- Surveys and polls
- Multi-question or single-question widgets with choice, rating, and free-text fields, used for exit surveys and post-purchase feedback.
- Exit-intent overlays
- Triggered when the cursor moves toward the browser edge on desktop; the standard caveat applies, as touch devices have no equivalent signal.
- CSS editor
- Direct stylesheet access behind the visual builder, so a designer can match brand typography and spacing exactly rather than settling for the closest preset.
- WhatsApp and contact buttons
- Persistent buttons that open a WhatsApp conversation or a contact form, useful for local businesses where the conversion is a message rather than an address.
Targeting and triggers
The rules engine that decides who sees a widget and when, the deepest part of the product.- Page include and exclude rules
- URL matching with leading, trailing, and bilateral wildcards plus query-parameter conditions, so a widget can cover a whole blog subdirectory but skip the homepage.
- Geographic targeting
- Country, region, and city filters, which is what makes a shipping-threshold bar or a country-specific offer practical without building separate pages.
- Device and browser filters
- Device type, operating system, browser, language, and screen width, letting a mobile visitor get a bar where a desktop visitor gets a modal.
- Behavioral visit filters
- New versus returning, referrer, previous page, page views, session count, scroll depth, time on page, and cumulative time on site.
- UTM campaign filters
- Campaign, source, medium, content, and term, so paid traffic can be shown a different offer from organic without a separate landing page.
- Shopify cart and customer filters
- Cart total, cart discounts, item count, specific products in cart, login status, customer tags, order history, and lifetime spend as targeting conditions.
- Developer conditions
- Cookie values, IP addresses, API parameters, and arbitrary JavaScript expressions for cases the built-in filters do not cover.
- Display and hide triggers
- Immediate, delayed, session-time, inactivity, scroll-percentage, exit-intent, cart-event, and programmatic triggers, with separate rules for when a widget disappears.
- Frequency and stop conditions
- Pause a widget for a visitor after a click, a close, an auto-hide, a first view, or a set number of views, permanently or for a defined interval.
- Scheduling
- Start and end dates, time-of-day windows with timezone handling, and weekday selection, combinable so a widget runs weekday business hours or Saturday mornings.
Email marketing
The layer added in 2025 that turns captured addresses into a program rather than an export.- Broadcast campaigns
- One-off newsletters and promotions built from templates, with scheduling and a dark-mode preview that catches the inverted-logo problem before send.
- Automation workflows
- Sequences of emails, tags, and delays triggered by form submission, email link click, new subscriber, new order, fulfilled order, checkout abandonment, segment entry, or webhook.
- Reusable sequences
- A block of steps defined once and referenced from multiple automations, which keeps a welcome series from being copy-pasted five times.
- AI copy assistance
- Drafting help for subject lines and email body copy inside the editor, aimed at the owner-operator who writes their own campaigns.
- Broadcast sending modes
- Four modes added in 2026, including a smart mode that picks a per-subscriber send time and a burst mode that spreads volume to balance sending load.
- Dynamic product blocks
- Shopify order and abandonment emails pull real product images and details rather than requiring a hand-built layout per campaign.
Contacts, deliverability, and analytics
List management, sending hygiene, and the reporting that tells you whether any of it worked.- Unlimited contacts on every plan
- List size is not a billing axis at any tier, including free, which is the single most unusual thing about the commercial model.
- Segmentation and tagging
- Filter contacts by attributes, tags, and behavior, applied manually or automatically from automation steps, with per-contact interaction history.
- List imports
- CSV upload plus direct import from Mailchimp and Shopify, so moving an existing list in does not require an intermediate export step.
- Anti-bounce verification
- Address verification applied before sending to reduce hard bounces, added in the 2026 deliverability release.
- Sender reputation monitoring
- Real-time reputation tracking introduced in 2025, which matters more on a platform where you pay per thousand sends.
- Automatic link checker
- Scans links in broadcasts and automation emails before sending and warns on problems, catching the broken-URL campaign before it goes out.
- Built-in A/B testing
- Compare widget variants on headline, offer, or design with click-through tracking; variants must share identical targeting or the results are not comparable.
- Widget and automation reports
- Impressions, conversion rate, and per-automation performance, with conversion path tracking that links a contact back to the widget that captured them.
Use cases
4 documentedShopify store owner recovering abandoned carts
Checkout abandonment is high, the store has no email tool, and paying a per-contact ESP for a list of 12,000 mostly cold subscribers is hard to justify on the current revenue.
An exit-intent widget targeted at carts above a set value captures the address, and a three-step abandonment automation with real product images recovers a share of those carts. Because contacts are unlimited, the cold portion of the list costs nothing to keep, and the bill is the plan fee plus the sends actually made.
Content site building a newsletter
A blog gets steady organic traffic but converts almost none of it, and an aggressive site-wide popup was tried once and hurt time on page.
Inline forms placed in article bodies handle the bulk of capture, with a scroll-depth slide-in shown only to returning visitors who read past 60 percent. Stop conditions keep anyone who dismisses it from seeing it again for a month, and the newsletter is sent from the same account.
Agency running lead capture for several client sites
Five small client sites each need popups and basic email follow-up, and five separate subscriptions to a popup tool plus five to an ESP would be more than the retainers support.
One multi-site plan covers all five under a single tier, each with its own widgets, lists, and reports. Client-specific targeting is handled with page rules and UTM filters rather than bespoke development, and the per-thousand email pricing keeps low-volume clients cheap.
Local service business collecting enquiries
The business needs enquiries rather than newsletter signups, and most of its traffic is mobile where exit intent will never fire.
A persistent WhatsApp button plus a time-delayed mobile bar handles capture, geographic filters restrict the offer to the service area, and a short automated sequence answers common questions while the owner gets back to the enquiry.
Pricing
from Free (10,000 monthly widget views); Pro from $19 per monthPer-site subscription metered by monthly widget views, with contacts unlimited on every tier and email sends purchased separately at a per-thousand rate that decreases as the plan rises. All sites within one account share a single plan tier. Annual billing carries a discount.
| Plan | Price | Includes |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 per month, per site |
Widgets stop displaying once the monthly view allowance is used and resume at the start of the next cycle; nothing is lost, but capture pauses. |
| Pro | $19 per month, per site |
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| Pro Max | $29 per month, per site |
For any site with real traffic the $10 step from Pro to Pro Max removes the meter entirely, which is usually the right purchase. |
Billing notes
- Email sends are a separate line item from the subscription, so the monthly figure is the plan price plus whatever volume you mail; a 20,000-address broadcast on Pro is about $32 of sends on top of the $19.
- Contacts are unlimited at every tier, including free, so list growth never moves you up a plan; this is the inverse of how almost every ESP prices.
- Plans are per site and every site on an account shares the same tier, so a multi-site plan is a quantity of sites at one level rather than a mix.
- Hitting the widget view limit stops widgets from displaying rather than generating an overage charge, which is a hard stop on lead capture until the cycle resets.
- Annual billing is discounted by up to 25 percent as published August 2026.
- There is no minimum commitment on monthly billing and subscriptions can be cancelled at any time.
Value assessment: The value case depends almost entirely on the shape of your list versus your traffic. A store with a large list that mails twice a month will pay less here than at any per-contact ESP, often by a wide margin, and gets the popup tool included rather than as a second subscription. A high-frequency sender will find the per-thousand email pricing adds up faster than a flat contact-based plan, and should model an actual month before switching. At $29 for unlimited widget views, the on-site half alone undercuts most dedicated popup tools, which makes Pro Max a reasonable purchase even for a site that treats the email layer as a bonus.
Strengths & limitations
Strengths
- Unlimited contacts on every plan, including free, which removes the cost penalty most tools apply to list growth.
- A targeting engine that is deeper than the price suggests: nested AND and OR conditions across geography, behavior, UTM, cookies, custom JavaScript, and Shopify cart state.
- Widgets and email in one account, so a captured address enters a sequence without an integration or an export.
- Genuinely cheap entry point at $19, with a free plan that is functional rather than a demo.
- Native Shopify app and WordPress plugin, plus a plain script for anything else, so installation rarely needs a developer.
- Deliverability tooling that a tool at this price is not expected to have: sender reputation monitoring, bounce verification, link checking, and smart send timing.
- Responsive support from a small team, with live chat available in the dashboard on weekdays.
Limitations
- The email side is younger than the widget side and shallower than a dedicated ecommerce ESP: reviewers report campaign formatting feels constrained and advanced multi-step journey logic is limited.
- Email sends are billed per thousand on top of the subscription, so a high-frequency sender can end up paying more than a flat contact-based plan would cost.
- Widget views are a hard stop, not an overage: exceed the allowance on Free or Pro and capture simply halts until the next cycle.
- Video cannot be embedded in widgets, which reviewers name specifically as a constraint on what a widget can communicate.
- The built-in chat is basic and does not support attachments, so it is not a substitute for a helpdesk or live chat tool.
- Template variety and social integrations are thinner than at the larger popup specialists, and there is no gamified capture format such as a prize wheel.
- Data is stored on Amazon infrastructure in the United States, and the company relies on Standard Contractual Clauses in its terms rather than a separately signed DPA, which some EU buyers will need to review.
- It is a very small company with no outside funding; that keeps it focused and cheap but means limited vendor-risk assurances for buyers who care about that.
Head-to-head comparisons
5 alternativesGetsitecontrol vs OptinMonster
from $7 per month billed annually ($84 for the first year, then $210 per year at list price)OptinMonster is the deeper pure-play lead capture tool: more templates, more capture formats including gamified ones, and a longer track record of campaign types. Getsitecontrol matches or beats it on targeting depth and adds an email platform that OptinMonster does not have, so the comparison is one subscription against two. Choose OptinMonster if the popup itself is the product you are buying; choose Getsitecontrol if you want the addresses to go somewhere without another tool.
Full Getsitecontrol vs OptinMonster comparisonGetsitecontrol vs Privy
from $24 per month for the Pop Ups and Displays plan (10,000 monthly pageviews); $30 per month for the Email plan (up to 1,500 contacts)The closest competitor in intent, since both pair Shopify popups with email and both target small stores. Privy is more Shopify-native and prices on contacts, which is friendlier to a heavy sender and punishing to a large dormant list. Getsitecontrol inverts that with unlimited contacts and per-send pricing. Model one real month on both before deciding; the answer flips entirely on send frequency.
Full Getsitecontrol vs Privy comparisonGetsitecontrol vs Poptin
from Free forever for 1,000 monthly visitors on one domain; paid Poptins plans from $25 per month billed annuallyPoptin is a similarly priced widget builder with a comparable no-code editor and its own autoresponder, and it has a broader template gallery. Getsitecontrol's advantages are the targeting rules engine and a more serious email layer with deliverability tooling. If you only want popups feeding an existing ESP, Poptin is the simpler purchase; if you want to consolidate the ESP too, Getsitecontrol goes further.
Full Getsitecontrol vs Poptin comparisonGetsitecontrol vs Omnisend
from $0 (free up to 250 contacts), then $16/mo on StandardNot really the same class. Omnisend is a full ecommerce marketing platform with SMS, revenue attribution per flow, and far deeper automation, priced on contacts and considerably more expensive as a list grows. Getsitecontrol does perhaps 60 percent of the email job at a fraction of the cost with better on-site targeting. Stores whose email program is a real revenue line outgrow Getsitecontrol into something like Omnisend; stores where it is a supporting channel are overpaying if they start there.
Full Getsitecontrol vs Omnisend comparisonGetsitecontrol vs Convertful
from $9 per month (Solo, 10,000 widget pageviews), or $7 per month billed annuallyBoth are low-cost widget builders, but Getsitecontrol also sends the email and Convertful does not, so Convertful always sits in front of an existing ESP. Convertful's edge is the meter and the canvas: it counts a pageview only when a widget actually fires, and its multi-screen editor can branch from a survey answer into different offers, which Getsitecontrol's form-first widgets cannot express. If widgets are tightly targeted to a few pages, Convertful costs a fraction as much at $9 per month; if you want contacts and broadcasts in the same tool, stay with Getsitecontrol.
Full Getsitecontrol vs Convertful comparisonImplementation & onboarding
- Setup time
- Well under an hour. Installing the Shopify app or WordPress plugin is a few clicks, the plain script is one paste into a template, and a first widget can be live from a template in about ten minutes. Configuring the email sending domain and warming a first broadcast takes longer than the widget work.
- Learning curve
- Low for widgets, moderate for the targeting engine. The visual builder needs no explanation, but getting the most out of the product means understanding how AND within a segment and OR between segments combine, and how stop conditions govern repeat exposure. The email builder and automation canvas are conventional.
- Onboarding
- Fully self-serve, with a help center, use-case guides that double as playbooks for specific widget types, and live chat available on weekdays. There is no paid implementation service, which suits the price point.
- Migration notes
- Contacts import directly from CSV, Mailchimp, or Shopify. Widgets do not migrate from other popup tools and have to be rebuilt, which for a typical site is a couple of hours. If you are moving an existing email program, plan for a sending-domain change and expect the usual reputation ramp; verify the list before the first broadcast, since sends are paid for whether or not they land.
Platform, API & security
- Platforms
- Web (JavaScript snippet)Shopify appWordPress pluginAny hosted site platform via scriptMobile web
- API
- JavaScript API for programmatic widget display and custom targeting conditions, plus webhooks for outbound events and as an automation trigger. Contact import supports CSV, Mailchimp, and Shopify sources.
- Compliance
- GDPRCAN-SPAM
- Data residency
- Data stored on Amazon infrastructure in the United States; the company incorporates Standard Contractual Clauses into its terms rather than issuing a separate DPA by default.
- Security notes
- Consent checkboxes can be added to any capture form, and contacts can be deleted on request. Buyers with strict EU residency requirements should read the terms carefully, since there is no EU storage option.
Support & resources
- Channels
- Live chat in the dashboard and on the website, weekdays around the clockEmail supportHelp center and use-case guidesSlack community
- Documentation
- A practical help center organized around tasks, backed by a large library of use-case articles that function as templates and playbooks for specific widget types rather than generic marketing content.
- Community
- A Slack community run by the company, small but direct; with a team this size, questions there often reach someone who wrote the feature.
Company
- Founded
- 2014
- Headquarters
- Nicosia, Cyprus
- Ownership
- Independent, founder-owned
- Founders
- Alexey Umilin, Anton Smirnov
- Employees
- Very small; reported at single digits in recent company profiles
- Funding
- No disclosed funding rounds; self-funded since launch.
Timeline
- 2014Launches as a no-code website widget tool for popups, bars, surveys, and opt-in forms.
- 2021Official Shopify app released, later extended with cart and customer data as targeting conditions.
- 2024Targeting engine matured into the product's main differentiator: nested audience filters, developer conditions, and stop rules that simpler popup builders do not offer.
- 2025Expands into a full email marketing platform with broadcasts, automations, and segmentation, positioned for ecommerce brands.
- 2025Real-time sender reputation monitoring added as the email side matures.
- 2026Deliverability toolkit expanded with anti-bounce verification, an automatic link checker, and four broadcast sending modes including AI-timed and burst sending.
Integrations
- Shopify
- WordPress
- Mailchimp
- Webflow
- Squarespace
- Wix
- Google Analytics
- Zapier
- Webhooks
- CSV import
Frequently asked questions
13 questionsWhat is Getsitecontrol used for?
It puts lead capture widgets on a website (popups, promo bars, inline forms, surveys, exit-intent overlays) and then handles the email follow-up for the addresses those widgets collect, through broadcasts and automated sequences. It is most commonly used by small Shopify stores and content sites that want both jobs in one tool.
How much does Getsitecontrol cost?
There is a free plan with 10,000 monthly widget views, a Pro plan at $19 per month with 100,000 views, and Pro Max at $29 per month with unlimited views. Pricing is per site and annual billing is discounted by up to 25 percent. Email sends are charged separately at $2.00, $1.60, or $1.40 per 1,000 depending on the plan.
Is Getsitecontrol free?
Yes, permanently. The free plan includes 10,000 monthly widget views, unlimited contacts, and access to widgets, automations, and broadcasts. You still pay for email sends at $2.00 per 1,000. There is no separate time-limited trial because the free plan serves that purpose.
Does Getsitecontrol limit the number of contacts?
No. Contacts are unlimited on every plan including the free one. This is the main thing that separates its pricing from a conventional email service provider, where list size is the meter. Here the meters are monthly widget views and email sends.
What is a widget view and what happens if I run out?
A widget view is one display of a widget to a visitor. When you reach the monthly allowance on Free or Pro, widgets stop being shown on your site until the next billing cycle begins. Your data and settings are untouched, but capture pauses, so a traffic spike mid-month can quietly cost you leads. Pro Max removes the limit.
Can Getsitecontrol replace Mailchimp or Klaviyo?
For a small store or newsletter with straightforward needs, often yes, and it will usually be cheaper for a large list mailed infrequently. For a business whose email program is a major revenue line, no: it lacks SMS, deep revenue attribution per flow, predictive segmentation, and the automation depth of a dedicated ecommerce platform.
Does Getsitecontrol work with Shopify?
Yes, through a dedicated Shopify app. That integration unlocks targeting on cart total, cart contents, item count, discounts, login status, customer tags, order history, and lifetime spend, plus automation triggers for new orders, fulfilled orders, and abandoned checkouts, and dynamic product images inside those emails.
Does it work on WordPress?
Yes, via an official WordPress plugin, and on any other platform by pasting the script into a template. Webflow, Squarespace, Wix, and custom sites are all covered by the script route.
Does exit-intent work on mobile?
No, and this is not specific to Getsitecontrol. Exit intent detects a cursor moving toward the browser edge, and touch devices produce no equivalent signal. For mobile, use scroll depth, time on page, inactivity, or cart-based triggers instead.
Is Getsitecontrol GDPR compliant?
The company states it is, supports consent checkboxes on capture forms, honours deletion requests, and incorporates Standard Contractual Clauses into its terms rather than requiring a separately signed DPA. Note that data is stored on Amazon infrastructure in the United States, so buyers with EU residency requirements should read the terms before committing.
Can I use one account for multiple websites?
Yes. Plans are sold per site, and all sites in an account sit on the same tier, so an agency buys a multi-site plan at one level rather than mixing tiers. Each site keeps its own widgets, contacts, and reporting.
Does Getsitecontrol include A/B testing?
Yes, for widgets. You can run variants of a headline, offer, or design and compare click-through rates. The important constraint is that every variant in a test must have identical targeting settings, otherwise one variant collects more views than another and the comparison is meaningless.
Who owns Getsitecontrol?
It remains independent and founder-owned. The company was founded in 2014 by Alexey Umilin and Anton Smirnov, is headquartered in Nicosia, Cyprus, and has no disclosed outside funding.
Editorial verdict
Getsitecontrol is one of the better-priced tools in this category, and its pricing model is the reason to take it seriously rather than a detail: unlimited contacts on every plan, a meter on widget views instead of list size, and email charged by the thousand sent. For a small store or publisher with a large list and a modest mailing habit, that arithmetic beats a conventional ESP outright, and the popup tool comes free with it. The targeting engine is deeper than $29 buys anywhere else, with cart-aware Shopify conditions and custom JavaScript rules available at the same price as the presets. The honest caveats are that the email half is only a year old and reviewers find its campaign editing constrained, that a high-frequency sender will pay more here than on a flat contact plan, that widget views stopping is a hard cap rather than an overage, and that this is a very small independent company. Buy it as a consolidation play for a business where email supports revenue rather than drives it, run the numbers on your own send volume first, and expect to graduate to a dedicated ecommerce platform if the email program ever becomes the main channel.
Written by the SaaSTracker editorial team. Awards, when shown, are judged against the published criteria in our methodology.