Sleeknote

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   You install a single JavaScript snippet on the site, directly, through Google Tag Manager, or through the Shopify app. Sleeknote then counts sessions against your plan and serves whatever campaigns are published for that domain. Unlimited domains and unlimited campaigns are included on every tier, so the meter is traffic and nothing else.

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   Campaigns are built in a drag-and-drop editor from a library of over 120 templates. A campaign is composed of parts rather than a single canvas: a teaser that shows first, the form itself, and a success message, each editable separately, and each with an independent mobile version so the phone layout is designed rather than inherited. Multistep campaigns chain several screens together, which is how a store asks for an email on step one and a birthday or product preference on step two without doubling the abandonment rate.

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   Display is governed by the rule engine, which is the part most buyers underestimate. Triggers include exit intent, scroll depth, time on page, click, a Smart Trigger that picks the moment algorithmically, and a manual JavaScript trigger for custom events. Conditions layer on top: page-level targeting, geo-targeting, referral source, UTM campaign, query parameters, cookies, IP address, new versus returning visitor, existing newsletter subscriber, arbitrary HTML conditions, and per-visitor show counts and impression caps so a customer is not shown the same offer eleven times.

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   Submitted data flows out through direct integrations to the email or SMS platform of record, with field mapping so a quiz answer lands as a segmentation tag rather than a free-text note. Coupon codes can be static, reusable, or drawn from a list of unique codes, which is what makes gamified prizes work without a developer. Results come back through an analytics page with goal tracking, device breakdowns, A/B split tests between campaign variants, and events pushed into Google Analytics and Google Tag Manager for attribution alongside everything else.

Subscription priced by monthly sessions on your site, in bands, with two feature levels at every band: Core, and Core plus Gamification. Unlimited campaigns, unlimited domains, and support by phone, chat, and email are included on every tier. Annual billing saves 20 percent. Above 500,000 monthly sessions the price is quoted.

Value assessment: Sleeknote is priced as a specialist tool, not a utility. At around EUR 49 per month for a small store the Core plan is defensible if onsite capture is genuinely a revenue channel, and the gamification plan pays for itself quickly on a single well-run seasonal campaign. The problem is the shape of the meter. A store with 120,000 monthly sessions and a two percent conversion rate is paying EUR 114 per month for popup software before any gamification, which is more than several competitors charge and considerably more than the free tiers that exist elsewhere in this category. The honest test is whether you will use the rule engine and the interactive formats. If you will run one exit popup and forget about it, the money is wasted; if you will run seasonal mechanics and segment the list from onsite answers, few tools do it as cleanly.

Setup time

The snippet takes minutes through Google Tag Manager or the Shopify app. A first campaign published the same day is realistic; a properly targeted set of campaigns with subscriber suppression, geo rules, and an integration mapping takes a working day or two.

Learning curve

The editor is straightforward for anyone who has used a page builder. The rule engine is where the depth is, and it is also where new users most often go wrong, typically by not excluding existing subscribers or by stacking campaigns that all qualify on the same page. The gamification formats need thinking about prize probability and coupon supply before launch, not after.

Onboarding

Self-serve with a 14 day trial, plus phone, chat, and email support included on every plan, which is unusual at this price point and partly compensates for documentation that reviewers describe as thin. A public changelog and periodic webinars, some in Danish, cover new formats.

Migration notes

Moving from another popup tool means rebuilding campaigns; there is no import path for designs or rules from OptinMonster, Privy, or OptiMonk. Historical subscriber data lives in your email platform rather than in the popup tool, so nothing is lost there. Plan the switch outside a promotional period, and remove the old vendor's script rather than leaving both running, since two capture tools on one page will fight over the same visitor.

Platforms

Web (JavaScript snippet)Shopify (dedicated app)WordPress and WooCommerceBigCommerce, Magento, WixGoogle Tag Manager

API

JavaScript API for manually triggering campaigns from custom events and for reading page values through SiteData conditions. Data delivery is primarily through more than 100 direct integrations with field mapping, with Zapier, Segment, and webhooks covering the rest.

Compliance

GDPRCCPA

Data residency

EU-based company operating from Denmark under EU data protection law; the product is widely used by European retailers with GDPR consent requirements.

SSO

Not published as a standard feature; ask sales if it is a requirement.

Security notes

Campaigns capture personal data by design, so consent copy, opt-in wording, and double opt-in behavior are configured per campaign and depend on the destination email platform's settings as much as Sleeknote's. Subscriber-state conditions can suppress campaigns for known contacts, which matters for both experience and consent hygiene.

Channels

Phone supportLive chatEmail supportHelp centerWebinars

Documentation

A help center covering campaign types, triggers, and integrations, though multiple reviewers describe the documentation as less descriptive than they would like and some articles are not openly accessible.

Community

No large user forum, but Sleeknote runs a well-read ecommerce marketing blog that functions as the company's main educational surface, plus a public changelog and occasional Danish-language webinars.

Founded

2014

Headquarters

Aabyhoej, Aarhus, Denmark

Ownership

Acquired by Drip (February 2022); operates as Drip's European base while continuing to sell as a standalone product

Founders

Mogens Moller, Patrick Moog, Emil Kristensen, Daniel Sorensen

Employees

~30 (est. 2026)

Funding

Terms of the Drip acquisition were not disclosed, and no significant venture rounds are publicly reported.

Sleeknote is the onsite capture tool for brands that treat promotional mechanics as a real marketing discipline. The gamification catalogue is the deepest in the category, the targeting rules go further than almost any competitor, and the separate mobile canvas produces campaigns that look designed rather than resized. It is also the least forgiving purchase here: there is no free plan, the trial is 14 days, billing is by session so growth in traffic raises the bill regardless of results, and the formats the marketing sells you on sit behind a higher plan level. That is a defensible trade for a retailer running seasonal calendars and quizzes at scale, and a bad one for anyone who wants a single exit popup. Price it against OptiMonk and Privy on your actual session volume before committing, and make the trial period earn its keep by running a real campaign rather than a test.

Written by the SaaSTracker editorial team. Awards, when shown, are judged against the published criteria in our methodology.