Leadfox vs MailPoet
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| Feature | Leadfox v2.2.4 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free Visit Details | MailPoet v5.43.0 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.4/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 200+ | 500,000+ |
| Last updated | January 20, 2026 | October 20, 2026 |
| Editions | Leadfox for WordPress | MailPoet · MailPoet Premium ($) |
| Pros | Adds the Leadfox tracking script without editing theme files; Pushes new subscribers and customers into a chosen list; Admin button to sync existing subscribers and customers | Newsletter editor with responsive templates; Sign-up forms and new post notifications; WooCommerce integration for shop emails; Usage analytics is off by default |
| Cons | Requires a Leadfox account with an API key and secret; Loads the external tracking script on every front-end page; Sends contact details to a third-party service | Sending goes through the MailPoet sending service; Captcha on forms loads Google or Cloudflare scripts when enabled; Some features need a paid MailPoet key |
| Mentioned in our posts | — | 2 |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Leadfox tracking script added to every page, New subscriber and customer accounts sent to a Leadfox list, Manual sync of existing subscribers and customers, Choose the Leadfox list to receive contacts, Lifecycle event fired on the order-received page | Sign-up forms, Automatic emails such as welcome and post notifications, WooCommerce email editor integration, Email open and click tracking, Subscriber tracking consent capture, Captcha on sign-up forms |
| Integrations | ||
| — | MailPoet sending service | |
| Marketing | Leadfox | — |
| E-commerce | — | WooCommerce |
| Other | — | Google reCAPTCHA, Cloudflare Turnstile |
| Requires WordPress | 3.7 | 7.0 |
| Requires PHP | — | 7.4 |
| Tested up to | 6.8.3 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | No | Only if you agree |
| External services | — | bridge.mailpoet.com, challenges.cloudflare.com, www.google.com |
| Blocks | — | 5 |