Yes, both Salesforce Essentials and ActiveCampaign offer a Free Trial.
Salesforce Essentials is designed for and Small Business.
ActiveCampaign is designed for Freelancers, Large Enterprises, Medium Business and Small Business.
Pricing for Salesforce Essentials Starts at $25/User/Month when Billed Yearly whereas for ActiveCampaign Starts at $29/User/Month.
Some top alternatives to Salesforce Essentials includes Thryv, Salesforce Sales Cloud, monday sales CRM by monday.com, Pipedrive, Zoho CRM, Vendasta, ClickUp, Freshsales, HubSpot CRM, SalesCRM, SimpleCRM, Efficy CRM, FreeCRM, Client Book CRM, Second CRM, Snapforce CRM, iEnterprise CRM and SalesPro CRM.
Some top alternatives to ActiveCampaign includes Outgrow, CleverTap, Moosend, Omnisend, Hubspot Marketing Hub, Klaviyo, Constant Contact, MailChimp, MailerLite, AnyFunnels, ConvertKit, ClickFunnels, Contactspot and Flodesk.