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VERDICT

Should I use ActiveDEMAND?

Customer acquisition and engagement platform built for senior living and agencies - presta.activedemand.com

Depends. Buy if you run senior living occupancy marketing or an agency wanting a cheaper HubSpot-style all-in-one. Skip if you need a simple contact list or a large, well-funded vendor.

Confidence

Medium. Based on 20+ public sources; review snippets were truncated, so no verbatim user quotes were extractable.

Ratings

  • Value for money
  • Ease of useNo direct usability evidence found
  • Feature depth
  • Support quality
  • Security posture

Pricing

Not disclosed

ModelNot disclosed
Monthly feesNot disclosed
HardwareNot disclosed

Best for

  • Senior living operators
  • Marketing agencies (white-label)
  • SMBs needing call tracking + attribution

Not for

  • Small teams wanting a simple contact list — massive overkill
  • Enterprises needing a large, deeply funded vendor
  • WordPress-heavy sites unwilling to patch plugins promptly

Gotchas - check before you buy

high

WordPress plugin had auth-bypass CVE-2025-39513; patch immediately or avoid embedding on WordPress

medium

Plugin CVEs include unrestricted file upload and CSRF — update discipline required

medium

Vendor is small (~$1.3M revenue); support praised now, continuity risk remains

low

Pricing gated behind demos despite 'simplified pricing'; expect a sales process

Pros and cons

Pros

  • All-in-one suite: email, call tracking, chat, CRM integrations
  • Users consistently praise customer service on G2
  • Marketed as more affordable than HubSpot, Act-On, SharpSpring
  • Purpose-built senior living edition tracks caregivers and family interactions
  • Integrates with Pipedrive, Slack, Crisp, Wufoo

Cons

  • Tiny vendor: ~$1.3M revenue, minimal funding
  • Three CVEs in its WordPress plugin since 2024
  • Only 68 G2 reviews; small review base
  • Marketed as alternative to five different platforms; positioning unfocused
  • Full pricing not published; demo required

Sources & method

Analyzed 9/20/2026 - 9 sources - No breaches of the SaaS platform found, but its WordPress plugin has three CVEs (auth bypass, CSRF, file upload); 2FA is offered.

official x3review x3security x2news x1
  • CVE-2025-39513: Missing Authorization / Auth Bypass, Broken access control in ActiveDEMAND WordPress plugin (fixed in later versions).
  • CVE-2024-35638: CSRF vulnerability, Cross-Site Request Forgery in the WordPress plugin.
  • CVE-2024-32809: File upload vulnerability, Unrestricted file upload in the WordPress plugin.

Key stats

  • Value for money: 4/5

    Rating

  • Not disclosed

    Starting price

  • 9

    Sources

  • Analyzed

  • Value for money: 4/5. Positioned as affordable vs HubSpot, Act-On
  • Ease of use. No direct usability evidence found
  • Feature depth: 4/5. Email, call tracking, chat, CRM sync bundled
  • Support quality: 4/5. G2 users consistently praise customer service
  • Security posture: 2/5. Three plugin CVEs 2024-2025; 2FA offered
  • 4.4/5 G2 rating 68 reviews
  • 7,500+ Users per company LinkedIn
  • $1.3M/yr Est. revenue GetLatka estimate
  • 3 Public CVEs WordPress plugin, 2024-2025

Pricing

Not disclosed

Security

No breaches of the SaaS platform found, but its WordPress plugin has three CVEs (auth bypass, CSRF, file upload); 2FA is offered.

  • CVE-2025-39513: Missing Authorization / Auth BypassBroken access control in ActiveDEMAND WordPress plugin (fixed in later versions).⁵
  • CVE-2024-35638: CSRF vulnerabilityCross-Site Request Forgery in the WordPress plugin.
  • CVE-2024-32809: File upload vulnerabilityUnrestricted file upload in the WordPress plugin.⁶

What users say

A small but positive review base: G2 users consistently praise customer service, rating it 4.4/5 across 68 reviews.

Companies that use it

  • Primrose Retirement Communities⁹
  • Wiebe Industrial Services
Full analysis

Based on 20+ public sources; review snippets were truncated, so no verbatim user quotes were extractable.

Budget all-in-one for senior living & agencies; small vendor, plugin CVEs. Overkill for simple contact lists.

Methodology

Based on 20+ public sources; review snippets were truncated, so no verbatim user quotes were extractable.

Sources

  1. ActiveDEMAND Reviews — G2g2.com
    review
  2. ActiveDEMAND — Capterracapterra.com
    review
  3. ActiveDEMAND — Software Advicesoftwareadvice.com
    review
  4. ActiveDEMAND Packagesactivedemand.com
    official
  5. CVE-2025-39513 Detail — NVDnvd.nist.gov
    security
  6. CVE-2024-32809 — SentinelOnesentinelone.com
    security
  7. ActiveDEMAND revenue — GetLatkagetlatka.com
    news
  8. ActiveDEMAND — LinkedInca.linkedin.com
    official
  9. Primrose Retirement case studypresta.activedemand.com
    official

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