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HONEST COMPARISON

mDOS or Klaviyo? An honest side-by-side.

Both run email and text journeys that sell. The difference is whether your shop, website, SEO and loyalty live in the same place, at one fixed price.

The short version

Klaviyo is a leading email and text tool for online shops, with more than 205,000 paying customers, predictive analytics and over 350 integrations. It works on top of a store you already run elsewhere. mDOS sends email and text too, and brings your website, online shop, SEO, Google Business Profile, gift vouchers and loyalty (Beta) into the same system, at one price per site with every feature included. If you sell on Shopify and want the deepest e-commerce analytics, Klaviyo is strong. If you want the whole business in one place, with an AI team (Beta) and our marketing team on live chat, look at mDOS.

How our software compares

This compares our software’s features only. Our AI agents and our partner Marketing Experts come on top, and no single tool here includes them. Every mDOS line is live today unless it says Beta. Every Klaviyo line comes from Klaviyo’s own website; “Not listed” means we couldn’t find it there. Checked on 9 Oct 2026; sources are listed below.

mDOSKlaviyo
Pricing✓ Fixed price: one price per site, every feature included, no per-user or per-module feesBy active profiles, plus AI usage credits
Marketing tools, included in every plan
SEO: site audits, keyword and rank tracking, on-page fixes✓ Included in every planNot listed
AI search visibility (ChatGPT, Gemini and others)✓ Included in every planNot listed
Google Business Profile: reviews and replies✓ Included in every planNot listed
Artwork and design studio (instead of Canva)✓ Included in every planNot listed
Email marketing: campaigns and automated journeys✓ Included in every plan✓ Campaigns and Flows
Text (SMS) marketing✓ Included in every plan✓ SMS, RCS and WhatsApp
Social media: plan, design and publish posts✓ Included in every planSocial marketing and Instagram UGC
Paid ads on Google, Meta and LinkedIn✓ Create and launch campaigns on Google, Meta and LinkedIn, plus conversion tracking — switch on when you want itAd attribution for Meta, Google and TikTok
Digital PR: story ideas, press releases, media outreach✓ Included in every plan (Beta)Not listed
Website visitor intelligence: which companies visit✓ Included in every planNot listed
Sales and outreach
One customer record across marketing, sales and bookings✓ Built in, nothing to connect✓ Customer Profiles, a CRM built for marketers
Shared inbox and website live chat✓ Included✓ Klaviyo Helpdesk
Website and conversion
Website builder✓ IncludedPartner page builders recommended
Lead magnets: gated downloads✓ Included✓ Landing pages and sign-up forms
Pop-ups and announcement bars✓ Included✓ Pop-ups and fly-outs
Cookie consent banner✓ IncludedWorks with tools such as OneTrust
Selling and customers
Online shop✓ IncludedConnects to your store, such as Shopify
Payments, pay links and deposits✓ IncludedNot listed
Gift vouchers✓ IncludedNot listed
Loyalty programme✓ Included (Beta)Shows status from a connected loyalty app
Referral programme✓ IncludedNot listed
Review requests and replies✓ IncludedReview requests that feed review apps
Groups and AI
Multi-site brand campaigns: email, paid campaigns and social posts rolled out to every site✓ Included; each site’s version comes to you for approval✓ Klaviyo Portfolio: clone flows and campaigns across brands
Mobile apps✓ Manager, Customer and Staff appsNot listed
Where Klaviyo leads
Predictive analytics for online shops✗ Not offered in this form✓ Next order date, lifetime value and peer benchmarks
Connected appsA public API and webhooks✓ 350+ integrations
CustomersNewer, with fewer customers so far205,000+ paying customers

And on top of the software: AI agents that do the legwork, and vetted Marketing Experts running it with you. No single tool compared here includes them.

The Platform → · AI Agents → · Marketing Experts →

Where mDOS is stronger

  • Fixed pricing: one price per site with every feature included, where Klaviyo prices by active profiles and charges for AI usage.
  • SEO, AI search visibility, Google Business Profile and an artwork studio included, none of which Klaviyo lists.
  • Your website and online shop in the same system, where Klaviyo connects to a store you run elsewhere and recommends partner page builders.
  • A real marketing team on live chat on every plan, and on the Managed plan they run your marketing for you.
  • Vetted Marketing Experts on the Managed plan: a Certified Partner Agency (such as Founding Partner Mr Digital) runs your marketing for you, under a retainer contracted and invoiced by that partner.

Where Klaviyo is stronger

  • E-commerce predictive analytics built in: predicted next order date, lifetime value, RFM analysis and benchmarks against 100 peer brands.
  • Multi-touch attribution across email, text, Meta, Google and TikTok out of the box.
  • Klaviyo Portfolio: clone flows, campaigns and forms across linked brand accounts.
  • Scale: more than 205,000 paying customers and 350+ integrations.
Sources (21) · checked 9 Oct 2026
  1. Priced by active profiles on Email or Email and SMS plans, plus usage-based AI (Composer) credits · klaviyo.com
  2. Free plan: up to 250 profiles and 500 emails a month · klaviyo.com
  3. Customer Profiles give "a full view of each customer’s behaviour across channels"; positioned as "a CRM built for marketers" · klaviyo.com
  4. Klaviyo recommends partner page builders such as Unbounce and Shogun for building pages · klaviyo.com
  5. Hosted landing pages that collect email and phone subscribers · help.klaviyo.com
  6. A "Social marketing" channel and an Instagram UGC tool that turns social proof into owned audiences · klaviyo.com
  7. Attribution across Meta, Google and TikTok alongside owned channels, linear multi-touch by default · klaviyo.com
  8. Campaigns and Flows triggered by customer actions, with AI segmentation · klaviyo.com
  9. Native SMS, plus RCS and WhatsApp marketing · klaviyo.com
  10. Web Forms: pop-ups, fly-outs, embedded and multi-step forms · klaviyo.com
  11. Klaviyo Helpdesk brings email, chat and social support messages into one inbox · help.klaviyo.com
  12. Review-request flows by email or SMS that work with review apps such as Judge.me and REVIEWS.io · klaviyo.com
  13. Customer Hub can show loyalty status from a connected loyalty app such as Smile · klaviyo.com
  14. Klaviyo’s help docs describe working alongside consent tools such as OneTrust and Cookiebot · help.klaviyo.com
  15. Klaviyo connects to an existing store, such as Shopify, and markets around it · klaviyo.com
  16. Klaviyo Portfolio links brand accounts, with cloning of flows, campaigns, templates, forms and segments · klaviyo.com
  17. Klaviyo AI insights, Composer to create flows and campaigns from a prompt, and a Customer Agent · klaviyo.com
  18. Predicted next order date and lifetime value, RFM analysis and Benchmarks against 100 peer brands · klaviyo.com
  19. "350+ pre-built integrations" · klaviyo.com
  20. Paid plans: 24/7 email and 24/5 chat support at the Standard tier · klaviyo.com
  21. 205,000+ paying customers in 100+ countries · klaviyo.com

Moving from Klaviyo at your own pace

You don’t have to move everything at once. Keep Klaviyo running while we bring your profiles, consent records and order history across, then switch your flows over one by one. We agree a switching plan with you.

How switching works

More than an email and text tool

Unlike Klaviyo, mDOS isn’t only an email and text tool. You get The Platform, The AI Agents and The Marketing Experts, working as one, at one price per site.

mDOS Visitor Intent: a company visiting the website scored Hot 94, with its visits and pages viewed, under the intent filters

World-leading software

Not just an email and text tool: your website, bookings, customer records, marketing and team tools in one system.

See the software →
Four members of the mDOS AI team: Quinn (data, reporting and insight), Ivy (copywriting and content), Priya (reviews and reputation) and Theo (paid media)

Tireless AI agents

AI agents draft campaigns, review replies and follow-ups for you to approve, and spot problems early. Nothing goes out without your approval.

Meet the AI agents →
The Mr Digital team walking together across a footbridge

Real experts driving it

Vetted Marketing Experts, led by our Founding Partner Agency Mr Digital, set the plan and steer the AI. On Managed, we run your marketing and answer for the results.

Meet the people →

Questions about mDOS and Klaviyo

For email and text journeys, yes, and mDOS can run your online shop too. If you rely on predicted next order dates, talk to us first, because Klaviyo is built for that.
No. You pay one price per site with every feature included, however many customers you email.
Yes. Pop-ups, announcement bars, forms and lead magnets are included, and new sign-ups land straight in your customer records.
Yes. Loyalty is in Beta and included in the one price, alongside referrals and gift vouchers.
It drafts campaigns and flows, writes product posts and spots customers who have gone quiet. Our AI team is in Beta: it works around the clock once you switch it on, and nothing goes out without your approval.

See your shop and marketing in one place

Book a demo and we’ll walk through your journeys, your shop and your reporting side by side with how you sell today.