Last updated: March 2026Maintained by CalcStack

CalcStack was built specifically for lead generation through interactive content. After analyzing dozens of platforms in the interactive content space, the key differences come down to three things: data richness per lead, pricing for white-label, and content types available. Here's how CalcStack compares to Outgrow.

CalcStack vs Outgrow: Lead Generation Platform Comparison

Outgrow and CalcStack both build interactive calculators, quizzes, and assessments for lead generation. Outgrow is a mature all-in-one suite with broad features. CalcStack competes on ready-made, industry-specific tools with sourced benchmarks and simpler pricing, so a small team launches credible lead magnets quickly without assembling each tool and its content alone.

CalcStack and Outgrow both turn website visitors into qualified leads through interactive content. CalcStack focuses on calculator-led lead capture starting at $39/mo, with white-label at $79/mo. Outgrow covers broader content types (quizzes, surveys, polls) starting at $14/mo, with white-label at $720/mo. Choose CalcStack for cost-effective calculator-led lead gen at scale.

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Feature Comparison

Feature	CalcStackRecommended	Outgrow
Template Library	hundreds of B2B and B2C	1,000+ across all content types
Industry Benchmarks	✅ Built in with source attribution	❌ Not available
Conditional Insights	✅ Data driven recommendations	Limited conditional logic
AI Calculator Generation	✅ Describe in plain English	❌ Not available
Lead Capture	✅ Built in gating with calculator data	✅ Built in with form fields
White Label	✅ On paid plans	✅ On paid plans
Integrations	CRM webhooks, Zapier, HubSpot, Mailchimp, Salesforce, Slack	30+ native integrations including HubSpot, Mailchimp, Salesforce
PDF Reports	✅ Included	Not standard
A/B Testing	✅ Built in	✅ Built in

Why teams move

Why Teams Switch to CalcStack

Data-enriched leads, not just form fills. Outgrow captures names and emails alongside quiz answer selections. CalcStack captures every number the visitor entered (revenue, costs, team size, growth rate), every calculated result they received, and automatically scores the lead based on inputs versus industry benchmarks. Your sales team starts every conversation with a complete picture: which numbers triggered the inquiry, where the prospect sits versus industry medians, and which CalcStack content type drove the visit. Try the SaaS ROI Calculator to see this in action.

Research-backed PDF reports that close deals. CalcStack generates multi-page consulting-grade PDF reports with industry benchmarks, personalized action plans, and scenario comparisons (the What-If panel lets visitors model alternative inputs). Visitors gate these reports behind their email, giving you a lead who has already seen the value of your expertise before any sales contact. Outgrow does not include PDF report generation at standard tiers; teams using Outgrow typically either skip PDFs or pair Outgrow with a separate document-generation tool like Documint.

White-label at a fraction of the cost. Full branding control on CalcStack costs $79/mo on the Growth plan. Outgrow charges $720/mo for equivalent white-label capability per their public pricing, a 9x premium. For agencies and businesses that need their brand front and center on every embed (no "Powered by" attribution, custom domain support, branded PDFs), CalcStack delivers the same result for 12x less monthly spend. See CalcStack pricing for a full breakdown.

Industry benchmarks built into every tool. Every CalcStack calculator includes sourced industry benchmarks (CAC by industry, churn by SaaS stage, profit margins by retail vertical, residential cleaning rates by metro) so visitors see exactly where they sit versus peers. Outgrow does not include benchmark data; calculators built on Outgrow show raw outputs without industry context. The contextual comparison ("Your CAC is 40% above the SaaS median") is what converts calculator users into leads who want help fixing the gap.

The advantage

Where CalcStack Wins

Purpose-built for lead generation. CalcStack is focused on turning website visitors into qualified leads, not a general interactive content platform. This means features built specifically for lead capture: industry benchmarks, conditional insights, automatic lead scoring, branded PDF reports, and AI calculator generation that Outgrow does not offer. When a visitor sees "Your CAC is 40% above the SaaS median," that benchmark context drives action in a way that a raw output number from a generalist tool cannot.

B2C template breadth. CalcStack has hundreds of templates spanning cleaning, solar, real estate, home services, events, ecommerce, and automotive, B2C verticals Outgrow does not specifically serve with dedicated calculator templates. For service businesses and local contractors that need a calculator their visitors actually recognize ("Cleaning cost estimator", "Roofing replacement calculator", "Solar payback calculator"), CalcStack ships ready-made tools versus Outgrow's blank-template approach that requires custom build per use case.

Pricing transparency. CalcStack's pricing is flat and predictable. Outgrow's Freelancer plan ($14/mo) is limited to 5 content pieces and 12,000 leads per year, easy to outgrow in the first quarter for any production deployment. The Essentials plan jumps to $95/mo, making the cost curve steeper for growing teams. CalcStack's Starter at $39/mo, Growth at $79/mo, and Agency at $199/mo have clearly differentiated feature sets without per-response or per-content-piece overages.

Native CRM integrations at every tier. CalcStack includes native webhook integrations to HubSpot, Salesforce, Mailchimp, Slack, Google Sheets, and Zapier on every paid plan including the $39/mo Starter. Outgrow gates several integrations behind higher tiers and uses a "30+ integrations" headline where many require Zapier middleware to reach lower-volume CRMs. For teams already running HubSpot or Salesforce, no migration is required; CalcStack writes calculator data directly into existing contact records as custom properties.

Honest decision aid

Choose Outgrow If / Choose CalcStack If

Choose Outgrow if...

You need quizzes, polls, surveys, and contests alongside calculators under one platform. Outgrow has the broader content type library and a mature workflow for cross-format campaigns.

Choose CalcStack if...

You primarily run calculator-led lead capture (ROI, profit margin, cost estimators, benchmarks). CalcStack delivers industry benchmarks, conditional insights, AI generation, and branded PDF reports at one-ninth the white-label cost of Outgrow.

The bottom line

Verdict

Outgrow has the breadth and the brand recognition; their content library across quizzes, polls, surveys, contests, recommendations, and calculators is the widest in the category. CalcStack has the focus and the price advantage; for calculator-led lead generation specifically, CalcStack delivers industry benchmarks, conditional insights, AI generation, and branded PDF reports that Outgrow does not offer at any tier. For teams running calculator-led lead gen on under-$200/mo budgets, CalcStack at $79/mo white-label versus Outgrow at $720/mo is usually the deciding factor. For teams that genuinely need quizzes, polls, surveys, and contests under one workflow, Outgrow's wider toolkit earns the premium. See also our CalcStack vs Typeform comparison.

Buyer pitfalls

Common Mistakes When Choosing an Interactive Content Platform

Choosing breadth over depth. A platform that does calculators, quizzes, surveys, and polls may not do any of them exceptionally well. If calculators are your primary lead generation channel, a purpose built tool with benchmarks and insights will outperform a generalist platform.

Underestimating pricing tiers. Low starting prices can be misleading. Compare what you actually get at each tier , content limits, lead limits, branding options, and integration access, before committing.

Honest fit

Who Should Choose Outgrow

Outgrow is the right call if...

Outgrow has the broadest content type library in the interactive content category. If you need to deploy quizzes, polls, surveys, contests, recommendations, calculators, and assessments under one brand and one workflow, Outgrow's range is unmatched. Their Advanced plan ($95/mo Essentials) includes a polished content variety that fits content marketing campaigns spanning multiple format types. Outgrow has also done substantive EU GDPR compliance work, useful for European agencies running EU-resident campaigns. For teams where calculator-led lead capture is one of many content tactics rather than the primary mechanism, Outgrow's integrated workflow is a real advantage worth the premium price.

The fit we recommend

Who Should Choose CalcStack

CalcStack is the right call if...

Choose CalcStack if you primarily run calculator-led lead capture (ROI calculators, profit margin tools, cost estimators, benchmark tools). CalcStack's data enrichment captures every input as lead context, automatic lead scoring runs on every submission, branded PDF reports generate as lead magnets, and the platform integrates natively with HubSpot, Salesforce, Mailchimp, Slack, Google Sheets, and Zapier without premium-tier gating. For B2B SaaS, agencies, and service businesses where the calculator IS the lead-capture mechanism, CalcStack delivers more lead context per visitor at one-ninth the white-label cost. See CalcStack pricing for the full plan-by-plan breakdown.

Cost lined up

Pricing Comparison

Outgrow

Outgrow pricing: Freelancer $14/mo (5 content pieces, 12,000 leads/year). Essentials $95/mo. Business $720/mo (includes white-label). Per-content-piece and per-lead caps apply at every tier.

CalcStack

Free (intro tier). Starter $39/mo (lead capture, Zapier integration). Growth $79/mo (white-label, branded PDF reports, A/B testing). Agency $199/mo (unlimited tools). Flat monthly pricing with no per-response or per-content-piece overages. Full pricing details →

Objection handling

Frequently Asked Questions

Can I use both CalcStack and Outgrow?▼

Yes. Many teams use Outgrow for quizzes, polls, and interactive assessments while using CalcStack for calculators with benchmarks and data-driven insights. The two platforms have complementary strengths: Outgrow excels at quiz-based engagement campaigns spanning multiple content types, while CalcStack delivers deeper calculator-led lead capture with industry benchmarks. For agencies running cross-format content strategies, the combination provides full coverage without overlapping spend on duplicated features.

Which platform delivers better lead quality?▼

Calculators with real input data provide richer context than quiz responses. CalcStack leads include the visitor's actual numbers (revenue, costs, team size) plus calculated outputs and benchmark positions, giving your sales team immediate conversation starters. Outgrow quiz leads include answer selections (multiple-choice or weighted scoring) but less quantitative detail. For B2B sales where buyers need to qualify by revenue or team size, CalcStack's data-enriched leads outperform.

Which is easier to set up?▼

Both are no-code platforms. CalcStack's AI generation is faster for calculators: describe what you need in plain English and it builds the calculator for you, complete with inputs, formulas, outputs, and industry benchmarks. Outgrow's template library is faster for quizzes and assessments where you can pick a template and customize the questions. Average setup time for a calculator is under 5 minutes on CalcStack versus 15-30 minutes on Outgrow without AI assistance.

Is CalcStack cheaper than Outgrow?▼

Significantly. CalcStack white-label starts at $79/mo. Outgrow charges $720/mo for the same capability per published pricing pages, a 9x premium. For lead capture without white-label, CalcStack starts at $39/mo versus Outgrow Essentials at $95/mo. For a 5-tool deployment with white-label and CRM integration, CalcStack costs roughly $79/mo total; Outgrow at the equivalent tier exceeds $720/mo.

Does CalcStack have quizzes like Outgrow?▼

Yes. CalcStack offers interactive quizzes, scorecards, decision engines, benchmarks, graders, calculators, and AI generators across all major content types. Every tool includes industry benchmarks and PDF reports. Outgrow has the wider quiz template library and more polled-quiz-specific features (poll mechanics, contest workflows), but CalcStack quizzes are integrated with the same benchmarking and lead enrichment used by its calculators.

Can I migrate from Outgrow to CalcStack?▼

CalcStack has hundreds of pre-built tools ready to use across every major industry. Rather than migrating, most teams pick from existing templates and are live within minutes. For custom Outgrow calculators, CalcStack's AI generator can recreate most configurations from a text description in under five minutes. Polls, contests, and surveys-only workflows would need to remain on Outgrow or move to a dedicated survey platform.

Which has better analytics?▼

CalcStack tracks a 7-stage embed funnel from view to CTA click, with per-tool conversion rates, completion times, and automatic lead quality scoring based on visitor inputs. Outgrow offers similar embed-level analytics. The key differentiator is CalcStack includes automatic lead scoring (every lead gets a quality score based on inputs and benchmarks), which Outgrow does not provide natively without third-party scoring tools.

Which has better lead capture features?▼

Both offer email-gated lead capture. CalcStack includes personalized action plans and richer lead data (every input, calculated output, benchmark position, and quality score) sent to your CRM via native webhooks to HubSpot, Salesforce, Mailchimp, Slack, Google Sheets, and Zapier. Outgrow offers similar integrations but does not include the data-enrichment layer natively; for that, Outgrow users typically pair with a third-party lead scoring tool.

What does switching from Outgrow to CalcStack look like in practice?▼

A practical scenario: a B2B agency running Outgrow for the past two years across 8 client calculator deployments. The team chose Outgrow initially for the broad content type library (quizzes, polls, surveys, contests, recommendations, calculators, assessments) under one platform. Over time, the agency's book skewed toward calculator-led lead capture for SaaS and financial services clients who needed sourced industry benchmarks alongside calculator outputs. Outgrow does not include benchmark data. The team migrated SaaS and financial calculators to CalcStack (keeping quizzes and surveys on Outgrow) and added sourced industry benchmarks per tool. Three months later, the agency reported demo-request rates lifted 40% on B2B client sites where benchmarks now contextualized calculator outputs against industry medians.

How do pricing economics compare at realistic deployment sizes?▼

For an agency managing 5 client calculators with white-label, the annual cost comparison is dramatic: Outgrow Business tier at $720/mo for white-label totals $8,640 per year. CalcStack Growth tier at $79/mo with white-label included totals $948 per year. The gap at this deployment size is $7,692 per year, materially significant for agencies managing multiple client sites. For larger agency deployments (20+ client tools), CalcStack's Agency tier at $199/mo maintains the cost advantage at $2,388 per year compared to Outgrow Business at $8,640.

Does Outgrow have a free plan that competes with CalcStack's free tier?▼

Outgrow does not offer a free plan; their entry tier (Freelancer) is $14/mo with limits of 5 content pieces and 12,000 annual leads. CalcStack offers a free plan with 3 interactive tools, 2,000 monthly views, lead capture up to 10 leads per month, and basic analytics, no credit card required. For initial evaluation and low-volume production deployments, CalcStack's free plan provides a no-commit testing path; Outgrow requires immediate paid commitment even for evaluation. The Outgrow Freelancer tier is competitive on price for low-volume content marketing campaigns, but the per-content-piece limit becomes constraining within the first quarter for any production deployment.

How does each platform handle calculator analytics?▼

CalcStack provides a 7-stage embed funnel: view, start, complete, email submit, download, engagement, CTA click. The funnel includes per-question completion rates, drop-off analysis, A/B testing on the Growth tier, and automatic lead quality scoring on every submission. Outgrow provides comprehensive analytics across all content types (quizzes, polls, calculators, contests) including conversion rates, completion times, and content performance comparisons. Both platforms offer mature analytics dashboards; the differentiation is that CalcStack analytics focus specifically on the lead-gen funnel where Outgrow analytics cover the broader content marketing performance picture.

Can I use both Outgrow and CalcStack simultaneously?▼

Yes. Both platforms embed via iframe, so they can coexist on the same site indefinitely. A common pattern: Outgrow for content marketing campaigns spanning multiple format types (a contest, followed by a quiz, followed by a poll), CalcStack for standalone calculator-led lead capture flows on pricing pages, services pages, and benchmark pages. Lead data from both platforms routes to the same CRM via native webhooks. Many B2B teams treat Outgrow and CalcStack as complementary rather than competitive, with each handling the workflows they specialize in.

How do the platforms compare for content marketing campaigns?▼

Outgrow is more refined for multi-format content marketing campaigns spanning quizzes, polls, surveys, contests, recommendations, calculators, and assessments. Their integrated workflow lets marketing teams build cohesive campaigns where a contest feeds into a quiz which feeds into a calculator under one platform and one analytics dashboard. CalcStack focuses on calculator-led lead capture with depth that Outgrow does not match (sourced industry benchmarks, conditional insights, AI generation), but covers fewer content marketing-specific formats. For pure content marketing teams, Outgrow's breadth justifies the premium; for calculator-led B2B sales lead capture, CalcStack delivers more depth on that surface.

What support and documentation does each platform provide?▼

Outgrow provides chat and email support across all tiers with response times typically measured in hours during US business hours; their documentation is mature with extensive guides for each content type and integration. CalcStack provides chat-and-email support on paid plans with response times measured in hours during US business hours, plus priority support on the Agency tier ($199/mo). CalcStack documentation includes platform-specific embed guides for WordPress, Webflow, Shopify, Squarespace, Wix, Framer, HubSpot CMS, and plain HTML, each with platform-specific install patterns.

How does each platform handle white-label deployment?▼

CalcStack white-label is included from the Growth tier at $79/mo with full branding control: custom domain, custom colors, no "Powered by" attribution, branded PDF reports. The Agency tier at $199/mo extends this across unlimited client deployments with centralized agency management. Outgrow white-label requires the Business tier at $720/mo, a materially higher price point. For agencies managing client deployments where white-label is essential, the cost difference at scale is substantial: a 5-client deployment on CalcStack Agency totals $2,388 per year versus Outgrow Business at $8,640 per year.

How does the platforms compare for AI-generated content?▼

CalcStack includes AI calculator generation as a standard feature: describe the calculator you need in plain English and CalcStack builds it in under five minutes with inputs, formulas, outputs, sourced benchmarks, and a PDF report template. Outgrow does not include AI generation at any tier; content is built manually via their visual editor. For teams that frequently need custom calculators where pre-built templates do not fit the exact use case, CalcStack's AI generation compresses setup time from hours to minutes.

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Feature

CalcStackRecommended

Outgrow

Template Library

hundreds of B2B and B2C

1,000+ across all content types

Industry Benchmarks

✅ Built in with source attribution

❌ Not available

Conditional Insights

✅ Data driven recommendations

Limited conditional logic

AI Calculator Generation

✅ Describe in plain English

❌ Not available

Lead Capture

✅ Built in gating with calculator data

✅ Built in with form fields

White Label

✅ On paid plans

Integrations

CRM webhooks, Zapier, HubSpot, Mailchimp, Salesforce, Slack

30+ native integrations including HubSpot, Mailchimp, Salesforce

PDF Reports

✅ Included

Not standard

A/B Testing

✅ Built in