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Cool Tabs

Interactive marketing and lead capture, no code

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Cool Tabs is a social media marketing platform for creating sweepstakes, contests, games, quizzes, and interactive forms that run on websites, mobile apps, and social media. It is designed to capture first-party and zero-party data, generate leads, and monitor brand conversation across social media, news, and forums. Founded in 2011, the platform offers more than 50 campaign formats, including personality tests, photo contests, sports prediction games, quizzes, memory games, hangman, Instagram hashtag contests, and advent calendars.

Campaigns can be built with a visual editor and branded templates, or customized with CSS, HTML, and JavaScript. They can be embedded through widgets, pop-ups, webviews, and native iOS and Android integrations. Cool Tabs provides real-time analytics and conversion data, supports 25 languages, and connects with CRM and email automation platforms such as Mailchimp, HubSpot, Salesforce, ActiveCampaign, and Zapier. Additional capabilities include a full REST API, webhooks, OpenID Connect SSO, autologin, code validation with anti-fraud controls, and loyalty program integration.

The platform is aimed at marketing teams and brands managing lead capture, promotions, and audience engagement across multiple channels. It offers a 7-day free trial without requiring a card, and users can cancel at any time.

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