Knak
Knak is an AI production layer for enterprise marketing teams, covering work from creative brief through campaign send.
What Knak is
Knak is an AI production layer for enterprise marketing teams, covering work from creative brief through campaign send. It supports creating email and landing-page assets, with mobile messaging also listed. Teams can personalize, translate, optimize, test, review, approve, and sync assets to marketing automation platforms. Knak AI can produce first drafts, translate content, and check brand or compliance issues during production. Integrations span marketing automation, email services, design, digital asset management, project management, collaboration, SSO, translation, and APIs. Named connections include Adobe Marketo Engage, Braze, HubSpot, Oracle Eloqua, Salesforce Marketing Cloud, and Pardot. Features include custom HTML editing, brand kits, platform sync, and advanced collaboration. Knak runs on the web and through an API. It was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Ottawa. Pricing is available by request, with no free plan.
Good
- Covers campaign work from brief to send
- AI drafts, translates, and checks compliance
- Named marketing automation integrations
- Custom HTML editing and brand kits
- SAML single sign-on and role controls
Watch out
- Pricing requires a custom quote
- No free plan
- Enterprise-focused scope may exceed small teams
- AI features are opt-in by default
Who it suits
Knak is aimed at enterprise marketing operations, campaign, creative, executive, development, agency, and internal communications teams. It fits organizations needing governed, collaborative campaign production and platform synchronization.
Verdict
Knak brings asset creation, review, governance, and synchronization into one enterprise workflow. Its integration range and access controls suit teams with structured marketing operations and brand requirements.
Plans and prices
From Knak's own pricing page, checked 2 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Customized quote | Priced on request | Pricing depends on campaign creation needs; request a quote |
The facts
Each one read from Knak's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Access controls
- Knak offers SAML 2.0 single sign-on and standard and custom user roles for role-based access control.checked 2 Oct 2026
- AI capabilities
- Knak AI can generate first drafts, translate content, and check brand and compliance issues in the production workflow.checked 2 Oct 2026
- AI privacy setting
- Knak states that its AI features are opt-in by default.checked 2 Oct 2026
- API
- Knak lists custom integration and API options, including marketing automation, digital asset management, translation, and SCIM APIs.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Audience
- Knak presents its platform for enterprise marketing teams, including marketing operations, campaign marketers, creatives, executives, developers, agencies, and internal communications teams.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Campaign workflow
- The platform supports building, personalizing, translating, optimizing, testing, reviewing, approving, and syncing marketing assets to a marketing automation platform.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Data protection
- Knak says data is encrypted in transit and at rest, and platform sessions time out after 30 minutes of inactivity.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Email and landing pages
- Knak provides email and landing page creation, with mobile messaging also listed as a platform capability.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- Knak lists integrations across marketing automation, email service, design, digital asset management, project management, collaboration, SSO, translation, and API categories.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Named integrations
- Listed marketing automation integrations include Adobe Marketo Engage, Braze, HubSpot, Oracle Eloqua, Salesforce Marketing Cloud, and Pardot.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Product
- Knak describes itself as an AI production layer for enterprise marketing that helps teams build on-brand campaigns between creative brief and send.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Security
- Knak states that it is SOC 2 Type II compliant and that its systems receive annual third-party audits covering security, availability, and confidentiality.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Support
- Knak advertises dedicated support during setup and ongoing advice, and says teams can get up and running in days.checked 2 Oct 2026
The company
- Founded
- 2015checked 28 Sep 2026
- Founded and headquarters
- Knak says it was founded in 2015 and its company history notes that its headquarters opened in Ottawa in 2020.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Headquarters
- Ottawa, Ontario, Canadachecked 28 Sep 2026
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