ActiveCampaign Vs Mailchimp Comparison (2024)

Hey there, if you’re deep in research to find the best email marketing platform for your brand, you’ve come to the right place. To make this easier for you, below table has a detailed overview of ActiveCampaign vs Mailchimp, to help you choose the right platform. If you want to talk to an expert to help you decide, feel free to book a demo.

How ActiveCampaign compares with Mailchimp

Here’s a summary and non-biased comparison between ActiveCampaign and Mailchimp on the basis of email marketing features

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Email editing and creation

Provides a visual, HTML and text editor. Editor can create HTML emails only.

Provides 2 WYSIWYG editors, Standard and AI based, both of which create only HTML emails

Automation

Automations have superior omni sending capability. Performs similar to Zapier and Mailchimp.

Visual journey builder with templates. Automations have advanced Zapier like capability to interlink apps with 3 trigger points

Integration

926 integrations.

320 native integrations including Zapier, Make, etc.

Transactional emails

Available with Postmark.

Not included within the marketing emails plans. Need to buy a different plan

Ease of Access

Omnichannel software focused for marketing as well as sales. Requires long active hours on the platform to send complicated drips without confusion.

Pretty hard marketing solution to learn as the UI/UX is super complicated

Customer Support

Email, live chat, and knowledge base support. Phone call is available only for Professional and Enterprise plan users.

Email & chat support only

Interactive emails

No.

Not supported

Other marketing features

Has the following marketing tools: ○ Signup form builder ○ SMS marketing ○ Landing pages builder ○ Site tracking for pages ○ Sales CRM and lead scoring tool

○ Multivariate testing Following are available on a separate plan ○ Websites builder for landing pages ○ Online stores/website builder for ecommerce ○ Digital Ads for facebook, instagram and the web

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Interactive Emails

Create & send dynamic forms for customer feedback, product reviews, NPS surveys, and so much more.

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Dedicated Human Support

Get support whenever you need it via email, live chat, slack, or calls.

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Automate pre-built user journeys

Trigger emails based on Webhooks, conditional logic, time delays, and more.

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Email Creation

When a tool has features like a drag-and-drop editor, pre-made templates, and interactive widgets, creating emails is quick and fun.

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Template editor

Can create from scratch or select template from library

Can create from scratch or select template from library

Can create from scratch or select template from library

Email Dimensions

Have a fixed width of 650 px

Have fixed width(600 px, for classic and 660 px, for new)

3 Width options(600px, 700px, 800px) are provided(that resemble industry standards). Rich text emails can be sent with full width email

Pre-made layouts

7 variations of layouts to select from

In classic email editor, we have 9 basic layout of which 5 are featured. In new AI based email editor, we have 8 blank layouts and 2 Prebuilt layout

12 variations of layouts to select from

Pre-made blocks/modules

Not applicable

NA

  • 12 Headers
  • 54 Content Cards
  • 14 Gallery
  • 13 CTAs
  • 29 Forms
  • 15 Product Cards
  • 12 Footers
Ability to save & reuse blocks

Can save any layout block and element

NA

Can save any layout block

Design Options

Common options like padding, email body and email bgcolor options are available

Common options like email bg color options are provided. In the classic editor, some notible options are Email border and page border. Also have an additional mobile editing too and an in-template preheader(view in browser by default or other alterning text).

Common options like pading, email body and email bg color options are provided

Supported Email Fonts

Total 46 fonts

  • 10 standard
  • 10 non-standard fonts.

For standard builder:

  • 10 standard web fonts, 10 custom web safe fonts.
  • Total 20 fonts.
  • 39 fonts, in the new builder

Total 46 fonts

  • 11 email safe fonts
  • 24 web safe fonts
  • 11 web fonts.
If non-standard font is used

Prompt for non standard: If an email client doesn't support the non-standard font, a similar standard font will be used instead

In classic, for custom web safe fonts, Mailchimp uses a similar standard font instead No prompt while editing.

Prompts are provided for Web Safe fonts while editing. In case, non-email safe font is use, then Mailmodo replaces it with a fallback font for clients where the fonts are not supported

Template preview

HTML and text email preview on desktop screen

Only HTML display with toggle between desktop and mobile screens. Also have a inbox display in colloboration with Litmus.

HTML and AMP are displayed together with toggle between desktop and mobile screens

Template testing

Only HTML, can send unlimited test emails

Only HTML Supports unlimited testing

HTML and AMP versions are different, supports unlimited testing

Adding custom HTML code

Yes

Yes

No

Rich text editor

Yes

Yes

Yes

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In-product templates

237 and growing templates

7 templates for AI based (beta) editor

67 and growing templates

Has a template inspiration gallery

Yes, free inspiration gallery

Yes, aka the marketplace

Yes, free inspiration gallery

Inspirational Templates count

58 templates

47 total templates, only 5 free for beta - AI, 84 for classic editor

200+ templates

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AMP email creation

No

No

Support AMP email creation with no code WYSIWYG editor. Doesn't require coding knowledge

Whitelisting support

No

No

Provides dedicated whitelisting support

Automatic HTML fallback

No

No

Yes

Customize HTML fallback

No

No

Allows customization for manual inputs

Sending AMP emails

No

No

Yes

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Interactive AMP widgets

No AMP elements

AMP Emails not supported

16 AMP elements

Carousel/Image Carousel

No

No

Yes

Accordion

No

No

No

Basic Event invitation

No

No, but has external web forms that can be linked

Yes,with forms

Add to calendar

No

No

Yes

Calendly

No

No

Yes

Zoom Webinar

No

No

Yes

Shopify Card Abandoment

No

Yes

Yes

Shopify Product Recommendation

No

Yes

Yes

Poll

No

No

Yes

Live Price Ticker

No

No

Yes

Star Rating

No

No

Yes

NPS Rating

No

No, but has external web surveys that can be linked

Yes

Thumbs up or down

No

No

Yes

Emoji Rating

No

No

Yes

Chip selection

No

No

Yes

Spin the Wheel

No

No

Yes

Quiz

No

No, but has external web surveys that can be linked

Yes

Gokwik

No

No

Yes

Form

No, has website subscription forms

No, but has external web surveys that can be linked

Yes

Star Rating

No

No

Yes

Thumbs up or down

No

No

Yes

Thumbs up or down

No

No

Structured for case specific

Star Rating

No

No

Yes

Form Submission capture

Collects form submission data as contacts from websites

Mailchimp doesn't have interactive email forms but external web forms and form results are collected and stored in survey section

Automatic collection and storage of form submission data. Export options available

Conditional forms

No

No

Yes

Step wise forms

No

No

Yes

Hidden field

No

No

No

Form fields

5 field options

No

15 field options

Dropdown

No

No

Yes

Radio

No

No

Yes

Checkbox

Yes

No

Yes

Emoji

No

No

Yes

Thumbs up or down

No

No

Structured for case specific

Text

Yes

No

Yes

Multiline

Yes

No

Yes

Image Link

Yes

No

Structured for case specific

Date picker

No

No

Yes

Time picker

No

No

Yes

Phone number

Yes

No

Yes

Single chip

No

No

Yes

Multichip

No

No

Yes

Star Rating

No

No

Yes

Nps Rating

No

No

Yes

Contact & Campaign

Your email campaigns perform better when your tool monitors your subscriber’s behavior. You can use it to create dynamic segments and optimize for open rates.

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Triggered

Yes, for RSS feed

No, but possible via automations

Yes

Bulk

Yes

Yes

Yes

AB testing subject line

Yes

No

Yes

Sending Schedule

Send and Schedule are two different options

Send and Schedule are two different options

Supports email sending by send now, schedule later and fragmented scheduling

Fragmented/Batch Scheduling

No

Yes

Yes

Send time optimization

No

Yes

Yes

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Dynamic segments

Yes

Yes

Yes

Static segments

No

No

Yes

Segment on basis of campaign activity

Yes

Yes

Yes

Pre-built segments

Yes

Yes

based on engagement

Contact-level campaign data

Yes

Yes

Yes

Add contacts via

Add single contact, copy and paste, import from file, import from external apps

Copy & Paste, Upload a file, Import from a service

Manually, CSV, API, Apps, CRM, etc.

Automation

You are more productive when you have set up automations to trigger emails based on a contact’s activity - clicks, opens, submissions, and more.

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Drag & drop journey builder

No, click based journey builder

Yes

Yes

Trigger options

28 trigger options

Subscribes to a list unsubscribes from a list Submit a form opens/reads an email clicks a link in an email web page is visited event is recorded shares an email forwards an email replies to an email tag is added, tag is removed, forwards an email, field changes, goal is achieved, date based, RSS based, dismissed a site message, conversion occurs, makes a purchase, abandon cart, score changes, enters a pipeline, deal stage changes, deal status changes, sentiment changes, deal value changes, deal owner changes, task is completed.

35 trigger options and 5 Categories of start point

  • Contact Activity Tag added, Sign up, Auidence field change, Maunal add, Join audience group, Leave audience group, Viewed a page, Clicked a Link. Date and Special event: Birthday, Signup date, Specific date, Recurring date.

  • Shopping Activity Buys any product, Buys a specific product, Time since last purchase, Abandons cart, Abandons cart with specific product, View pages in Shopify, Views products in Shopify store, Performs search in Shopify store.

  • Marketing Activity Sent an email, Opens an email, Unopened campaign,Click any email link, Doesn't click email link, Clicks specific email link, Responds to survey.

  • API and integration Zapier custom event, Customer journeys API, Event API, Eventbrite: Any event check in, Eventbrite: Purchase any event Evenbrite ticket, Eventbrite: Specific event purchase, Eventbrite: Specific event check in,Chat finished.

12 trigger options and 5 Categories of start point

  • Manual Trigger Specific Contacts

  • Contacts Contacts added to a list, Change in property of a contact, Contact enters or leaves a segment, Occurance of date

  • AMP activities Form Submission

  • Custom events Occurence of an event

  • External Platform API/Webhook, Zapier, Make, Integromat, Influencerbit

Rules/Conditions

103 Rules

  • Sending options: Send an email, send a site message, send an SMS, send a notification email, send a transactional email, send a 1:1 email.

  • Contacts: Subscribe, unsubscribe, convert, update a contact, add a tag, remove a tag, add a note, add to facebook custom audience, remove from facebook custom audience, adjust a contact score.

  • CRM: Add a deal, update a title, update a status, update a deal owner, update a value, update a stage, update a custom field stage, update an account field, add an account note, add an account owner, send a 1:1 email, add a deal task, complete a task, adjust a deal score, add contact to account.

  • Salesforce: Create a account in Salesforce, create a lead in Salesforce.

  • CX Apps.

4 rules

If/else, Percentage split, Wait for trigger, Time delay

9 Rules

  • Campaign Activities: Opened, Clicked, Submitted

  • Advanced Conditions: Contact property, List/Segment membership

  • Delay: Wait for a time period, Wait till specific time, Wait for an event

Actions

10 Actions

Wait, if/else, split, go to, goal, start an automation, end this automation, end another automation, webhook, perform math.

8 Actions

Send email, Send email with survey, Webhook, Group/Ungroup, Tag/Untag, Subscribe, Update contact, Archive contact

6 Actions

Send campaign, Webhook, Add contact to a list, Remove contact from a list, Update contact property, Exit journey

Limitations

Webhook and API triggers are missing

  • Max of 3 trigger points and filters between every node
  • One can create a journey to change contact property and send email.
  • Use pre made journey to access inter woven app functionality.

Only one trigger point, also post webhook you cannot proceed further with journey. There is only API entry point and no webhook trigger

Web/App/External event triggers

Yes

Yes

Yes

CRM triggers

Yes

Yes

Yes

Pre-made email flows

Yes. 909 premade automated workflows divided across 15+ industries and 5 languages: Portuguese, French, Italian, German, and Spanish.

Yes, Total 71 inspirations

  • 21 find and welcome new contacts
  • 39 Nurture leads
  • 4 Re-engage contacts
  • 13 Support and manage contacts
  • Can filter by topics and App & Integrations
  • Sort by Popular and Recently added.

No

Email flows Inspiration

No

No

Yes, have a dedicated industry wise research to send engaging drips.

Analytics

What your email marketing tool can track, you can improve. Data on opens, clicks, bounces, and unsubscribes are a must-have. Some tools also have advanced features like click heatmap.

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Opens

Yes

Yes, also last time for activity is stored

Yes

Clicks

Yes

Yes, also last time for activity is stored

Yes

CTOR

No

No

Yes

Submissions

No

Yes

Yes

Bounces

Yes

Yes

Yes

Blocked

No

No

Yes

Unsubscribe

Yes

Yes

Yes

Spam complaints

No

Yes, abuse report

Yes

Forwards

Yes

Yes

Yes

Device usage

No

Yes

Yes

Email clients

Yes

Yes

Yes

Link click tracking

Yes

Yes, aka Click performance

Yes

Click heatmap

No

No

Yes

Custom analytics dashboard

No

Yes

No, upcoming

Graphical rep

Yes

Yes, aka charts

No

Customer Support

Most email platforms provide chat and email support, while a few also help you with human customer support. You can choose a tool based on your preferred mode of communication.

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Trial Period

Has 14 days trial plan

No trial

21 days on all plans

Customer support

Email, live chat, and knowledge base support. Phone call is available only for Professional and Enterprise plan users

Mailchimp Assistant, Email Support, 24/7 Chat Support, Phone Support, Assisted Onboarding, Dedicated Onboarding

Includes video tutorials, knowledge base, ticketing system, live chat, email support, personalized kick off call and onboarding manager too

Account activation

2-factor authentication is configured automatically Email verification is done for the sender id before sending out the first email

Email verification

Generally email verification is done. 2-factor authentication can be configured manually

Onboarding form

Onboarding form requires:

  • Name of the user.
  • Phone number of the user.
  • How many contacts/prospects do you have?
  • How many employees do you have?
  • What industry is your business in?
  • What email service or marketing automation provider do you currently use?

Onboarding form requires:

  • First name of the user
  • Last name of the user
  • Business name of the user
  • Phone number of the user
  • Address of the user
  • Goal to use Mailchimp
  • What would you like to explore first?
  • Total number of subscribers
  • How do you sell your product?
  • Link for your website
  • Total number of newsletter subscribers

Onboarding form requires:

  • First name of the user
  • Reason for using Mailmodo as a tool
  • Total number of emails or subscribers
  • Phone number of the user
Product education

Prompts for migration request, add some contacts or automations

Stepwise instructions(basic and advanced) are provided to send out the first email

  • Stepwise instructions(basic and advanced) are provided to send out the first email.
  • Team provides demo on-demand.
  • Also have dedicated course(Email Marketing Masterclass)
Product theme

Light theme

Light theme

Light theme

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Dynamic data

Yes

Yes

Yes

Spam testing

No

No

No

Integrations

926 integrations.More Details.

320 integrations More details.

21 integrations More details.

Drag and drop

Yes

Yes

Transactional emails

Yes

No, but can done by automations

Yes

REST API

Yes Has in depth details in every column Refer this page to understand in details.

Has basic email marketing properties, ecommerce product and page, and Campaign and automation level details too. Refer this page to understand in detail.

Has basic email marketing properties, and Campaign and automation level details Refer this page to understand in detail.

Frequently asked questions

Everything you need to know about the product and billing.

ActiveCampaign takes a long time to load pages and emails. That may be due to slow or overloaded servers. It can be frustrating and not a pleasant feeling for any email marketer. To ace email marketing, businesses prefer ActiveCampaign alternatives like Mailmodo for instant sending and automating. You can send emails and download campaign reports without delays with Mailmodo.

According to Email Deliverability Report 2022, 11% of emails sent via ActiveCampaign go to spam, which adversely impacts deliverability. Email marketers, for this reason, prefer ActiveCampaign alternatives like Mailmodo for email deliverability management via domain warmup, ​​email list cleaning, and detailed deliverability reports. We also have email deliverability experts on board to help you land in your users’ inboxes.

Compared to other email marketing tools like Mailmodo, ActiveCampaign is expensive. It’s counted among the highest-priced email marketing platforms. However, its price-to-performance ratio is poor owing to low email deliverability rates, emails going to spam, and basic automation workflows. Mailmodo, on the other hand, is worth every penny as it is 3-4 times more affordable than ActiveCampaign and has a bevy of advanced reporting and automation features to offer.

Mailchimp costs $0 for 2,000 contacts and 10,000 emails/month with ads. To overcome these limitations, you must buy the paid plan starting at $9.99/month. Mailchimp pricing for nonprofits is no respite either. Mailchimp competitors like Mailmodo, on the other hand, offer full-stack email marketing solutions for a more affordable price. If you're a Mailchimp user, consider making the switch today to send interactive emails to your audience. Mailmodo is the best Mailchimp alternative.

Mailchimp has been around for 20+ years and is very customer-driven. However, according to Mailchimp reviews, their emails keep going to spam despite your domain being authenticated, which makes the platform seem unreliable. The Mailchimp alternatives considered reliable are ESPs like Mailmodo with high domain reputation and low spam rates.

According to the Email Deliverability Report 2022, Mailchimp has an 81% inbox placement rate and a 14% spam rate. The spam rate is high enough to cause low email deliverability.

You can avoid emails going to spam with Mailchimp and achieve better email deliverability with competitors to Mailchimp like Mailmodo, which offers dedicated servers, consultation, and help with your domain warm-up.

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