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BEST MAILCHIMP ALTERNATIVE 2023
Cut down costs, not features with Mailmodo
Tired of poor customer support, high pricing, constant price hikes, and poor email deliverability? Introducing Mailmodo, the Mailchimp alternative with interactive emails for higher ROI
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Are your emails taking a hit?
Are you not able to achieve your campaign goals? Or not able to get the desired results from email?
Deliverability issues?
Are your emails landing in spam or you see poor open rates?
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Pricing burning your pocket and price hikes confusing you?
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Stuck and helpless with issues while sending your campaigns?
Many others have faced similar issues with Mailchimp
Recommendations for a newsletter platform? @Mailchimp is just getting ridiculously expensive and I find their 'help' not helpful at all.
— 📚🐈⬛ Milly Johnson 🐕🐈⬛ (@millyjohnson) April 2, 2023
Hey, comedians... who do you use for your mailing list?
— Doug Stanhope (@DougStanhope) March 14, 2023
We use Mailchimp but either I'm wrong (I have no idea but my instincts are eerily accurate) or this is hugely overpriced.
I'd just break down & call @Shanemgillis but I'm too proud to admit that people under 50 know more.
Ah, wondered when that would happen-
— Megan Fox (@glassbottommeg) March 9, 2023
MailChimp has entered their rent-seeking phase, where they become useless as a free service, yet their fee structure makes absolutely no sense VS cheaper options.
They're hoping to trap a lot of you into it. Don't.
Look at Zoho or Flodesk. pic.twitter.com/a2OQBUuhN4
So @Mailchimp has become insanely expensive. Thinking of moving @TheHardCopyCo to @SubstackInc
— Meeta Malhotra (@meetamalhotra) March 11, 2023
I know we’ll be compromising majorly on our newsletter design. Torn. 😞
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Meet Mailmodo, improving email conversions one email at a time
Fix all your email marketing problems to make it your most powerful growth channel
✅ Managed deliverability
Get amazing inbox placement with concierge support
✅ Affordable pricing
Scale your email marketing with an affordable and easy pricing
✅ Reliable customer support
Get human support whenever you need, including for onboarding and migration
How Mailchimp compares with Mailmodo
Here’s a summary and non-biased comparison between Mailchimp and Mailmodo based on email marketing features
 |  | |
|---|---|---|
| Email editing and creation | Provides a WYSIWYG email creator for both HTML and AMP emails | Provides 2 WYSIWYG editors, Standard and AI based, both of which create only HTML emails |
| Automation | Has a visual email journey builder. Automation has a number of triggers including API/Webhook/Integrations, actions and conditions | Visual journey builder with templates. Automations have advanced Zapier like capability to interlink apps with 3 trigger points |
| Integration | 21 native integrations, 4000+ with Zapier, Make, etc. | 320 native integrations including Zapier, Make, etc. |
| Transactional emails | Included in all plans | Not included within the marketing emails plans. Need to buy a different plan |
| Ease of Access | Easy to setup and create campaigns with clear navigation and detailed dashboard | Pretty hard marketing solution to learn as the UI/UX is super complicated |
| Customer Support | Email, chat, phone, video call support | Email & chat support only |
| Interactive emails | Create and send interactive AMP emails with widgets such as carts, forms, surveys, quizzes, etc. to improve engagement and submission rate | Not supported |
| Other marketing features | ○ Forms inside emails ○ Ecommerce integration with Shopify ○ Dark mode email tester ○ Smart template suggestion | ○ 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 |
Affordable alternative to Mailchimp
Compared to Mailchimp pricing plans, Mailmodo has a far better price-to-performance ratio, backed by industry-leading deliverability, reliability, and support. While Mailchimp emails go to spam, you can check out Mailmodo at a better cost.
| Contacts | Mailmodo | Mailchimp |
|---|---|---|
| 40,000 | $199/mo | $330/mo |
| 100,000 | $459/mo | $700/mo |
| 300,000 | $1,129/mo | Custom quote |
Here's a detailed non-biased feature wise breakdown of how Mailchimp compares with Mailmodo
| Feature | Mailmodo | mailchimp |
|---|---|---|
| Trial Period | 21 days on all plans | No trial |
| Customer support | Includes video tutorials, knowledge base, ticketing system, live chat, email support, personalized kick off call and onboarding manager too | Mailchimp Assistant, Email Support, 24/7 Chat Support, Phone Support, Assisted Onboarding, Dedicated Onboarding |
| Account activation | Generally email verification is done. 2-factor authentication can be configured manually | Email verification |
| Onboarding form | Onboarding form requires:
| Onboarding form requires:
|
| Product education |
| Stepwise instructions(basic and advanced) are provided to send out the first email |
| Product theme | Light theme | Light theme |
| Feature | Mailmodo | mailchimp |
|---|---|---|
| In-product templates | 67 and growing templates | 7 templates for AI based (beta) editor |
| Has a template inspiration gallery | Yes, free inspiration gallery | Yes, aka the marketplace |
| Inspirational Templates count | 200+ templates | 47 total templates, only 5 free for beta - AI, 84 for classic editor |
| Feature | Mailmodo | mailchimp |
|---|---|---|
| AMP email creation | Support AMP email creation with no code WYSIWYG editor. Doesn't require coding knowledge | No |
| Whitelisting support | Provides dedicated whitelisting support | No |
| Automatic HTML fallback | Yes | No |
| Customize HTML fallback | Allows customization for manual inputs | No |
| Sending AMP emails | Yes | No |
| Feature | Mailmodo | mailchimp |
|---|---|---|
| Template editor | Can create from scratch or select template from library | Can create from scratch or select template from library |
| Drag and Drop | Selection (single click) based template editor, can only stack new layout and elements at the selected position. To move elements up and down, there is a up and down button | Elements can be dragged and dropped any where within the email |
| Email Dimensions | 3 Width options(600px, 700px, 800px) are provided(that resemble industry standards). Rich text emails can be sent with full width email | Have fixed width(600 px, for classic and 660 px, for new) |
| Pre-made layouts | 12 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 |
| Pre-made blocks/modules |
| NA |
| Ability to save & reuse blocks | Can save any layout block | NA |
| Design Options | Common options like pading, email body and email bg color options are provided | 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). |
| Supported Email Fonts | Total 46 fonts
| For standard builder:
|
| If non-standard font is used | 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 | In classic, for custom web safe fonts, Mailchimp uses a similar standard font instead No prompt while editing. |
| Template preview | HTML and AMP are displayed together with toggle between desktop and mobile screens | Only HTML display with toggle between desktop and mobile screens. Also have a inbox display in colloboration with Litmus. |
| Template testing | HTML and AMP versions are different, supports unlimited testing | Only HTML Supports unlimited testing |
| Adding custom HTML code | No | Yes |
| Rich text editor | Yes | Yes |
| Feature | Mailmodo | mailchimp |
|---|---|---|
| Interactive AMP widgets | 16 AMP elements | AMP Emails not supported |
| Carousel/Image Carousel | Yes | No |
| Accordion | No | No |
| Basic Event invitation | Yes,with forms | No, but has external web forms that can be linked |
| Add to calendar | Yes | No |
| Calendly | Yes | No |
| Zoom Webinar | Yes | No |
| Shopify Card Abandoment | Yes | Yes |
| Shopify Product Recommendation | Yes | Yes |
| Poll | Yes | No |
| Live Price Ticker | Yes | No |
| Star Rating | Yes | No |
| NPS Rating | Yes | No, but has external web surveys that can be linked |
| Thumbs up or down | Yes | No |
| Emoji Rating | Yes | No |
| Chip selection | Yes | No |
| Spin the Wheel | Yes | No |
| Quiz | Yes | No, but has external web surveys that can be linked |
| Gokwik | Yes | No |
| Form | Yes | No, but has external web surveys that can be linked |
| Feature | Mailmodo | mailchimp |
|---|---|---|
| Form Submission capture | Automatic collection and storage of form submission data. Export options available | Mailchimp doesn't have interactive email forms but external web forms and form results are collected and stored in survey section |
| Conditional forms | Yes | No |
| Step wise forms | Yes | No |
| Hidden field | No | No |
| Form fields | 15 field options | No |
| Dropdown | Yes | No |
| Radio | Yes | No |
| Checkbox | Yes | No |
| Emoji | Yes | No |
| Thumbs up or down | Structured for case specific | No |
| Text | Yes | No |
| Multiline | Yes | No |
| Image Link | Structured for case specific | No |
| Date picker | Yes | No |
| Time picker | Yes | No |
| Phone number | Yes | No |
| Single chip | Yes | No |
| Multichip | Yes | No |
| Star Rating | Yes | No |
| Nps Rating | Yes | No |
| Feature | Mailmodo | mailchimp |
|---|---|---|
| Dynamic segments | Yes | Yes |
| Static segments | Yes | No |
| Segment on basis of campaign activity | Yes | Yes |
| Pre-built segments | based on engagement | Yes |
| Contact-level campaign data | Yes | Yes |
| Add contacts via | Manually, CSV, API, Apps, CRM, etc. | Copy & Paste, Upload a file, Import from a service |
| Feature | Mailmodo | mailchimp |
|---|---|---|
| Triggered | Yes | No, but possible via automations |
| Bulk | Yes | Yes |
| AB testing subject line | Yes | No |
| Sending Schedule | Supports email sending by send now, schedule later and fragmented scheduling | Send and Schedule are two different options |
| Fragmented/Batch Scheduling | Yes | Yes |
| Send time optimization | Yes | Yes |
| Feature | Mailmodo | mailchimp |
|---|---|---|
| Opens | Yes | Yes, also last time for activity is stored |
| Clicks | Yes | Yes, also last time for activity is stored |
| CTOR | Yes | No |
| Submissions | Yes | Yes |
| Bounces | Yes | Yes |
| Blocked | Yes | No |
| Unsubscribe | Yes | Yes |
| Spam complaints | Yes | Yes, abuse report |
| Forwards | Yes | Yes |
| Device usage | Yes | Yes |
| Email clients | Yes | Yes |
| Link click tracking | Yes | Yes, aka Click performance |
| Click heatmap | Yes | No |
| Custom analytics dashboard | No, upcoming | Yes |
| Graphical rep | No | Yes, aka charts |
| Feature | Mailmodo | mailchimp |
|---|---|---|
| Advance journey features | Basic email handling and webhooks available | comparable to Zapier |
| Drag & drop journey builder | Yes | Yes |
| Trigger options | 12 trigger options and 5 Categories of start point
| 35 trigger options and 5 Categories of start point
|
| Rules/Conditions | 9 Rules
| 4 rules If/else, Percentage split, Wait for trigger, Time delay |
| Actions | 6 Actions Send campaign, Webhook, Add contact to a list, Remove contact from a list, Update contact property, Exit journey | 8 Actions Send email, Send email with survey, Webhook, Group/Ungroup, Tag/Untag, Subscribe, Update contact, Archive contact |
| Limitations | 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 |
| CRM triggers | Yes | Yes |
| Pre-made email flows | No | Yes, Total 71 inspirations
|
| Email flows Inspiration | Yes, have a dedicated industry wise research to send engaging drips. | No |
| Feature | Mailmodo | mailchimp |
|---|---|---|
| Dynamic data | Yes | Yes |
| Spam testing | No | No |
| Integrations | 21 integrations More details. | 320 integrations More details. |
| Drag and drop | Yes | Yes |
| Transactional emails | Yes | No, but can done by automations |
| Content optimization | Yes | Yes |
| REST API | Has basic email marketing properties, and Campaign and automation level details Refer this page to understand in detail. | Has basic email marketing properties, ecommerce product and page, and Campaign and automation level details too. Refer this page to understand in detail. |
Mailmodo is your one-stop email marketing need
Mailmodo can help you with any email marketing use-case you have. It’s a complete email marketing platform.
Visual Journey Builder
Build a user journey to send automated emails triggered by events, webhooks, integrations, CRMs, etc.
Easy Integrations
Integrate with CRMs and marketing tools like HubSpot, Zapier, Google Sheets, Calendly, Zoom
Transactional emails
Send bulk transactional AMP emails using API & webhook triggers based on user behaviors.
Contact List Management
Segment users based on attributes or past campaign activities like Open, Click & Form Submissions
Complete Email Analytics
Analyze all your data- Delivered, Opens, Clicks, Subject line A/B tests, etc. for both AMP & HTML emails
High Deliverability
Get high deliverability & opens with well managed & dedicated IPs and advice from our deliverability team
Many folks have migrated from Mailmchimp to Mailmodo and seen amazing results
AMP email interactivity
We switched from Mailchimp to Mailmodo to explore interactive emails and direct checkouts. Customer actions in the email helped us scale up faster.
Great customer support
With Mailchimp, we had to face a long waiting time to get our queries answered. Mailmodo had a faster turnaround time and they helped us grow our contact list in two days.
Higher open rates
With Mailmodo’s fragmented batch scheduling, controlling the size of each batch of recipients was possible and open rates shot up from 12% to 38%
FAQs
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.
Yes, Mailmodo is a cost-effective Mailchimp alternative. With Mailchimp, you can send emails to 100,000 contacts for $605, whereas with Mailmodo, you only shell out $249.
Mailchimp provides limited functionalities in its free trial version. In contrast, Mailchimp alternatives like Mailmodo provides more features, which you can explore by signing up for free. With Mailmodo, you can send transactional, marketing, and AMP emails. Mailmodo is also better as compared to Mailchimp pricing plans.
Is Mailchimp the right email marketing tool for you?
Mailchimp is the right solution for you-
- If you’re a beginner email marketer
- If you are looking for a landing page creator along with an email marketing tool
- If automation features are vital to your campaigns
- If you want to run cross-channel marketing campaigns
Mailchimp isn’t recommended for you -
- If you are looking for an affordable solution as you scale
- If you want to send interactive campaigns
- If you need human customer support to help you out when needed
- If you’re an affiliate marketer
- If you are in one of the industries like Crypto that Mailchimp doesn't serve
- If you want to scale your email marketing campaigns
21 Best Paid & Free Mailchimp Alternatives for 2023
1. Mailmodo
Mailmodo is a cloud-based email marketing platform that helps businesses create and send interactive emails. It allows users to create engaging emails without any coding knowledge and provides a range of pre-designed email templates to choose from. With Mailmodo, businesses can include interactive elements such as forms, surveys, and polls to gather feedback from their customers.
2. ActiveCampaign
ActiveCampaign platform provides a comprehensive marketing automation solution for businesses of all sizes. It includes features such as email marketing, CRM, and sales automation, allowing businesses to engage with their customers across multiple channels and automate their sales processes. ActiveCampaign's sophisticated automation capabilities help businesses save time and increase their efficiency, while also improving their customer relationships.
3. Constant Contact
Constant Contact platform provides a wide range of features for email marketing, including customizable templates, contact management, and real-time reporting. Constant Contact's intuitive interface makes it easy for businesses to create engaging emails and track their performance.
4. SendinBlue
Brevo (formerly Sendinblue) is versatile platform that provides email marketing, SMS marketing, and chat capabilities for businesses of all sizes. SendinBlue's automation features make it easy for businesses to create effective campaigns and engage with their customers across multiple channels.
5. SendGrid
Sendgrid is email delivery platform provides email marketing, transactional emails, and API integrations for businesses of all sizes. Sendgrid's focus on email deliverability ensures that businesses' emails reach their intended recipients and land in their inboxes.
6. Mailerlite
Mailerlite platform is designed for small businesses that want to create effective email marketing campaigns. Mailerlite's drag-and-drop email builder and automation workflows help businesses create engaging emails and reach their customers effectively.
7. Campaign Monitor
Campaign Monitor is marketing automation platform provides email marketing, segmentation, and personalized customer journeys for businesses of all sizes. Campaign Monitor's focus on personalization helps businesses create more engaging and effective campaigns.
8. Klaviyo
Klaviyo is e-commerce marketing automation platform offers personalized email and SMS marketing, integration with various e-commerce platforms, and advanced analytics for businesses of all sizes. Klaviyo's focus on e-commerce helps businesses drive sales and grow their online presence.
9. GetResponse
Getresponse is comprehensive marketing automation platform provides email marketing, landing pages, webinars, and e-commerce features for businesses of all sizes. GetResponse's all-in-one approach helps businesses save time and increase their efficiency.
10. AWeber
AWeber is email marketing platform that offers email automation, a drag-and-drop editor, and customizable email templates for businesses of all sizes. AWeber's focus on simplicity and ease of use makes it a popular choice for small businesses.
11. Mailgun
Mailgun an email automation platform that provides email delivery, transactional emails, and API integrations for businesses of all sizes. Mailgun's focus on email deliverability helps businesses ensure that their emails reach their intended recipients.
12. Mailjet
Mailjet platform provides email marketing and transactional emails with features such as customizable templates and real-time tracking. Mailjet's focus on ease of use and affordability makes it a popular choice for small businesses.
13. ConvertKit
ConvertKit platform is designed for bloggers and content creators who want to grow their audience and monetize their content. Convertkit's automation features and segmentation options help bloggers and content creators to engage with their audience and promote their products or services effectively.
14. Elastic Email
Elastic Email platform provides email marketing, transactional emails, and API integrations with flexible pricing options for businesses of all sizes. Elastic Email's focus on affordability and flexibility makes it a popular choice for businesses on a budget.
15. EmailOctopus
EmailOctopus email marketing platform is designed for small businesses and offers automation workflows, customizable templates, and integrations. EmailOctopus's focus on simplicity and affordability makes it a popular choice for small businesses.
16. Zoho Campaigns
Zoho Campaigns is a platform that provides email marketing, social media marketing, and marketing automation features for businesses of all sizes. Zoho Campaigns' integration with Zoho CRM allows businesses to track their leads and engage with them effectively.
17. Keap
Keap is marketing automation platform offering email marketing, CRM, and sales automation for small businesses. Keap's all-in-one approach helps businesses save time and increase their efficiency, while also improving their customer relationships.
18. Omnisend
Omnisend e-commerce marketing automation platform offers email and SMS marketing, integrations with various e-commerce platforms, and automation workflows. Omnisend's focus on e-commerce helps businesses drive sales and grow their online presence.
19. SendPulse
SendPulse provides email marketing, SMS marketing, and chatbot capabilities for businesses of all sizes. SendPulse's automation features make it easy for businesses to engage with their customers and promote their products or services effectively.
20. Moosend
Moosend email marketing platform offers automation workflows, customizable templates, and integrations for businesses of all sizes. Moosend's focus on simplicity and ease of use makes it a popular choice for small businesses.
21. Drip
Drip is e-commerce marketing automation platform that offers email and SMS marketing, integrations with various e-commerce platforms, and automation workflows for businesses of all sizes. Drip's focus on e-commerce helps businesses drive sales and grow their online presence.
22. Stripo
Stripo is an innovative email template builder that enables users to effortlessly create professional and captivating emails. With its user-friendly interface, customizable templates, and seamless integration with major email service providers, Stripo streamlines the email design process. Whether you're an experienced designer or a beginner, Stripo empowers you to craft visually stunning emails.
