Comparison — from the record, 2026-08-29
Flodesk vs Constant Contact: a design tool against a channel business
OUR PICK
Our pick: Constant Contact on breadth — it starts at $12, and it is the only one of the two that can text your customers.
Constant Contact's ladder starts at $12 a month against Flodesk's $25, and its Premium plan at $80 includes 500 SMS messages a month, with SMS addable to the cheaper plans from $10. Flodesk does email and does it beautifully; it does not offer a second channel at any price.
The other way: Pick Flodesk if the look of the email is the point. Its ladder is also remarkably flat — Lite $25, Pro $28, Everything $54 — so growing into more capability costs three dollars where most competitors charge triple. For a visual brand with a modest list, that is a better-value climb than Constant Contact's $12 to $35 step.
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our method, that never changes a number or a verdict. Source links always point to the vendor’s plain page.
The two pricing pages, side by side
Flodesk — USD, read 2026-08-29
Prices as this vendor showed them to a visitor in the United States — USD. A reader elsewhere may be quoted a different figure — we publish what we were served, never a conversion.
| Plan | Price | Contacts | What the page says |
|---|
| Lite | $25/mo | | |
| Pro | $28/mo | | |
| Everything | $54/mo | | |
Source: https://flodesk.com/pricing · read 2026-08-29 (UTC) · Prices shown at the up-to-1,000-subscriber tier; monthly rate first, annual per-month rate alongside (annual = ~2 months free). All plans include unlimited email sends; price scales with active subscriber count.
Flodesk quotes USD worldwide — identical figures from our United States, United Kingdom and EU readers, read 2026-08-29.
Constant Contact — USD, read 2026-08-29
Prices as this vendor showed them to a visitor in the United States — USD. A reader elsewhere may be quoted a different figure — we publish what we were served, never a conversion.
| Plan | Price | Contacts | What the page says |
|---|
| Lite | $12/mo | | |
| Standard | $35/mo | | |
| Premium | $80/mo | | |
Source: https://www.constantcontact.com/pricing · read 2026-08-29 (UTC) · All prices are 'starting at' — they scale with contact count. Sends over the monthly allowance are billed at $0.002 per extra send ($2 per 1,000) rather than paused.
What this vendor quotes in each market, as its own page printed it — not one price converted three ways.
| Plan | United States
USD · 2026-08-29 | United Kingdom
USD · 2026-08-29 | EU
EUR · 2026-08-29 |
|---|
| Lite | $12 | $12 | €12 |
| Standard | $35 | $35 | €33 |
| Premium | $80 | $80 | €75 |
What the record says
Constant Contact has been selling email to small businesses for two decades and its pricing shows it: three plans starting at $12, $35 and $80 a month, all worded on its own page as 'starting at' because they rise with your contact count. Flodesk publishes flat, specific figures for a specific list size — for up to 1,000 subscribers, Lite $25, Pro $28, Everything $54, or $19, $25 and $49 on annual billing.
At the bottom rung Constant Contact is cheaper. Higher up, the shape reverses. Constant Contact's second plan nearly triples the first, $12 to $35; Flodesk's second plan adds three dollars, $25 to $28. If you expect to need more than the entry tier, Flodesk's climb is far gentler, and its own page frames Pro as its most popular plan rather than an upsell.
The feature that most often decides this pairing is not email at all. Constant Contact's Premium plan includes 500 SMS messages a month at no extra cost, and its FAQ states SMS can be added to Lite or Standard starting at $10 a month. Flodesk has no equivalent. A restaurant confirming bookings or a salon reminding clients is not choosing between these two on the strength of a template gallery.
Both quoted US dollars to our readers in the United States, the United Kingdom and Germany on the same day, so neither localises and everything above applies wherever you read it. That is worth stating plainly, because several competitors in this category do charge in local currency and a comparison mixing a euro figure with a dollar one tells you nothing.
Beyond the price tag
Entry price, and what it means
Constant Contact: 'starting at $12/month' for Lite — a floor that rises with contact count, in its own wording. Flodesk: $25 a month for Lite at up to 1,000 subscribers, stated explicitly with the list size attached. One is cheaper; the other tells you what you are buying.
How the ladders climb
Constant Contact: $12, $35, $80 — the second plan is nearly triple the first. Flodesk: $25, $28, $54 — the second plan is three dollars more. If you outgrow the entry tier, Flodesk's next rung is the cheapest step in this category.
SMS
Constant Contact Premium includes 500 SMS a month; SMS can be added to Lite or Standard from $10 a month by its own FAQ. Flodesk offers no SMS. For a business that reaches customers by text, this ends the comparison.
Design
Flodesk's editor and templates are the reason it exists, and for brands that sell on how things look they are a real differentiator rather than a nicety. Constant Contact's editor is competent and nobody has ever chosen it for beauty.
Questions people actually search
Which is cheaper?
Constant Contact at the entry rung — $12 a month against $25 — but its figure is a floor that climbs with your contact count while Flodesk's is stated for a named list size of 1,000. Above the first tier the comparison narrows sharply, because Constant Contact's Standard is $35 and Flodesk's Pro is $28.
Does Flodesk still have unlimited flat pricing?
No. Flodesk's own pricing FAQ says the flat-rate unlimited plan was retired for new members on December 2, 2025, and pricing now scales with active subscriber count. The three-tier ladder above is what replaced it.
Can Flodesk send text messages?
No. Constant Contact includes 500 SMS a month on Premium and sells SMS as an add-on to its cheaper plans from $10 a month. If a second channel is part of what you need, Flodesk is not competing for the job.
Do these prices apply outside the United States?
Yes for both. We read both pages from London and Berlin as well as the United States and both quoted the same US dollars in every market. Not all of their competitors do this, so be careful comparing either against a euro or sterling figure from elsewhere.
THE VERDICT, ONE MORE TIME
Our pick: Constant Contact on breadth — it starts at $12, and it is the only one of the two that can text your customers.
Constant Contact's ladder starts at $12 a month against Flodesk's $25, and its Premium plan at $80 includes 500 SMS messages a month, with SMS addable to the cheaper plans from $10. Flodesk does email and does it beautifully; it does not offer a second channel at any price.
Every figure above was read from each vendor's own pricing page in a browser on the dates shown beside each table, from United States, United Kingdom and German addresses in turn. Constant Contact publishes its plan prices as 'starting at' figures that rise with contact count; we quote the starting figures its page states and do not estimate higher brackets. Flodesk's three plans are quoted verbatim from the sentence on its page naming prices for up to 1,000 subscribers. The method →
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