Constant Contact vs EmailOctopus
Both ladders below were read from the vendors’ own pricing pages, in this market, on the dates shown. Nothing is converted: what you see is what each page showed a reader here.
What each one is
Constant Contactsite ↗pricing ↗
One of the oldest email marketing services, aimed at small businesses and non-profits, with event invitations and social posting alongside email. Paid plans start at €10/mo (Lite); no free plan is published. The ladder we hold runs 3 paid tiers, topping out at €63/mo (Premium). It bills by country — entry $10/mo to a US reader and £6/mo to a UK reader, from our same-day reads. Constant Contact publishes every plan as a 'starting at' figure that climbs with your contact count, which is why the bill and the advertised price drift apart over time.
EmailOctopussite ↗pricing ↗
A deliberately cheap email marketing tool, built for newsletters that need sending rather than a marketing suite. Paid plans start at €10/mo (Pro); a free plan exists.
The two ladders
Constant Contactsite ↗pricing ↗
read 2026-09-07 · EUR
| Plan | Price |
|---|---|
| Lite | €10/mo |
| Standard | €28/mo |
| Premium | €63/mo |
EmailOctopussite ↗pricing ↗
read 2026-09-06 · EUR
| Plan | Price | What the page says |
|---|---|---|
| Starter | Free | Free. '2,500 subscribers, 10,000 emails per month'. EmailOctopus branding on emails, reports for 30 days, 1 landing page and 1 form, 1 user. |
| Pro | €10/mo (€9 ↓) | At 500 subscribers / 10,000 emails a month: '€10 PER MONTH' billed monthly, '€9 PER MONTH, BILLED YEARLY' with 'Save €12'. Full control over design, reports forever, unlimited landing pages and forms, unlimited users. |
Where they differ
- Cheapest way in: both start at €10/mo in this market.
- Free plans: only EmailOctopus publishes one — a plan priced at zero, not a trial.
- How far each ladder goes: Constant Contact tops out at €63/mo, EmailOctopus at €10/mo. A deeper ladder is not a worse deal — it is a bill that keeps climbing if you keep growing.
- Constant Contact: It bills by country — entry $10/mo to a US reader and £6/mo to a UK reader, from our same-day reads.
How to choose in this category
- Most tools price by list size — a quoted price is only true at a stated subscriber count, so re-check the ladder at yours.
- Free tiers differ in what they cap: subscribers, sends or features. Two ‘free plans’ are rarely the same thing.
- Headline prices are often the annual-billing rate; the pay-monthly figure sits higher.