Constant Contact vs Mailchimp
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 €12/mo (Lite); no free plan is published. The ladder we hold runs 3 paid tiers, topping out at €75/mo (Premium). It bills by country — entry $12/mo to a US reader and $12/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.
Mailchimpsite ↗pricing ↗
An email marketing platform that grew into a general small-business marketing suite — campaigns, landing pages, automations and audience management in one account. Paid plans start at €11.22/mo (Essentials); a free plan exists. The ladder we hold runs 3 paid tiers, topping out at €302.17/mo (Premium). Mailchimp is where most people start and where a lot of them stop enjoying it, usually when the contact count crosses a threshold and the bill moves without the plan changing.
The two ladders
Constant Contactsite ↗pricing ↗
read 2026-08-29 · EUR
| Plan | Price | What the page says |
|---|---|---|
| Lite | €12/mo | |
| Standard | €33/mo | |
| Premium | €75/mo |
Mailchimpsite ↗pricing ↗
read 2026-08-27 · EUR
| Plan | Price | What the page says |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | Core features; sending pauses if the contact or send limit is exceeded. |
| Essentials | €11.22/mo | Page reads 'Free for 14 days / Then, starts at EUR11.22/month'. No 12-month promotional rate was shown on this plan on 2026-08-27, where our 26 August record had one. Sends capped at 10x contacts, 3 seats, automation flows limited to 4 steps. |
| Standard | €17.27/mo | Page reads 'Free for 14 days / Then, starts at EUR17.27/month'. No 12-month promotional rate shown on 2026-08-27. Sends capped at 12x contacts, 5 seats, up to 200 automation flows, generative AI features. |
| Premium | €302.17/mo | The only plan still carrying an introductory rate: EUR256.84 per month for 12 months, then EUR302.17. That is about 15% off rather than the 50% our 26 August record noted across the ladder. Sends capped at 15x contacts, unlimited seats, priority support. |
Where they differ
- Cheapest way in: Mailchimp at €11.22/mo, against Constant Contact at €12/mo. That is the entry price in this market on the dates shown, not a judgement about which suits you.
- Free plans: only Mailchimp publishes one — a plan priced at zero, not a trial.
- How far each ladder goes: Constant Contact tops out at €75/mo, Mailchimp at €302.17/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 $12/mo to a US reader and $12/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.