Constant Contact vs Drip
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 £6/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 $10/mo to a US reader and €10/mo in the eurozone, 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.
Dripsite ↗pricing ↗
An e-commerce marketing automation tool aimed at shops that want behavioural email without a full enterprise suite. Paid plans start at $39/mo (Drip); no free plan is published.
The two ladders
Constant Contactsite ↗pricing ↗
read 2026-09-07 · GBP
| Plan | Price |
|---|---|
| Lite | £6/mo |
| Standard | £17/mo |
| Premium | £75/mo |
Dripsite ↗pricing ↗
read 2026-09-07 · USD
| Plan | Price | What the page says |
|---|---|---|
| Drip | $39/mo | 'Price per month' by list size, read 2026-09-07: 2,500 people $39 · 10,000 people $154 · 25,000 people $369. 14-day free trial, no credit card. Live chat support on '$99/mo + plans'. |
Where they differ
- Cheapest way in: Constant Contact at £6/mo, against Drip at $39/mo. That is the entry price in this market on the dates shown, not a judgement about which suits you.
- Free plans: neither publishes one. Any free access here is a trial, which is a deadline.
- How far each ladder goes: Constant Contact tops out at £75/mo, Drip at $39/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 €10/mo in the eurozone, 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.