What are some alternatives to Mailchimp? What are your experiences with them?

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Mailchimp is good but I'd love to try other providers. 😊 Thanks!

Maciej Ziehlke · Accepted Answer

Check https://emailoctopus.com/ - they do use Amazon infrastructure (SES) to send emails, hence they are way cheaper. If you prefer standard cloud solution, check https://www.campaignmonitor.com

Yuriy · Answer

Easy-to-use email builder with designed email templates to save time on routine with rich exporting opportunities to top ESPs

Ivan Burban · Answer

Stripo isn't full alternative, but we do great email template builder and have 1click export to Rich ESP (include MailChimp)

Eugene · Answer

Large free account, fast tech support, SMS and Webpush as well

Jonathan James · Answer

@getSendy will save you $$ - companies keep bragging about this single advantage over other email services..

You'll need to configure your server to continually send.. read more about Sendy [ see link below ]

@getSendy founder speaks up: https://cards.producthunt.com/cards/comments/2685?v=1

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I have used SendGrid on a lot of my projects over the years, and their API makes delivering both transactional and marketing emails so easy. Plus, their SDKs in languages like Ruby make the developer experience so seamless. Their interface differentiates from alternatives like MailChimp, but they have a wide directory of getting started resources, and their team has always been super responsive to me.

David Kadavy · Answer

I used MailChimp for years, and was constantly annoyed. I come up with some non-conventional automation ideas, and MailChimp felt like trying to climb a ladder with handcuffs.

I ended up switching to ActiveCampaign, and I've been extremely happy with them. They allow a ton of control in their automation builder.

The downside is the email editing experience on AC is terrible. MailChimp on the other hand has a great email editing experience. If you just want to send a nice-looking email once in awhile, MailChimp is the clear choice. If you want sophisticated automations, I recommend ActiveCampaign.

(Here's a long comparison I did between the two services: http://kadavy.net/blog/posts/mailchimp-vs-activecampaign/ )

Ayush Mittal · Answer

Been using Sendgrid since a while and I have its API installed as well to deliver both transactional and marketing emails. As with everything else, it might take a while to get used to their interface and features but does everything. They have a good knowledge base with step-by-step resources. Segmentation, contact management and analytics are a part. They also have deliverability/reputation reporting and scoring.

Federico Jorge · Answer

I love how simple MailerLite is and they have a very solid free tier --with automation-- if you want to give it a shot.

Martin Boeddeker · Answer

Love Active Campaign. Cheap and really powerful!

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I have used SendGrid on a lot of my projects over the years, and their API makes delivering both transactional and marketing emails so easy. Plus, their SDKs in languages like Ruby make the developer experience so seamless. Their interface differentiates from alternatives like MailChimp, but they have a wide directory of getting started resources, and their team has always been super responsive to me.

Blake Umlauf · Answer

Mailchimp is for sending email.
Klaviyo makes you money.

Jodie C. Ball · Answer

Gmass is one of my favorite mass email tools. The service is incredibly customizable and flexible and works directly with google sheets/Gsuite plus gives you reporting right in your inbox. the UI seems daunting, but it's very easy once you're used to where everything is located. Oh and it's pretty inexpensive too.

Yuri Silva · Answer

If you're going to do big campaigns, Emma is the right option, everything in the UI/UX is prettiest than mailchimp and it have more integrations but is more corporative

Armin Nikdel · Answer

Much cheaper than MailChimp.

Shamit Khemka · Answer

GetResponse offers many features similar to MailChimp, like a drag-and-drop email composer, autoresponder campaigns, and in-depth list segmentation. The tool further expands its feature set to include a landing page builder, exit intent pop-up, and full-fledged CRM functionality.

jan van iperen · Answer

High levels of performance and flexibility with a fair pricing scheme. Think that their list of customers displays their capabilities: Zillow, Twitter, Kayak, LinkedIn, PayPal, The New York Times, AirBnB just to name a few.

Saketh Rasakatla · Answer

Some excellent email marketing tools:

* MailChimp and

* Mailchimp alternatives like Agile CRM’s email marketing feature. (https://www.agilecrm.com/mailchimp-alternative) and the experience has been great so far (past 1 yr).

I suggest you try Agile CRM’s email marketing (https://www.agilecrm.com/email-marketing) for lead generation as it has email marketing, as well as CRM capabilities to manage leads end-to-end (lead generation -> Lead scoring ->, Lead Nurturing -> Lead Segmentation => Lead Management).

Also, Agile CRM has been rated as the best CRM by G2Crowd, Capterra and TrustRadius. Used by over 15000 businesses worldwide!

Here are the email marketing features of Agile CRM:

* Prepackaged & Custom Templates
* Personalization
* Email Lead Scoring
* Tracking and Metrics
* Email A/B Testing
* Drag-and-Drop Email Builder
* Target Your Audience
* Sharing on Social Media
* Autoresponders
* Real-Time Alerts

Hope this helps! :)

Sam Dickie · Answer

Simple UI - doesn't suffer from the typical feature bloat of most email marketing tools. Also half the price! Big fan

Sam Dickie · Answer

Simple UI - doesn't suffer from the typical feature bloat of most email marketing tools. Also half the price! Big fan

G. NARENDRA BABU · Answer

Pricing plans are reasonable to compare with MailChimp, ActiveCampaign, and Aweber

G. NARENDRA BABU · Answer

Features are excellent. Pricing plans are reasonable to compare with MailChimp, ActiveCampaign, and Aweber.

Wilhelm Bacher · Answer

Used benchmark for a while as it has everything onboard you'll need coming from Mailchimp. Great customization options for templates

Nguyen Van Nam · Answer

Use a simple, free account

joshua bradley · Answer

I was hopeful for Pepo (also ses) but integration has been less of a slam dunk than I thought. Still worth checking out

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I have been using it for 2 months and found it as a great option for email marketing.

You can use it for cold outreach as well for sending a newsletter to your subscriber.

Also, if you want to create email list then you can use AeroLeads and export the list in CSV format and the same file you can import on your MailWizz account and run your email campaign.

Youssef Selkani · Answer

This tool is very simple but works great if you just planning on sending emails, you can also setup google business accounts

varjuntej · Answer

You can try Bullmailer - it has 3 different packages like listbased/bulk/smtp or amazon ses . 
In every pacakge it has competitive prices with great features like email automation, lading pages, trigger, workflows etc.

Joe Batutis · Answer

We needed something more robust than Mailchimp. Something that works with our CRM, allows us to handle multiple mailings for a single event, variables and RSVPs. They worked with us to create templates that are easy to use, modular, on-brand and responsive.  Once the templates are made we can have multiple people create newsletters, advisories and invites without screwing up the layouts or going off brand.

Halim Muhammad · Answer

UserList makes it easy for indie developers to add behavioural based emails for their SAAS applications.
It's super easy to integrate and trigger automated emails for new users, trial users and offers to convert free users to paid.

Carlos Gonzalez de Villaumbrosia · Answer

Great tool to integrate with sales force and use trigger based emails, more sophisticated and targeted than time based sequences

Dan Edwards · Answer

Rate Campaign Monitor very highly, great for both web savvy and non-technical users alike. Personally, I love the real-time map view!

Sam Gehly · Answer

Higher quality, but more expensive.

Omer Molad · Answer

MailChimp's main advantage is its transactional email service, Mandrill. But otherwise it often makes sense to use an email campaign product that is part of a larger marketing offering. That way email, blog hosting, social sharing and landing pages are all in one place and everything can be measured. That's why we use HubSpot.

Michelle Nickolaisen · Answer

I've never used ConvertKit, but I've heard really great things about it from my blogger friends (and people who have their business built around that business model). The main reason I was looking at it was that you can set up different email forms with a different opt-in bonus for each one - so if you had a post about email marketing apps, the opt-in prompt would be a download about email marketing, with a different download/bonus for a post about PR outreach, etc. (I use MailMunch on my blog & they just added this feature for MailChimp opt-in forms, so I'll probably be sticking with MailChimp for now.)

Finn Fahrenkrug · Answer

Can be used for marketing campaigns and transactional emails. It has an easy template tool where the templates can be filled with variables too. We're using it via API. And it's cheap.

Finn Fahrenkrug · Answer

Can be used for marketing campaigns and transactional emails. It has an easy template tool where the templates can be filled with variables too. We're using it via API. And it's cheap.