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Constant Contact vs MailChimp comparison

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Categories and Ranking

Constant Contact
Ranking in Cloud Email
7th
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
8
Ranking in other categories
Customer Data Platforms (CDP) (14th)
MailChimp
Ranking in Cloud Email
3rd
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
32
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2026, in the Cloud Email category, the mindshare of Constant Contact is 4.5%, up from 3.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of MailChimp is 6.7%, down from 14.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Cloud Email Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
MailChimp6.7%
Constant Contact4.5%
Other88.8%
Cloud Email
 

Featured Reviews

DC
Owner/Founder at a tech services company
It enables me to create and manage an auto-responder series along with list growth management tools.
The goal is to continue to engage with my list. Keeping in touch with new and potential customers helps stay "on top of mind" when needing services.  Just like the name states, it has allowed me to stay in "constant contact" with my subscribers. The most valuable features are creating and…
Ghias Ahmad - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Officer at Punjab Information Technology Board
Good for digital marketing purposes, such as creating and managing email campaigns
Mailchimp could be more user-friendly for setting up WordPress websites. Some of the complex settings can be time-consuming to configure. So, setting up Mailchimp for WordPress websites can be time-consuming for an average user but not necessarily difficult. It's time-consuming, especially when adding custom code to email campaigns. It requires some experience and knowledge to do it effectively.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"Customer Service: Outstanding, with email, chat and call capabilities even on weekends."
"Just like the name states, it has allowed me to stay in "constant contact" with my subscribers."
"Customer Service: Very good but I would have liked to have 24 hours accessibility."
"Email marketing is the most valuable aspect."
"The ability to email clients using templates setup in the system."
"It is fun to design your newsletter based on the content you would like to deliver."
"Every email I send, gets people to click on something or contact me, and it works."
"Every time that we send one out, we will get some kind of response."
"MailChimp has allowed us to easily integrate it with our CRM which has reduced the amount of effort needed to setup up and track any marketing newsletter."
"The ease of use and price point enables us to scale our email initiatives efficiently as we grow."
"We managed to easily build and send modern, nice looking, relevant newsletters to hundreds of followers, analyze our projects and think of new and better ways to do it, because of the diversity that comes with it."
"This is a great way for DigiEnable to keep in touch with its clients, users, subscribers, and charities and groups it supports, and it's a vital tool in the online communications strategy for any business, meaning you can build better relationships with your clients, keep in touch more, and you'll build better projects for years to come."
"I can have a really good looking newsletter with minimum effort."
"MailChimp's most important functionality is its automation feature."
"We do more outbound marketing as this method makes it so much easier to do."
"I only use the free version of MailChimp and I find it to be perfect for my needs."
 

Cons

"All Constant Contact wants to do is keep you on a monthly subscription, so if you only want to send out emails on a quarterly basis you must either pay every month you do not use the product, or you must cancel your subscription and then re-open an account every quarter."
"There are certain hiccups in the program that can be improved to make it more user friendly."
"When I started using Constant Contact creating email was very flaky, in terms of crashes and usability (perhaps compared to Weebly etc.). It has improved, however, still needs improvement and email creation still seems clunky and limited compared to other online solutions or website building tools."
"Sometimes, you will be typing in a text box and hit the backspace, but the website will think you meant to go back a page. Basically, you end up losing work when this happens and it is hard to predict."
"Could use better search and certain editing traits."
"I don't have any issues with the service."
"MailChimp should have a better offering for ready made modern templates but this is usually supplied by the community."
"A standalone system for private servers would be ideal."
"The WYSIWYG editor doesn't work in the email client that IBM uses, so I've had to completely code out the email."
"They have poor inbox visibility, and many of the emails went to the spam folder."
"The training materials need work."
"The solution should improve its reporting feature. There should be more transparency around API development. At the moment, the clients are pushing custom API into the mail, so we don't have too much visibility regarding what endpoints they're pushing the data into."
"Sadly now Mailchimp has started charging for the use of the auto-responder (automation) emails, so it's lost it's edge for the free services."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The cost is fair, and you end up making enough in sales to pay for it."
"I primarily use the free version, but sometimes, for specific client needs, we may have to purchase different versions or packages."
"MailChimp is affordable."
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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm
15%
Outsourcing Company
14%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Construction Company
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business3
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise2
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business30
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise9
 

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Sample Customers

Pajama Program
The Atlantic, WNYC, Sierra Nevada, New York Times
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