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MailChimp vs Zoho Campaigns comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

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
Zoho Campaigns
Ranking in Cloud Email
7th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.1
Number of Reviews
11
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of July 2026, in the Cloud Email category, the mindshare of MailChimp is 7.2%, down from 14.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Zoho Campaigns is 3.4%, down from 7.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Cloud Email Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
MailChimp7.2%
Zoho Campaigns3.4%
Other89.4%
Cloud Email
 

Featured Reviews

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.
Manav Sharma - PeerSpot reviewer
Project Manager at a tech services company with 1-10 employees
A good software for email marketing that integrates well with other third-party software, but its UI should be improved
I have found two or three issues with Zoho Campaigns. If we add any email content, Zoho Campaigns takes a lot of time to review by the back end. Two years back, a client set up Zoom Campaigns, and the lead was not entered into the campaign. The flow and everything else was fine, but entering the journey or the campaign took time. My company lost a customer because it took two weeks to review the emails we entered into that content. Zoho Campaigns has to improve its UI because sometimes it won't load the campaigns, and the software is a little lagging. So that's why people have started moving to Zoho marketing automation instead of Zoho Campaigns. Zoho Campaigns should include immediate sync for the deals model because it's still not there. Whenever a lead is entered, it is immediately synced, but there is no immediate sync for the deals.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Now, with Mailchimp it is so much easier to send mailings to our members."
"MailChimp is solid and easy to use for clients, but has all the power we need to build great campaigns, A/B test them, get them delivered, tracked, and report."
"I only use the free version of MailChimp and I find it to be perfect for my needs."
"There was no email marketing at our company before MailChimp, so this product allowed us to begin email marketing which is less costly and less resource intensive."
"With RSS campaigns, nobody has to login every morning to send the daily news email to 19K readers."
"The email scheduling has been quite useful."
"This is the cheapest, simplest and easiest white-listed provider to use."
"Running email campaigns is easy and straightforward."
"The solution is very inexpensive and very reasonably priced."
"We can merge Zoho Campaigns with Zoho CRM and other applications. I think automation is the best feature of the product because it reduces manual inputs. It will work automatically and generate reports."
"The out-of-the-box integration with all the other Zoho applications is the most valuable feature of the solution."
"Putting the campaigns together on Zoho is reasonably straightforward. They have a little campaign builder tool that works very well as long as you don't want the campaign to be too sophisticated."
"It is a very reliable and stable tool."
"Zoho Campaigns is a good software for email marketing."
"The initial setup is easy."
"The solution generates a good return on investment."
 

Cons

"Automated workflows do not have control for dynamic behavioral targeting in any way."
"Customer Service: I really haven’t had to use customer service much but it is only by email which is unfortunate."
"Its admin interface, particularly for setting up a new campaign, is not the most intuitive."
"Pretty much everything, and the RSS campaign is the only reason we stick with MailChimp."
"List management could be more scalable."
"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."
"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."
"Automation workflows have limited trigger options."
"The emails were going to spam a lot despite us making various changes, and it appeared to be more because it was being sent from Zoho than anything else."
"Its deliverability could be improved."
"When we use Zoho Campaigns, our emails often get routed to the spam folder instead of the inbox. For example, people who use Gmail to receive our newsletter will often miss it because it was sent to their spam folder. Many of our clients aren't seeing our work. We compared it to another solution, and the open rate was much higher because the emails went directly to the inbox."
"There is room for improvement with integration with other applications like MailChimp."
"My usage is limited to the basic features."
"It takes a lot of work to get it set up the way you want. It's not an intuitive product. It takes coding work to get the sales process to work. That setup process could be simplified significantly."
"I would like the product to include a feature that shows website traffic similar to Mailchimp. I would also like to get user and customer activity on the website so that we can easily set campaigns according to customer interest."
"They could get better at dealing with spam. They need to improve their anti-spam capabilities."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"MailChimp is affordable."
"I primarily use the free version, but sometimes, for specific client needs, we may have to purchase different versions or packages."
"The solution's price is reasonable."
"The solution's pricing is reasonable."
"There are additional charges, like whenever I add additional users, I need to pay extra."
"Zoho Campaigns is cheaper compared to other products."
"The tool is priced less compared to other applications."
"We have an enterprise license for this because we use Zoho for lots of things. We have HR and a bunch of other things. We probably don't pay individually for marketing or sales, and it's all in the overall license that we have."
"Since the product is part of a bundle, it is definitely very cost-efficient."
"Zoho Campaigns is not that expensive as compared to other solutions like MailChimp."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
16%
Outsourcing Company
12%
Construction Company
8%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Marketing Services Firm
11%
Construction Company
11%
Outsourcing Company
11%
Comms Service Provider
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business30
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise9
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business10
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise1
 

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