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Mandrill vs Zoho Campaigns comparison

 

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

Categories and Ranking

Mandrill
Ranking in Cloud Email
10th
Average Rating
8.6
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Zoho Campaigns
Ranking in Cloud Email
8th
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 August 2026, in the Cloud Email category, the mindshare of Mandrill is 3.2%, up from 3.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Zoho Campaigns is 3.4%, down from 6.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Cloud Email Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Zoho Campaigns3.4%
Mandrill3.2%
Other93.4%
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Featured Reviews

it_user229338 - PeerSpot reviewer
Director with 1,001-5,000 employees
It's very straightforward to set up, but you have to be technical to do it.
The HTML templating functionality was the most important feature/reason for us to move to their service. A must in today’s customer contact environment, but the out of the box analytics have also been very valuable. In a customer service environment, it is imperative to know that the customer is receiving the message, and in a timely manner.
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

"The superior customer service we can now offer our clients is a differentiator when it comes to client retention and winning new business."
"Being able to track open and click rates, so we can adjust email content appropriately."
"It is a very reliable and stable tool."
"Zoho Campaigns is a good software for email marketing."
"It’s a very easy product to use, you do not need to be tech savvy or a whizz at email marketing."
"Zoho Campaigns is a great product. It's easy to use. Zoho Campaigns is integrated with my CRM, so I can see everything happening within my company from the dashboard. I can manage and group my contacts and automate reporting. I enjoy checking on the metrics for my campaign. It also gives me the option of linking with Google Analytics, but I like Azure analytics better."
"The most valuable feature of Zoho Campaigns is its ability to set up chain campaigns depending on the user's reaction."
"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."
"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 solution is very inexpensive and very reasonably priced."
 

Cons

"It was on the slow side."
"They could get better at dealing with spam. They need to improve their anti-spam capabilities."
"My usage is limited to the basic features."
"The reports are not so clear."
"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."
"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."
"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."
"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."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"Since the product is part of a bundle, it is definitely very cost-efficient."
"There are additional charges, like whenever I add additional users, I need to pay extra."
"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."
"The tool is priced less compared to other applications."
"The solution's pricing is reasonable."
"Zoho Campaigns is cheaper compared to other products."
"The solution's price is reasonable."
"Zoho Campaigns is not that expensive as compared to other solutions like MailChimp."
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Top Industries

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Marketing Services Firm
11%
Construction Company
11%
Outsourcing Company
11%
Comms Service Provider
8%
 

Company Size

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Small Business
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By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business10
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise1
 

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Find out what your peers are saying about Mandrill vs. Zoho Campaigns and other solutions. Updated: August 2026.
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