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Mailchimp vs MailerLite

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MA

Mailchimp

Partial
Billing basis

Plan + maximum contact tier; subscribed, unsubscribed and non-subscribed contacts can count toward the contact total.

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MA

MailerLite

Partial
Billing basis

Active subscribers plus usage; Comfort send allowance scales by subscriber tier, Power has unlimited monthly sends subject to fair use.

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Starting-price structure

Mailchimp

Essentials — $17.00/mo

Free — $0.00/mo

Premium — $500.00/mo

Standard — $25.00/mo

MailerLite

Comfort — $12.00/mo

Enterprisedynamic/custom

Free — $0.00/mo

Power — $25.00/mo

Best verified feature state available by provider

Mailchimp

Marketing automation: included Premium

Landing pages: included Essentials

SMS marketing: add_on Essentials

Transactional email: add_on Premium

Ecommerce automation: unverified Essentials

Digital products / paid content: unverified Essentials

MailerLite

Marketing automation: included Power

Landing pages: included Power

SMS marketing: add_on Comfort

Transactional email: add_on Comfort

Ecommerce automation: unverified Comfort

Digital products / paid content: included Power

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