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Mailchimp

Primary-source desk review ยท September 3, 2026

A small business that needs managed audience lists, campaigns, templates, landing pages, and lightweight automation and can maintain lawful consent and sender reputation.

Vendor-listed core features

  • โœ“ Email Builder
  • โœ“ Audience Segmentation
  • โœ“ Basic Automations
  • โœ“ Landing Pages

Pricing snapshot

The official page lists Free for up to 250 contacts, Essentials from $13/month, Standard from $20, and Premium promotional pricing shown from $350 for larger lists. Contact count, send limits, overages, SMS, transactional email, seats, audiences, and expiring promotions change total cost.

What the subscription does not operate for you

Name owners for consent evidence, suppression, segmentation, sender authentication, content approval, list hygiene, bounce and complaint monitoring, automations, integrations, and regulatory requests.

Migration and exit checks

Export audiences including subscribed, cleaned, transactional, and unsubscribed contacts; also reconcile tags, segments, consent fields, templates, campaign content, reports, automations, domains, integrations, and suppression before cutover.

The account export includes many CSV and content files, but Mailchimp says email and SMS reports cannot be re-imported and website, landing-page, and ad content is unavailable in the export. Rebuilding journeys and integrations is separate work.

Open-source path ยท GPLv3
Mautic

Self-hosted marketing automation, campaigns, segments, forms, and email workflows

Tradeoff: Email deliverability, sender reputation, consent, upgrades, and queue operation remain your responsibility.

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