Mailchimp alternative
The Mailchimp alternative that won’t go bananas on your bill.
Campaigns, automations and segments like you have today, for a lot less each month. You pay for subscribed contacts only, and custom HTML and branching automations start on our cheapest paid plan.
- Your Mailchimp CSV maps itself
*|FNAME|*merge tags keep working- Unsubscribes never count toward your bill
Your list · subscribed contacts
At 2,500 contacts: Mailchimp Standard $60 a month, Mailmanny Standard $36 a month, 40% less, $288 a year.
On Mailchimp, as of Oct 2026
- Unsubscribes count toward your bill
- Billed on your peak contact count
- Custom code won’t send on Essentials
Pricing, side by side
Same list. Smaller bill.
Monthly list prices at five list sizes, on monthly billing, as of October 16, 2026. Mailmanny counts subscribed contacts only, so your list may land in a smaller tier with us, too.
| Contacts | Mailchimp Standard | Mailmanny Standard |
|---|---|---|
| 500 | $20/mo | $14/mo30% less |
| 1,500 | $45/mo | $26/mo42% less |
| 2,500 | $60/mo | $36/mo40% less |
| 5,000 | $100/mo | $59/mo41% less |
| 10,000 | $135/mo | $89/mo34% less |
| Contacts | Mailchimp Essentials | Mailmanny Essentials |
|---|---|---|
| 500 | $13/mo | $9/mo31% less |
| 1,500 | $26.50/mo | $17/mo36% less |
| 2,500 | $45/mo | $25/mo44% less |
| 5,000 | $75/mo | $42/mo44% less |
| 10,000 | $110/mo | $69/mo37% less |
Mailmanny costs less at every list size we compared, and the gap is widest where small businesses live: 1,500 to 5,000 contacts.
What you pay for
The fine print, side by side.
The list price is half the story. Here’s what each bill actually counts, and what happens when your list grows.
Who you pay for
Mailchimp
Your audience count includes unsubscribed and non-subscribed contacts, not just the people you can email.
Mailmanny
Only subscribed contacts count. Unsubscribed, bounced, cleaned and unconfirmed contacts stay on your list at no cost.
Going over your plan
Mailchimp
Mailchimp bills your peak contact count in the period, and going over your contact or send limit adds automatic charges.
Mailmanny
Nothing is ever charged automatically. We email you at 90% and 100%, signups keep coming in, and you choose when to move up.
Emails included each month
Mailchimp
Standard includes 12× your contact limit in sends; Essentials 10×.
Mailmanny
Standard includes 15× your contacts; Essentials 10×. API emails come in their own separate pool.
Plan to start on
Mailchimp
Free plan: 250 contacts, 500 emails a month (250 a day) and no scheduling. Go over 250 contacts and sending stops.
Mailmanny
Free plan: 500 contacts and 1,000 emails a month, with the same deliverability protection as paid plans.
Feature by feature
The basics aren’t upsells here.
Where each feature starts, plan by plan. Mailmanny puts branching automations, segments and custom HTML on every paid plan, from $9 a month.
| Feature | Mailchimp | Mailmanny |
|---|---|---|
| Drag-and-drop builder and templates | Included | Included |
| Send custom-coded HTML templates | Standard and up (Essentials can build them but not send them) | Every paid plan |
| Automations with branches | Essentials: flows of up to 4 steps. Branching on Standard and up | Every paid plan, branches included |
| Advanced segments (opens, clicks, activity) | Standard and up. Essentials gets basic segments | Every paid plan |
| Scheduled sends | Essentials and up | Every plan, in any time zone you pick |
| Transactional email through the API | Paid add-on (Mailchimp Transactional) | 10,000–50,000 API emails a month included |
| Remove the provider’s footer badge | Paid plans | Paid plans |
| Integrations, SMS and landing pages | 300+ integrations, SMS add-ons, landing pages | REST API and Node SDK. No SMS or landing pages |
Fair’s fair
Where Mailchimp is ahead
- More than 300 ready-made integrations, from online stores to design tools.
- SMS and MMS add-ons, landing pages and predictive segments in the same account.
- Phone and priority support on its Premium plan.
If those are what you use every week, Mailchimp earns its price. If you mostly send newsletters, welcome series and promotions, you’re paying for the rest.
Leaving Mailchimp
Switch in an afternoon.
Most lists move in an afternoon. Nothing about your Mailchimp setup is wasted: your contacts, your unsubscribes and your merge tags come with you.
Export your audience
In Mailchimp, open Audience, then All contacts, and choose Export audience. You get a ZIP with a separate CSV file for each status: subscribed, unsubscribed, non-subscribed and cleaned.
Import the subscribed file
Email Address, First Name and Last Name match themselves, and so do phone and birthday columns. Any other column becomes a custom field in one click.
Bring your unsubscribes, too
Import the unsubscribed file as unsubscribed. Those people stay opted out and never count toward your plan.
Verify your domain and send
Copy the DKIM, SPF and DMARC records we give you into your DNS; we check them as they go live. Paste your templates:
*|FNAME|*,*|UNSUB|*and*|LIST:ADDRESS|*keep working.
Questions
Mailmanny vs Mailchimp, plainly answered.
The questions people ask before they move from Mailchimp. Anything else? Email support@mailmanny.com.
Yes, at every list size we compared. At 2,500 subscribed contacts, Mailmanny Standard is $36 a month and Mailchimp Standard is $60 a month; Mailmanny Essentials is $25 against Mailchimp Essentials at $45. Those are US list prices on monthly billing as of October 16, 2026. And because Mailmanny only counts subscribed contacts, the same list often lands in a smaller tier.
No. Unsubscribed, bounced, cleaned and unconfirmed contacts are kept on your list at no cost, so you can keep their history without paying for them. Only subscribed contacts count toward your plan.
The common ones, yes. Paste a template that uses *|FNAME|*, *|LNAME|*, *|EMAIL|*, *|UNSUB|*, *|ARCHIVE|* or *|LIST:ADDRESS|* and it personalizes as before, and any other *|FIELD|* tag reads the custom field with that name. Conditional blocks such as *|IF:…|* aren’t supported yet.
Yes, on every paid plan, including Essentials. Paste your HTML or push React Email templates from your code. On Mailchimp, Essentials can build a custom-coded template but you need Standard or Premium to send it.
Usually an afternoon. Export your audience from Mailchimp, import the CSV (the columns map themselves), and verify your sending domain. DNS records often go live within minutes, though some providers take a few hours.
Mailchimp has more than 300 integrations, SMS add-ons, landing pages, predictive segments and phone support on its Premium plan. Mailmanny focuses on email: campaigns, automations, segments, signup forms, reports and a developer API.
Yes. The Free plan covers 500 contacts and 1,000 emails a month with no credit card, so you can import a slice of your list, rebuild a template and send a real campaign first.
Yes. Import a slice of your list first, rebuild a template and send a real campaign before you bring everyone over. You can change or cancel your plan anytime.
No. Mailchimp is a registered trademark of The Rocket Science Group LLC, an Intuit company. Mailmanny is an independent company and isn’t affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by Mailchimp or Intuit.
Sources and notes · checked October 16, 2026
- Mailchimp: marketing plans and prices
- Mailchimp: compare plans (feature by plan)
- Mailchimp: about pricing plans
- Mailchimp: about your contacts (which ones count)
- Mailchimp: about additional charges
- Mailchimp: view or export contacts
- Mailchimp: merge tags cheat sheet
Prices are Mailchimp’s published US list prices on monthly billing as of October 16, 2026, before taxes, add-ons and promotions. Mailmanny prices are from our pricing page. Features are compared at each company’s published plan level and may change; check the sources for today’s details.
Mailchimp is a trademark of The Rocket Science Group LLC, an Intuit company. Mailmanny isn’t affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by Mailchimp or its owner.
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