Prices read at the source · dated · independent
Leaving Mailchimp? Price the move before you pack.
Eight destination platforms priced at your list size, Mailchimp's own ladder laid out band by band, and the moving steps in order — every figure read on a vendor's page and stamped with the day we read it.
Eight destinations · two list sizes · every figure carries the day it was read
The move, in three numbers
$100
Mailchimp Standard per month at 5,000 contacts, once the 50%-off year ends
$31.50
the same list on EmailOctopus Pro, billed monthly — the cheapest contact-counted row in our table
8
alternatives compared at two list sizes, every price dated and read at the source
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Free Mailchimp Alternatives (2026), by Published Ceiling
Five platforms whose free plans are stated in one number each — ranked by how much list and sending that number actually buys.
MailerLite vs Mailchimp (2026): The Switcher's Comparison
The most common Mailchimp exit, priced at three list sizes with both billing terms — and the two places Mailchimp still wins.
HubSpot vs Mailchimp (2026): Two Different Bills Entirely
Mailchimp bills contacts; HubSpot bills seats plus marketing contacts, with four-figure onboarding fees upstream. Read this before comparing "prices".
Constant Contact vs Mailchimp (2026): The Legacy Matchup
The two oldest names in small-business email, compared on send caps, overage fees and the billing terms their pages actually display.
Most people don't research email platforms; they research one bill. It arrives in month thirteen, when Mailchimp's half-price year ends, or at a band boundary, when 501 contacts suddenly costs what 500 didn't. That moment produces two questions — what am I actually paying for, and what would the same list cost somewhere else — and this site exists to answer exactly those two, with numbers you can check.
How Listlift reads a price
Every price here was read on the vendor's own pricing page by our own tooling — where a page hides figures behind a slider or a contact selector, we drive the control and record what it displays, size by size. Each figure carries the day it was read, the billing term (monthly or annual — they differ more than vendors advertise), and the unit the platform counts, because "contacts", "subscribers" and "emails sent" are three different bills wearing one word. When a vendor doesn't publish a number, we say "not published"; when a vendor's page contradicts itself — Mailchimp's free-plan cap is currently stated two ways on one page — we print the contradiction rather than an average.
What we don't do
No inbox-placement percentages, open-rate benchmarks or "we sent 10,000 test emails" theatre — we ran no such tests, and neither did most sites that publish those numbers. No pay-to-rank: some platforms here pay us a referral commission, some pay nothing, and the affiliate disclosure names which is which; Mailchimp itself pays us nothing and is never linked. And no pretending a move is free: rebuilt automations cost you hours, and our comparisons price that honestly against the monthly saving.
Where to start
If you're deciding whether to go: the Mailchimp pricing breakdown shows what staying costs at your band, offer year and after. If you're deciding where: the alternatives comparison prices eight destinations at 500 and 5,000 contacts on one dated table. If a specific rival is already on your shortlist, the guides take the matchups one at a time — MailerLite, Brevo, GetResponse, ActiveCampaign and more — each with the same rule: the vendor's page, read on a stated day, is the only source of a price.