Alternatives to
9 Best Mailchimp Alternatives in 2026
The best Mailchimp alternatives depend on whether you prioritize cost, control, or a different workflow.
- Reviewed
- Sep 2026
- Open source
- 3
- Self-hosted
- 3
What you are leaving
Mailchimp at a glance
- Pricing model
- Free for up to 250 contacts; paid plans scale by contact count
- Deployment
- Vendor cloud only; no self-hosted option
- Licensing
- Proprietary; no open source edition
- Automation
- Customer journeys and automations on Standard and Premium
- Channels
- Email plus SMS, social ads and postcards on higher tiers
- Free tier
- Free for up to 250 contacts with limited sends
- Main gripe
- Price rises steeply with list size, and sending pauses if contact limits are exceeded
- Best for
- Small businesses that want an all-in-one email marketing platform with a free start
Compare at a glance
Mailchimp alternatives compared
Short facts side by side. Filter by what matters to your team, then open any row for the full decision brief.
| # | Product | Overlap | Substitutability | Free? | Starting price | Self-host | Open source | Migration | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Listmonk | Email campaigns, lists and subscriber management | Mostly replaces | Yes | — | Yes | Yes | Moderate | |
| 02 | Mautic | Email campaigns, automation and contact management | Mostly replaces | Yes | — | Yes | Yes | Hard | |
| 03 | SendPortal | Email campaigns, lists and subscriber management | Partial replacement | Yes | — | Yes | Yes | Moderate | |
| 04 | MailerLite | Email campaigns, automations and landing pages | Full replacement | Yes | $10.80/mo | No | No | Easy | |
| 05 | Brevo | Email campaigns, automation and transactional sending | Mostly replaces | Yes | — | No | No | Easy | |
| 06 | GetResponse | Email campaigns, automation and landing pages | Mostly replaces | No | $15.58/mo | No | No | Easy | |
| 07 | Kit (ConvertKit) | Email campaigns, automations and audience growth | Partial replacement | Yes | — | No | No | Easy | |
| 08 | Constant Contact | Email campaigns, templates and automation | Partial replacement | No | — | No | No | Easy | |
| 09 | Brevo SMTP | Transactional email delivery | Narrow overlap | Yes | — | No | No | Easy |
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Frequently asked
Mailchimp alternatives FAQ
- What is the best free open source alternative to Mailchimp?
- listmonk is the strongest open source replacement. It is a self-hosted newsletter and mailing list manager shipped as a single binary, handles millions of subscribers, and is free under AGPLv3. Mautic is the better choice if you need marketing automation and multi-channel campaigns, and SendPortal is a lightweight Laravel-based option.
- Which Mailchimp alternative is cheapest?
- MailerLite has a free plan for up to 250 subscribers, and its Comfort plan starts at $10.80 per month billed yearly for up to 500 subscribers. Brevo also has a free forever tier, and self-hosted options such as listmonk and SendPortal have no per-subscriber fees at all.
- Can I self-host a Mailchimp alternative?
- Yes. listmonk, Mautic and SendPortal are all open source and can run on your own infrastructure. listmonk is the simplest to operate as a single binary with a Postgres database, while Mautic is a full marketing automation platform that needs more server resources.
- What is the closest alternative to Mailchimp overall?
- MailerLite is the closest direct replacement, with campaigns, automations, landing pages, signup forms and websites in one tool. Its free plan covers 250 subscribers and 2,500 monthly emails, and paid plans start at $10.80 per month billed yearly.
- Which Mailchimp alternative is best for ecommerce and multi-channel marketing?
- Brevo covers email, SMS, WhatsApp, push and live chat with a free forever tier, and GetResponse adds funnels, abandoned cart recovery, webinars and course hosting from $15.58 per month billed yearly. Both go beyond Mailchimp's email-first feature set.
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