1st GetResponse
GetResponse is a feature-rich solution, as you can see in the comparison chart, and with a price starting at just €12 ($15) per month, it's actually one of the few solutions on this list that's cheaper than the paid version of MailChimp! ( $10 cheaper, to be exact.) The tool is best suited for small to medium-sized businesses, but it's scalable!
This is what is special about it:
GetResponse really has a LOT of features that other manufacturers don't offer. There is also a German version available. The highlights:
The ability to create up to five split tests (more than any other provider I've looked at)
A tool for creating landing pages
A special tool for creating marketing trackers for webinars
A drag-and-drop editor
Capterra reviewers love GetResponse and call it a user-friendly tool that's worth the money.
The disadvantages:
There are some complaints in the reviews about customer service not being responsive or list management being a bit difficult.
2. Constant Contact
Constant Contact MailChimp alternative for email marketing
Constant Contact ranks right behind MailChimp on our list of the top 20 most popular email marketing software solutions . Constant Contact is a great email marketing platform for small businesses. Pricing is pretty flexible and depends on how many contacts you send emails to. Prices start at €18/month ($20) for up to 500 contacts, after which it gets more expensive. If you pay for a full year up front, you only pay €15.30 ($17).
This is what is special about it:
Constant Contact not only markets itself as a solution for small businesses, it also delivers on that claim.
Constant Contact is number three in our top 20 most user-friendly email marketing tools and offers a huge amount of opportunities for small businesses to learn more about email marketing and how to use Constant Contact. Their training resources include live and on-demand webinars. They work hard to make email creation really intuitive. What's particularly interesting is the 400+ templates they offer.
Constant Contact has also found exciting ways to integrate email and social media campaigns. First, they have developed an app for integration into
Hootsuite so you can publish everything from one central location. Second, you can send special emails that link your customers to Facebook. These emails are designed to encourage your customers to share your emails on Facebook. Then you can track your social media success right in Constant Contact.
The disadvantages:
Constant Contact has several downsides:
Ease of use often comes at the expense of features, and Constant Contact is no exception.
There is no split testing, which is unfortunate since marketers are known to love testing their campaigns.
The campaign features themselves are a bit crude, especially when it comes to auto-responses.
At the same time, Constant Contact is one of the more expensive options on this list: they charge €18 per month ($20) for up to 500 users, which is still the free option for many of the other options mentioned.
3. Emma
Emma is a modern email marketing system with a pricing model starting at $89/month.
This is what is special about it:
Several factors make Emma a great solution for small businesses:
Emma lets you create really beautiful emails. The 200+ templates offered stand out among all email marketing services and you can also have a custom template designed that looks really professional.
Even better, Emma's reporting capabilities are top-notch. Not only are there easy-to-read reports, but Emma also makes it easy for you to extract actionable data from the reports.
Another useful feature is the ability to display lightbox forms on your website spain telegram data those forms that open while you are reading an article and ask for your email address). This is one of the most effective methods of collecting email addresses.
Emma also offers email automation and dynamic content features – perfect for anyone new to automation.
The disadvantages:
4. AWeber
AWeber is an email solution for small business marketers who don't have much time to devote to their email marketing campaigns. Pricing starts at $19/month for up to 500 contacts.
This is what is special about it:
AWeber goes out of its way to live up to its claim of being the best solution for time-strapped email marketers. One of the best ways they do this is by offering over 700 templates. With so many to choose from, it's very unlikely you'll have to do much customization. That's awesome! Oh, and even better: they offer up to four split tests at once! We like that.
The disadvantages:
AWeber's data import can be a bit temperamental at times. When you upload a list, customers may need to reconfirm their subscription.
5. iContact
iContact MailChimp alternative for email marketing
iContact is aimed at businesses with a smaller email database, as evidenced by the fact that the most expensive version is designed for up to 15,000 contacts. Prices start at $14/month for 500 contacts, and if you pay annually upfront, you save 15%.