Pricing
Mailchimp pricing 4 plans, checked Oct 14, 2026
Data checked Oct 14, 2026 against the vendors' own pages. How we verify
Mailchimp publishes 4 plans: Free, Essentials, Standard and Premium.
The cheapest paid plan is $13 per month billed monthly on the Essentials plan.
There is a free plan.
Mailchimp plans and limits
| Plan | Billed monthly | Billed yearly | Charged per | Published limits | Includes (vendor's words) |
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| Free | Free | Free | per workspace | None stated | – |
| Essentials | $13 | Not stated | per workspace |
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| Standard | $20 | Not stated | per workspace |
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| Premium | $350 | Not stated | per workspace |
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Prices in USD per month, before tax. Read from the vendor's pricing page on Oct 14, 2026. "Not stated" means the page does not publish it.
What it costs in practice
| Criterion | Weight | Score | Basis |
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| Entry price | 33% | 85 | $13/month billed monthly on Essentials (scored on the monthly price) source |
| Free plan or trial | 20% | 100 | Free plan (Free) source |
| Cost at 1,000 subscriberscategory criterion | – | Excluded | No published data: left out, the other criteria are re-weighted. |
| Free plan limitscategory criterion | – | Excluded | No published data: left out, the other criteria are re-weighted. |
| Total | 75% covered5 of 8 criteria | 83/100 | Rank #10 in this category, based on 5 of 8 criteria |
Mailchimp pricing vs alternatives
| # | Tool | Score | Coverage | From, billed monthly | From, billed yearly | Free plan | Checked |
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| 1 |  Flodesk | 98/100 | 75%5 of 8 criteria | Free | Free | Yes | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 2 |  Sender | 98/100 | 85%6 of 8 criteria | Not offered | $9/mo | Yes, 2,500 subscribers | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 3 |  Brevo | 98/100 | 75%5 of 8 criteria | $9/mo | Not offered | Yes | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 4 |  notifuse | 93/100 | 85%6 of 8 criteria | $16/mo | $24.17/mo | Yes, unlimited emails per month | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 5 |  EmailOctopus | 92/100 | 85%6 of 8 criteria | Not offered | $9/mo | Yes, 2,500 subscribers | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 6 |  forwardemail.net | 88/100 | 75%5 of 8 criteria | $3/mo | Not offered | Yes | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 7 |  AWeber | 85/100 | 85%6 of 8 criteria | $15/mo | $12.49/mo | Yes, 500 subscribers | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 8 |  MailerLite | 85/100 | 85%6 of 8 criteria | $12/mo | $10.80/mo | Yes, 250 subscribers | Oct 14, 2026 |
Each value links the vendor page it was read from (hover for the check date). Coverage is the share of the scorecard's weight with verified data, and "N of M criteria" how many criteria the score is based on; a tool is ranked at 60% or more.
All Mailchimp alternativesQuestions, answered from the data
How much does Mailchimp cost per month?
The cheapest paid plan costs $13 per month billed monthly on the Essentials plan (pricing page checked Oct 14, 2026).
Is Mailchimp free?
Mailchimp has a free plan (pricing page checked Oct 14, 2026).
Is Mailchimp priced per user or per account?
Paid plans are charged per workspace.