I Tried 26 Email Marketing Tools— These Are The Best

Brevo

👍 Recommended

“Brevo has a clean interface and unique email-send-based pricing model with additional products like WhatsApp and SMS, but costs more at $95/month for creator's needs.”

Best for: Users who want email marketing plus SMS, WhatsApp, and live chat features in one platform.

Loops

👍 Recommended

“Loops has a nice minimalist interface and good design flexibility, but automations are too simple for advanced needs.”

Best for: Users who prefer a clean, minimal interface and don't need complex automation workflows.

Mailchimp

👎 Concerns

“Mailchimp became too expensive with shady billing practices including price increases, counting unsubscribers as contacts, overage charges, and deceptive marketing tactics.”

Aweber

👎 Concerns

“AWeber claims to charge per subscriber but actually counts unsubscribers in billing, which the creator considers dishonest and deceptive marketing.”

Mailmodo

👎 Concerns

“Mailmodo was eliminated due to counting unsubscribers as billable contacts, a deceptive billing practice the creator wanted to avoid.”

Drip

👎 Concerns

“Drip was eliminated due to counting unsubscribers as billable contacts, a practice the creator considers deceptive.”

Constant Contact

👎 Concerns

“Constant Contact was eliminated for having hidden overage charges and exceeding the creator's $200/month budget threshold.”

GetResponse

👎 Concerns

“GetResponse was eliminated for having hidden overage charges and exceeding the creator's monthly budget limit.”

Mailjet

👎 Concerns

“Mailjet was eliminated for having hidden overage charges and exceeding the creator's monthly budget threshold.”

SendGrid

👎 Concerns

“SendGrid was eliminated for having hidden overage charges and exceeding the creator's monthly budget threshold.”

Benchmark

👎 Concerns

“Benchmark was eliminated for having hidden overage charges and exceeding the creator's monthly budget threshold.”

ConvertKit

👎 Concerns

“ConvertKit was eliminated for not offering automatic tier downgrades and for deceptively marketing their creator-focused mission while hiding billing fine print.”

Zoho Campaigns

👎 Concerns

“Zoho Campaigns was eliminated for not automatically downgrading tiers when contact lists shrink, requiring manual support intervention.”

“HubSpot was eliminated for not automatically downgrading tiers when contact lists shrink, requiring manual support intervention.”

Campaigner

👎 Concerns

“Campaigner was eliminated for requiring manual support contact to downgrade and for being evasive when questioned about their billing practices.”

EmailOctopus

👎 Concerns

“EmailOctopus was eliminated for not automatically downgrading tiers when contact lists shrink, requiring manual support intervention.”

Klaviyo

👎 Concerns

“Klaviyo was eliminated for not automatically downgrading tiers when contact lists shrink, requiring manual support intervention.”

Omnisend

👎 Concerns

“Omnisend was eliminated for exceeding the creator's $200/month budget threshold.”

“Intercom was eliminated for exceeding the creator's $200/month budget threshold.”

FloDesk

⚠️ Mixed

“FloDesk is extremely affordable and has a minimalist interface, but automations are too simple and there are reports of accounts being disabled without notice.”

ClickFunnels

👎 Concerns

“ClickFunnels has a clunky email editor, required credit card for free trial, pushed unwanted coaching sessions, and appears to operate like an MLM scheme.”

SendPulse

👎 Concerns

“SendPulse has a clunky email editor, lacks web fonts, displays too many notifications, and has a messy interface at $151/month.”