Constant Contact

Long-running email marketing service for small businesses and nonprofits, with events and SMS.

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About Constant Contact

Constant Contact is one of the oldest email marketing services, aimed at small businesses, nonprofits and local organisations. It offers a drag-and-drop editor with many templates, list building forms, basic automations, SMS, social posting, event registration and simple reporting, and is known for phone and chat support that helps less technical users. Plans (Lite, Standard and Premium) are billed monthly by contact tier, each with a monthly send cap and a small per-email overage fee beyond it; there is a free trial but no free plan. It is easy to learn, but automation and segmentation are basic compared with ActiveCampaign or Klaviyo, and it is not cheap for what it includes. The company also owns other marketing tools, including Moosend. People often stay for the support and familiarity, and move to cheaper tools once they are comfortable doing things themselves.

Best for: Small businesses and nonprofits that value hands-on support over advanced features.

What works

Easy to learn with many templates
Good phone and chat support
Event registration and social posting included

Why people leave

No free plan
Basic automation and segmentation
Relatively expensive for the features

Top Constant Contact alternatives

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1
Mailchimp
Similar audience with a free plan and a larger integration list.
66.5
2
MailerLite
Cheaper, with a modern editor and better automation for the price.
62.6
3
AWeber
Another small-business veteran with a free plan and strong support.
59.6
4
Benchmark Email
A simple tool with a free plan and every feature on every tier.
57.2
5
Zoho Campaigns
Low-cost campaigns with a free plan, especially if you use Zoho CRM.
55.3

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Constant Contact: common questions

Is Constant Contact free?

No, Constant Contact is a paid product.

Is Constant Contact open source?

No, Constant Contact is not open source.

What platforms does Constant Contact run on?

Constant Contact is available for Web, iOS and Android.

What are the best alternatives to Constant Contact?

The highest-ranked Constant Contact alternatives right now are Mailchimp, MailerLite and AWeber. See the full ranked list for pricing, platforms and verified facts.

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Constant Contact facts

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Billing basis: Monthly, by highest contact tier reached; Checked Oct 25, 2026community.constantcontact.com(opens source in a new tab); “if you go into a higher tier in your current month, your monthly subscription will reflect that going forward.”
Send limit: 10–24× your contact tier per month; Checked Oct 25, 2026community.constantcontact.com(opens source in a new tab); “Plans have a monthly send limit of 10-24 times your tier's highest potential contacts, depending on your plan.”
Overage fee: $0.002 per email; Checked Oct 25, 2026community.constantcontact.com(opens source in a new tab); “Beyond this, an overage fee of $0.002 per email is applied toward next month's bill.”