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Constant Contact vs Mailgun
Short answer: Pick Constant Contact if you want all-in-one digital marketing for SMBs; pick Mailgun if you want transactional email delivery and validation. Constant Contact starts at $12/month; Mailgun has a free plan, paid from $15/month.
Constant ContactEmail marketing for small business
MailgunEmail API for sending, receiving and tracking emailWhich to pick
Pick Constant Contact if you want…
- All-in-one digital marketing for SMBs
- The lower starting price: $12/month against $15/month
- Integrations with Google, Microsoft or Shopify (on Constant Contact's list, not Mailgun's)
Pick Mailgun if you want…
- Transactional email delivery and validation
- Email API for apps
- A free plan to start with
- Integrations with HTTP API, SMTP or Webhooks (on Mailgun's list, not Constant Contact's)
Side by side
- What it is
- Constant Contact:Constant Contact is an email, social, SMS, and marketing automation platform for small businesses.
- Mailgun:Mailgun provides APIs for sending, receiving, validating and tracking transactional emails.
- Best for
- Constant Contact:All-in-one digital marketing for SMBs
- Mailgun:Transactional email delivery and validation
- Who it’s for
- Constant Contact:Small businesses, nonprofits, franchises, and agencies needing unified marketing tools.
- Mailgun:Developers building email-enabled applications and services.
- Pricing
- Constant Contact:Paid
- Mailgun:Freemium
- Starting price
- Constant Contact:$12/month (Lite)
- Mailgun:$15/month (Basic)
- Free plan or trial
- Constant Contact:Free trial
- Mailgun:Free plan (Free) · Free trial
- Plans
- Constant Contact:Lite $12 per month · Standard $35 per month · Premium $80 per month
- Mailgun:Free $0/mo · Basic $15/mo per month · Foundation $35/mo per month · Scale $90/mo per month
- Works with
- Constant Contact:Google, Microsoft, Shopify, Zapier, Eventbrite, Facebook, LinkedIn, Canva
- Mailgun:HTTP API, SMTP, Webhooks, Email template builder
Constant Contact features
- Drag-and-drop email editor. Create and send email campaigns with templates and AI copy suggestions.
- Social media publishing. Schedule and auto-post to Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, TikTok and more from one dashboard.
- SMS marketing. Send text campaigns (500 messages included in Premium, add-on available for other plans).
- Automation templates. Pre-built automation flows, with unlimited custom automations in Premium.
- Contact segmentation. Create custom segments and dynamic content to target specific audiences.
- Reporting & analytics. Basic open/click stats in Lite, advanced engagement and revenue reporting in higher tiers.
- 300+ integrations. Connect to Google, Microsoft, Shopify, Zapier, Eventbrite and many more services.
- Multi-account management. Centralized control for teams, locations, or franchises with customized permissions.
Mailgun features
- RESTful Email API & SMTP relay. Send emails via HTTP API or SMTP with high reliability.
- Email validation service. Real-time API and bulk upload to remove invalid addresses.
- Analytics, tracking & webhooks. Detailed delivery, open, click data and event webhooks.
- Inbox preview & accessibility checks. Preview emails before sending to ensure compliance and deliverability.
- Dedicated IPs & IP pools. Control reputation with dedicated IPs, included in higher plans.
- SAML SSO & multi-user access. Enterprise-grade security and role-based access control.
- Log and message retention. Retention up to 30 days for logs and up to 7 days for messages.
- Email template builder. Create and manage reusable email templates via API.
Constant Contact vs Mailgun FAQ
What is the difference between Constant Contact and Mailgun?+
Mailgun offers email API and deliverability tools, not the social, SMS, or multi-account features of Constant Contact.
Should I use Constant Contact or Mailgun?+
Pick Constant Contact if you want all-in-one digital marketing for SMBs, the lower starting price: $12/month against $15/month or integrations with Google, Microsoft or Shopify (on Constant Contact's list, not Mailgun's). Pick Mailgun if you want transactional email delivery and validation, email API for apps or a free plan to start with.
Is Constant Contact or Mailgun free?+
Constant Contact is paid, from $12/month (Lite), with a free trial. Mailgun has a free plan; paid plans start at $15/month (Basic).
Which is cheaper, Constant Contact or Mailgun?+
Constant Contact is cheaper to start with: Constant Contact's Lite plan ($12/month) against Mailgun's Basic plan ($15/month).
Do Constant Contact and Mailgun integrate with the same tools?+
Their integration lists don't overlap: Constant Contact lists Google, Microsoft, Shopify, Zapier and 4 more; Mailgun lists HTTP API, SMTP, Webhooks and Email template builder.
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