Constant Contact: pricing, plans and alternatives
Constant Contact is an email marketing platform for small businesses with templates, automations, social posting, event and payment tools and optional SMS. Premium adds ecommerce automation templates and advanced segmentation. It suits small shops wanting simple email with a gentle learning curve.
Price as shown at the lowest contact tier (billing basis not stated); scales with contacts and sends, overage fees may apply; 12-month prepay saves up to 15%; 30-day refund guarantee.
Best for
Small local or online shops that want straightforward email marketing.
Watch out for
Price depends on contacts and email sends with possible overage fees, and ecommerce automations are only on the top Premium plan.
What Constant Contact does
- Email campaigns and social media posting
- Automation templates, from 1 on Lite to unlimited on Premium
- AI campaign builder on Standard and up
- Ecommerce automation templates and dynamic content on Premium
- SMS add-on (500 messages/mo included on Premium)
Constant Contact pricing
| Plan | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Lite | $8.4/mo | 1 user, 1 automation template |
| Standard | $24.5/mo | 3 users, AI campaign builder |
| Premium | $56/mo | Unlimited users and automations, 500 SMS/mo |
| Teams | Not published | Not listed |
Constant Contact alternatives
Other email and sms tools Scout tracks, with the same facts side by side.
| Tool | Paid from | Free plan | Free trial |
|---|---|---|---|
| Constant Contact | $8.4/mo | Not stated | |
| ActiveCampaignActiveCampaignEmail and SMSActiveCampaign is a marketing automation platform with email, SMS, WhatsApp, landing pages and a built-in CRM. Paid from $19/mo, 14-day trial.Click for Scout's full analysis | $19/mo | ||
| AttentiveAttentiveEmail and SMSAttentive is an SMS and email marketing platform for ecommerce brands, with signup units, segmentation, lifecycle messaging and AI-driven send time and personalization. 30-day trial.Click for Scout's full analysis | Custom | ||
| BrevoBrevoEmail and SMSBrevo is a multichannel marketing platform covering email, SMS, WhatsApp, push and live chat, priced mainly by how many emails you send rather than how many contacts you store. Free plan, paid from $9/mo.Click for Scout's full analysis | $9/mo | ||
| DripDripEmail and SMSDrip is an email marketing and automation tool built for ecommerce stores, with native Shopify, WooCommerce and BigCommerce integrations. Paid from $39/mo, 14-day trial.Click for Scout's full analysis | $39/mo | ||
| KitKitEmail and SMSKit, formerly ConvertKit, is an email marketing platform aimed at creators, with landing pages, forms, automations and built-in selling of digital products and paid newsletters. Free plan, paid from $39/mo, 14-day trial.Click for Scout's full analysis | $39/mo | ||
| KlaviyoKlaviyoEmail and SMSKlaviyo is an email and SMS marketing platform that pulls in store data from Shopify and 350+ other apps to build segments, automated flows and campaigns. Free plan, paid from $20/mo.Click for Scout's full analysis | $20/mo | ||
| MailchimpMailchimpEmail and SMSMailchimp, owned by Intuit, is an email and SMS marketing platform for small businesses, with sign-up forms, landing pages, automations and reporting. Free plan, paid from $13/mo, 14-day trial.Click for Scout's full analysis | $13/mo | ||
| OmnisendOmnisendEmail and SMSOmnisend is an email, SMS and web push marketing tool built for online stores, with signup forms, pre-built ecommerce automations and campaign templates. Free plan, paid from $16/mo.Click for Scout's full analysis | $16/mo | ||
| PostscriptPostscriptEmail and SMSPostscript is an SMS marketing platform for Shopify stores, with campaigns, automated text flows, list-growth tools and an AI shopping assistant. Paid from $49/mo, 30-day trial.Click for Scout's full analysis | $49/mo | ||
| PrivyPrivyEmail and SMSPrivy is a pop-up, email and SMS marketing tool for small ecommerce stores on Shopify, BigCommerce, Wix, WooCommerce and others. Paid from $24/mo, 15-day trial.Click for Scout's full analysis | $24/mo | ||
| SendlaneSendlaneEmail and SMSSendlane is an email and SMS marketing platform for ecommerce brands, priced by monthly email send volume with unlimited contact profiles. Paid from $100/mo, 60-day trial.Click for Scout's full analysis | $100/mo | ||
| GetResponseGetResponseEmail and SMSGetResponse is an email marketing and automation platform that also includes landing pages, signup popups, webinars, a website builder and course tools. Paid from $19/mo, 14-day trial.Click for Scout's full analysis | $19/mo |
Where Scout covers Constant Contact
How we checked
Every fact on this page comes from Constant Contact's own website, help center or Shopify App Store listing. We list what we read below. Prices and plans change often, so confirm on Constant Contact's pricing page before you buy.