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https://mailchimp.com/pricing/marketing/ · 7 versions compared since Sep 30, 2025
Mailchimp significantly overhauled its pricing and packaging, introducing new contact tiers, adjusting feature availability across plans, and experimenting with discount structures. Key changes include a revised free trial, the introduction of SMS marketing, and various adjustments to plan limits and support options, indicating a strategic effort to refine product offerings and incentivize higher-tier adoption.
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Changed Standard plan discount from 15% to 50%
The promotional discount for the Standard plan has been substantially increased from 15% to 50% for the first 12 months, aiming to attract more users to this tier.
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- “Save 15% on 10,000+ contacts”
- “Try our Standard plan for free!”
- “Try our Standard plan for 50% off!”
- “Spend less to grow more with 50% off for 12 months, even if you change to our Premium”
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Expanded Premium plan with new features and support
The Premium plan now explicitly includes Multivariate and A/B Testing, Enhanced marketing automation flows, Dedicated Personalized Onboarding, and Predictive Segmentation, alongside a new sales contact number and direct calls to action for demos.
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- “Multivariate and A/B Testing”
- “Enhanced marketing automation flows”
- “Dedicated Personalized Onboarding”
- “Predictive Segmentation”
- PricingNotable
Revised contact list tiers, adding 0-500 segment
The way contact list tiers are presented has been updated to include ranges (e.g., 0-500, 501-1,500) rather than single contact counts, making the pricing structure more explicit and granular.
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- “500”
- “1,500”
- “0-500”
- “501-1,500”
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Limited 'Create and Send' feature to 'upgrade to send'
The 'Create and Send' feature, previously available until a specific date, has been changed to 'Create - upgrade to send,' indicating that sending functionality for custom templates is now gated behind a paid upgrade.
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- “Create and Send until 12/31/2025”
- “Create - upgrade to send”
- PricingNotable
Reduced email send limit from 1,000/mo to 500/mo
The maximum monthly email send limit has been reduced from 1,000 to 500, impacting users with higher sending volumes.
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- “Max of 1,000/mo or 500/day”
- “Max of 500/mo or 250/day”
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Free Trial explicitly limited to 250 contacts
The Free Trial now explicitly states a limit of 250 contacts, making the terms clearer for users and potentially guiding them to paid plans sooner if their contact list exceeds this.
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- “Limit of 250 contacts”
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Introduced SMS Marketing, SMS/MMS add-ons
Mailchimp has launched new SMS marketing capabilities, including general SMS Marketing and specific SMS/MMS add-on options, expanding their messaging services to include a new channel.
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- “SMS Marketing”
- “SMS and MMS add-on”
- “SMS add-on”
- ProductNotable
Removed 30-day email support limitation
The restriction of email support being available only for the first 30 days has been removed, suggesting improved or unlimited email support access for relevant plans.
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- “Email support for first 30 days”
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