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Alternatives to Campaign Monitor
21 email marketing tools sit alongside Campaign Monitor in this directory. Below is what separates each from Campaign Monitor on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 21
- With a free tier
- 13
- Cheaper to start
- -
- Campaign Monitor starts at
- On request
Why people look past Campaign Monitor
Only what the record supports. Each point below is a figure on the Campaign Monitor entry measured against the tools listed beside it.
There is no free tier
The record for Campaign Monitor carries no free tier, so evaluating it means paying first. 13 of the 21 alternatives below can be used without paying.
Cost climbs steeply across the tiers
Campaign Monitor publishes 4 tiers, from On request up to On request. Teams that outgrow the entry plan can find the next rung a large step, the Campaign Monitor pricing page breaks each one down.
What each alternative does differently
Ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry. Differences are drawn from price, pricing model, tier count and rating, the fields the category listing carries. For a feature-level difference, follow the head-to-head link on each card: those pages read both full records.
The email and SMS marketing platform for ecommerce
- Can be used without paying; Campaign Monitor cannot.
- Publishes an entry price of Free, where Campaign Monitor does not.
- Sold on a freemium model rather than Per month by contact tier and plan level.
- 2 tiers to Campaign Monitor's 4.
Email marketing tools priced by subscriber count
- Can be used without paying; Campaign Monitor cannot.
- Publishes an entry price of Free, where Campaign Monitor does not.
- Sold on a subscription model rather than Per month by contact tier and plan level.
Email, SMS, and CRM in one platform
- Can be used without paying; Campaign Monitor cannot.
- Sold on a freemium model rather than Per month by contact tier and plan level.
Email marketing tool with a genuine free tier, priced by contact count once paid
- Can be used without paying; Campaign Monitor cannot.
- Sold on a Per month by contact tier once on a paid plan model rather than Per month by contact tier and plan level.
- 3 tiers to Campaign Monitor's 4.
Self-hosted newsletter and mailing list manager that ships as a single Go binary
- Can be used without paying; Campaign Monitor cannot.
- Sold on a Open source, no licence fee model rather than Per month by contact tier and plan level.
- 2 tiers to Campaign Monitor's 4.
AGPL newsletter tool from Germany, self-hostable or hosted in the EU with no free plan
- Can be used without paying; Campaign Monitor cannot.
- Publishes an entry price of €8/month, where Campaign Monitor does not.
- Sold on a Per month by emails sent model rather than Per month by contact tier and plan level.
Every Campaign Monitor alternative at a glance
A dash means the catalogue entry carries no figure, not that the answer is nothing.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Tiers | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Campaign Monitor (this page) | On request | Per month by contact tier and plan level | 4 | |
| KlaviyoIf you need deeper e-commerce-specific automation and predictive segmentation | Free | Freemium | 2 | vs Campaign Monitor |
| MailerLiteIf you want unlimited sends at a lower entry price point | Free | Subscription | 4 | vs Campaign Monitor |
| BrevoIf you want email plus SMS and CRM features bundled together | Free | Freemium | - | vs Campaign Monitor |
| Zoho Campaigns | Free | Per month by contact tier once on a paid plan | 3 | vs Campaign Monitor |
| Listmonk | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 2 | vs Campaign Monitor |
| Keila | Free, then €8/month | Per month by emails sent | 4 | vs Campaign Monitor |
| Shortwave | Free, then $30/month | - | 4 | vs Campaign Monitor |
| Resend | Free, then $20/month | Freemium | 3 | vs Campaign Monitor |
| AWeber | Free, then $15/month | Freemium | 3 | vs Campaign Monitor |
| EmailOctopus | Free, then $9/month | Freemium | 2 | vs Campaign Monitor |
| Flodesk | Free | Freemium | 4 | vs Campaign Monitor |
| Loops | Free | Freemium | 1 | vs Campaign Monitor |
| RD Station Marketing | Free, then $16/month | Subscription | 4 | vs Campaign Monitor |
| Amazon SES | On request | Per 1,000 emails sent, tiered by volume, no campaign features included | 3 | vs Campaign Monitor |
| SAP Emarsys | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Campaign Monitor |
| Attentive | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Campaign Monitor |
| Ortto | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Campaign Monitor |
| Sailthru | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Campaign Monitor |
| Sendy | $69/one-time | One-time purchase | 3 | vs Campaign Monitor |
| Moosend | On request | Per month by contact count | 4 | vs Campaign Monitor |
| Dotdigital | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Campaign Monitor |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry; Softwr hosts no reviews of these products. How each figure is used is set out on the Campaign Monitor badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
Free to start (13)
These publish a tier that costs nothing, so they can be evaluated before any money changes hands.
- Klaviyo , Free
- MailerLite , Free
- Brevo , Free
- Zoho Campaigns , Free
- Listmonk , Free
- Keila , Free, then €8/month
- Shortwave , Free, then $30/month
- Resend , Free, then $20/month
What you would be giving up
Campaign Monitor is most often brought in for a small marketing team wanting straightforward campaign design and automation without a full martech stack, a business with a list under a few thousand contacts and infrequent sends, where the lite tier's cap is not a real constraint, an agency managing multiple brands wanting enterprise-tier multi-brand account management, a team wanting a bundled website builder alongside email on the premier tier. Anything replacing it has to cover the ones you actually depend on, and a cheaper tool that misses one of them is not cheaper.
Two things this page cannot settle. It compares on price, model, tier count and rating, because those are the fields the category listing carries, feature-level differences need both full records, which is what the head-to-head pages load. And the ratings are third-party aggregates imported with each entry rather than reviews written here, so a 0.2 difference between two tools is noise rather than a finding.
If Campaign Monitor is broadly right and the question is cost, the Campaign Monitor pricing breakdown covers every tier and what each one adds. If you want the whole field rather than a shortlist, the Email Marketing category lists everything the directory holds, and best email marketing tools ranks them.
Campaign Monitor runs on web. Platform coverage is not carried on the category listing for the alternatives, so it is one more thing to check on each head-to-head page rather than here.
Questions about Campaign Monitor alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Campaign Monitor?
- 21 other email marketing tools are listed in this directory, led by Klaviyo, MailerLite, Brevo, Zoho Campaigns. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to Campaign Monitor?
- 13 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: Klaviyo, MailerLite, Brevo, Zoho Campaigns, Listmonk.
- Why do people look for an alternative to Campaign Monitor?
- On the figures on record, 2 things stand out: there is no free tier; cost climbs steeply across the tiers. Each is set out with the numbers behind it above.
- What would I give up by switching from Campaign Monitor?
- Campaign Monitor is most often brought in for a small marketing team wanting straightforward campaign design and automation without a full martech stack, a business with a list under a few thousand contacts and infrequent sends, where the lite tier's cap is not a real constraint, an agency managing multiple brands wanting enterprise-tier multi-brand account management, a team wanting a bundled website builder alongside email on the premier tier. Anything you replace it with has to cover the ones you actually rely on, the side-by-side comparisons linked from each alternative below put the two feature records against each other.
- Is there an open-source alternative to Campaign Monitor?
- None of the email marketing tools listed here are recorded as open source. That is what the licence field on each entry says, and the field is not always filled in, so it is worth checking directly for any tool you are serious about.
- How were these Campaign Monitor alternatives chosen?
- They are the tools filed in the same category, Email Marketing, ordered by the aggregated rating on each entry. There is no editorial shortlist, and nothing on this page is paid: no sponsored placement runs on alternatives pages and the order cannot be bought. Softwr has not used these products.
- Where can I compare Campaign Monitor against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Campaign Monitor covering price, platforms, features and what each one is used for. Those pages read the full record for both products rather than the summary shown here.
- Does this list cover every email marketing tool?
- No. It covers what this directory holds in the Email Marketing category, 21 tools beside Campaign Monitor. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.