MailerLite
Comfort
Flat price, whole team$10.80
× 12 months$129.60
Per year
$1.08 per person / mo
$130
Starting price; rises with usage
MailerLite vs Constant Contact
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MailerLite
85%
match · $130/yr
Constant Contact
63%
match · $144/yr
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What you'd pay
Entry plan for 10 people, billed yearly where offered. Prices checked Oct 2026.
Smaller bill
Constant Contact
Lite
Flat price, whole team$12.00
× 12 months$144.00
Per year
$1.20 per person / mo
$144
Up to 500 contacts
MailerLite
From $10.80Free plan
G2 4.6 · 1,109 reviewsSmall businesses that want a low monthly bill, a real automation builder on the entry paid plan, and landing pages or a simple website in the same account.
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Constant Contact
From $10.20
G2 4.1 · 7,616 reviewsLocal businesses, nonprofits and event organizers that want simple email, social posting and live phone help more than deep automation.
Side by side
| MailerLite |  Constant Contact | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free (250 subscribers); paid from $10.80/month (Comfort, 500 subscribers, annual) | No free plan; from $10.20/month (Lite, prepaid annually) or $12/month (monthly) |
| G2 Rating | 4.6 (1,109 reviews) | 4.1 (7,616 reviews) |
| Best For | Small businesses that want a low monthly bill, a real automation builder on the entry paid plan, and landing pages or a simple website in the same account. | Local businesses, nonprofits and event organizers that want simple email, social posting and live phone help more than deep automation. |
Pros and cons
MailerLite
Pros
- Comfort is the cheapest plan here with real automation at 500 and 2,500 subscribers ($12 and $33 per month, billed monthly)
- Comfort allows 50 automations with up to 100 steps each
- Email A/B testing is included even on the Free plan
- 14-day trial of premium features with no credit card
Cons
- The Free plan was cut to 250 subscribers and 2,500 emails per month on June 16, 2026
- No SMS or transactional email inside MailerLite plans; those run through MailerSend, a separate product
- Comfort caps monthly sends at 10x your tier, so heavy senders need Power
- Existing customers moved to the new prices at their next renewal
Constant Contact
Pros
- Live phone and chat support on every plan, including Lite
- Events, registrations and payments built in
- Social posting and a social ads manager next to email
- Sending does not stop at the limit; extra emails cost $2 per 1,000
Cons
- No free plan
- Lite has 1 user, 1 custom segment, 1 automation template and no A/B testing
- Custom automations need Premium, which starts at $80/month (monthly)
- Prices above the starting tier were not readable on its pricing page
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