EmailOctopus

Email & Communication

Free up to 2,500 subs, from $9/mo

Simple, affordable email marketing

EmailOctopus offers email marketing at roughly a third of Mailchimp’s price. Built on Amazon SES for reliable delivery at low cost.

Bootstrapped to $3M ARR by Jonathan Bull and Tom Evans. Remote team of 9, serving 92,000+ organizations across 119 countries.

Pros

  • 1/3 the price of Mailchimp for comparable features
  • Free tier covers 2,500 subscribers and 10,000 emails a month
  • Simple interface that does not try to be a CRM

Cons

  • Automation is basic: no complex branching or conditional workflows
  • Email template library is small compared to Mailchimp or MailerLite
  • Free tier holds fewer subscribers than Kit (formerly ConvertKit), which allows 10,000

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