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Email Marketing Comparison

AWeber vs. Mailjet

At a glance

At a glance

AWeber

Best for

Best for small businesses and creators that want straightforward email newsletters, automation and landing pages with an AI writing assistant.

  • Freelancers
  • Small and mid-sized

Mailjet

Best for

Best for teams and developers that want one platform for both marketing campaigns and transactional email, priced by send volume.

  • Freelancers
  • Small and mid-sized
  • Enterprise

Cataleo does not name a winner. Both statements come from the vendors themselves.

Full Comparison

Criterion AWeber Mailjet
Starting price From $15 / month Lite plan billed monthly; annual billing lowers it to $12.49 / month, and the price scales with the number of subscribers. lower value From $9 / month Starter plan; priced by monthly email volume. A free plan is available.
Free trial 14-day free trial Free plan with 6,000 emails per month (200 per day)
API Yes, an email marketing API and hundreds of integrations Yes, a Send API and SMTP relay on all paid plans
Hosting Cloud (SaaS) Cloud (SaaS)
Campaign types Yes, email newsletters and automated email campaigns, with signup forms and landing pages Yes, marketing campaigns and newsletters plus transactional email, with landing pages on Premium
Automation and journeys Yes, automated email campaigns; 3 automations on Lite and unlimited automations on Plus Yes, automations on the Premium plan
Segmentation and personalisation Yes, subscriber tagging and segmentation Yes, segmentation from the Essential plan, with dynamic content on Premium
Templates and editor Yes, a drag-and-drop builder with templates and a Smart Designer that auto-generates branded templates, plus a Canva integration Yes, an advanced drag-and-drop editor on every plan
Deliverability and testing Yes, split tests of up to three emails covering subject lines, preview text, content and send times, with the segments and split percentages chosen rather than fixed at 50/50, plus an in-house reputation system that monitors sending signals around the clock and a dedicated deliverability team Yes, A/B testing on Premium, with a dedicated IP available on higher-volume plans
Ecommerce and CRM data Yes, sell products and take payments through Stripe, with integrations for Shopify, PayPal and WordPress Through connectors rather than a built-in store sync: Mailjet ships its own plugins for WordPress with WooCommerce and for PrestaShop, while the other ecommerce and CRM entries in its integrations directory, among them Shopify, HubSpot and Salesforce, are connected through Zapier or another iPaaS partner
Integrations and API Yes, an email marketing API and hundreds of integrations, including Shopify, PayPal, WordPress and Zapier Yes, a Send API and SMTP relay on all paid plans
AI features Yes Yes
MCP-ready No stated Yes
Deployment Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based
Support more entries Email helpdesk, Phone, Chat, 24/7, Community forum Email helpdesk, Phone, Chat
Onboarding Documentation and knowledge base, Video tutorials, Guided onboarding Documentation and knowledge base, Video tutorials, Guided onboarding
Company size Freelancers, Small and mid-sized more entries Freelancers, Small and mid-sized, Enterprise
Integrations WordPress, Shopify, WooCommerce, PayPal, Stripe, Zapier, Calendly, Salesforce, HubSpot, Squarespace, Wix, ClickFunnels, Etsy, Zoom, Typeform more entries WordPress, WooCommerce, PrestaShop, Drupal, Joomla, Squarespace, Webflow, Shopify, BigCommerce, Stripe, PayPal, Salesforce, HubSpot, Pipedrive, Zoho, Microsoft Dynamics CRM, Segment, Zapier, Make, n8n, Slack, Zendesk, Intercom, Google Sheets, Airtable, Typeform, Sinch Engage

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The short version

Key Differences

  • Starting price AWeber From $15 / month Mailjet From $9 / month
  • Free trial AWeber 14-day free trial Mailjet Free plan with 6,000 emails per month (200 per day)
  • Company size AWeber Freelancers, Small and mid-sized Mailjet Freelancers, Small and mid-sized, Enterprise
  • Support AWeber Email helpdesk, Phone, Chat, 24/7, Community forum Mailjet Email helpdesk, Phone, Chat
  • MCP-ready AWeber No Mailjet Yes

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The trade-offs

Strengths and Limitations

AWeber

Strengths

  • AI writing assistant and subject line generator help draft copy
  • Smart Designer auto-generates branded templates, plus a Canva integration
  • Sell products and take payments through Stripe
  • Email marketing API and hundreds of integrations

Limitations

  • Lite plan limits automations and landing pages to three each
  • Pricing scales with the number of subscribers
  • No permanent free plan, only a 14-day trial

Mailjet

Strengths

  • Priced by email volume, with unlimited contacts on the Essential and Premium plans
  • Advanced drag-and-drop editor on every plan, including the free tier
  • Send API and SMTP relay for transactional email on all paid plans
  • Free plan with 6,000 emails per month

Limitations

  • Automations, A/B testing and dynamic content are reserved for the Premium plan
  • The Free and Starter plans cap contacts at 1,000 and 2,000

Plans

Pricing

AWeber

  • Lite From $15 / month Up to 3 automations and 3 landing pages, with monthly email sends up to 10x the subscriber count. Billed monthly; $12.49 / month billed annually. Scales with subscribers.
  • Plus From $30 / month Adds unlimited automations and landing pages and monthly sends up to 12x the subscriber count. Billed monthly; $19.99 / month billed annually.
  • Done For You $20 / month A full email system built by AWeber's experts within 7 days, billed annually plus a $79 setup fee, with 30 days of unlimited edits.
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Mailjet

  • Free $0 / month 6,000 emails per month (200 per day), up to 1,000 contacts, with the advanced drag-and-drop editor.
  • Starter From $9 / month 8,000 emails per month, up to 2,000 contacts, with online support.
  • Essential From $17 / month 15,000 emails per month, unlimited contacts, segmentation and no daily send limit.
  • Premium From $27 / month Adds automations, A/B testing, dynamic content, landing pages and up to 20 subaccounts, plus priority support, with phone and chat support from 50,000 emails a month.
  • Custom Not stated Custom enterprise plans for high-volume senders, with a dedicated technical account manager, unlimited subaccounts, phone and chat support and guided onboarding, training and consulting.
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What users say

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AWeber

Ease of use
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Mailjet

Ease of use
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User interface
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Onboarding
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Support and service
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Value for money
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Features
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Where this comes from

Where this comes from

AWeber https://www.aweber.com · checked against the official source on 2026-08-20

Mailjet https://www.mailjet.com · checked against the official source on 2026-08-21

This table lists factual criteria taken from information the vendors publish themselves. For how we put it together, see the methodology.