Best for
Best for marketing teams and agencies that want a polished drag-and-drop builder, prebuilt journeys and a large integration catalogue.
- Freelancers
- Small and mid-sized
- Enterprise
Email Marketing Comparison
Campaign Monitor vs. Mailjet
At a glance
At a glance
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 | Campaign Monitor | Mailjet |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | Not stated | From $9 / month Starter plan; priced by monthly email volume. A free plan is available. |
| Free trial | Free plan for up to 500 contacts on a 30-day trial, with a 500 email send limit | Free plan with 6,000 emails per month (200 per day) |
| API | Yes, API access with 250+ integrations | Yes, a Send API and SMTP relay on all paid plans |
| Hosting | Cloud (SaaS) | Cloud (SaaS) |
| Campaign types | Yes, email campaigns and newsletters, with a website builder available as a paid add-on | Yes, marketing campaigns and newsletters plus transactional email, with landing pages on Premium |
| Automation and journeys | Yes, prebuilt customer journeys and drip campaigns, with unlimited automated emails on Essentials and above | Yes, automations on the Premium plan |
| Segmentation and personalisation | Yes, segmentation, with advanced engagement segments on the Premier plan | Yes, segmentation from the Essential plan, with dynamic content on Premium |
| Templates and editor | Yes, a drag-and-drop builder with 100+ responsive templates and support for custom-coded templates | Yes, an advanced drag-and-drop editor on every plan |
| Deliverability and testing | Yes, A/B testing, link review, and design and spam testing | Yes, A/B testing on Premium, with a dedicated IP available on higher-volume plans |
| Ecommerce and CRM data | Yes, CRM and ecommerce connections among the 250+ integrations | 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, API access with 250+ integrations | 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 | Email helpdesk, Phone | more entries Email helpdesk, Phone, Chat |
| Onboarding | Not stated | Documentation and knowledge base, Video tutorials, Guided onboarding |
| Company size | Freelancers, Small and mid-sized, Enterprise | Freelancers, Small and mid-sized, Enterprise |
| Integrations | Not stated | 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
- Free trial Campaign Monitor Free plan for up to 500 contacts on a 30-day trial, with a 500 email send limit Mailjet Free plan with 6,000 emails per month (200 per day)
- Support Campaign Monitor Email helpdesk, Phone Mailjet Email helpdesk, Phone, Chat
- MCP-ready Campaign Monitor No Mailjet Yes
- API Campaign Monitor Yes, API access with 250+ integrations Mailjet Yes, a Send API and SMTP relay on all paid plans
- Campaign types Campaign Monitor Yes, email campaigns and newsletters, with a website builder available as a paid add-on Mailjet Yes, marketing campaigns and newsletters plus transactional email, with landing pages on Premium
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The trade-offs
Strengths and Limitations
Campaign Monitor
Strengths
- Drag-and-drop builder with 100+ responsive templates and custom-coded templates
- Prebuilt customer journeys and drip campaigns
- AI Writer, AI Email Booster and AI Segment Mapper
- 250+ integrations, including CRM and ecommerce, with an API
Limitations
- Advanced engagement segments are reserved for the Premier plan
- The website builder is a paid add-on
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
Campaign Monitor
- Free $0 / month Up to 500 contacts on a 30-day trial, with a 500 email send limit; no credit card required.
- Lite Not stated Core email tools with up to 2,500 monthly sends.
- Essentials Not stated Unlimited monthly sends and priority support.
- Premier Not stated Unlimited monthly sends, advanced engagement segments and phone support.
- Enterprise Not stated Custom pricing on annual contracts with a dedicated account manager.
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.
What users say
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Campaign Monitor
- Ease of use
- Not rated yet
- 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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Mailjet
- Ease of use
- Not rated yet
- User interface
- Not rated yet
- Onboarding
- Not rated yet
- Support and service
- Not rated yet
- Value for money
- Not rated yet
- Features
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Where this comes from
Where this comes from
Campaign Monitor https://www.campaignmonitor.com · checked against the official source on 2026-08-21
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.