Best for
Best for small businesses that want an email marketing platform with templates, automation and an AI content generator, and phone support to get started.
- Freelancers
- Small and mid-sized
Email Marketing Comparison
Constant Contact vs. Mautic
At a glance
At a glance
Best for
Best for teams that need marketing automation without a per-contact bill, and have someone able to run a PHP application.
- Small and mid-sized
- Enterprise
Cataleo does not name a winner. Both statements come from the vendors themselves.
Full Comparison
| Criterion | Constant Contact | Mautic |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | From $12 / month Lite plan; the price scales with the number of contacts. Prepaying for 12 months saves up to 15 percent. | Free and open source if self-hosted; managed hosting from €247.50 / month The software carries no licence cost, but the server and the email sending provider are your own. Managed hosting through the official partner Dropsolid starts at €247.50 per month billed annually, or €275 per month billed quarterly. |
| Free trial | Free trial available, no credit card required | 14-day trial of the hosted offering, no credit card required |
| Commercial use | Not stated | Yes, GPL v3 |
| API | Yes, a v3 REST API for contacts and email campaigns with webhooks and OAuth 2.0 | Yes, a REST API plus an in-app marketplace of community plugins and themes |
| Hosting | Cloud (SaaS) | Self-hosted on your own infrastructure, or managed hosting through certified partners |
| Made in | United States | Not stated |
| Campaign types | Yes, email campaigns, with 500 SMS messages a month and social posts on the Premium plan | Email campaigns and newsletters alongside SMS, push notifications and WhatsApp, plus landing pages and forms that embed in a site or open as a popup |
| Automation and journeys | Yes, automation templates, one on Lite, three on Standard and unlimited custom automations on Premium | Yes, a drag-and-drop campaign builder for multi-step journeys from capture through to conversion |
| Segmentation and personalisation | Yes, ten custom segments on Standard and unlimited custom segments with dynamic content on Premium | Yes, contact segmentation driven by behaviour and engagement tracking, with customisable point-based lead scoring to prioritise contacts |
| Templates and editor | Yes, an email editor with templates and an AI content generator | Yes, a drag-and-drop email builder with personalisation and A/B testing, plus a landing page builder and a form builder; community themes come through the marketplace |
| Deliverability and testing | Yes, subject line A/B testing and automatic resend to non-openers on Standard and Premium | Sending runs through a provider you supply, not one bundled with the product. SMTP is the default transport, configured as a DSN, and since version 5 the Symfony Mailer transports add SendGrid, Amazon SES and others by Composer; a SparkPost plugin is available from the Mautic Marketplace. The documentation warns that the Symfony transports do not support batch sending or the bounce-management callbacks the dedicated plugins handle |
| Ecommerce and CRM data | Yes, contact management with integrations, plus revenue reporting on the Premium plan | Contacts, companies and lead scoring are native, and CRM, ecommerce and SMS systems connect through marketplace plugins or webhooks rather than shipping preconfigured |
| Integrations and API | Yes, a v3 REST API for contacts and email campaigns with webhooks and OAuth 2.0 | Yes, a REST API for contacts, campaigns and data transfer, webhooks, and an in-app marketplace of community plugins |
| AI features | stated Yes | No |
| Deployment | Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based | more entries On-premise, Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based |
| Support | more entries Phone, Chat | Community forum |
| Onboarding | Not stated | Documentation and knowledge base |
| Company size | Freelancers, Small and mid-sized | Small and mid-sized, Enterprise |
| Integrations | Not stated | SMTP, SendGrid, Amazon SES, SparkPost |
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The short version
Key Differences
- Starting price Constant Contact From $12 / month Mautic Free and open source if self-hosted; managed hosting from €247.50 / month
- Free trial Constant Contact Free trial available, no credit card required Mautic 14-day trial of the hosted offering, no credit card required
- Deployment Constant Contact Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based Mautic On-premise, Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based
- Company size Constant Contact Freelancers, Small and mid-sized Mautic Small and mid-sized, Enterprise
- Hosting Constant Contact Cloud (SaaS) Mautic Self-hosted on your own infrastructure, or managed hosting through certified partners
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The trade-offs
Strengths and Limitations
Constant Contact
Strengths
- AI content generator for on-brand emails, texts and social posts
- Automatic resend to non-openers and subject line A/B testing on the paid plans
- v3 REST API with webhooks and OAuth 2.0
- Prepaying for 12 months saves up to 15 percent
Limitations
- Prices scale with the number of contacts
- The Lite plan is limited to one user and one automation template
Mautic
Strengths
- No licence cost and no per-contact fee, so list growth does not change the bill
- Self-hosting keeps contact data in a jurisdiction you pick
- Campaign builder, email builder, landing pages, forms and lead scoring are all in the core product
- REST API, webhooks and an in-app marketplace for extending it
Limitations
- You supply and pay for the email sending provider separately
- Running and patching a PHP application is your responsibility unless you buy managed hosting
- Support is community forums and Slack; paid support comes only through partners
- Symfony Mailer transports do not batch-send or handle bounce callbacks
Plans
Pricing
Constant Contact
- Lite From $12 / month One user, one automation template and basic reporting, with monthly sends up to 10x the number of contacts. Scales with contacts.
- Standard From $35 / month Three users, email scheduling, subject line A/B testing, resend to non-openers, three automation templates, AI campaign building and ten custom segments.
- Premium From $80 / month Unlimited users, unlimited custom automations and segments, dynamic content, revenue reporting, dedicated support and 500 SMS messages a month.
Mautic
- Self-hosted €0 The open source application under the GPL v3 licence. No licence cost; the server and the email sending provider are your own.
- Mautic Essential €247.50 Per month billed annually, or €275 per month billed quarterly. Managed shared hosting through Dropsolid, up to 50,000 emails per month and 50,000 contacts.
- Mautic Professional €1,237 Per month. Dedicated hosting, up to 3 million contacts, with a dedicated support manager.
- Mautic Enterprise Custom Quoted by the vendor. Dedicated infrastructure, up to 6 million emails per month, enterprise-grade security.
What users say
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Constant Contact
- Ease of use
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- User interface
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- Onboarding
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Mautic
- 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
- Not rated yet
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Where this comes from
Where this comes from
Constant Contact https://www.constantcontact.com · checked against the official source on 2026-08-19
Mautic https://www.mautic.org · no check date recorded yet
This table lists factual criteria taken from information the vendors publish themselves. For how we put it together, see the methodology.