Best for
Best for ecommerce and direct-to-consumer brands on Shopify, WooCommerce or BigCommerce that want behavior-based email automation with onsite popups in one platform.
- Small and mid-sized
- Enterprise
Email Marketing Comparison
Drip 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 | Drip | Mailjet |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | From $39 / month For up to 2,500 active people; the price scales with the number of active people and the volume of emails sent. | 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, open API access on every plan | Yes, a Send API and SMTP relay on all paid plans |
| Hosting | Cloud (SaaS) | Cloud (SaaS) |
| Campaign types | Yes, one-off email campaigns and newsletters plus automated workflows, with an onsite suite of popups, slide-ins, sticky bars and quizzes | Yes, marketing campaigns and newsletters plus transactional email, with landing pages on Premium |
| Automation and journeys | Yes, a visual workflow builder with branching logic, goals and split tests, and 15-plus prebuilt templates for abandoned cart, browse abandonment, welcome and win-back | Yes, automations on the Premium plan |
| Segmentation and personalisation | Yes, dynamic segments that update automatically from behavior, purchase history and engagement, synced from the store in real time | Yes, segmentation from the Essential plan, with dynamic content on Premium |
| Templates and editor | Yes, a drag-and-drop visual email builder with 50-plus themed templates, plus a plain-text builder | Yes, an advanced drag-and-drop editor on every plan |
| Deliverability and testing | Yes, A/B split testing of up to four subject line or content variations, reporting opens, clicks and revenue per variation | Yes, A/B testing on Premium, with a dedicated IP available on higher-volume plans |
| Ecommerce and CRM data | Yes, deep native Shopify, WooCommerce and BigCommerce integrations that sync customers, orders and product catalog in real time | 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, open API access and 50-plus integrations on every plan | Yes, a Send API and SMTP relay on all paid plans |
| AI features | No | stated Yes |
| MCP-ready | No | stated Yes |
| Deployment | Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based | Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based |
| Support | Email helpdesk, Chat | more entries Email helpdesk, Phone, Chat |
| Onboarding | Not stated | Documentation and knowledge base, Video tutorials, Guided onboarding |
| Company size | Small and mid-sized, Enterprise | more entries Freelancers, Small and mid-sized, Enterprise |
| Integrations | Shopify, WooCommerce, BigCommerce | 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 Drip From $39 / month Mailjet From $9 / month
- Free trial Drip 14-day free trial Mailjet Free plan with 6,000 emails per month (200 per day)
- Company size Drip Small and mid-sized, Enterprise Mailjet Freelancers, Small and mid-sized, Enterprise
- Support Drip Email helpdesk, Chat Mailjet Email helpdesk, Phone, Chat
- AI features Drip No Mailjet Yes
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The trade-offs
Strengths and Limitations
Drip
Strengths
- Every feature included on every plan, with nothing locked behind higher tiers
- Deep native Shopify, WooCommerce and BigCommerce integrations with real-time data sync
- Onsite suite of popups, slide-ins and quizzes included at no extra cost
- Billed only on active people who can receive email
Limitations
- No free plan, only a 14-day free trial
- Purpose-built for ecommerce, so less suited to non-store senders
- Live chat support is reserved for the $99 / month and higher plans
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
Drip
- All features From $39 / month For up to 2,500 active people. Every feature is included on every plan; the price scales with the number of active people and email volume. Live chat support is available on the $99 / month and higher plans.
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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Drip
- Ease of use
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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
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- Features
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Where this comes from
Where this comes from
Drip https://www.drip.com · checked against the official source on 2026-08-23
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.