beehiiv vs. Mad Mimi

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
beehiiv
Score 9.7 out of 10
N/A
beehiiv is an email newsletter content creation and distribution platform from the company of the same name in New York. It boasts a sleek minimalist editor with flexibility, and customization, and a no-code template editor used to build a newsletter. Users can create content exclusively for different subscriber tiers and segments while beehiiv handles user authentication, paywalls, subscription management, and billing.
$49
per month
Mad Mimi
Score 10.0 out of 10
N/A
Mad Mimi is an email marketing solution targeted at SMBs, designed to be intuitive and straightforward. It was acquired by GoDaddy in August 2014 to expand their small business support offerings.
$10
per month
Pricing
beehiivMad Mimi
Editions & Modules
Grow
$49
per month
Scale
$99
per month
Launch
Free
Basic
$10.00
per month
Pro
$42.00
per month
Silver
$199.00
per month
Gold
$1049.00
per month
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
beehiivMad Mimi
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
More Pricing Information
Community Pulse
beehiivMad Mimi
Considered Both Products
beehiiv
Chose beehiiv
I found beehiiv the best suited for growth. The pricing model for other providers means your costs go up faster and steeper than with beehiiv.
Mad Mimi
Chose Mad Mimi
Mad Mimi has way less clutter, a much simpler interface, and I just enjoy it a lot more.
Chose Mad Mimi
Mad Mimi is not as complex to use for preparing emails as some competitors like MailChimp. Mad Mimi has a lot of integration for third-party apps. Unlike MailChimp, Mad Mimi is more suitable for our e-marketing strategy. Mad Mimi does not offer free trial whereas MailChimp does …
Chose Mad Mimi
Constant Contact is the Goliath of the industry and to us, it was unnecessarily complex and expensive. We chose Mad Mimi, after looking at several other new offerings and we've been extremely satisfied with our choice of Mad Mimi.
Chose Mad Mimi
I've chosen Mad Mimi for all the reasons stated previously. It's easy to use, free (for now); has an embeddable webform, list segmentation, mobile optimization, etc. On the other hand, I'm just this close to moving to MailChimp which has more sophisticated features and built-in …
Chose Mad Mimi
When I started using Mad Mimi several years ago, it offered a decent feature set at a lower price. For my business, I switched to AWeber first and then to ActiveCampaign for more advanced e-commerce integrations. For my trade association, I recently moved to MailChimp because …
Chose Mad Mimi
Mad Mimi was the first one that we found and we liked it "out of the box." We have not had any need to look for anything else. It has always been able to handle our needs and been easy to use. We will continue to use it until we exceed its capabilities.
Chose Mad Mimi
Mad Mimi was easier to use to keep readers engaged versus using the apps available on the blog site.
Chose Mad Mimi
I don't have any valuable information for this question. I've never used another platform and I don't remember the research I did over a year ago.
Chose Mad Mimi
Mad Mimi is superior to most ESPs that I've used, although it lacks in terms of a learning library, which includes best practices, strategy, expectations, and integration. MailChimp may be a better option for those who require more options, more integration, or more information …
Features
beehiivMad Mimi
Email & Online Marketing
Comparison of Email & Online Marketing features of Product A and Product B
beehiiv
9.4
Ratings
17% above category average
Mad Mimi
8.2
Ratings
3% above category average
WYSIWYG email editor7.00 Ratings9.90 Ratings
Dynamic content10.00 Ratings7.00 Ratings
Ability to test dynamic content10.00 Ratings5.00 Ratings
Landing pages10.00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
A/B testing10.00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Mobile optimization9.00 Ratings7.00 Ratings
Email deliverability reporting10.00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
List management9.00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Triggered drip sequences10.00 Ratings8.10 Ratings
Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
beehiiv
10.0
Ratings
26% above category average
Mad Mimi
10.0
Ratings
26% above category average
Dashboards10.00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Standard reports10.00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Custom reports10.00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Pre-Send Testing
Comparison of Pre-Send Testing features of Product A and Product B
beehiiv
9.5
Ratings
17% above category average
Mad Mimi
7.7
Ratings
4% below category average
URL Validation9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Email Previews10.00 Ratings7.00 Ratings
Link Tracking00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Spelling and Grammar Check00 Ratings6.00 Ratings
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User Ratings
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Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
(0 ratings)
9.9
(0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(0 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
beehiivMad Mimi
Likelihood to Recommend
Based on the analysis I made of various newsletter providers, beehiiv is the most suited for high-growth ones. If you ever plan or try to grow to 200k users, beehiiv has the best cost/value ratio.
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It's ideal for the new to email campaign/SMB user as they take great pains to ensure your campaign is ready for success. It's also ideal for those who are used to using the 'Goliaths' of email campaigns as the difference is night and day, in my opinion. Mad Mimi does exactly what we needed done to engage just the right audience with proven, scalable results. It's great software, but it's also the value of the team at Mad Mimi that one gets as a customer.
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Pros
  • Signup forms
  • Ease of use
  • Available documentation and video tutorials
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  • Very easy to upload pictures and drop them into an email I am creating.
  • Easy to create links within emails to web hosted documents or websites or videos.
  • Easy to see who has read what, who has engaged with what emails, who has unsubscribed, so I know exactly how to follow up with people.
  • Easy to upload new contacts, in a batch or one at a time.
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Cons
  • Pricing model - too steep
  • Weekly demo sessions or Q&As
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  • The reporting features are pretty basic. I often feel like I need to switch email providers in order to excel ahead of competition.
  • The drag and drop tool is easy to use but very limited. It's really difficult to be creative with columns and content.
  • The entire tool itself is pretty basic. Not wow'd by any features.
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Likelihood to Renew
No answers on this topic
Pretty simple, I know I'm getting what I pay for and a little more. Although simple and easy for the new user; a more seasoned marketer can still get the most from MadMimi. Especially if the primary purpose is to generate strong brand loyalty with effective communication that integrates your various outlets: MadMimi makes it easy for your customer to pick-up what the business owner wants to relay.
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Usability
No answers on this topic
I find it very easy to use just like my colleagues too. The learning curve is straight forward.
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Support Rating
No answers on this topic
My issues are usually quickly resolved and their support staffs are very knowledgeable on the software generally
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Alternatives Considered
I found beehiiv the best suited for growth. The pricing model for other providers means your costs go up faster and steeper than with beehiiv.
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Mad Mimi is not as complex to use for preparing emails as some competitors like Mailchimp. Mad Mimi has a lot of integration for third-party apps. Unlike Mailchimp, Mad Mimi is more suitable for our e-marketing strategy. Mad Mimi does not offer free trial whereas Mailchimp does offer a test service for 1000 emails. Mailchimp has more functionalities, for instance, the A/B testing which is lacking in Mad Mimi but is very effective in Mailchimp. The email template from Mad Mimi is not as responsive as the one of Mailchimp but when it comes to overall usage, Mad Mimi can do basically what Mailchimp can do. Mailchimp has more functionality in autoresponder usage than Mad Mimi. We chose Mad Mimi because it is cheaper.
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Return on Investment
  • Ease of use translates into more time focused on core business
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  • I've spent 3 years creating blog posts, and it is only now encompassing the breath that allows me to draw upon this pieces as a reusable resource, but now this is happening.
  • I preferred the Mad Mimi platform to Mail Chimp, and I suspect it continues to offer advantages. I felt Mad Mimi did themselves a disservice by failing to support their free subscriber service to the same extent that Mail Chimp does. When one's mail list gets sufficiently large, then it does pay to pay them, but not in the context I was using it.
  • It seems that Mad Mimi is targeting direct marketing purposes, as this is a use where ROI is more easily measured.
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