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Mailchimp Transactional Email (Mandrill) vs. Twilio SendGrid

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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Mailchimp Transactional Email (Mandrill)

    Score7.9 out of 10
    N/AMailchimp Transactional Email (formerly Mandrill) is designed to allow users to deliver fast, personalized transactional emails using API or SMTP.

    $0

    per month

    Twilio SendGrid

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/ATwilio SendGrid Marketing Campaigns provides users with segmentation, campaign editing, and deliverability. According to the vendor, Twilio SendGrid Marketing Campaigns is trusted by over 80,000 customers globally, including Airbnb, Spotify and Uber. Twilio SendGrid Marketing Campaigns aims to help users by providing: MORE EFFICIENT EMAIL BUILDING The campaign building process is free from frustrating, rigid step-by-step wizards that slow users down. The vendor says…

    $15

    per month

    Pricing
    Mailchimp Transactional Email (Mandrill)Twilio SendGrid
    Editions & Modules
    Free
    $0
    per month
    Essentials
    $13
    per month
    Standard
    $20
    per month
    Premium
    $350
    per month
    Basic
    $15
    per month
    Advanced
    $60
    per month
    Free
    Free
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Mailchimp Transactional Email (Mandrill)Twilio SendGrid
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Mailchimp Transactional Email (Mandrill)Twilio SendGrid
    Considered Both Products
    Intuit
    Chose Mailchimp Transactional Email (Mandrill)
    We were already using Mailchimp email marketing product and then while exploring different solutions, we went ahead with Mailchimp Transactional Email (Mandrill) only considering our requirements which has mix of reliability and pricing. Few things that stand out with Mailchimp …
    Incentivized
    Chose Mailchimp Transactional Email (Mandrill)
    Best technical market reviews and more options available. Mandrill is a cheaper option and easy to manage. It is an excellent option for small and medium business.
    Incentivized
    Twilio
    Chose Twilio SendGrid
    SendGrid offers a ready-to-go solution to delivering e-mails to your users. They have integrated the most popular features/requirements for managing the Marketing aspect of your e-mail list with one of the best APIs for managing your lists, campaigns, creatives, and messages. …
    Incentivized
    Chose Twilio SendGrid
    I've used MailChimp and Mandrill as well. Neither is as easy or effective as SendGrid.
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    Mailchimp Transactional Email (Mandrill)Twilio SendGrid
    Email & Online Marketing
    Comparison of Email & Online Marketing features of Mailchimp Transactional Email (Mandrill) and Twilio SendGrid
    Feature
    Mailchimp Transactional Email (Mandrill)
    -
    Ratings
    Twilio SendGrid
    7.1
    48 Ratings
    WYSIWYG email editor00 Ratings7.035 Ratings
    Dynamic content00 Ratings6.838 Ratings
    Ability to test dynamic content00 Ratings5.636 Ratings
    Landing pages00 Ratings8.023 Ratings
    A/B testing00 Ratings7.228 Ratings
    Mobile optimization00 Ratings7.036 Ratings
    Email deliverability reporting00 Ratings7.448 Ratings
    List management00 Ratings7.642 Ratings
    Triggered drip sequences00 Ratings7.222 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Mailchimp Transactional Email (Mandrill) and Twilio SendGrid
    Feature
    Mailchimp Transactional Email (Mandrill)
    -
    Ratings
    Twilio SendGrid
    7.6
    48 Ratings
    Dashboards00 Ratings7.446 Ratings
    Standard reports00 Ratings8.246 Ratings
    Custom reports00 Ratings7.230 Ratings
    Pre-Send Testing
    Comparison of Pre-Send Testing features of Mailchimp Transactional Email (Mandrill) and Twilio SendGrid
    Feature
    Mailchimp Transactional Email (Mandrill)
    -
    Ratings
    Twilio SendGrid
    8.2
    10 Ratings
    URL Validation00 Ratings7.410 Ratings
    Link Tracking00 Ratings8.210 Ratings
    Image Validation00 Ratings9.08 Ratings
    Inbox Display00 Ratings7.810 Ratings
    Email Accessibility Tools00 Ratings7.810 Ratings
    Spelling and Grammar Check00 Ratings8.28 Ratings
    Spam Testing00 Ratings8.210 Ratings
    Email Previews00 Ratings8.610 Ratings
    User Ratings
    Mailchimp Transactional Email (Mandrill)Twilio SendGrid
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (16 ratings)
    7.9
    (59 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    8.2
    (6 ratings)
    Support Rating
    6.7
    (2 ratings)
    3.0
    (9 ratings)