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Mailchimp vs Mailjet

Mailchimp: Email and SMS marketing minus the learning curve. Mailjet: Teams sending marketing and transactional email together. Same fact set for both, straight from each vendor's docs.

Mailchimp

Free tier
Free plan, up to 500 contacts (500 sends/mo)
Paid from
$13/mo (Essentials, 500 contacts); scales with contact count · pricing page
Public API
Yes docs
MCP server
Yes · Official MCP for Transactional (Mandrill) in dev docs; Marketing API MCPs are community
Best for
Email and SMS marketing minus the learning curve
Website
https://mailchimp.com

Mailjet

Free tier
Free plan: 6,000 emails/mo (200/day)
Paid from
$9/mo (Starter, 8,000 emails/mo) · pricing page
Public API
Yes docs
MCP server
Yes · Official open-source MCP server (read-only), in Mailjet docs
Best for
Teams sending marketing and transactional email together
Website
https://www.mailjet.com

Which one?

Mailchimp suits email and sms marketing minus the learning curve. Mailjet suits teams sending marketing and transactional email together. Pricing changes; the fact tables above link both vendors' live pricing pages. For the rest of the field, see Mailchimp alternatives, Mailjet alternatives, or the full table.