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Mailchimp vs Postmark

Mailchimp: Email and SMS marketing minus the learning curve. Postmark: Developers needing fast, reliable transactional email. 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

Postmark

Free tier
Free developer plan: 100 emails/mo, never expires
Paid from
$15/mo (Basic, 10,000 emails) · pricing page
Public API
Yes docs
MCP server
Yes · Official MCP server (ActiveCampaign/postmark-mcp), 24 tools
Best for
Developers needing fast, reliable transactional email
Website
https://postmarkapp.com

Which one?

Mailchimp suits email and sms marketing minus the learning curve. Postmark suits developers needing fast, reliable transactional email. Pricing changes; the fact tables above link both vendors' live pricing pages. For the rest of the field, see Mailchimp alternatives, Postmark alternatives, or the full table.