Campaign Monitor

campaignmonitor.com
Email Marketing
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Email Marketing Platform & Services - Maximize your email marketing potential

How to Replace Campaign Monitor

Overview

Campaign Monitor is an email marketing platform that empowers businesses to create, automate, and optimize email campaigns with ease. It offers drag-and-drop email builders, AI-powered features, marketing automation, and comprehensive analytics to help marketers achieve their goals. The platform serves thousands of businesses worldwide with personalized guidance aligned to their specific objectives.

Features

48 features across 26 categories

AI(5)

AI Email BoosterAIPremium

Review email for content and design to get personalized suggestions for enhancing

AI Segment MapperAIPremium

Prompt the AI to create a segment for you and skip the manual logic building

AI WriterAI

Find inspiration, fine-tune your copy, and create content optimized for your audiences with generative AI

Send Time OptimizationAI

Let Campaign Monitor determine the best time to deliver based on how each subscriber has historically interacted with campaigns

Subject Line RecommendationsAIPremium

Take the guesswork out of creating multiple subject lines and let the tool help identify the best option(s)

Also in: monday.com, Notion, Airtable

Analytics(1)

Advanced Link Tracking

Track how your email campaign performs in third party platforms like Omniture, WebTrends, and Core Metrics

Also in: Hugging Face, Notion, Smartsheet

Audience Management(1)

Segmentation Tools

Easily segment your audience to drive tailored email content to subscribers

Automation(6)

Automated Emails

Create automated journeys to keep subscribers engaged over time based on a set trigger

Campaign Series

Trigger campaigns from a specific date to automate connected campaign flows, also known as drip campaigns

Prebuilt Journeys

Access prebuilt automated journeys for the most popular instances to set up engaging, triggered emails quickly

RSS Feed Trigger

Use your website's RSS feed to create and send emails automatically

Transactional Emails

Automatically send emails based on a specific subscriber action such as invoices or account confirmation

Visual Journey Designer

Create customer journeys with an approachable visual journey designer for email automation

Also in: monday.com, Notion, Airtable

Branding(1)

Branded Templates

Enter your URL and automatically import your creative elements into a collection of templates to ensure emails are always on brand

Also in: Lightspeed POS, Lessonly, Setmore

Content Library(1)

Free Image Gallery

Access over 2 million free Pexels images directly in the email builder

Data Quality(1)

Non-Human Click FilterPremium

Machine or bot clicks may be impacting reports but this tool automatically identifies and drops all non-human clicks

Email Building(2)

Custom Coded Templates

Import custom coded HTML emails by uploading from your computer or importing from the web

Drag-and-Drop Email Builder

Build beautiful, professional emails without coding using a simple drag-and-drop interface

Also in: iContact

Email Features(1)

Countdown TimerPremium

A live-updating timer that makes it easy to drive urgency for limited-time offers

Email Optimization(1)

Mobile Optimization Tools

Ensure emails look perfect on desktop and mobile with mobile layout and background image settings

Integration(1)

API Access

Build custom integrations with any platform through Campaign Monitor's robust API

Learning(2)

Campaign Monitor 101

Learn everything you need to know about email theory and best practices with extensive email course

Training Videos

Get the most out of Campaign Monitor with step-by-step videos and tutorials

List Building(1)

Signup Forms

Grow your list with embedded forms, pop-up forms, and signup form pages hosted by Campaign Monitor or on your site

Organization(1)

Campaign Tags

Organize, categorize, and sort your draft and sent campaigns

Personalization(2)

Custom Fields

Personalize content and plan more targeted campaigns using individual subscriber data

Dynamic Content

Deliver unique, targeted content to each subscriber from a single email

Quality Assurance(3)

Design & Spam Testing

Automated test tool shows what your email looks like in all major email clients and runs through spam filters

Inbox Preview

See how your emails will appear across different email clients before sending

Link Review

Automatically tests all links in the builder and notifies you of any that are broken or missing

Reporting & Analytics(4)

Campaign Score

Get campaign-level performance insights and suggested tactics to help improve results

Marketing Monitor

Get performance insights based on industry benchmarks plus suggested tactics to help you achieve your goals

Real-Time Reporting Analytics

Get a comprehensive view of email marketing performance with subscriber growth and engagement reports

Worldview Reporting

Watch subscribers open and click in real-time across the globe

Security(1)

Two-Factor Authentication

Multiple layers of protection will keep your account secure

Segmentation(1)

Engagement SegmentsPremium

Easily identify the various levels of engagement of subscribers and deliver relevant content based on customer journey position

Sending Optimization(1)

Time Zone SendingPremium

Set a specific time for delivery and your message will be delivered at that time across every time zone

Subscriber Management(1)

Preference Center

Make it easy for subscribers to modify how you interact with them instead of unsubscribing altogether

Support(4)

Deliverability Support

Expert deliverability team helps investigate any delivery issues that may arise

Email Support

Get email access to award-winning support team during business hours in your region

Help Center

24/7 access to expansive list of resources and robust help documentation

Phone Support

Get phone access to award-winning support team during business hours in your region

Team Collaboration(3)

Multiple Users

Each team member has a secure and unique login to access Campaign Monitor

Template Section Locking

Assign content editing permissions to email templates so team members only update what you want them to

User Roles & Permissions

Manage individual permission settings and control access to features to suit different roles

Templates(1)

Customizable Template Library

Choose from over 100 customizable, responsive email templates

Testing & Optimization(1)

A/B Testing

Send two options of an email to test which performs best

Website Building(1)

Website BuilderPremium

Drag-and-drop website builder to launch in minutes with a powerful website designed to engage, integrated with Campaign Monitor

Pricing

Free

Free
  • Drag-and-drop builder
  • Customizable template library
  • Segmentation tools
  • Free image gallery
  • Signup forms
  • Mobile optimization tools
  • A/B testing
  • Preference Center
  • Real-time reporting analytics
  • Worldview reporting
  • Campaign tags
  • Dynamic content
  • Custom fields
  • Link review
  • Design & spam testing
  • Email support
  • Help Center
  • Training videos
  • Campaign Monitor 101

Lite

Custom pricing per contact tier
  • Everything in Free plan
  • 5x subscriber emails/month
  • Custom coded templates
  • AI Writer
  • Automated emails access
  • Prebuilt journeys
  • Transactional emails
  • Website builder option
  • Multiple users
  • User roles & permissions
  • Two-factor authentication
  • Marketing Monitor
  • Campaign Score
  • 2,500 monthly send volume
  • Campaign Series
  • RSS feed trigger
  • Email section locking
  • Advanced link tracking

Essentials

Popular
Custom pricing per contact tier with 90% off first month
  • Everything in Lite plan
  • Unlimited email sends
  • Priority level support
  • All core features included
  • Unlimited access to AI-powered email features
  • Unlimited automated emails
  • Inbox preview
  • Advanced feature access options
  • Non-human click filter
  • Engagement segments
  • Countdown timer
  • Time zone sending
  • Subject line recommendations
  • Phone support
  • Deliverability support

Premier

Custom pricing
  • All Essentials features
  • Premium support
  • Advanced customization options

Cost Calculator

Pricing data not available for Campaign Monitor. Check their website for current pricing.

Build vs Buy

Should you build a Campaign Monitor alternative or buy the subscription? Estimate based on 48 features.

Buy Campaign Monitor

Better Value
Monthly costContact Sales
3-year totalVaries
Time to deployDays

Build Your Own

Development cost$24,000
Maintenance$360/mo
3-year total$36,960
Dev time~2 months

Buying Campaign Monitor saves ~$36,960 over 3 years vs building.

Estimates based on 48 features and a BuildScore of 5/5. Actual costs vary.

Integrations

14 known integrations

Billing SystemsContent Management System (CMS)Core MetricsCRM IntegrationsE-commerceEmail Address VerificationEvent ManagementList ManagementOmnitureReporting & Analytics ToolsSignup FormsSocialSurveysWebTrends