European Alternatives to Constant Contact
Looking for a European alternative to Constant Contact? Constant Contact, Inc. is a Waltham, Massachusetts company, its terms are governed by Massachusetts law, and disputes go to individual arbitration under the American Arbitration Association with a class-action waiver.
Eleven European tools cover small-business email marketing, from newsletter-first tools in Ireland, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany to fuller platforms in France, Poland, Estonia and the Czech Republic, all contracting with an entity in the EU or EEA.
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11 European Alternatives to Constant Contact
Brevo
Paris platform for email, SMS and WhatsApp with a forever-free plan; contract under French law with the Paris commercial court
MailerLite
Simple newsletter tool with landing pages and appointment booking; EEA, UK and Swiss customers contract with the Dublin company
Sender
Vilnius email and SMS tool with a free plan for 2,500 subscribers and 15,000 emails a month
GetResponse
Gdansk platform with unlimited sends from EUR 16 a month, landing pages, automation and webinars
Laposta
Zutphen newsletter tool with a free plan to 2,000 contacts and 12,000 emails a month, with an ad footer
Flexmail
Genk email tool with published prices from EUR 15 a month for 1,000 contacts and unlimited sends
Smaily
Tallinn email platform with a free plan to 2,000 contacts, landing pages and automation
CleverReach
Rastede newsletter tool with a permanent free plan for 250 recipients and German hosting
Ecomail
Prague email tool with unlimited sends and prices from 150 CZK a month on annual billing
rapidmail
Freiburg newsletter tool for German-speaking small businesses, contracted through Positive Group Deutschland GmbH
Omnisend
Vilnius email and SMS platform built for online shops, for small businesses that sell through a store
Key takeaways
- Constant Contact, Inc. of Waltham, Massachusetts contracts under Massachusetts law, with AAA arbitration, a jury waiver and an individual-claims-only rule.
- Brevo (Paris) has a forever-free plan, French law and a Paris commercial court clause, and covers email, SMS and WhatsApp in one account.
- Six of the eleven publish a permanent free plan: Brevo, MailerLite, Sender, Laposta, Smaily and CleverReach.
- GetResponse (Gdansk) lists unlimited sends from EUR 16 a month, and Flexmail (Genk) lists EUR 15 a month on annual billing for 1,000 contacts.
- Moosend belongs to Constant Contact and is therefore not on this page, and MailSenpai was left out because its legal entity could not be verified.
Why people leave Constant Contact
Constant Contact is the email marketing tool many small businesses, clubs and local shops end up with, because it sells everything a one-person marketing team needs in one subscription: email, SMS, social posting, an online store connection and an Event Marketing product for sign-ups.
Its pricing page shows a 14-day free trial and three plans, Lite, Standard and Premium, listed on 7 October 2026 as starting at $10.20, $29.75 and $68 a month when billed annually, with the final price set by your number of contacts and emails sent.
It is run by Constant Contact, Inc. of Waltham, Massachusetts. Its terms, last updated on 4 September 2026, are governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and send disputes to binding arbitration administered by the American Arbitration Association under the Federal Arbitration Act. They add a jury waiver and a ban on class and representative claims, and "we" is defined to include the company, its parents, subsidiaries and affiliates.
This page is for the small-business end of the market: a bakery with a newsletter, a club with a member list, a charity running an event. It does not repeat the Mailchimp, Klaviyo or SendGrid pages. Eleven European tools qualify, and they are not copies of each other: some are built for a simple newsletter, a few add landing pages and booking, and one is made for online shops.
- Your contract is with a Massachusetts company, on its terms The terms choose Massachusetts law and arbitration at the AAA, with an individual-only rule. Consumers get the AAA consumer rules and may ask for the hearing near the city in their account record, and small-claims court stays open, but a business customer in Europe is still bound to a forum an ocean away. Every tool below contracts through an entity in the EU, the EEA or the UK, under the law of that country.
- The price moves with your list and your sending Constant Contact says its plan price depends on the number of contacts and email sends, and that overage fees may apply. That is a normal model, but it makes the headline figure a starting point. Several European tools here publish a fixed list: Flexmail shows EUR 17 a month for 1,000 contacts, GetResponse shows unlimited sends from EUR 16, and Ecomail lists Czech koruna prices with unlimited sends.
- One group now owns another former rival The Greek email platform Moosend states on its own site that it is now a Constant Contact company. If you were weighing Moosend as the European way out, it no longer is one. That is why the eleven below are all independent of Constant Contact as far as their own contract pages show.
- A free plan for a real small list exists in Europe Six of the eleven publish a permanent free plan: Brevo, MailerLite, Sender, Laposta, Smaily and CleverReach. The limits differ a lot, from 250 subscribers at MailerLite to 2,500 at Sender, so check yours first. Constant Contact offers a 14-day trial instead.
What you have to replace, not just match
List what you actually use before you compare prices. For most small businesses that is a newsletter, a signup form, a few welcome emails and a monthly send. Constant Contact also sells SMS, social posting, e-commerce and an events product, and those are the parts a European tool may not match one for one.
Export your contacts with their consent status and unsubscribes, set up SPF and DKIM for your sending domain on the new tool, and start with your most engaged readers so that your reputation builds on good signals. Keep the old account until the first campaigns have landed in inboxes.
The alternatives compared
| Position | Tool | Headquarters | Pricing | Jurisdiction |
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| #1 | Brevo | Paris, France | Free (300 emails/day, unlimited contacts) / from about €8/month | EU (France) |
| #2 | MailerLite | Vilnius, Lithuania | Free (250 subscribers, 2,500 emails/month) / Comfort from €9.90/month billed yearly | EU (Lithuania) |
| #3 | Sender | Vilnius, Lithuania | Free Forever: 2,500 subscribers, 15,000 emails/month / Standard from $6.30/month (500 subscribers, billed annually) / Professional from $10.50/month / Enterprise on request | EU (Lithuania) |
| #4 | GetResponse | Gdansk, Poland | Free (500 contacts) / from about €16/month; automation from €54 | EU (Poland) |
| #5 | Laposta | Zutphen, Netherlands | Free (2,000 contacts, 12,000 emails/month) / subscription from €210/year (up to 500 contacts); mail credits from €9; excl. 21% VAT | EU (Netherlands) |
| #6 | Flexmail | Genk, Belgium | Start from €15/month for 1,000 contacts and 1 user (annual; €17 monthly) / Essential from €31/month / Pro from €70/month / Premium on request | EU (Belgium) |
| #8 | CleverReach | Rastede, Germany | Free tier / from about €15/month | EU (Germany) |
| #9 | Ecomail | Prague, Czech Republic | Free (200 emails/month) / Profi 250 CZK/month (150 CZK billed annually), Marketer+ 300 CZK, CDP 2,400 CZK; pay-per-email credits from 1,600 CZK; excl. 21% VAT, billed in CZK or EUR | EU (Czech Republic) |
| #10 | rapidmail | Freiburg, Germany | From about €9/month | EU (Germany) |
| #11 | Omnisend | Vilnius, Lithuania | Free plan (500 emails, 250 contacts, 500 web push notifications/month, no card); Standard from $11.20/month; Pro from $41.30/month, both with unlimited web push; Custom pricing above 150,000 contacts | EU (Lithuania) |
How each alternative compares to Constant Contact
- Which law reaches it. EU (France). Constant Contact is run from the United States, so the CLOUD Act obliges the provider to hand over data on a valid order regardless of which country the servers are in.
- Where the data sits. EU.
- Source code. Closed source, as Constant Contact is.
- Independently checked. GDPR.
Best for: Small businesses that want email, SMS and WhatsApp from one French company
Brevo is operated by Sendinblue, a French simplified joint-stock company registered in Paris under number 498 019 298 at 9-17 rue Salneuve, according to its terms of service (version of 1 October 2025). The terms are governed by French law and disputes go to the Commercial Court of Paris. Its privacy policy names Sendinblue SAS in Paris and lists French, North American and German group companies as possible controllers depending on your location.
Its pricing page advertises a free-forever plan with no credit card and paid tiers for small businesses and teams, with automation, landing pages and extra channels in the higher ones. The amounts were not in the text this page could read, so none is quoted.
What Brevo does better than Constant Contact
- French company with French law and a Paris court, where Constant Contact is governed by Massachusetts law
- Free plan with no credit card
- Email, SMS and WhatsApp in one account
- Group companies and their location are listed in its own terms
Where Brevo is a step down from Constant Contact
- Group companies in the US and India are named in the terms, so check which entity invoices you
- Paid prices could not be verified for this page
- Wider range than a simple newsletter needs
- No equivalent to Constant Contact's Event Marketing product was checked
Standout against Constant Contact. It puts email, SMS and WhatsApp in one account with a free plan that has no card requirement.
MailerLite
a simple newsletter tool with landing pages and booking, under an Irish entity for the EEA
- Which law reaches it. EU (Lithuania). Constant Contact is run from the United States, so the CLOUD Act obliges the provider to hand over data on a valid order regardless of which country the servers are in.
- Where the data sits. EU.
- Source code. Closed source, as Constant Contact is.
- Independently checked. ISO/IEC 27001:2022.
Best for: Solo operators and small shops who want a clean newsletter editor with a website and appointment booking
MailerLite Limited, an Irish company at 88 Harcourt Street, Dublin 2, is the provider if your billing address (or, on a free plan, account country) is in the EEA, the UK or Switzerland. Customers elsewhere contract with MailerLite, Inc. The governing law follows the entity for your billing country.
Its pricing page lists a Free plan with 250 subscribers, two user seats and 2,500 monthly emails, with campaigns, automations, a website, a landing page and signup forms. Appointment booking is shown as a new feature. API and MCP sending is limited to paid plans.
What MailerLite does better than Constant Contact
- Irish entity for EEA, UK and Swiss customers
- Websites, landing pages and appointment booking next to email
- Free plan with campaigns and automation
- Simple editor for non-specialists
Where MailerLite is a step down from Constant Contact
- The free plan is limited to 250 subscribers
- A US entity applies if your billing address is elsewhere
- Paid plan prices were not verified for this page
- Less breadth than Constant Contact on SMS and social posting
Standout against Constant Contact. EEA customers contract with the Dublin company, and the free plan includes a website and a landing page.
- Which law reaches it. EU (Lithuania). Constant Contact is run from the United States, so the CLOUD Act obliges the provider to hand over data on a valid order regardless of which country the servers are in.
- Source code. Closed source, as Constant Contact is.
Best for: Small lists that need to grow before they start paying
Sender is owned and operated by UAB Sender.lt, located at Lvivo st. 25 in Vilnius, Lithuania, according to its terms of service. The terms do not state a governing law in the text this page read.
Its pricing page promises a Free Forever plan for 2,500 subscribers and up to 15,000 emails a month, with free templates, popups and forms, and unlimited automation and segmentation. Paid prices come from a slider, so no amount is quoted here.
What Sender does better than Constant Contact
- Free plan for 2,500 subscribers and 15,000 emails a month
- Popups, forms and unlimited automation on the free plan
- Lithuanian company inside the EU
- Migration help from Mailchimp and others on the site
Where Sender is a step down from Constant Contact
- Terms are short and do not state a governing law
- Paid prices are slider-driven and were not verified
- No product like Constant Contact's Event Marketing was checked
- Less depth in SMS and social posting
Standout against Constant Contact. A free plan up to 2,500 subscribers and 15,000 emails a month with automation included.
- Which law reaches it. EU (Poland). Constant Contact is run from the United States, so the CLOUD Act obliges the provider to hand over data on a valid order regardless of which country the servers are in.
- Where the data sits. EU data centres.
- Source code. Closed source, as Constant Contact is.
- Independently checked. GDPR.
Best for: Small businesses that want landing pages, automation and webinars alongside email
GetResponse S.A. is a Polish joint-stock company registered in the National Court Register in Gdansk under KRS 0000942075, with its registered office at Grunwaldzka 413, 80-309 Gdansk. This page did not read its governing law clause.
Its pricing page lists a 14-day free trial with no credit card and a Starter plan at EUR 16 a month, or EUR 13.12 a month on yearly billing, with unlimited monthly sends, a landing page builder, signup forms and popups, and one custom automation workflow. Marketer is the next plan up.
What GetResponse does better than Constant Contact
- Polish company in the EU, named with its court register number
- Unlimited monthly email sends from the entry plan
- Landing pages, forms and popups included
- Prices published in euros
Where GetResponse is a step down from Constant Contact
- No permanent free plan, only a 14-day trial
- One automation workflow on Starter
- Governing law was not checked
- Prices scale with list size on higher plans
Standout against Constant Contact. Starter allows unlimited sends and a landing page builder at EUR 16 a month on monthly billing.
- Which law reaches it. EU (Netherlands). Constant Contact is run from the United States, so the CLOUD Act obliges the provider to hand over data on a valid order regardless of which country the servers are in.
- Where the data sits. Netherlands — servers in a Dutch data centre, hosted by BIT B.V. (Ede) and TransIP B.V. (Leiden); delivery support by Postmastery B.V. (Amsterdam, data stored in the EU).
- Source code. Closed source, as Constant Contact is.
- Independently checked. ISO 27001 (obtained 2018).
Best for: Dutch clubs, schools and small organisations that want a free newsletter tool with a phone line
Laposta B.V. is at Berkelkade 14, 7201 JE Zutphen, per its privacy statement. Its Chamber of Commerce number was not found on the pages read.
Its pricing page lists a free plan for up to 2,000 contacts and 12,000 emails a month, up to three users, email support and a Laposta advertisement under every message. A paid subscription removes the advertisement and adds phone support, and mail credits start at EUR 9.
What Laposta does better than Constant Contact
- Free plan for 2,000 contacts with 12,000 emails a month
- Dutch company with Dutch-language support
- Phone support on the paid subscription
- Mail credits sold without a subscription
Where Laposta is a step down from Constant Contact
- Free plan places Laposta advertising below each email
- Smaller feature set than Brevo or GetResponse
- Chamber of Commerce number was not verified
- Aimed at newsletters, not SMS or social posting
Standout against Constant Contact. A free plan with 2,000 contacts that you can drop the ads from by taking a paid subscription.
- Which law reaches it. EU (Belgium). Constant Contact is run from the United States, so the CLOUD Act obliges the provider to hand over data on a valid order regardless of which country the servers are in.
- Source code. Closed source, as Constant Contact is.
- Independently checked. ISO 27701 (GDPR, stated by Flexmail).
Best for: Belgian and Dutch-language small businesses that want to read the price first
Flexmail has its registered office at Jaarbeurslaan 29 bus 31, 3600 Genk, with company number 0835.786.642, according to its general terms. Prices are in euros and exclude Belgian VAT.
Its pricing page lists Start at EUR 17 a month (EUR 15 with annual billing) for 1,000 contacts, with unlimited mailing, one user, a drag and drop builder, multilingual mailing and opt-in forms. Essential is EUR 34 (EUR 31) with automation scenarios and ten users, and Pro EUR 78 (EUR 70). It also sells a separate transactional API.
What Flexmail does better than Constant Contact
- Prices published for 1,000 contacts, with unlimited mailing
- Belgian company with its company number in the terms
- Multilingual mailing, useful in Belgium
- A separate transactional email product
Where Flexmail is a step down from Constant Contact
- No permanent free plan was found
- Automation scenarios start at Essential, EUR 34 a month
- The price grows with the contact count
- Smaller range than Constant Contact on SMS and social
Standout against Constant Contact. Its entry plan shows a flat price for 1,000 contacts with unlimited mailing and a clear annual discount.
Smaily
a free plan to 2,000 contacts from Tallinn
Best for: Estonian and Nordic small businesses that want landing pages and automation on a free tier
Smaily's service provider is Sendsmaily OU, registry code 12837097, Paldiski mnt 29, 10612 Tallinn, Estonia, according to its terms of service (last changed 25 February 2025).
Its site says that all features are included and that you can send unlimited emails to up to 2,000 contacts for free. It lists a template editor, landing pages, automation and a transactional email platform. Paid prices were not read for this page.
What Smaily does better than Constant Contact
- Free plan for 2,000 contacts with unlimited emails
- Landing pages and automation included
- Estonian company with a registry code in its terms
- Transactional email platform from the same vendor
Where Smaily is a step down from Constant Contact
- Terms were last changed in early 2025
- Paid prices were not verified
- Less well known outside the Baltics
- Governing law was not read
Standout against Constant Contact. All features on the free plan up to 2,000 contacts, by the vendor's own description.
- Which law reaches it. EU (Germany). Constant Contact is run from the United States, so the CLOUD Act obliges the provider to hand over data on a valid order regardless of which country the servers are in.
- Where the data sits. Germany.
- Source code. Closed source, as Constant Contact is.
- Independently checked. GDPR.
Best for: German-speaking businesses that want German hosting and a free start
CleverReach GmbH & Co. KG is at Schafjueckenweg 2, 26180 Rastede, registered at Amtsgericht Oldenburg under HRA 4020, with its general partner CRASH Verwaltungs GmbH (HRB 210079), according to its imprint. Its offers are addressed to businesses within the meaning of section 14 BGB.
Its pricing page lists a free Lite plan with 250 recipients and up to 1,000 emails a month, without a time limit, and a drag and drop editor. Paid plans bill annually in advance; the amounts were not read for this page.
What CleverReach does better than Constant Contact
- Permanent free plan with no time limit
- German company with a full commercial register entry
- Landing pages and a preference center in the product
- Offers aimed at businesses, with clear terms
Where CleverReach is a step down from Constant Contact
- Free plan is small: 250 recipients
- Paid prices were not verified
- Governing law was not read
- No SMS or social product was checked
Standout against Constant Contact. A permanent free plan with a full German commercial register entry behind it.
- Which law reaches it. EU (Czech Republic). Constant Contact is run from the United States, so the CLOUD Act obliges the provider to hand over data on a valid order regardless of which country the servers are in.
- Where the data sits. Germany, on Amazon Web Services (primary servers in AWS eu-central-1, Frankfurt); vendor states data is kept in the EU but may also be located in the US (AWS listed under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework).
- Source code. Closed source, as Constant Contact is.
Best for: Czech and Slovak small businesses, and shops that want integrations from Marketer+
Ecomail is provided by ECOMAIL.CZ, s.r.o., ICO 027 62 943, with its seat at Na prikope 388/1, Prague 1, entered in the commercial register at the Municipal Court in Prague under file C 223183, per its Czech terms.
Its pricing page lists Profi at 150 CZK a month on annual billing (250 CZK monthly), with unlimited emails, a drag and drop editor and AI subject-line help, and Marketer+ at 200 CZK (300 CZK monthly) with shop integrations and automation. A higher plan costs 2,000 CZK (2,400 CZK monthly). Pages are primarily in Czech.
What Ecomail does better than Constant Contact
- Czech company with its register file number in the terms
- Unlimited emails on every plan listed
- Prices published in full
- Annual billing saves 40 percent on the Profi plan
Where Ecomail is a step down from Constant Contact
- Terms and pricing are primarily in Czech
- No permanent free plan was verified
- Automation starts at Marketer+
- Less suited to English-speaking teams
Standout against Constant Contact. Every listed plan allows unlimited emails, with koruna prices on the page.
- Which law reaches it. EU (Germany). Constant Contact is run from the United States, so the CLOUD Act obliges the provider to hand over data on a valid order regardless of which country the servers are in.
- Where the data sits. Germany.
- Source code. Closed source, as Constant Contact is.
- Independently checked. GDPR.
Best for: German-speaking small businesses that want the simplest tool under German law
Its terms of service state that they apply to the services of Positive Group Deutschland GmbH, Ingeborg-Krummer-Schroth-Strasse 18a, 79106 Freiburg im Breisgau, which is also named in the imprint with HRB 706983 in the Freiburg commercial register. German law applies, excluding the UN sales convention, and the competent court is at the provider's seat.
The product pages stress simple newsletters, ready-made templates, a Shopware 6 plugin and free support. Prices were not read for this page.
What rapidmail does better than Constant Contact
- German company and German law with a register entry
- Free support, according to its product pages
- Simple enough for a first newsletter
- Templates and a Shopware plugin
Where rapidmail is a step down from Constant Contact
- Contracting company is a group entity, not the brand name
- Prices were not verified
- Fewer features than Brevo or GetResponse
- Pages are primarily in German
Standout against Constant Contact. It is the simplest option here, and its terms now name Positive Group Deutschland GmbH as the provider.
- Which law reaches it. EU (Lithuania). Constant Contact is run from the United States, so the CLOUD Act obliges the provider to hand over data on a valid order regardless of which country the servers are in.
- Where the data sits. Google Cloud Platform; no region named in the Data Processing Agreement.
- Source code. Closed source, as Constant Contact is.
Best for: Small businesses that sell through an online shop and need email and SMS tied to it
Omnisend's terms name Omnisend, UAB (legal entity code 302530363, Verkiu g. 25C-1, Vilnius) and/or its affiliates as the provider. Disputes not settled in negotiation go to the courts under the laws of the Republic of Lithuania. The terms were last updated on 30 April 2026.
It is built for e-commerce: email, SMS and web push tied to shop data, with over 300 integrations according to its site. It suits a small business with a store, less one with only a newsletter or events. Prices were not read for this page.
What Omnisend does better than Constant Contact
- Lithuanian company under Lithuanian law
- Email, SMS and web push tied to shop data
- Migration service from other platforms on its site
- Many shop integrations
Where Omnisend is a step down from Constant Contact
- Aimed at online shops, less at newsletters or events
- Terms include affiliates as providers
- Paid prices were not verified
- Less suited to a club or a local service business
Standout against Constant Contact. It ties email, SMS and push to shop data, which is the part of Constant Contact's e-commerce offer it replaces.
What actually breaks when you switch
Your sending reputation does not travel. A new tool starts you on shared infrastructure, so move SPF and DKIM first and send to your most engaged readers before the full list. Plan a small dip in opens for the first few sends.
Check what each plan counts. Some tools bill by contacts, some by emails sent, and several publish a different price for monthly and annual billing, so write down the price at your own list size, not the entry price.
Events are the part to test. This page did not verify an event registration product at any of the eleven, so if you sell tickets or manage RSVPs through Constant Contact, trial a signup form and a landing page on a real event first.
Is there a European tool with the same range as Constant Contact?
Not in a single product at every price point. Constant Contact bundles email, SMS, social posting, e-commerce and events. Brevo comes closest on channels, with email, SMS and WhatsApp in one account, and GetResponse and MailerLite add landing pages, automation and, at MailerLite, appointment booking.
None of the eleven was checked for a built-in event registration product. If you rely on Constant Contact for event sign-ups, test the new tool's forms and landing pages on a real event before you cancel.
Which of these are best for a very small list?
Sender allows 2,500 subscribers and 15,000 emails a month on its free plan, Laposta 2,000 contacts and 12,000 emails with an ad line under each message, Smaily 2,000 contacts, and Brevo advertises a free plan without a card. MailerLite is the tightest at 250 subscribers and 2,500 emails, and CleverReach allows 250 recipients and 1,000 emails.
Free plans have limits that matter: Laposta adds its own advertising below every email, and several cap features such as sending through an API. Read the plan page before you promise a launch date.
What about price once the list grows?
Compare on your own numbers. Flexmail shows EUR 17 a month for 1,000 contacts (EUR 15 on annual billing) with unlimited mailing, GetResponse EUR 16 a month for Starter with unlimited sends, and Ecomail 150 to 250 CZK for its Profi plan depending on billing. Constant Contact scales by contacts and sends with overage fees possible.
Where a price could not be read from the vendor's own page, this page gives none. Ask for a quote at your list size rather than extrapolating from the entry plan.
Do I need a European contract for a small newsletter?
It is a choice, not a legal requirement. Constant Contact publishes a GDPR addendum for residents of the EEA and the UK, which this page did not read. What the terms do set is Massachusetts law and AAA arbitration.
If you want a contracting party in your own legal area, with a court close to home and a data processing agreement you can discuss in your own language, the tools here offer that. If you do not, the practical difference is smaller than the sales pages suggest.
Which one to pick
If you want the nearest all-round replacement, with email, SMS and WhatsApp and a free plan, Brevo is the one. If you mainly send a newsletter and want a clean editor and landing pages, MailerLite is simpler, and Sender gives the largest free list at 2,500 subscribers and 15,000 emails a month.
GetResponse suits a business that wants unlimited sends, landing pages and automation, and Flexmail and Ecomail suit buyers who want to read a price list in their own language. Laposta, Smaily and CleverReach are the local choices for the Netherlands, Estonia and Germany, and rapidmail is the plainest. Omnisend is the pick only if you have an online shop.
Be realistic about the gap. Constant Contact sells SMS, social posting and an events product in one subscription, and none of the eleven was verified to match all of that. Switch if you want a European contracting party and a court in your own region, and keep Constant Contact if events and social posting are why you pay for it.
Frequently Asked Questions
Brevo is the best all-round answer on this page for a small business, because it matches the range of email, SMS and WhatsApp with a forever-free plan, French law and a Paris court clause. MailerLite is the simpler choice if you mainly send a newsletter and want landing pages, and Sender is the one to try if you have the largest free list. Laposta and Flexmail are good for Dutch- and Belgian-language use.
No. Constant Contact, Inc. is based at 890 Winter Street, Waltham, Massachusetts. Its terms are governed by Massachusetts law, and disputes are settled through arbitration administered by the American Arbitration Association.
On 7 October 2026 its pricing page showed a 14-day free trial and a 30-day money-back guarantee, with Lite from $10.20, Standard from $29.75 and Premium from $68 a month when billed annually. It states that the price depends on contacts and email sends and that overage fees may apply, and that multi-account plans are priced on request.
Brevo, MailerLite, Sender, Laposta, Smaily and CleverReach all describe a free plan on their own sites. The limits are 250 subscribers and 2,500 emails at MailerLite, 2,500 subscribers and 15,000 emails at Sender, 2,000 contacts and 12,000 emails at Laposta, 2,000 contacts at Smaily and 250 recipients and 1,000 emails at CleverReach. GetResponse offers a 14-day trial instead.
GetResponse lists Starter at EUR 16 a month, or EUR 13.12 a month on yearly billing, with unlimited sends. Flexmail lists Start at EUR 17 a month (EUR 15 on annual billing) for 1,000 contacts, Essential at EUR 34 (31) and Pro at EUR 78 (70), excluding Belgian VAT. Ecomail lists Profi at 150 CZK a month on annual billing or 250 CZK monthly, and Marketer+ at 200 or 300 CZK.
MailerLite's terms name MailerLite Limited, an Irish registered company at 88 Harcourt Street, Dublin 2, as the provider when your billing address, or for free plans your account country, is in the EEA, the UK or Switzerland. Customers elsewhere contract with MailerLite, Inc. The governing law follows the MailerLite entity for your billing country.
Its German terms name Positive Group Deutschland GmbH in Freiburg im Breisgau (HRB 706983 in the Freiburg commercial register) as the provider, under German law with the court at the provider's seat. The company imprint lists the same company, so the brand is run from Freiburg, though the group name on the contract is new to many users.
No longer. Moosend is a Greek-founded email platform, but its own site says it is now a Constant Contact company, so choosing it keeps you inside the same group.
Contacts move as a CSV with their consent and unsubscribe status, and every tool here imports that. Templates and automations usually do not transfer and have to be rebuilt, so budget a few evenings for a small account and keep the old one live until the new sender has proven itself.
For a small newsletter, often yes. For SMS, social posting and an events product, no free plan here replaces all of them, and the paid tiers of Brevo and GetResponse are the closest in range. Test your real use case on the trial of the one you prefer before you move your list.
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