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Marketing Automation

Mailchimp alternatives.
8 tools doing the same job.

Considering switching from Mailchimp? Here are the 8 best marketing automation alternatives we track — sorted by StackMatch Editorial verdict and third-party rating depth. No affiliate spin.

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#1KlaviyoBuy· professional

E-commerce CRM and marketing automation — email, SMS, and push tightly integrated with store data.

The default ecommerce marketing platform — earned
Klaviyo dominates ecommerce email and SMS for good reasons — Shopify integration, revenue attribution, segmentation power, and predictive analytics all genuinely beat alternatives. Pricing is fair if your store has revenue.
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#2ActiveCampaign· professional

Customer experience automation platform

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#3Braze· enterprise

Cross-channel customer engagement platform — email, push, in-app, SMS, and web for mobile-first brands.

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#4Iterable· enterprise

Cross-channel growth marketing platform — real-time data activation across email, SMS, push, and in-app.

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#5Customer.io· professional

Event-driven messaging platform for SaaS and product-led companies — emails, push, and SMS based on user behavior.

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#6SendGrid (Twilio)· starter

Developer-first transactional email API with scalable deliverability infrastructure, plus a marketing product.

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#8Pardot (Salesforce)· professional

B2B marketing automation on Salesforce platform

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