Email Marketing tools

Newsletters, automated email sequences and subscriber management.

What to look for in email marketing tools

  • Pricing by subscribers versus emails sent
  • Deliverability tools: domain authentication (SPF, DKIM, DMARC) support
  • Signup forms and landing pages included
  • Clear consent and unsubscribe handling to stay on the right side of POPIA and anti-spam rules

Email Marketing tools in our database

Listed alphabetically — this is not a ranking. We only rank tools after hands-on testing.

Brevo

Email Marketing

A marketing platform (formerly Sendinblue) covering email campaigns, transactional email, SMS and WhatsApp campaigns, plus a built-in CRM.

Main use
Newsletters
Free plan
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Pricing
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Mailchimp

Email Marketing

One of the best-known email marketing platforms. It manages subscriber lists, newsletters, automated emails and basic landing pages, and…

Main use
Monthly newsletters
Free plan
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Pricing
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Last reviewed
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MailerLite

Email Marketing

An email marketing tool known for a clean, beginner-friendly editor. It covers newsletters, automations, signup forms and simple landing…

Main use
Creator newsletters
Free plan
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Pricing
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Last reviewed
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