Best Mailerlite Alternative 2023
Grow your email marketing and brand with Mailmodo
Tired of poor customer support, limited automation, and lack of detailed email analytics? Introducing Mailmodo, the Mailerlite alternative with interactive emails for higher ROI -

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Is your email marketing stuck?
Is your current ESP not allowing you to scale and grow as you would like? We know how it feels.
No human support?
Stuck with email issues that you don’t know how to solve?
Limited automations?
Want to build email automations but lack the infra or ESP support?
Poor reporting?
Not able to get reports for the metrics you want to track?
Many others have faced the same issues with Mailerlite
@MailerLite Just canceled my plan. Terrible (non-existent) customer service and support. There’s a reason this company is cheap. I’ll pay more for better quality.
— CreativFloLab (@CreativFloLab) March 15, 2023
Disappointed by @MailerLite. Signed up for the first time, such a long onboarding process and "Test email" isn't even working. Stuck here. pic.twitter.com/K2qAFOzs9p
— Shubham Punj (@Punjsahab) March 13, 2023
Will have to give it a shot.
— Joe Jarred (@joejarred1) March 11, 2023
Mailerlite can be painful for even the most basic stuff, like predictably changing text colour.
Same action will change either the highlighted text, whole line, or nothing at all seemingly at random 🤷♂️
I was using MailerLite to send out a welcome email/drip for my startup. Apparently this got me flagged for spam and my account banned?
— Stuart - saasyDB.com, filling business pipelines (@WhoWorksThere) February 13, 2023
I always thought MailerLite was a great system, but who has another recommendation???
Mailmodo helps you overcome these exact problems
Here’s how Mailmodo will help you resolve these issues and help scale your email marketing for higher brand growth
✅ Dedicated Human Support
Get human support when you need including concierge onboarding
✅ Optimize with better reporting
Get all email metrics you need for reporting or optimizing campaigns
✅ Get advanced automation
Build advanced automation and cover all lifecycle email flows
How Mailerlite compares with Mailmodo
Here’s a summary and non-biased comparison between Mailerlite and Mailmodo on the basis of email marketing features
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Email editing and creation | Provides a flexible email editor software with text till image editing capacity. Editor can create HTML as well as AMP emails | Provides 3 editors: Drag-&-Drop, Rich text and custom HTML. Editor can create only HTML email |
Automation | Has a visual email journey builder. Automation has a number of triggers including API/Webhook/Integrations, actions and conditions | Automations are capable of very basic email handling functionality, such as sending emails or updating contact information |
Integration | 21 integrations | 139 integrations |
Transactional emails | Included in all plans | No. Available in another product - MailerSend |
Ease of Access | Easy to setup and create campaigns with clear navigation and detailed dashboards. | Simple newsletter creation and sending solution but have a lot of gliches and bugs. The classic editor is slow while the new editor is better than the former |
Customer Support | Email, chat, phone, video call support | Email & chat support |
Interactive emails | Create and send interactive AMP emails with widgets such as carts, forms, surveys, quizzes, etc. to improve engagement and submission rate | Has an accordion. But it doesn't support AMP emails |
Other marketing features | - Forms inside emails - Ecommerce integration with Shopify - Dark mode email tester - Smart template suggestion | Has the following tools on marketing: - Websites builder for landing pages and blogs - Web Forms available - iPad Subscribe App to collect offline subscribers. - eCommerce store for website |
Affordable alternative to Mailerlite
Compared to Mailerlite pricing plans, Mailmodo has a far better price-to-performance ratio, backed by industry-leading deliverability, reliability, and support.
Contacts | Mailmodo | Mailerlite |
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40,000 | $199/mo | $249/mo |
150,000 | $609/mo | $615/mo |
300,000 | $1,129/mo | $1,200/mo |
Here's a detailed non-biased feature wise breakdown of how Mailerlite compares with Mailmodo
Feature | Mailmodo | mailerlite |
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Trial Period | 21 days on all plans | 30 days on premium features |
Customer support | Includes video tutorials, knowledge base, ticketing system, live chat, email support, personalied kick off call and onboarding manager too | Email Support, Knowledge base, Video tutorials |
Account activation | Generally email verification is done. 2-factor authentication can be configured manually | Email verification |
Onboarding form | Onboarding form requires:
| Onboarding form requires:
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Product education |
| No education |
Product theme | Light theme | Light and Dark themes |
Feature | Mailmodo | mailerlite |
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In-product templates | 67 and growing templates | 90 and growing templates |
Has a template inspiration gallery | Yes, free inspiration gallery | Yes, free inspiration gallery |
Inspirational Templates count | 200+ templates | 84 templates but is same as that of in-product |
Feature | Mailmodo | mailerlite |
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AMP email creation | Support AMP email creation with no code WYSIWYG editor. Doesn't require coding knowledge | No |
Whitelisting support | Provides dedicated whitelisting support | No |
Automatic HTML fallback | Yes | No |
Customize HTML fallback | Allows customization for manual inputs | No |
Sending AMP emails | Yes | No |
Feature | Mailmodo | mailerlite |
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Template editor | Can create from scratch or select template from library | Can create from scratch or select template from library |
Drag and Drop | Selection (single click) based template editor, can only stack new layout and elements at the selected position. To move elements up and down, there is a up and down button | Elements can be dragged and dropped anywhere on to the canvas or moved up and down by one block at a time within the email |
Email Dimensions | 3 Width options(600px, 700px, 800px) are provided(that resemble industry standards). Rich text emails can be sent with full width email | Have fixed width (640 px) but provides 3 different block ability Basically blocks can be simple blocks or changed to cards (sepreated by some gap) or be of full width |
Pre-made layouts | 12 variations of layouts to select from | Not Available |
Pre-made blocks/modules |
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Ability to save & reuse blocks | Can save any layout block | Not Applicable |
Design Options | Common options like pading, email body and email bg color options are provided | Common options like email bg color options are provided and background can be a image and also has advanced editing options for the image within the editor |
Supported Email Fonts | Total 46 fonts
| Have a mixed collection of total 35 fonts (email safe, websafe and web fonts) |
If non-standard font is used | Prompts are provided for Web Safe fonts while editing. In case, non-email safe font is use, then Mailmodo replaces it with a fallback font for clients where the fonts are not supported | No Prompt |
Template preview | HTML and AMP are displayed together with toggle between desktop and mobile screens | HTML display with toggle between desktop and mobile screens |
Template testing | HTML and AMP versions are different, supports unlimited testing | No, but has dedicated HTML editor |
Adding custom HTML code | No | Yes |
Rich text editor | Yes | Yes |
Feature | Mailmodo | mailerlite |
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Interactive AMP widgets | 16 AMP elements | AMP Emails not supported |
Carousel/Image Carousel | Yes | No, But has HTML carousel |
Accordion | No | No, But has HTML accordion |
Basic Event invitation | Yes,with forms | No, But has HTML invitation |
Add to calendar | Yes | No |
Calendly | Yes | No |
Zoom Webinar | Yes | No |
Shopify Card Abandoment | Yes | Yes |
Shopify Product Recommendation | Yes | Yes |
Poll | Yes | No |
Live Price Ticker | Yes | No |
Star Rating | Yes | No |
NPS Rating | Yes | No, but has external web surveys that can be linked |
Thumbs up or down | Yes | No, but has external web surveys that can be linked |
Emoji Rating | Yes | No, but has external web surveys that can be linked |
Chip selection | Yes | No, but has external web surveys that can be linked |
Spin the Wheel | Yes | No |
Quiz | Yes | No, but has HTML quiz |
Gokwik | Yes | No |
Form | Yes | No, but has external web surveys that can be linked |
Feature | Mailmodo | mailerlite |
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Form Submission capture | Automatic collection and storage of form submission data. Export options available | Automatic collection and storage of form submission data. Export options available |
Conditional forms | Yes | Yes, can perform like journey but only with a form |
Step wise forms | Yes | Yes |
Hidden field | No | No |
Form fields | 15 field options | 7 field options |
Dropdown | Yes | No |
Radio | Yes | No |
Checkbox | Yes | No |
Emoji | Yes | Yes |
Thumbs up or down | Structured for case specific | Yes |
Text | Yes | Yes |
Multiline | Yes | Yes |
Image Link | Structured for case specific | No |
Date picker | Yes | No |
Time picker | Yes | No |
Phone number | Yes | No |
Single chip | Yes | No |
Multichip | Yes | Yes, as a multiselection |
Star Rating | Yes | Yes |
Nps Rating | Yes | Yes |
Feature | Mailmodo | mailerlite |
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Dynamic segments | Yes | Yes |
Static segments | Yes | No |
Segment on basis of campaign activity | Yes | Yes |
Pre-built segments | based on engagement | No |
Contact-level campaign data | Yes | Yes |
Add contacts via | Manually, CSV, API, Apps, CRM, etc. | Copy & Paste, Upload a file, Import from MailChimp, CSV, Txt file, Add a single subscriber |
Feature | Mailmodo | mailerlite |
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Triggered | Yes | No, but possible via automations |
Bulk | Yes | Yes |
AB testing subject line | Yes | Yes, Mailerlite has A/B testing for subject lines, email content and sender ID |
Sending Schedule | Supports email sending by send now, schedule later and fragmented scheduling | Send now, send later, deliver based on timezones |
Fragmented/Batch Scheduling | Yes | No |
Send time optimization | Yes | Yes |
Feature | Mailmodo | mailerlite |
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Opens | Yes | Yes |
Clicks | Yes | Yes |
CTOR | Yes | Yes |
Submissions | Yes | Yes |
Bounces | Yes | Yes |
Blocked | Yes | Yes |
Unsubscribe | Yes | Yes |
Spam complaints | Yes | Yes |
Forwards | Yes | Yes |
Device usage | Yes | Yes |
Email clients | Yes | Yes |
Link click tracking | Yes | Yes |
Click heatmap | Yes | Yes |
Custom analytics dashboard | No, upcoming | Yes |
Graphical rep | No | Yes |
Feature | Mailmodo | mailerlite |
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Journey Advancement | Basic email handling and webhooks available | Basic email handling |
Drag & drop journey builder | Yes | No |
Trigger options | 12 trigger options and 5 Categories of start point
| 5 trigger options
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Rules/Conditions | 9 Rules
| 6 rules
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Actions | 6 Actions Send campaign, Webhook, Add contact to a list, Remove contact from a list, Update contact property, Exit journey | 7 Actions
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Limitations | Only one trigger point, also post webhook you cannot proceed further with journey. There is only API entry point and no webhook trigger | Only one trigger points. and no API/Webhook trigger |
Web/App/External event triggers | Yes | No |
CRM triggers | Yes | Yes |
Pre-made email flows | No | Yes, Total 15 inspirations
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Email flows Inspiration | Yes, have a dedicated industry wise research to send engaging drips. | No |
Feature | Mailmodo | mailerlite |
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Dynamic data | Yes | Yes |
Spam testing | No | No |
Integrations | 21 integrations More details. | 139 integrations More details. |
Drag and drop | Yes | Yes |
Transactional emails | Yes | No, but can done by automations |
Content optimization | No | No |
REST API | Has basic email marketing properties, and Campaign and automation level details Refer this page to understand in detail. | Basic activity for API and 2 versions of API are present |
Mailmodo is your one-stop email marketing need
Mailmodo can help you with any email marketing use-case you have. It’s a complete email marketing platform.
Visual Journey Builder
Build a user journey to send automated emails triggered by events, webhooks, integrations, CRMs etc.
Easy Integrations
Integrate with CRMs and marketing tools like Hubspot, Zapier, Google Sheets, Calendly, Zoom
Transactional Emails
Send bulk transactional AMP emails using API & webhooks triggers based on user behaviors
Contact List Management
Segment users based on attributes or past campaign activities like Open, Click & Form Submissions
Complete Email Analytics
Analyze all your data- Delivered, Opens, Clicks, Subject line A/B tests, etc. for both AMP and HTML emails
High Deliverability
Get high deliverability & opens with well managed & dedicated IPs and advice from our deliverability team
Features of Mailmodo that will help you win
Mailmodo helps you use AMP emails without any developer or designers help.
No redirects
Get amazing inbox placement with concierge support
Unique email experience
Send emails that wow your users with interactivity
Higher conversions
Remove friction and make it easy for users to convert
Our clients speak
Companies trust Mailmodo to deliver a great email experience.
AMP email interactivity
We switched from Mailchimp to Mailmodo to explore interactive emails and direct checkouts. Customer actions in the email helped us scale up faster.
Easy to use
We’re ramping up our email volume with Mailmodo as the platform is intuitive and collaborative.
Powerful integrations
With the Mailmodo-Zapier-Slack integration, each time a user fills up the AMP feedback form, responses are posted on our Slack channel. We got 6% CTR and 15% open rates.
FAQs
MailerLite’s email automation is sophisticated to use. Their automation feature is part of every plan, including the free trial. You can use autoresponders to set up marketing emails, like welcome emails. Building automation flows using their drag-and-drop builder is easy because the platform is intuitive. However, if you’re looking to do triggered email marketing, Mailmodo is a complete value for money. It’s a powerful tool for building multistep automation flows and is cost-effective.
With MailerLite’s free plan, you can send 12,000 emails monthly to 1,000 contacts. Only 1 user can sign up for the trial account. Also, key features such as drag-and-drop editor, email automation builder, signup forms, and pop-ups are included in the trial. However, if the contact limit is exceeded, you will have to shell out money and switch to a paid plan.
Yes, Mailmodo is a far more advanced alternative to MailerLite. With Mailmodo, you can send AMP emails that reduce redirections and drop-offs. Connecting your own SMTP is also a huge advantage for any email marketing team. Besides, Mailmodo offers 24/7 email, phone, and chat support.
According to Email Deliverability Report 2022, MailerLite delivered 16.33% of emails to spam folders, and 4.61% of emails got lost. MailerLite’s high spam rates and servers getting blacklisted from time to time have often frustrated subscribers. For a better deliverability rate, you can stick to Mailmodo. We offer help with domain warmup, block spammers, and consult our clients on how to boost their deliverability rates.
Import contact information into Mailmodo to ensure the information you want to maintain from MailerLite will still be available when the migration is complete. List cleansing is an important consideration to do before importing any existing email lists. You can use Mailmodo to import clean lists, and the initial send should go to an engaged list.
Is Mailerlite the right email marketing tool for you?
Mailerlite is recommended for you if you -
- If you're a small business owner, solopreneur, or freelancer
- If you are a beginner email marketer
- If you want to send basic email campaigns and newsletter
- If you want to build a website or landing pages to capture leads:.
Mailerlite isn’t recommended for you if you -
- If you want to build advanced automation
- If you need design inspiration to create templates
- If you want to send interactive AMP emails to increase conversion
- If you need help in scaling up your email marketing to the next level