Marketing & Email
Campaign Monitor
Design-forward email marketing and automation, now part of Marigold.
4.5· 506 reviews· via CapterraFounded 2004 · Sydney, Australia
What is Campaign Monitor?
Campaign Monitor is an email marketing platform for creating, sending, and automating branded email campaigns, known for its drag-and-drop template builder and design focus. It serves marketers and agencies and is now part of Marigold.
Best known for: Design-focused email marketing
Key features
- Drag-and-drop email builder
- Marketing automation journeys
- List segmentation
- Personalization and dynamic content
- Analytics and reporting
- Transactional email
Who Campaign Monitor is best for
- Brands and agencies that prioritize beautifully designed, on-brand emails
- Teams that want strong templates with straightforward automation
- Marketers who value send-time optimization and engagement segments
Ideal team: Design-conscious SMBs and agencies (2–50) that want polished, template-driven campaigns over a heavy automation suite.
Campaign Monitor pricing
Lite
$13/per contact tier
- Drag-and-drop builder
- Basic segmentation
- One welcome automation
Popular
Essentials
$31/per contact tier
- Unlimited email sends
- Unlimited automations
- Priority + full AI features
Premier
$159/per contact tier
- Phone support
- Advanced engagement segments
- Send-time optimization
Costs to watch before you commit
- Prices are per contact-band and assume ~500 contacts — a 10,000-contact plan runs well over $100/mo.
- The Lite plan caps monthly sends at roughly 5x your contact count.
- Phone support is gated behind the pricey Premier tier.
- Intro discounts (e.g. first month) lapse to full price at renewal; best rates need annual billing.
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