Constant Contact vs. lemlist

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Constant Contact
Score 8.0 out of 10
N/A
Constant Contact is a full-featured email marketing solution with capabilities such as social media integration, drag-and-drop editing, and real-time reporting. It is a bulk email tool designed for SMB customers. Since 2019, Constant Contact also offers marketing automation features, a website and landing page builder, and other tools to support midsize businesses.
$12
per month
lemlist
Score 8.3 out of 10
N/A
lemlist is an outreach platform that helps to start conversations that get replies from prospects. Sales teams of all sizes, startups, lead gen agencies, and entrepreneurs can use lemlist to grow relationships with their customers.
$59
per month per seat
Pricing
Constant Contactlemlist
Editions & Modules
Lite
Starting at $12.00
per month
Standard
Starting at $35.00
per month
Premium
Starting at $80.00
per month
Email outreach
$59
per month per seat
Sales engagement
$99
per month per seat
Outbound agency
Custom Quote
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Constant Contactlemlist
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsThe SMS Marketing tool can be added to any Standard or Premium Constant Contact account. SMS is only available in the US for Standard and Premium paid plans. SMS can be added when logged in to an account after purchase. Plans start at $10/month for up to 500 messages.
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Community Pulse
Constant Contactlemlist
Features
Constant Contactlemlist
Email & Online Marketing
Comparison of Email & Online Marketing features of Product A and Product B
Constant Contact
9.0
120 Ratings
11% above category average
lemlist
-
Ratings
WYSIWYG email editor9.6102 Ratings00 Ratings
Dynamic content9.6104 Ratings00 Ratings
Ability to test dynamic content8.582 Ratings00 Ratings
Landing pages9.278 Ratings00 Ratings
A/B testing8.373 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile optimization8.686 Ratings00 Ratings
Email deliverability reporting9.8116 Ratings00 Ratings
List management9.3118 Ratings00 Ratings
Triggered drip sequences7.962 Ratings00 Ratings
Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
Constant Contact
8.5
117 Ratings
10% above category average
lemlist
-
Ratings
Dashboards8.488 Ratings00 Ratings
Standard reports9.7115 Ratings00 Ratings
Custom reports7.558 Ratings00 Ratings
Pre-Send Testing
Comparison of Pre-Send Testing features of Product A and Product B
Constant Contact
8.4
69 Ratings
3% above category average
lemlist
-
Ratings
URL Validation8.231 Ratings00 Ratings
Link Tracking7.934 Ratings00 Ratings
Image Validation8.932 Ratings00 Ratings
Inbox Display8.635 Ratings00 Ratings
Email Accessibility Tools7.928 Ratings00 Ratings
Spelling and Grammar Check9.756 Ratings00 Ratings
Spam Testing6.026 Ratings00 Ratings
Email Previews9.968 Ratings00 Ratings
Lead Management
Comparison of Lead Management features of Product A and Product B
Constant Contact
-
Ratings
lemlist
9.4
4 Ratings
21% above category average
Lead nurturing automation00 Ratings9.74 Ratings
Lead scoring and grading00 Ratings9.13 Ratings
Data quality management00 Ratings9.44 Ratings
Automated sales alerts and tasks00 Ratings9.24 Ratings
Automated follow-ups00 Ratings9.54 Ratings
Lead segmentation and distribution00 Ratings9.33 Ratings
Lead Management Integrations
Comparison of Lead Management Integrations features of Product A and Product B
Constant Contact
-
Ratings
lemlist
9.4
4 Ratings
22% above category average
Integrations with advertising platforms00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Integrations with CRMs00 Ratings9.44 Ratings
Integrations with data storage tools00 Ratings9.33 Ratings
Integrations with lead automation tools00 Ratings9.14 Ratings
Conversion Rate Optimization
Comparison of Conversion Rate Optimization features of Product A and Product B
Constant Contact
-
Ratings
lemlist
9.6
3 Ratings
15% above category average
KPI analytics00 Ratings9.53 Ratings
Drop-off analytics00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
A/B tests00 Ratings9.53 Ratings
Form Building
Comparison of Form Building features of Product A and Product B
Constant Contact
-
Ratings
lemlist
9.5
4 Ratings
13% above category average
Drag & Drop editing00 Ratings9.52 Ratings
Branding customization00 Ratings9.32 Ratings
Different question types00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Conditional logic paths00 Ratings9.53 Ratings
Embedded calculations00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Form templates00 Ratings9.52 Ratings
Custom code00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Web embedding00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Mobile responsiveness00 Ratings9.33 Ratings
Date picker00 Ratings8.93 Ratings
File upload00 Ratings9.52 Ratings
Dynamic content00 Ratings8.82 Ratings
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User Ratings
Constant Contactlemlist
Likelihood to Recommend
9.7
(135 ratings)
9.4
(4 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.9
(23 ratings)
7.0
(1 ratings)
Usability
10.0
(12 ratings)
9.4
(4 ratings)
Availability
9.0
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
10.0
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
10.0
(9 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Online Training
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
10.0
(5 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Configurability
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Constant Contactlemlist
Likelihood to Recommend
Constant Contact
Constant Contact is an excellent tool for sending out flyers and newsletters. However, I feel the content's appearance is typically all the same. When I receive an email from Constant Contact, I can immediately identify it - the templates usually all look the same. When sending out communications with images, it is easy to use Constant Contact and link webpages. However, the email layout is always vertical and can get very lengthy. I prefer a more flip-book approach with options to flip the page.
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lemlist
Well Suited Scenarios - 1. To generate a lead base or cliental. 2. To get the email addresses and the social media accounts of people who might be relevant for your business like Linkeln accounts of people. 3. You can directly send leads to lemlist via Linkedln Area's of improvement - 1. Having a detailed and more diverse filter to find leads. 2. I would like to use lemlist as a crm tool.
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Pros
Constant Contact
  • Market segmentation is great: my main segmentation is by region because that's how our sales team is divided.
  • Lists: making customized email lists is easy and intuitive; the custom fields allow some flexibility in case our fields don't exactly line up with Constant Contact's.
  • Campaigns: creating campaigns is quick and simple. I especially appreciate the 'resend to non-openers' option. I am constantly using this feature.
  • Subject line generator: I like using the recommended subject lines. I'm able to plug in their recommended ideas, or sometimes, this feature helps me generate my own ideas.
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lemlist
  • Elite Inbox Deliverability
  • Simple Cold Email Campaign Setup
  • Rapid Customer Support
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Cons
Constant Contact
  • It would be nice if we had more customizable options for emails - like moving around pictures and text boxes, rather than a set spot for everything to go.
  • I would like it if multiple people could work on a document at one time. So if I'm in charge of graphics, I can get those updated while someone else is entering content, etc.
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lemlist
  • Cost is higher than other tools.
  • Platform hangs sometimes.
  • Innovation in features as competition grows.
  • Increase personalization options
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Likelihood to Renew
Constant Contact
There is no doubt that we are going to renew Constant Contact. We have not just invested a lot of time in learning and creating a great looking product but we have developed a strong database of information that allows us to track how we are doing for each newsletter. This supports our goals of creating products that residents desire and are excited to receive.
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lemlist
There are a lot of cold email solutions on the market, and Lemlist is one of the more expensive solutions. However, Lemlist is a strong contender due to the fact you can do mulri-channel and gather prospect data so easily and effectively
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Usability
Constant Contact
There is always room for improvement. I don't know how they test their systems, but they should invite not-so computer savvy people to test it. If I, as an expert have problems, they need to think like the technophobe. Since I've used Constant Contact in the past as part of my former employment, I have not viewed any of the tutorials and just jumped in to work on my client's newsletter. With that said, I found some areas easy and some a bit cumbersome
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lemlist
I give these rating because i am a witness itself. So 10 as always this tool is perfect and i would love to use it more over the coming years and to see this upgrade more and add more features, So far now it really helps my business generating ROI and our investment, So far its our own backbone for our Email Marketing and Everything about GTM's.
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Reliability and Availability
Constant Contact
No major problems in sending out the email campaigns and accessing the analytics
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lemlist
No answers on this topic
Performance
Constant Contact
The system seemed quite slow sometimes. Specifically, there was sometimes a delay in sends if it was during a high traffic period. There were time-outs when uploading new code for an email, and a lag in reporting analytics which was sometimes as long as 72 hours
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lemlist
No answers on this topic
Support Rating
Constant Contact
I think the overall support for Constant Contact has always been incredible; I have nothing negative to say. Our customer support representative was attentive, easy to understand, and very knowledgeable. I never felt like I wasn't a priority of his and my issues, while very small, were fixed in a very short time frame.
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lemlist
No answers on this topic
Implementation Rating
Constant Contact
Implementation is very easy for someone who wants to send out the “batch and blast” type newsletters. If you want to use their templates with no customizations, the product works fine. However, the more customizations you get into involving link color, etc, that’s where things can get tricky for someone who may not be familiar with coding
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lemlist
No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered
Constant Contact
Constant Contact is much more intuitive for people who are not tech-savvy. Also, while sendgrid offered more options in it's drag and drop interface, it displayed differently across different email clients, which made it very cumbersome to use. It also took much longer to upload contact lists and it was harder to manage existing contacts. Performance in sendgrid was much slower as well, and the Preview feature was quite buggy. Our team initially chose sendgrid because of the integration options that it's API offered, but we ultimately switched to Constant Contact because it was much easier to build campaigns and better suited our requirements.
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lemlist
We switched because lemlist was something that our manager had used in the past in his last org. and he recommended us to go for a trial version to make the final decision of which services we want to use. Lemlist was equally good and was a cheaper alternative, as we are a startup the overall cost of using a service is also something we need to keep in mind.
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Scalability
Constant Contact
Very reliable in sending email campaigns and controlling the recipients so that no contact is sent the same email more than once, even if they are on a resent list
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lemlist
No answers on this topic
Return on Investment
Constant Contact
  • I have had nothing but positive impacts from using Constant Contact.
  • The church is large, and there are many subgroups and axillary groups within the church. Setting up specific groups based on responsibility, interest, member goals, and service needs allows me to send information quickly, saving valuable time for other tasks.
  • Constant Contact allows leadership to stay personally engaged with the members I work with, without over-taxing my time. It feels so seamless.
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lemlist
  • Higher Inbox Deliverability
  • Better Speed to Lead
  • Overall User Satisfaction
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ScreenShots

Constant Contact Screenshots

Screenshot of the AI Content Generator that can be used to create content for emails, social posts, or SMS.Screenshot of an example automation workflow. These help to ensure a business's marketing is always on.Screenshot of some of the available pre-built email templates, that can be edited with the included drag-and-drop email editor.Screenshot of the Social Posting tool, used to plan and post social media messaging across platforms.Screenshot of the SMS Marketing feature.Screenshot of some of Constant Contact's available integrations.