Mailchimp vs. Tally

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Mailchimp
Score 7.9 out of 10
N/A
Mailchimp is the email marketing and marketing automation platform. Most email marketing platforms tell you how your campaigns perform, but Mailchimp goes a step beyond and tells you why by analyzing the data from half a billion emails sent through the platform every day to offer personalized recommendations for improving content, targeting, automations, and driving revenue using emails
$0
per month
Tally
Score 6.3 out of 10
Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
Tally is a form builder that works like a doc. It is designed to let users create any type of form in seconds without knowing how to code, and for free. Tally's imposes no limits on the number of forms created, the number of responses or question types, and features like collecting payments, calculations, form logic and answer piping. Users can create a form in seconds, no sign-up needed.N/A
Pricing
MailchimpTally
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
MailchimpTally
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
YesYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsTally is 99% free: We built Tally with a different business model in mind. Unlike other form builders, most advanced features are free and you can create forms without limits. Tally Pro offers empowering features tailored to the needs of teams and creators, at $29/month or $290/year.
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Features
MailchimpTally
Email & Online Marketing
Comparison of Email & Online Marketing features of Product A and Product B
Mailchimp
8.0
475 Ratings
3% above category average
Tally
-
Ratings
WYSIWYG email editor8.1440 Ratings00 Ratings
Dynamic content7.8423 Ratings00 Ratings
Ability to test dynamic content7.9404 Ratings00 Ratings
Landing pages7.5327 Ratings00 Ratings
A/B testing8.0358 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile optimization8.1434 Ratings00 Ratings
Email deliverability reporting8.5462 Ratings00 Ratings
List management8.1462 Ratings00 Ratings
Triggered drip sequences7.7319 Ratings00 Ratings
Lead Management
Comparison of Lead Management features of Product A and Product B
Mailchimp
9.1
2 Ratings
16% above category average
Tally
-
Ratings
Lead nurturing automation6.22 Ratings00 Ratings
Lead scoring and grading10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Data quality management10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Automated sales alerts and tasks10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Campaign Management
Comparison of Campaign Management features of Product A and Product B
Mailchimp
8.1
50 Ratings
6% above category average
Tally
-
Ratings
Calendaring8.445 Ratings00 Ratings
Event/webinar marketing7.836 Ratings00 Ratings
Social Media Marketing
Comparison of Social Media Marketing features of Product A and Product B
Mailchimp
8.2
44 Ratings
9% above category average
Tally
-
Ratings
Social sharing and campaigns8.342 Ratings00 Ratings
Social profile integration8.135 Ratings00 Ratings
Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
Mailchimp
7.6
460 Ratings
1% above category average
Tally
-
Ratings
Dashboards7.7123 Ratings00 Ratings
Standard reports8.0458 Ratings00 Ratings
Custom reports7.250 Ratings00 Ratings
Platform & Infrastructure
Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Product A and Product B
Mailchimp
7.4
44 Ratings
3% below category average
Tally
-
Ratings
API7.833 Ratings00 Ratings
Role-based workflow & approvals6.57 Ratings00 Ratings
Customizability5.62 Ratings00 Ratings
Integration with Salesforce.com8.421 Ratings00 Ratings
Integration with Microsoft Dynamics CRM7.618 Ratings00 Ratings
Integration with SugarCRM8.12 Ratings00 Ratings
Third-party software integrations7.639 Ratings00 Ratings
Survey Format & Appearance
Comparison of Survey Format & Appearance features of Product A and Product B
Mailchimp
-
Ratings
Tally
7.0
1 Ratings
11% below category average
Survey templates00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
Themes00 Ratings6.01 Ratings
Custom logo/branding00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Survey Content
Comparison of Survey Content features of Product A and Product B
Mailchimp
-
Ratings
Tally
8.3
1 Ratings
4% below category average
Changes to live survey00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Question design help00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Multiple question types00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Survey Logic
Comparison of Survey Logic features of Product A and Product B
Mailchimp
-
Ratings
Tally
9.0
1 Ratings
8% above category average
Survey logic flexibility00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Survey Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Survey Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
Mailchimp
-
Ratings
Tally
6.7
1 Ratings
21% below category average
Data export00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Standard reports00 Ratings5.01 Ratings
Analytics00 Ratings6.01 Ratings
Survey Administration & Security
Comparison of Survey Administration & Security features of Product A and Product B
Mailchimp
-
Ratings
Tally
8.0
1 Ratings
5% below category average
Access controls00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Compliance00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
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User Ratings
MailchimpTally
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
(499 ratings)
7.0
(1 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.5
(51 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
8.4
(373 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
Availability
9.5
(6 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
9.0
(7 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
7.9
(15 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
Implementation Rating
7.5
(22 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Configurability
10.0
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
8.0
(4 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
9.5
(6 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
10.0
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
10.0
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
MailchimpTally
Likelihood to Recommend
Mailchimp
With Mailchimp we are able to revive and enhance our personal connect with the customers. The easy-to-use tools allows us to personalize the email content, segregate and target important leads & send relevant messages. Also, it offers interactive analysis on the performance of a particular campaign. We can judge the effectiveness of our mailers in real time.
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Tally
Tally has easy to use user Interface, but the some reports customization need to be improved. We have many software/apps in the market where these reports can be easily customized as per the organizational needs.
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Pros
Mailchimp
  • Mailchimp allows you to manage your mailing list really well. You can subscribe people, unsubscribe people manage the mailing list directly into segments, and what not.
  • Mailchimp has features where you can create campaigns based on your mailing lists and send out newsletters to your subscribers based on a multitude of parameters that you can setup. Such as send email daily, weekly, monthly and they also have event based mails that you can send out.
  • Mailchimp also has a feature where you can design your emails. The look and aesthetics are very important when sending emails to your subscribers and all those needs are addressed here.
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Tally
  • Statutory Filing
  • Reporting
  • Easy Invoicing
  • AP/AR Ageing Reports
  • Trends and Analysis Reports
  • Auditing Reports
  • GST Filing in India
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Cons
Mailchimp
  • The interface remains a cluttered, non-intuitive mess. That's true from the haphazard way features are organized to the actual email layout.
  • Analytics have never been a priority, and I don't see that changing with Intuit's new ownership. I'm very frustrated over the limited choices for reporting, even when using third-party solutions. If I needed that function, I would not use MailChimp.
  • I would love to develop a workflow screen that lets me focus on the things that I use all the time. Customizing the interface where the content actually goes into the software would help.
  • I never understood why we couldn't import a document into a MC template. At best, we're spending time copying-and-pasting from one app into MC.
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Tally
  • AP Ageing reporting can be more detailed
  • Also the costing for Small firms it is not feasible
  • Report Customization Can be Improved
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Likelihood to Renew
Mailchimp
We've had Mailchimp for about ten years, I want to say. I started with the company about four years ago, and I don't see us ever diverting to another source. It's easy for us to use, and we have all our clients already built into the database. I imagine we'll use them for as long as we have the company.
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Tally
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Usability
Mailchimp
Our team use Mailchimp almost every week. Overall UI is simple for anyone to get started with it. The resource library around using particular features is also there, so we don't have to train our team on this product. We also used a lot of other features as well.
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Tally
I have already explained the pros and cons earlier.
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Reliability and Availability
Mailchimp
I have, in the 4+ years that I've used Mailchimp, never seen an issue that restricted the use of their software/tools. I don't know of a single time when they're system crashed or went down. I could be wrong, but I honestly haven't experienced any issues with outages, errors or unplanned downtime
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Tally
No answers on this topic
Performance
Mailchimp
I haven't noticed any slow speeds from Mailchimp or their tools. I think the landing pages load quickly and look nice. The email reports and editing operates smoothly and doesn't take time to load. Additionally, when I use Mailchimp in conjunction with Zapier + Hubspot I don't notice any drag between any of these tools
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Tally
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Support Rating
Mailchimp
Website tools were easy to use and understand so a novice can easily meet or exceed their client's expectations! Loved that we were able to totally customize so that the e-mail we created conveyed our client's overall messaging consistent with their branding! Client love that we can provide turnkey services to support their sales and marketing teams!
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Tally
They are availble for support and you will also find a lot of contents related to it on Internet. Go to You tube and type Tally or any issue, you will find a lot of data related to it and easy solutions always
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Implementation Rating
Mailchimp
It's pretty easy to get up and running! There's a slight learning curve on a few things, but once you find where everything is located, you can import your list and send your first email. It really makes our clients feel great to see how quickly they can get that first email out.
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Tally
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Alternatives Considered
Mailchimp
Mailchimp is a means to an end and a way to stay within GDPR laws. We may not use it if this wasn't a requirement. Other platforms are better for design or management of contacts, but Mailchimp offers that secure storage of data that is required. I have not tried other bulk mail applications, so am unable to compare these.
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Tally
Tally over all compare to above products is Easy and More user friendly, Easy to learn and Adopt.
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Scalability
Mailchimp
Mailchimp over the years I've used it has grown in leaps and bounds. They have added so many additional features than were previously available. They are truly an all-in-one marketing platform now. If you're a small operation and just want to add email to your marketing efforts, they're there for you. If you're a larger operation and want to start sending postcard advertisements, they can do that. If you'd good with that and want to kick up your marketing by going social, you can do that on their platform. They are truly able to be as small as you need, but also get quite large in whatever it is you'd like to do through their system.
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Tally
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Return on Investment
Mailchimp
  • Mailchimp has allowed us to communicate effectively with thousands of customers with ease.
  • Mailchimp's use during our second year of business helped us expand our list of brands considerably (almost 30% YTD) because of regular interactions that we've launched.
  • Mailchimp ramp-up time is minimal for new users so I can turn things over to junior staff - saving me time and money.
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Tally
  • Its has provided the smoth Accounting process
  • Easy to manage the Financial and Accounting Aspects of Business
  • Reporting is where they need to focus a bit more and also integration with other softwares
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ScreenShots

Mailchimp Screenshots

Screenshot of Mailchimp's advanced analytics and reporting tools. These are used to monitor trends, track performance, and get actionable insights that help users to create better campaigns and drive customer engagement.Screenshot of Mailchimp's precise audience segmentation. Its AI simplifies the workflow by generating complex customer segments for highly personalized campaigns.Screenshot of omnichannel marketing. Campaigns can be built across multiple channels, and then managed from one convenient place.Screenshot of marketing automations with the Customer Journey Builder. This is used to reach the right people with the right message at exactly the right time, which helps to drive more repeat business, increase customer retention, and see more orders.Screenshot of Mailchimp's SMS marketing. SMS can be integrated into email, automations, and social campaigns.Screenshot of Mailchimp's AI, used to deliver relevant content faster. It can generate professionally written, on-brand marketing emails with the press of a button. The user only needs to review, edit, and send.

Tally Screenshots

Screenshot of Create forms for all purposes in seconds. Without knowing how to code, and for free.Screenshot of Tally works like a text doc. Just start typing and use shortcuts to create any type of form in seconds.Screenshot of No countless paywalls.99% of features are available for free, combined with an empowering Pro plan for creators & teams.Screenshot of Use tons of advanced features such as collecting payments, conditional logic, calculator, hidden fields,and many more.