Mailchimp Pricing Calculator
Estimate Mailchimp Free, Essentials, Standard, and Premium monthly cost from your contact count — plus send limits and a MailShrine comparison.
Step 1 · How Mailchimp pricing works
You pay for contacts — not for each campaign
Mailchimp’s monthly bill is driven mainly by how many people are stored in your audience (including inactive contacts). Sending more newsletters usually does not raise the base plan price — but each plan also has a monthly send limit tied to your contact tier (about 10×–15× contacts). MailShrine is different: you pay for emails you actually send (credits), which is why the savings below are usually easy to see.
Contacts
People on your list. This is what moves Free → Essentials → Standard → Premium.
Plan tier
Free, Essentials, Standard, or Premium — feature set + price ladder.
Send limit
Roughly 10× (Essentials), 12× (Standard), or 15× (Premium) your contact tier.
Step 2 · Enter your list
Your contacts & send rhythm
Quick presets
Your month in one line
2,500 contacts × 4 campaigns = 10,000 emails
Step 3 · Mailchimp vs MailShrine (live as you type)
Spot the difference
Mailchimp Essentials vs MailShrine for the same 10,000 emails
Mailchimp Essentials
$45/mo
Based on 2,500 contacts
You save with MailShrine
$33.00/mo
≈ $396 / year
That is 73% less than Mailchimp Essentials.
For this list, MailShrine is about $33.00/mo cheaper than Mailchimp Essentials.
Step 4 · Full Mailchimp plan breakdown
Free, Essentials, Standard & Premium
Each card shows Mailchimp’s estimate and what the same send volume would cost on MailShrine — so you can spot the gap without scrolling away.
Lowest paid Mailchimp estimate for 2,500 contacts: Essentials ≈ $45/mo · MailShrine ≈ $12.00/mo · save $33.00/mo
Selected plan (Standard) side-by-side
Mailchimp Standard
$60/mo
Based on 2,500 contacts
You save with MailShrine
$48.00/mo
≈ $576 / year
That is 80% less than Mailchimp Standard.
2× Macro — 10,000 credits for $12 (stacked pay-as-you-go) — lowest option on /pricing for this volume
Disclaimer: Mailchimp amounts are approximate public list prices for education and can change. Always confirm on Mailchimp’s own pricing page. MailShrine estimates use the packs on our pricing page.