MailChimp is the most popular email marketing solution but what do you do if MailChimp isn't right for you? As a matter of fact, is there any other email marketing solution that is better than MailChimp?

The answer is Yes. There are several email marketing services that are often considered better than MailChimp and you will find them in this article.

For a long time, AWeber had been a great MailChimp alternative simply because AWeber allows affiliate marketers.

Make no mistake. You can still do affiliate marketing using MailChimp but there are two important criteria you need to follow:

As an affiliate marketer myself, this is certainly NOT something good to hear. Seriously.

You make money online through affiliate sales and email is always a strong way to increase the revenue and conversion. When your email marketing provider such as MailChimp doesn't support your affiliate marketing programs directly, that's when you have a huge problem.

For obvious reasons!

You can use affiliate links on AWeber and there is no rules that tie you down on what you can or cannot do.

For affiliate marketers, this is a heavenly option to consider. 

The only weakness that AWeber has is the pricing structure when comparing with MailChimp. 

Take a look at the full AWeber pricing below.

The smallest plan starts at $19 per month (you can try AWeber for 30-days without a credit card) while MailChimp users enjoy free email marketing services up to 2,000 subscribers.

GetResponse is another alternative to MailChimp and for die hard GetResponse users, GetResponse is better than MailChimp in many ways.

For me, there is one major advantage using GetResponse compared to MailChimp — drag and drop marketing automation.

While MailChimp offers email automation, it doesn't offer an advanced automation system such as GetResponse.

Take a look at this video and tell me what you think.

With GetResponse email marketing automation, it knocks MailChimp right out from the competition (sorry MailChimp).

Simplicity of the email automation is a huge win for GetResponse. 

The auto tagging and tagging feature on GetResponse is definitely a powerful tool especially if you want to build a strong sales funnel for your (affiliate marketing) business.

Again, GetResponse faces the same challenges with AWeber as it doesn't offer a free plan. 

Take a look at the table below for the complete GetResponse pricing.

The smallest GetResponse plan starts at $15 for 1,000 subscribers. If you are interested to take a look at GetResponse, here's the link to get a free 30-free trial using the software.

ConvertKit has came a long way — being the newest kid on the block, ConvertKit had proven itself to be one of the top competitors in the email marketing solution and more importantly, it is also better than MailChimp in many ways.

ConvertKit is designed specifically to solve the problems that we face daily:

These are the top four reasons why people are moving from MailChimp to ConvertKit. 

Being an avid user of both ConvertKit and MailChimp, I can tell you that both are pretty similar in many phrases.

However, ConvertKit stands out from the crowd because of its pricing structure.

Now, do you see the differences?

Sure, you probably won't notice much if you have less than 2,000 subscribers but what happens if you have 5,000 or 10,000 email subscribers?

Without proper segmentation using MailChimp, you are going to pay way more money. Using ConvertKit will solve all your problem (minus the hassle) with their straightforward billing system.

The downside using ConvertKit is (again) the pricing. Take a look on the table below for the complete ConvertKit pricing.

ConvertKit plans start at $29 per month compared to the free email marketing software offered by MailChimp. You can see the ConvertKit's demo using this link.

Ultimately, there are many email marketing software that are better than MailChimp (and vice versa). It depends on what you need and the amount of money you can afford to spend in a month for email.

Here are my personal suggestions: