Mailchimp alternative

Email marketing without the Mailchimp tax

Most people leave Mailchimp for one of three reasons: the bill grows faster than the list, the automation is rigid, or an account gets suspended without warning. SMASHSEND is built to fix all three.

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What you get instead

Pricing that does not punish growth

You are not charged repeatedly for unsubscribed and inactive contacts sitting in your audience.

Automation that branches

Build real flows with conditions and branches, rather than fighting a linear journey builder.

Referral waitlists included

Run a viral waitlist with referrals, a leaderboard and rewards. Mailchimp has no equivalent.

Transactional API in the same account

Marketing and transactional email side by side, without paying for a second product.

AI personalization

Magic Boxes write a genuinely different message per recipient from one prompt.

Your list stays yours

Full export whenever you want, and a clear policy rather than a surprise suspension.

Switching takes an afternoon

Export your audience from Mailchimp as a CSV.
Import it into SMASHSEND and map your fields and tags.
Authenticate your sending domain, and let automatic warmup handle the rest.
Rebuild your active automations as flows. Most are simpler than the original.
Send a small campaign first, check the numbers, then move the rest.

Useful before you switch

Frequently asked questions

Can I import my Mailchimp audience?

Yes. Export a CSV from Mailchimp and import it into SMASHSEND, mapping your existing fields and tags. The CSV import guide walks through it step by step.

Will switching hurt my deliverability?

Not if you warm up. Authenticate your domain, start with your most engaged contacts and build volume over a couple of weeks. SMASHSEND warms your domain and IP automatically as you send.

What if my project was suspended by Mailchimp?

Crypto, affiliate and other higher-risk categories are frequently suspended there. SMASHSEND judges senders on list quality and engagement rather than category, so keep double opt-in on and your list clean.

Do I need a separate service for transactional email?

No. The transactional API is part of the same account, so receipts and password resets go out alongside your marketing email.