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Email on Acid vs MailChimp: What are the differences?

Email on Acid: Email testing made simple. Email on Acid is the most affordable, self-serve email testing platform in the world. We can help you maximize the success of your email marketing efforts by diagnosing and improving your renderability, deliverability, click-throughs and conversions; MailChimp: Easy email newsletters. MailChimp helps you design email newsletters, share them on social networks, integrate with services you already use, and track your results. It's like your own personal publishing platform.

Email on Acid can be classified as a tool in the "Email Testing" category, while MailChimp is grouped under "Email Marketing".

Some of the features offered by Email on Acid are:

  • Preview your email in 8 operating systems, 6 web browsers, and 32 email clients - all within one click.
  • Preview your email before you send it!- We manage hundreds of servers and mobile devices to deliver you the fastest results possible.
  • Our Code Analysis identifies individual lines of code that are not supported in each email client.- Discrepancies are classified as critical, moderate, or minor. Critical errors might adversely affect your layout whereas minor errors might include unsupported fonts, alt, or title tags.

On the other hand, MailChimp provides the following key features:

  • Facebook Integration
  • AutoConnect Templates
  • Full Featured API

"Most Affordable & Most Accurate Email Testing Tool" is the top reason why over 2 developers like Email on Acid, while over 259 developers mention "Smooth setup & ui" as the leading cause for choosing MailChimp.

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Pros of Email on Acid
Pros of Mailchimp
  • 8
    Most Affordable & Most Accurate Email Testing Tool
  • 4
    Easy setup
  • 4
    Unlimited Testing
  • 3
    Most accurate results
  • 259
    Smooth setup & ui
  • 248
    Mailing list
  • 148
    Robust e-mail creation
  • 120
    Integrates with a lot of external services
  • 109
    Custom templates
  • 59
    Free tier
  • 49
    Great api
  • 42
    Great UI
  • 33
    A/B Testing Subject Lines
  • 30
    Broad feature set
  • 11
    Subscriber Analytics
  • 9
    Great interface. The standard for email marketing
  • 8
    Great documentation
  • 8
    Mandrill integration
  • 7
    Segmentation
  • 6
    Best deliverability; helps you be the good guy
  • 5
    Facebook Integration
  • 5
    Autoresponders
  • 3
    Customization
  • 3
    RSS-to-email
  • 3
    Co-branding
  • 3
    Embedded signup forms
  • 2
    Automation
  • 1
    Great logo
  • 1
    Groups
  • 0
    Landing pages

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Cons of Email on Acid
Cons of Mailchimp
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    • 2
      Super expensive
    • 1
      Poor API
    • 1
      Charged based on subscribers as opposed to emails sent

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    What is Email on Acid?

    Email on Acid is the most affordable, self-serve email testing platform in the world. We can help you maximize the success of your email marketing efforts by diagnosing and improving your renderability, deliverability, click-throughs and conversions.

    What is Mailchimp?

    MailChimp helps you design email newsletters, share them on social networks, integrate with services you already use, and track your results. It's like your own personal publishing platform.

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