Constant Contact vs Dada Mail
Constant Contact
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| Figure | Constant Contact | Dada Mail |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $12/mo | $12.50/mo |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | — |
| Android | Yes | — |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 3 | 5 |
| Spec score · Email marketing tools | 9.2 (#6) | 7.8 (#113) |
| Spec score · Email Marketing Software | 9.1 (#7) | 8.5 (#45) |
| Founded | The company’s own history says its mission began in 1995; LinkedIn lists 1996 as the founded year. | 1999 |
| Free plan | No | Yes |
| Integrations | The app directory lists more than 300 native integrations, including Google, Microsoft, Canva, LinkedIn, Shopify, Eventbrite and Zapier. | Dada Mail supports sending through sendmail, SMTP, or the Amazon SES API. |
Plans
Dada Mail
- Pro Dada, One-Year Subscription$150 a year
- Pro Dada, Forever Subscription$300, paid once
- Dada MailFree
- Pro Dada, One-Year Subscription$150 a year
- Pro Dada, Forever Subscription$300, paid once
In their own words
Constant Contact
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Dada Mail
Dada Mail is self-hosted software for managing business and personal mailing lists, including announcement and discussion lists. It sends HTML or plain-text messages through an included rich-text editor, supports attachments, and can send webpage content as an HTML message. Mass mailings can be scheduled as one-time or recurring sends, including sends drawing content from a webpage. Reports track opens, recipients, clickthroughs, unsubscribes, bounces, sending errors, archive views, and forwards. Subscriber tools support searching, sorting, profile fields, and targeting by email address or profile information. Sending options include sendmail, SMTP, and the Amazon SES API; the Bridge plugin can receive email and support discussion lists with digests. Dada Mail runs under CGI or FastCGI and can also run under PSGI/Plack. The project lists Perl 5.10.1 as a requirement. Its free plan allows up to three mailing lists and 100 subscribers per list, without support. Pro Dada offers unlimited lists and subscribers, a manual, and prioritized support for $150 a year or $300 a month for the lifetime subscription.