Campaign Monitor
What Campaign Monitor is
Campaign Monitor is a web-based email marketing service for organizing subscriber audiences and running campaigns. It includes email automation and audience segmentation, along with landing pages and A/B testing. The service lists 250 native integrations. Its plans shown here cover 0–500 subscribers: Lite allows 2,500 emails per month, while Essentials and Premier each include unlimited campaign sends and 5,000 transactional emails. The Free trial plan lists 500 contacts and 500 emails. Campaign Monitor is paid, has no free plan, and offers a 30-day trial. No prices are listed for the plans. The service is made by Campaign Monitor, founded in 2004, and is available on the web. The listed plan details give Essentials and Premier the same subscriber range and sending allowances, so those facts alone do not distinguish the two options.
Who it suits
It suits people managing email campaigns who need segmentation, automation, landing pages, or A/B testing. The listed plans cover audiences of up to 500 subscribers.
What it does well
- Includes email automation and audience segmentation
- Provides landing pages and A/B testing
- Lists 250 native integrations
- Essentials and Premier allow unlimited campaign sends
What to know first
- No free plan is listed
- Lite is limited to 2,500 emails per month
Limits
The Free trial plan includes 500 contacts and 500 emails. Lite covers 0–500 subscribers and allows 2,500 emails per month; Essentials and Premier cover the same subscriber range and each include unlimited campaign sends and 5,000 transactional emails.
Plans
| Plan | Billed and limits | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Free trial | 500 contacts · 500 emails | On request |
| Lite | starts at · 500 contacts · 2,500 campaign emails · email support | $12 a month |
| Premier | starts at · 500 contacts · unlimited email sends · phone support · advanced engagement segments · send-time optimization | $159 a month |
| Essentials | starts at · 500 contacts · unlimited email sends · priority support · unlimited automated emails | $29 a month |
As campaignmonitor.com lists them, read 20 Sept 2026. The maker's own page has the final word.
Getting started
- Open the Campaign Monitor website.
- Start with the 30-day trial or choose a listed plan.
- Use the web service to work with campaigns and subscriber audiences.
Verdict
Campaign Monitor combines campaign tools, audience organization, and automation in a web service.
Questions
Is Campaign Monitor free?
No. It is a paid service with a 30-day trial and no free plan.
What platforms does Campaign Monitor support?
Campaign Monitor runs on the web.
What is included in the Free trial plan?
It includes 500 contacts and 500 emails.
How do the listed paid plans differ?
Lite allows 2,500 emails per month. Essentials and Premier each include unlimited campaign sends and 5,000 transactional emails.
Does Campaign Monitor support integrations?
It lists 250 native integrations.
Who makes Campaign Monitor?
Campaign Monitor is made by Campaign Monitor, founded in 2004.
Facts from Campaign Monitor's own pages
- A/B testing
- Yes · campaignmonitor.com, 20 Sept 2026
- Agency tools
- Agency accounts support subaccounts, dashboards, private labeling, markup billing, template sharing and per-subaccount API keys. · campaignmonitor.com, 21 Oct 2026
- AI tools
- Marketing Studio can generate branded emails, images, translations and social posts; AI Email Booster recommends campaign improvements. · campaignmonitor.com, 21 Oct 2026
- Analytics
- Interactive dashboards report campaign, journey and transactional-email performance in real time. · campaignmonitor.com, 21 Oct 2026
- API
- The REST API covers accounts, campaigns, clients, journeys, lists, segments, subscribers, templates, transactional email and webhooks. · campaignmonitor.com, 21 Oct 2026
- API authentication
- Developers can authenticate with OAuth or API keys, with OAuth scopes limiting requested permissions. · campaignmonitor.com, 21 Oct 2026
- API version
- The current documented API is version 3.3; legacy TLS 1.0 and 1.1 are deprecated and TLS 1.2 is required. · campaignmonitor.com, 21 Oct 2026
- Automation
- Visual journey tools create triggered, multi-step automated email sequences. · campaignmonitor.com, 21 Oct 2026
- Company facts
- LinkedIn lists Campaign Monitor by Marigold as privately held, headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee, with 201–500 employees. · linkedin.com, 21 Oct 2026
- Company legal name
- The terms identify the contracting company as Campaign Monitor Pty Ltd. · campaignmonitor.com, 21 Oct 2026
- Deployment
- The product is presented as an online service with account sign-up and login; the reviewed pages provide no self-hosted installation option. · campaignmonitor.com, 21 Oct 2026
- Documentation
- The API documentation provides getting-started guidance, endpoint sections and version-change notes. · campaignmonitor.com, 21 Oct 2026
- Email automation
- Yes · campaignmonitor.com, 20 Sept 2026
- Email builder
- The product provides a drag-and-drop builder, responsive templates and support for importing custom HTML. · campaignmonitor.com, 21 Oct 2026
- Founded
- Gartner Peer Insights lists the company year founded as 2017. · gartner.com, 21 Oct 2026
- Free plan
- No · campaignmonitor.com, 20 Sept 2026
- Integrations
- The integration catalog contains more than 250 connections, including Salesforce, WordPress, Shopify and Google Analytics. · campaignmonitor.com, 21 Oct 2026
- Landing pages
- Yes · campaignmonitor.com, 20 Sept 2026
- Licence
- Campaign Monitor terms treat the service, APIs and generic tools as company-owned intellectual property; no open-source licence is offered for the product. · campaignmonitor.com, 21 Oct 2026
- Limit: account closures
- Trustpilot reviewers report accounts and historical campaign data being deleted after inactivity with only in-app notification. · trustpilot.com, 21 Oct 2026
- Limit: customization
- Users say the editor and templates can be less flexible than desired for advanced design customization. · getapp.com, 21 Oct 2026
- Limit: pricing at scale
- Reviewers report that costs rise substantially with larger lists or send volumes and that billing can become confusing. · getapp.com, 21 Oct 2026
- Limit: support access
- A Gartner reviewer specifically criticized the lack of live chat support, while other reviews mention slow support responses. · gartner.com, 21 Oct 2026
- Monthly send limit
- 2500 · campaignmonitor.com, 20 Sept 2026
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