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Mailchimp

74

All-in-one marketing platform

marketing
Operational
Founded 2001
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Mailchimp is the most widely recognized email marketing platform, now owned by Intuit. While it offers a broad feature set including landing pages and marketing automation, its transactional email (Mandrill) requires a separate integration.

Speed
72
Reliability
75
Deliverability
74
Developer Experience
70
Value
79

Current Metrics

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Delivery Speed (p50)300ms
Delivery Speed (p95)680ms
Delivery Speed (p99)1,020ms
Delivery Speed (avg)380ms
API Latency (p50)72ms
API Latency (p95)210ms
API Latency (p99)360ms
API Latency (avg)95ms
Uptime (30d)99.86%
Deliverability94.5%
Bounce Rate3.5%
Throughput12,000/s

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Features

Marketing campaigns
Audience management
Content studio
Automations
Analytics
Mandrill transactional
Pricing starts at $0/mo (500 contacts)

Incidents (2)

Template Preview Rendering IssuesMinor
Mailchimp·Jan 28, 2026·38m·Resolved

Email template previews were rendering incorrectly in the campaign editor. Actual sent emails were displaying correctly in recipients' inboxes.

Authentication System FailureCritical
Mailchimp·Sep 12, 2025·2h 36m·Resolved

OAuth and API key authentication systems were non-responsive, preventing all programmatic access to the platform. Campaign sending through the web interface remained partially functional. Recovery required a full system restart.

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