AWeber vs Constant Contact Comparison 2026
AWeber is a newsletter tool built for creators, free to 500 subscribers with automations included, then $12.50 a month for Lite. Constant Contact is built for local businesses, starting at $12 a month with no free plan, backed by a phone line and event management. One is for somebody comfortable running their own list. The other is for somebody who wants to call a person when a send fails.
Email marketing with a free plan that lasts
Email marketing aimed at small businesses
At a glance
- Constant Contact starts cheaper, at $12.
- Only AWeber has a free tier.
- Constant Contact takes no share of what you earn. AWeber takes 0.6%.
Side by side
AWeber | Constant Contact | |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price (they differ) | From $12.50 | From $12 |
| Pricing model (they differ) | Free plan, paid tiers | Free trial, then paid |
| Free tier (they differ) | Yes | No |
| Billing | Monthly or annual | Monthly or annual |
| Free trial | 14 days | Not stated |
| API |
AWeber
Email marketing with a free plan that lasts
AWeber has been sending newsletters since before most of its competitors existed, and it shows in both directions: the deliverability is dependable and the interface is dated. The free plan runs to 500 subscribers with automations included, which is more than most rivals give away. Its ecommerce feature charges a small percentage of each sale on the cheaper plans.
Our note
AWeber's free plan holds 500 subscribers with the automations switched on, twice what MailerLite gives away, so it suits a list that needs sequences before it needs size. The editor is the part that shows its age.
Only on this side
- Covers newsletter & email
Constant Contact
Email marketing aimed at small businesses
Constant Contact is the one a local business gets recommended by its accountant, and that shapes the product: templates, an event tool, social posting, and support you can telephone. A creator running a list will find it plainer than the platforms built for newsletters. What it does well is stay out of the way of somebody who does not want to learn marketing software.
Why people weigh these two
- Constant Contact instead of AWeber
- Aimed at the same small-business crowd from $12, but a free trial replaces AWeber's lasting free plan.
- AWeber instead of Constant Contact
- AWeber is a similar plain email platform whose free plan lasts, with paid from $12.50, where Constant Contact only offers a trial.
Which one should you pick
Pick AWeber if you want a real free tier and are willing to manage the list yourself. Free covers 500 subscribers with automations, landing pages and forms already switched on, and a 14-day trial covers the paid tiers above that.
Pick Constant Contact if you want phone support and do not want to learn marketing software, and you run events or post to social from the same place as email. Lite starts at $12 a month, but that price is introductory with a 30 percent discount for the first three months, so check the second-year number before comparing. A creator who mainly cares about deliverability and automation will find better tools at the same price.
Common questions
- Does Constant Contact have a free plan like AWeber?
- No. Constant Contact starts at $12 a month for Lite with no free tier. AWeber is free up to 500 subscribers, with automations, landing pages and forms included at no cost.
- Why might Constant Contact cost more later?
- Its listed prices are introductory, with a 30 percent discount for the first three months built into the number shown on the page. Prepaying twelve months saves up to 15 percent, or 30 percent for non-profits.
- Which one has phone support?
- Constant Contact does. A telephone line rather than a ticket queue is a reason non-technical businesses and non-profits stay with it, and it is one of the clearest differences from a newsletter-first tool like AWeber.
- Which one includes event management or social posting?
- Constant Contact, on its paid tiers: registrations and reminders alongside the list, and scheduled social posts from the same place as email. AWeber has neither; it adds a link-in-bio page and web push notifications instead.
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