TL;DR
- Constant Contact:
- $12-80/mo. Per-contact monthly.
- FairMail:
- $0.001-0.003/email. No subscription. Full features from day one.
A Constant Contact alternative that charges what it costs.
Constant Contact charges $12-80/mo. The infrastructure to run email marketing — servers, APIs, storage, delivery — costs roughly $0.0001/email. FairMail charges $0.001-0.003/email. No subscription. No seat limits. No annual contract.
Why people leave Constant Contact
Difficult cancellation process
Price increases without warning
Outdated interface
No true free tier
FairMail vs Constant Contact
| FairMail | Constant Contact | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | Pay per use | Per-contact monthly |
| Price | $0.001-0.003/email | $12-80/mo |
| Free tier | Free actions included | 60-day trial |
| Contract | None | Annual billing typical |
| Zero-usage month | $0 | Still charged |
| Feature gating | All features included | Features locked by tier |
| Infrastructure cost | $0.0001/email | Not disclosed |
What it actually costs to run
The infrastructure cost for email marketing — servers, APIs, storage, delivery — is roughly $0.0001/email. Constant Contact charges $12-80/mo.
Fair charges $0.001-0.003/email — cost plus a small margin.
When to choose which
Choose Constant Contact if
Small businesses wanting simple email campaigns with events
Choose FairMail if
You want email marketing without a subscription. FairMail charges $0.001-0.003/email. Use a lot? Pay a little more. Use nothing? Pay nothing. All features included from the first use.
Where Constant Contact gets expensive
- Cancellation is deliberately difficult
- Innovation has stalled
Switch from Constant Contact. Keep the features. Lose the subscription.
FairMail — $0.001-0.003/email. No subscription. No seat pricing. No annual contract. Your first actions are free.
Related comparisons
Fair is the anti-subscription. 13 tools, one account, pay for what you use.