Constant Contact
Permission based email newsletters, SMS and event registration for small teams, from $12/mo.
From $12/mo 30-day free trial MCP server API
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Bottom line
Permission based email marketing for staffing firms and HR teams that send a candidate newsletter, job alert or client update to people who opted in. Lite starts at $12/mo for the smallest contact tier, with a 30-day free trial capped at 100 sends and live phone support on every plan. It does not allow bought, rented or scraped lists, so it is a nurture tool, not a cold outreach tool.
Stands out for: Event registration with payments sits on every plan, so a hiring event, open house or career fair can be promoted, booked and followed up from the same contact list. Live phone and chat support is included even on the $12 Lite plan.
Watch out for: Contacts must have opted in: purchased, rented or scraped lists are against its rules, so sourced candidate or prospect lists cannot be emailed from it. Price rises with contact count, sends over the monthly allowance cost $2 per 1,000, and Lite allows one user and one automation.
Overview
Constant Contact is one of the oldest email marketing platforms, used mainly by small businesses and nonprofits. Recruiting teams use it for the permission based side of candidate and client communication: a talent community newsletter, new job alerts, event invitations and updates to clients who signed up.
Every plan includes the drag and drop editor with templates, an AI copy generator, web sign up forms, social posting to Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn, event registration with payments, and live phone and chat support. Standard adds email scheduling, subject line A/B testing, resend to non-openers, an AI campaign builder, 10 segments and open and click reporting for three users. Premium adds unlimited users, automations and segments, dynamic content and 500 SMS messages a month.
Its permission policy is the main thing to know before buying. Constant Contact does not allow purchased, rented or scraped email lists, so it suits contacts who applied, registered or subscribed, not lists built with a sourcing or email finder tool. SMS is a US only add-on from $10/mo on Lite and Standard.
The marketing platform has a V3 REST API and more than 300 integrations, including Google, Microsoft, LinkedIn, Canva, Zapier and Eventbrite. A separate product, Constant Contact for Agents, runs a vendor hosted MCP server for sending transactional email from Claude, ChatGPT or Gemini, on its own account.
Lite starts at $12/mo, Standard at $35/mo and Premium at $80/mo, each rising with contact count, with up to 15% off for prepaying 12 months. The free trial lasts 30 days with up to 100 sends, and paid plans carry a 30-day money back guarantee.
Who it's for
Best for
- Staffing firms sending a monthly candidate or client newsletter
- Recruiters running hiring events or open houses with sign ups
- HR teams emailing a talent community that opted in
- Small teams that want phone support while they learn
Not ideal for
- Cold outreach to sourced candidates or prospects
- Teams that need ATS sync of candidate records
Key features
Email and templates. Drag and drop editor, hundreds of templates, an AI copy generator and web sign up forms on every plan.
Events. Registration forms and payments on every plan, for hiring events, open houses and career fairs.
Automation and segments. One automation on Lite, three plus resend to non-openers on Standard, unlimited custom automations and segments on Premium.
SMS and social. SMS with text-to-join for US accounts, and scheduled posts to Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn.
AI features
| What the AI does | Plan |
|---|---|
| AI copy generator that drafts email content | Lite |
| AI campaign builder | Standard |
Only features named in the vendor's own documentation. Anything sold separately is marked as an add-on.
MCP server
https://mcp.ctct.dev/mcp
Constant Contact runs a vendor hosted MCP server at mcp.ctct.dev/mcp, but it belongs to Constant Contact for Agents, a separate transactional email product with its own account and API key. It lets Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI and ChatGPT (Developer mode on Business, Enterprise and Edu) send, schedule and track emails, with production sends needing explicit confirmation. It does not reach the contacts and campaigns in a regular Constant Contact marketing account; those use the V3 REST API.
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Pricing
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Lite | $12/mo | 1 user, 1 automation, sends 10x contacts |
| Standard | $35/mo | 3 users, A/B tests, AI campaign builder |
| Premium | $80/mo | Unlimited users and automations, 500 SMS |
Lite starts at $12/mo with one user, one automation template and sends up to 10x your contacts each month. Standard starts at $35/mo with three users, scheduling, A/B subject line tests, resend to non-openers, the AI campaign builder and sends up to 12x your contacts. Premium starts at $80/mo with unlimited users, automations and segments, dynamic content, 500 SMS a month and sends up to 24x your contacts. Each price rises with contact count, sends over the allowance cost $2 per 1,000, and prepaying 12 months saves up to 15%. SMS on Lite and Standard is a US only add-on from $10/mo. The free trial lasts 30 days with up to 100 sends and needs no credit card. Confirm current terms on the vendor site.
Checked 9 Oct 2026. Vendors change prices without notice.
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Is Constant Contact expensive?
Constant Contact starts at $12/mo. We list 41 recruitment marketing tools in total. 1 have a free tier, and those with a public price typically start around $299 a month.
- 24 quote-based
- 1 free tier
- 15 public price
Worked out automatically from every recruitment marketing listing, so it updates as the directory changes.
Pros and cons
Pros
- Live phone and chat support on every plan
- Event registration and payments built in
- 30-day trial with no credit card
Cons
- No bought, rented or scraped lists allowed
- Price climbs with contact count
- Lite has one user and one automation
Integrations
Google Microsoft LinkedIn Canva Zapier Eventbrite Shopify Facebook
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