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I just contacted the mailchimp service twice and they confirmed it to me. you have to take the monthly plan that matches your mandrill users. So if you are usi

by stotro 11y ago

I just contacted the mailchimp service twice and they confirmed it to me. you have to take the monthly plan that matches your mandrill users. So if you are using mandrill to send mails to 90.000 users, you have to buy a monthly plan of 90.000 users AND the mandrill package prices, which means 450$/month for mailchimp and 4*20$ for mandrill.

elif 11y ago
based on the comments on the blog post, i don't think that's the case. I think you just need to buy the minimum paid mailchimp account ($9/mo)
verelo 11y ago
This cant be right (but if it is, they're morons). In this scenario, we'll need a package for millions of members. With the rough math I just did, this would make our monthly Mailchimp bill a larger cost for us than our AWS accounts monthly cost. That would be insane... Mailchimp, PLEASE CLEAR THIS UP ASAP. YOU'RE FUCKING WITH MY LIFE AND I DON'T LIKE IT OR NEED IT!
- losvedir 11y ago
  I don't think it's right. I contacted Mandrill about it, and they pointed me to this support article[0]. > Is this cost included in my MailChimp plan? > No. Mandrill is becoming a paid add-on for monthly MailChimp accounts. Any paid monthly MailChimp plan will satisfy the new requirements. Monthly MailChimp plans start at $10/month, and you can find more information on MailChimp’s Pricing Page. Purchasing Mandrill blocks will incur monthly charges in addition to your MailChimp plan. [0] https://mandrill.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/217467117 https://mandrill.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/217467117
  - stotro 11y ago
    correct, the information provided to me seems indeed to be wrong, since a third(!) support person contacted me, stating that you indeed "just" need a monthly account, no matter how big it is.
    - verelo 11y ago
      Good! This still means the pricing will go from the 3k we paid today to around 10k/month. This is madness.
techdragon 11y ago
This confirms my worst fears. We just added a large wave of new email addresses to one of our routine emails, taking it from 2k per day to 17k per day. We currently expect to pay approximately $75 to $100 USD per month with this volume of email. With the new "MailChimp pricing", this will cost us $150 for a MailChimp account with enough subscribers, then between $270 and $400 USD per month in data packs. So from about $75 to $100 USD we get forced up to $420-$550 About a 5x price rise. Nice going MailChimp... Clearly this is an attempt to squeeze more profit out of Mandrill. Was there a management change at MailChimp or something?
- stotro 11y ago
  ok, i just received a mail from mailchimp that the information provided to me by two of their service agents is indeed wrong. You really "just" need a monthly paid account, which still is pointless.

by stotro 11y ago

elif 11y ago

based on the comments on the blog post, i don't think that's the case. I think you just need to buy the minimum paid mailchimp account ($9/mo)

verelo 11y ago

This cant be right (but if it is, they're morons). In this scenario, we'll need a package for millions of members. With the rough math I just did, this would make our monthly Mailchimp bill a larger cost for us than our AWS accounts monthly cost. That would be insane... Mailchimp, PLEASE CLEAR THIS UP ASAP. YOU'RE FUCKING WITH MY LIFE AND I DON'T LIKE IT OR NEED IT!

losvedir 11y ago
I don't think it's right. I contacted Mandrill about it, and they pointed me to this support article[0]. > Is this cost included in my MailChimp plan? > No. Mandrill is becoming a paid add-on for monthly MailChimp accounts. Any paid monthly MailChimp plan will satisfy the new requirements. Monthly MailChimp plans start at $10/month, and you can find more information on MailChimp’s Pricing Page. Purchasing Mandrill blocks will incur monthly charges in addition to your MailChimp plan. [0] https://mandrill.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/217467117 https://mandrill.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/217467117
- stotro 11y ago
  correct, the information provided to me seems indeed to be wrong, since a third(!) support person contacted me, stating that you indeed "just" need a monthly account, no matter how big it is.
  - verelo 11y ago
    Good! This still means the pricing will go from the 3k we paid today to around 10k/month. This is madness.

techdragon 11y ago

This confirms my worst fears. We just added a large wave of new email addresses to one of our routine emails, taking it from 2k per day to 17k per day. We currently expect to pay approximately $75 to $100 USD per month with this volume of email. With the new "MailChimp pricing", this will cost us $150 for a MailChimp account with enough subscribers, then between $270 and $400 USD per month in data packs. So from about $75 to $100 USD we get forced up to $420-$550 About a 5x price rise. Nice going MailChimp... Clearly this is an attempt to squeeze more profit out of Mandrill. Was there a management change at MailChimp or something?

stotro 11y ago
ok, i just received a mail from mailchimp that the information provided to me by two of their service agents is indeed wrong. You really "just" need a monthly paid account, which still is pointless.