Mailchimp vs ActiveCampaign
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Zero of fourteen models named Mailchimp first on the direct prompt; zero named ActiveCampaign. Both were named by all fourteen models and Mailchimp carries 32 labels and ActiveCampaign 59, so the shares are not directly comparable.
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Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the marketing automation and campaign management page.
By framing
MailchimpFirst choices, of fourteen modelsActiveCampaign
Across every category in the November 2026 Edition, Mailchimp and ActiveCampaign were named in the same answer 219 times, of the 390 answers naming Mailchimp and the 512 naming ActiveCampaign. In those answers ActiveCampaign took the first choice forty-eight times and Mailchimp thirteen.
Every model, every framing
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | | | | | | |
| GPT-5.4 mini | | | | | ||
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | | | | | ||
| Perplexity Sonar | | | | | ||
| Grok 4.20 | | | | | | |
| Mistral Small | | | ||||
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | | | | | ||
| Llama 4 Maverick | | | ||||
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | | | | | ||
| Kimi K2 | | | | | | |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | | | | | | |
| MiniMax M2.5 | | | | | | |
| GPT-6 Luna | | | ||||
| Muse Glimmer 30B | | | | |
Mailchimp ActiveCampaign first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Mailchimp on the left and ActiveCampaign on the right.The direct prompt
Neither was the first choice, one was named
8 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Neither was named
6 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.
By buyer segment
ActiveCampaign35%#2 of 10Mailchimp4%#4 of 10Mailchimp4%#3 of 12ActiveCampaign2%#4 of 12Mailchimp0%#10 of 10ActiveCampaign0%#9 of 10What the models said about Mailchimp
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of three in this category shown.
“Mailchimp, Constant Contact, Sendinblue (Brevo), and AWeber are platforms that enterprises should generally avoid” Llama 4 Maverick · negative prompt · hard negative
“Automation caps at basic branching and triggers. No lead scoring. The pricing scales aggressively” Claude Haiku 4.5 · negative prompt · hard negative
“For the tightest budgets: Start with Mailchimp's free tier to learn the basics of automation without any cost.” MiniMax M2.5 · budget prompt · first choice
What the models said about ActiveCampaign
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Two of two in this category shown.
“you should watch for pricing practices and plan limitations; recent reviews mention frustrating pricing and export/data portability concerns” GPT-5.4 mini · negative prompt · soft negative
“platforms like ActiveCampaign, Keap (Infusionsoft), or GoHighLevel offer a safer middle ground” Qwen 3.7 Flash · negative prompt · first choice
Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.