Wall Check
Mailchimp
Free ends at 250 contacts and sends freeze until you upgrade; overages bill automatically.
Gates 5/5 5 of the five walls fired — the score is a count, not a verdict.
Checked 2026-09-25 · re-check due 2026-11-24.
The five walls
! Price wall
The free tier ends. The limit you hit while everything still looks free.
Free: 250 contacts, 500 sends/mo, 250/day cap, 1 seat, 1 audience. Exceed it and sending holds until you upgrade.
source · checked 2026-09-25
! Permission wall
You can see the setting but not touch it. Licenses and admin roles decide what you control.
Automation flows cap at 4 steps on Essentials; custom-coded template sending and role-based access are upper tiers.
source · checked 2026-09-25
! Gate wall
A human at the vendor decides your timeline — approvals, reviews, onboarding queues.
Premium and large lists route through sales; Free-plan support is email-only for the first 30 days.
source · checked 2026-09-25
! Meter wall
Cost scales with your success. Per-unit, per-seat, per-message pricing that grows as you do.
Contact-tier metering with automatic add-on contact blocks when you exceed your limit — billed, not interrupted.
source · checked 2026-09-25
! Exit wall
Getting out costs more than getting in. Your data, your domain, your number — who keeps them.
Contacts export as CSV; templates and automations do not transfer to other platforms.
source · checked 2026-09-25
The twelve questions
- What is the hard number where the free tier ends?
- 250 contacts / 500 sends on Free
Documents read for this check: pricing page, help center.
Where Mailchimp shows up in our fixes
- Build 5-star Google reviews on autopilot
- Bring back past clients automatically
- Stop repeating the same onboarding instructions
- Send client birthday offers without remembering them
- Check in after a treatment without remembering to
We are not paid by this vendor or any vendor listed here. These are the gates we found — which ones you accept is your call, not ours.
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