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MARKETING AUTOMATION · MIGRATION GUIDE

Switching from Keap to Mailchimp

Mailchimp’s Premium Migration Services are limited to its Premium tier; otherwise contacts move by CSV export and import.

Quick verdict: Move to Mailchimp if you only need email campaign sending and want a much lower price — you will need separate tools for CRM, invoicing, checkout and payments, which Keap had bundled.

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Switching Cost & Friction Estimator

Most buyers only budget for the new subscription. This estimates the hidden labor, data-cleanup, and retraining cost of actually making the switch.

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Estimate assumes: 1 hour of data-mapping/cleaning labor per 2,000 records, a blended $75/hr ops rate, tiered migration & cleaning tooling fees, and 4 hours of retraining per seat at a $45/hr fully-loaded rate.

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    Why teams move from Keap to Mailchimp

    Much lower price

    $13/mo against $299/mo flat.

    More seats included

    3 against Keap’s 2.

    Genuine free plan

    250 contacts, permanent.

    How the migration actually works

    You lose Keap’s built-in CRM, sales pipeline, invoicing, checkout and payment processing entirely.

    StepWhat you do
    1Export your contact listExport contacts, tags and segments as CSV from the old tool.
    2Create your Mailchimp accountCreate your Mailchimp account and import your contact list as a new audience.
    3Rebuild campaigns and automationsRecreate your email templates and automation journeys using Mailchimp’s builder.
    4Rebuild automationsRecreate email sequences, triggers and automation rules by hand — these do not transfer automatically.
    5Reconnect integrationsReconnect your website forms, e-commerce store, payment processor or CRM sync to the new tool.
    6Run a real send before cancellingSend one real campaign through the new tool and confirm deliverability before cancelling the old plan.

    What this path doesn’t do for you:

    Keap’s CRM, invoicing, checkout, payments and appointment scheduling have no Mailchimp equivalent — plan for separate tools to cover them.

    Pricing side by side

    PlanKeapMailchimp
    Pricing basisFlat, 2 users includedPer contact tier, account-wide
    Entry price$299/mo ($39/mo per extra user)Essentials $13/mo (500 contacts)
    CRMIncludedBasic contact records
    Invoicing/paymentsIncludedNot offered

    Standard list prices checked on each vendor’s pricing page on September 23, 2026. HubSpot price is the $20/seat standing rate, not its current new-customer promo.

    Feature parity check

    CapabilityKeapMailchimp
    CRMIncludedBasic contact records
    Invoicing/paymentsIncludedNot offered
    Price$299/mo (2 users)$13/mo
    Free planNone, trial only250 contacts

    Going the other direction, or want the full comparison first?

    Read the Keap vs Mailchimp comparison Switching from Mailchimp to Keap instead?

    Frequently Asked Questions

    Does Mailchimp import Keap data?

    No dedicated importer; export contacts as CSV and import as a new Mailchimp audience.

    Will I save money?

    On the marketing line, substantially, but you will need separate tools for CRM, invoicing and payments.

    Do I lose invoicing and payments?

    Yes, entirely — Mailchimp offers neither.

    Do my automations and workflows carry over?

    No. Automation logic, workflows and segmentation rules are specific to each platform’s builder and are rebuilt by hand in the new tool; only contact data moves via export/import or a migration service.

    Sources

    Prices on this page were recorded from each vendor’s own pricing page on the date shown at the top of the page. Vendors change pricing often — check the live source before you buy.

    Every figure is also in our open dataset (JSON and CSV, CC BY 4.0), with its source page and verification date. See how we research pricing.

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    Bill Belcamino

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    Engineer by training, operator by experience, marketer by choice. Bill spent nine years as an engineer at HP, was COO of Auctiva (the number one third-party selling platform on eBay, past 200,000 users) and ran Google’s $70M/year search syndication partnership at Alot.com. Then he spent 13 years building his own web properties with his own money at stake. He has bought, trialled, integrated and cancelled more SaaS tools than he can count, and started HelpCompare because the real cost of switching tools is the part nobody covers.

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