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.
Most buyers only budget for the new subscription. This estimates the hidden labor, data-cleanup, and retraining cost of actually making the switch.
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.
$13/mo against $299/mo flat.
3 against Keap’s 2.
250 contacts, permanent.
You lose Keap’s built-in CRM, sales pipeline, invoicing, checkout and payment processing entirely.
| Step | What you do |
|---|---|
| 1Export your contact list | Export contacts, tags and segments as CSV from the old tool. |
| 2Create your Mailchimp account | Create your Mailchimp account and import your contact list as a new audience. |
| 3Rebuild campaigns and automations | Recreate your email templates and automation journeys using Mailchimp’s builder. |
| 4Rebuild automations | Recreate email sequences, triggers and automation rules by hand — these do not transfer automatically. |
| 5Reconnect integrations | Reconnect your website forms, e-commerce store, payment processor or CRM sync to the new tool. |
| 6Run a real send before cancelling | Send 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.
| Plan | Keap | Mailchimp |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing basis | Flat, 2 users included | Per contact tier, account-wide |
| Entry price | $299/mo ($39/mo per extra user) | Essentials $13/mo (500 contacts) |
| CRM | Included | Basic contact records |
| Invoicing/payments | Included | Not 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.
| Capability | Keap | Mailchimp |
|---|---|---|
| CRM | Included | Basic contact records |
| Invoicing/payments | Included | Not offered |
| Price | $299/mo (2 users) | $13/mo |
| Free plan | None, trial only | 250 contacts |
Going the other direction, or want the full comparison first?
Read the Keap vs Mailchimp comparison Switching from Mailchimp to Keap instead?No dedicated importer; export contacts as CSV and import as a new Mailchimp audience.
On the marketing line, substantially, but you will need separate tools for CRM, invoicing and payments.
Yes, entirely — Mailchimp offers neither.
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.
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