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"The main difference between MailChimp and SES, is the fact that SES lacks many of the features from MailChimp."

That's for sure. SES only has 1 feature in common with Mailchimp and that is the sending of an email. Mailchimp's primary function is managing distribution lists, email templates and receiver activity analytics.

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Author here.. yeah, that's why you have to use SES with Mailwizz, which gives you all of those features from MC.

So, a more accurate title would have been, MailChimp vs. SES + Mailwizz. ;)

I use Mailwizz, and NO it does not replicate the missing featues of Mailchimp. It may be cheap –– but you get what you pay for. It's value really depends on your needs. It is in no way comprehensive.

If Mailwizz had A/B split testing I'd consider giving it a further look.

But it looks like it doesn't, and it is worth paying $240/mo (or whatever my MailChimp bill is) just for that functionality.

SES vs Mandrill I believe would have been a better comparison here.

This would have been try a couple years ago, but every Mandrill user has a MailChimp account since the merger.

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