Benchmark Email offers drag-and-drop email campaigns, automation, and contact management. Free plan for up to 500 contacts; paid plans from $19/month.
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Benchmark Email is an email marketing platform founded in 2004 by Curt and Denise Keller and headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. It positions itself around simplicity — helping users upload contacts, design campaigns, and send emails without needing design or technical skills.
The company has grown from a bootstrapped startup into an internationally used email service, and in 2019 merged with marketing automation company Hatchbuck.
Benchmark Email provides a drag-and-drop email builder with pre-built templates, contact list management and segmentation, subscriber sign-up forms, an image library, personalization tools, and real-time campaign reporting and activity feeds.
Benchmark Email offers a free plan for up to 500 contacts and 2,500 monthly sends. The Pro plan starts at $19/month for 1,000+ contacts, with additional users priced separately, and an Enterprise tier offers custom pricing for organizations with 100,000+ contacts.
Yes, Benchmark Email offers a free plan for up to 500 contacts and 2,500 monthly email sends. Paid plans start at $19/month.
Benchmark Email was founded in 2004 by Curt and Denise Keller and is operated by parent company Polaris Software, LLC.
The platform's homepage highlights core campaign creation, contact management, and reporting; detailed automation capabilities are described further on its feature pages.
Benchmark Email merged with marketing automation company Hatchbuck in 2019, after which Hatchbuck's former CEO Jonathan Herrick took over day-to-day leadership.