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Constant Contact for Nonprofits: Pricing, Discount and Free Trial Compared
Constant Contact is an email subscription priced by contacts, discounted for nonprofits only on prepay, and it doesn't see who gave. Zeffy sends your newsletters from a free donor CRM every gift, ticket and membership fills.
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Zeffy VS Constant Contact
Pricing
Zeffy:
$
0.
Constant Contact: 
From $10.20.
a month billed annually, the Lite starting price. The price follows your contacts and sends. No free plan.
On a $100 event payment
Zeffy:
$
100.
Your nonprofit keeps all $100 of a ticket or gift.
Constant Contact:
$93.30.
kept through Stripe: $3.20 to Stripe and $3.50 to Constant Contact.
Processing fees
Constant Contact:
2.9% + $0.30.
per event payment through Stripe. PayPal: 3.49% + $0.49. Paid by your nonprofit.
Platform fees
Zeffy:
$
0.
Zeffy never takes a cut. You keep 100% of every donation.
Constant Contact:
3.5%.
Constant Contact fee on event payments, for events created on or after 8/1. You can add it to the buyer's total.
Monthly fees
Zeffy:
$
0/month.
No plan and no send allowance to size. Your list grows, the price stays $0.
Constant Contact:
From $10.20.
Lite $10.20, Standard $29.75, Premium $68, starting prices billed annually. More contacts, higher price.
Nonprofit discount
Zeffy: 
Nothing to apply for: the price is already $0 for every nonprofit.
Constant Contact:
Up to 30% when you prepay, once Constant Contact confirms your status. No discount when you pay monthly.
Other fees
Zeffy:
$
0.
No send overage and no SMS add-on. Printed Donor Mail letters at $1 each are the one paid extra.
Constant Contact:
Sends above 10x to 24x your contacts: $0.002 each. SMS from $10 a month on Lite and Standard.
What it means
Zeffy:
Zeffy charges nothing for the list, the sends or the tickets, so a growing newsletter and a sold-out gala cost your nonprofit $0.
Constant Contact:
Constant Contact prices each plan by contacts and sends, discounts nonprofits only on prepay, and takes 3.5% of event payments on top of Stripe or PayPal.
Email and newsletters
Zeffy:
A full donor CRM, built in: newsletters go to lists built from giving history, free at any size.
Constant Contact:
Email marketing is the core product, on three paid plans priced by contacts and sends.
Contacts & list
Zeffy:
Every donor, ticket buyer, member and subscriber lands in your list with their payment history, at $0 whatever its size.
Constant Contact:
Monthly sends of 10x your contacts on Lite, 12x on Standard, 24x on Premium, on plans priced by contacts.
Editor & scheduling
Zeffy:
Drag-and-drop builder, templates filled in from your campaign and an AI first draft. Send now or later.
Constant Contact: 
Drag-and-drop editor, AI copy and templates on every plan. Scheduling and subject line tests from Standard.
Segments
Zeffy:
Lists filtered on amount given, last gift, monthly giving or campaign, which refresh as donors qualify.
Constant Contact:
1 custom segment on Lite, 10 on Standard, no cap on Premium.
Gifts from each send
Zeffy:
Opens, clicks, and which recipients made a gift or a purchase after clicking through.
Constant Contact:
Basic reports on Lite. Who opens and clicks from Standard.
Follow-ups & reminders
Zeffy:
Event invites, reminders and a recap, filled in from your campaign. Re-sends to non-openers inside a campaign only.
Constant Contact:
Resend to non-openers from Standard.
Automations
Zeffy:
A welcome series for people who sign up through your form, which stops once they give.
Constant Contact:
1 automation template on Lite, 3 on Standard, custom automations on Premium.
Receipts & thank-yous
Zeffy:
Tax receipt and branded thank-you sent after every payment, even to donors who opted out of newsletters.
Constant Contact:
Donation receipts are not publicly mentioned.
SMS
Zeffy:
Zeffy does not send text messages. Newsletters and campaign emails go out by email only.
Constant Contact:
500 messages a month on Premium. From $10 a month on Lite and Standard. US only.
Social posts & ads
Zeffy:
No social posting or ads manager: Zeffy stays on email and your donor records.
Constant Contact:
Automatic social posts and a social ads manager on every plan.
Bringing your list
Zeffy:
Coming soon: a direct Constant Contact import. Today, export your contacts and upload the file, or paste a template's HTML.
Constant Contact:
Imports from 300 integrations, including Google, Microsoft and Shopify.
What it means
Zeffy:
Your newsletter goes to lists built from who gave, how much and when, and every send tells you who gave after reading it. Free at any list size.
Constant Contact:
Constant Contact goes further on marketing: SMS, social ads, deeper automation. Segments, scheduling and automations grow with the plan you pay for.
All-in-one fundraising
Zeffy:
4.8/5.
Ease of use on Capterra. Gifts, tickets, a store and memberships feed the list you email.
Constant Contact:
4.3/5.
Ease of use on Capterra. Events and payments on every plan; donations through events or other tools.
Donations
Zeffy:
Donation forms with monthly giving and automatic tax receipts.
Constant Contact:
Through an event page, or a donation tool you connect: DonorPerfect, Blackbaud, Neon CRM or Qgiv.
Ticketing
Zeffy:
Tickets, promo codes and QR check-in, with no fee on any sale.
Constant Contact:
Paid or free tickets, promo codes, capacities and check-in, with a 3.5% fee plus processing.
Peer-to-peer
Zeffy:
Personal and team pages that supporters run for you.
Constant Contact:
Not publicly mentioned.
Auctions & raffles
Zeffy:
Silent auctions, and raffles where your state allows them.
Constant Contact:
Not publicly mentioned.
Memberships
Zeffy:
Member tiers with automatic renewals and digital cards.
Constant Contact:
Not publicly mentioned.
Online store
Zeffy:
Merch with sizes and stock counts, with no fee on a sale.
Constant Contact:
Selling products is listed with events on every plan. A store builder is not described.
Donor CRM
Zeffy:
Every gift, ticket and order lands on the person's record, with lifetime giving.
Constant Contact:
Contact lists and segments for marketing. Giving history is not publicly mentioned.
What it means
Zeffy:
One free platform for every campaign: donation forms, monthly giving, events, peer-to-peer, auctions, raffles, a store and memberships, all feeding the list you email.
Constant Contact:
Constant Contact is the email marketing piece, with event tickets on top. Donation forms outside events, auctions and a donor CRM come from tools you connect.
Sources
Zeffy:
Donations · Ticketing · Peer-to-peer · Auctions · Raffles · Memberships · Store · Donor CRM · Capterra
Constant Contact:
Payment Methods
Zeffy:
Cards, Apple Pay, Google Pay and ACH, processed by Zeffy on Stripe with no fee to you.
Constant Contact:
Event payments through the Stripe or PayPal account you connect, with their fee and 3.5% on top.
Cards
Zeffy:
All major credit and debit cards, with no processing fee to you.
Constant Contact:
On event payments, through Stripe (2.9% + $0.30) or PayPal (3.49% + $0.49).
Apple Pay & Google Pay
Zeffy:
On donation forms, tickets and the store, at no cost.
Constant Contact:
Through Stripe, on event payments.
PayPal & Venmo
Zeffy:
Not accepted. Donors pay by card, wallet or bank transfer.
Constant Contact:
Through PayPal, with Pay Later too.
ACH / bank transfer
Zeffy:
ACH bank transfers in the US, with no fee to your nonprofit.
Constant Contact:
Not publicly mentioned.
Donor-advised funds
Zeffy:
Grants from US donor-advised funds, with no fee to your nonprofit.
Constant Contact:
Not publicly mentioned.
In person
Zeffy:
Tap to Pay on a phone at the door, with no card reader.
Constant Contact:
Check-in from the dashboard. In-person payments are not publicly mentioned.
What it means
Zeffy:
Zeffy runs on Stripe and pays the processing itself, so your nonprofit opens no merchant account and each payout carries no fee.
Constant Contact:
Constant Contact takes payments for events only, through the Stripe or PayPal account you connect, and adds its 3.5% to their fee.
Sources
Zeffy:
Constant Contact:
Support
Zeffy:
Help by chat and email, and a call when you ask, at no cost.
Constant Contact:
Live phone, chat and 1:1 onboarding on every paid plan.
Help center
Zeffy:
500+ help center articles covering forms, payments and the CRM.
Constant Contact:
Knowledge Base, Academy modules and webinars.
Chat
Zeffy:
An AI assistant first, then a person when needed.
Constant Contact:
Live chat with marketing experts on every plan.
Phone
Zeffy:
No phone line. A call is set up on request.
Constant Contact:
Live phone on every plan. A dedicated priority team on Premium.
Email
Zeffy:
Email answered within 2 to 6 business hours by the support team.
Constant Contact:
Billing questions by email. Email support is not publicly mentioned.
Onboarding
Zeffy:
Setup guides, with chat and email for your questions.
Constant Contact:
Live 1:1 onboarding with experts. Priority onboarding on Premium.
What it means
Zeffy:
Zeffy gives every nonprofit the same help, chat first and email within 2 to 6 business hours, with no paid plan behind it.
Constant Contact:
Constant Contact includes live phone, chat and 1:1 onboarding on every paid plan, a real strength for teams that want a person on the line.
Zeffy is 100% free, always.
Newsletters sent from your donor CRM, free at any list size
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Newsletters that know who gave
Every donation, ticket and membership fills your free donor CRM, so you can email lapsed monthly donors and see who gave from each send. Constant Contact keeps a marketing list.
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No price that follows your list
Constant Contact prices each plan by contacts and sends, and its nonprofit discount needs a prepay. Zeffy costs $0 at 500 contacts or 50,000.
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Every campaign, no fee taken
Donation forms, events, auctions, raffles, a store and memberships run free, and Zeffy covers processing. Constant Contact adds 3.5% on event payments.
What is the difference between Constant Contact and Zeffy?
Zeffy sends your newsletters from where your donors already are: a free all-in-one fundraising platform with a full donor CRM, built in, that every donation, ticket and membership writes into, so you see who gave from each send. Donation forms, events, peer-to-peer, auctions, raffles, a store and memberships run in one account, and Zeffy covers processing. Constant Contact is an email marketing subscription, with Lite, Standard and Premium plans priced by contacts and sends, and it does not see who gave. It also sells event tickets through the Stripe or PayPal account you connect, adding its own 3.5% fee, and points nonprofits to donation tools such as DonorPerfect or Qgiv for gifts.
How much does Constant Contact cost for a nonprofit?
Constant Contact prices each plan by your number of contacts and your email sends. Its pricing page, read in October 2026:
- Lite: starting at $10.20 a month, billed annually.
- Standard: starting at $29.75 a month, billed annually.
- Premium: starting at $68 a month, billed annually.
- Monthly sends: 10x your contacts on Lite, 12x on Standard, 24x on Premium. Each extra send costs $0.002, so $2 per 1,000.
- SMS: 500 messages included on Premium, from $10 a month on Lite and Standard.
- Event payments: a 3.5% Constant Contact fee, plus Stripe or PayPal.
The price rises with your contact count. Zeffy costs $0 at any list size: see how Zeffy is free. Source: constantcontact.com, October 2026.
Does Constant Contact offer a nonprofit discount?
Yes, but only when you prepay. Nonprofits get 20% off when they prepay six months and 30% off when they prepay 12 months. There is no discount when you pay monthly. In the US, Constant Contact asks for your federal Letter of Determination showing 501(c)(3) or 501(c)(6) status, and tells you not to buy a prepay plan before it has confirmed your nonprofit pricing. On Zeffy there is nothing to apply for: the price is $0.
Is Constant Contact free for nonprofits?
No. Constant Contact is a paid platform with no free plan. Its nonprofit page offers a 30-day free trial with up to 100 emails, and new plans come with a 30-day money-back guarantee. If you want free email marketing for a nonprofit, Zeffy needs no trial, because nothing is billed later: newsletters, donations and the donor CRM are free at any list size.
Can Constant Contact collect donations or sell event tickets?
Yes, through its event tool, on every plan. Payments go through the Stripe or PayPal account you connect, and an event can take ticket sales or donations. On each payment, Stripe charges 2.9% + $0.30 (PayPal 3.49% + $0.49), and Constant Contact adds 3.5% for events created on or after 8/1. You can add Constant Contact's fee to the buyer's total, but not Stripe's. On a $100 ticket paid through Stripe, your nonprofit keeps $93.30 if it absorbs both fees. For gifts outside events, Constant Contact points to integrations such as DonorPerfect, Blackbaud, Neon CRM and Qgiv. On Zeffy, a $100 ticket stays $100 for your nonprofit, and a buyer's optional contribution to Zeffy comes on top.
How do we move our Constant Contact list to Zeffy?
Coming soon: a direct Constant Contact import. Until then:
- Export your contacts from Constant Contact and upload the file to Zeffy. Zeffy checks it first, can bring donation history too, and an import can be undone.
- Paste the HTML of a Constant Contact email into Zeffy's builder and keep editing. Complex layouts may not carry over exactly.
Once your list is in, every donation, ticket and membership keeps it up to date, and you build lists from giving history, such as lapsed monthly donors, to email from the same screen. See Zeffy's email tools.
What is the best newsletter platform for a nonprofit: Constant Contact or Zeffy?
Choose Zeffy to send your newsletter from a full donor CRM that your donation forms, events and memberships fill on their own, with who gave from each send in its results, all free. Constant Contact is email marketing first: SMS, social ads, deeper automation on Premium and live phone support, billed by contacts and sends.
Is Zeffy really free?
Yes. Zeffy has no plan, no contact tier and no fee on any gift, ticket or email. Donors may leave Zeffy an optional contribution at checkout, on top of their gift, never out of it. The one paid option is Donor Mail, printed letters at $1 each in the US. See how Zeffy is free.
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