GetResponse
Depends
Confidence: Medium
Buy if you're an SMB marketer or creator who wants email, automation, and landing pages in one tool.
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GetResponse and Campaign Monitor both land on Depends.
Buy if you're an SMB marketer or creator who wants email, automation, and landing pages in one tool.
Buy if you're a mid-size brand or agency sending polished campaigns at volume and can absorb per-subscriber pricing.
| Compare | GetResponse | Campaign Monitor |
|---|---|---|
| Verdict | Depends | Depends |
| Best for | SMBs running campaigns and automation | Mid-size brands sending regular campaigns |
| Who it's not for | Solo senders who just need a basic newsletter | Small lists . per-subscriber pricing stings |
| Privacy | Mixed: published security program and DPA, but a 2024 customer-account breach and 2025 WordPress plugin CVEs.10 | Core platform is GDPR-compliant with a public Trust Center; known issues concern its WordPress plugin and a 2009 breach.⁹ |
| Support quality | Evidence truncated; no reliable signal | Guess: reviewer cites support as strength |
| Public sentiment | G2 reviewers consistently praise the intuitive interface and tagging, while Reddit threads flag lock-in and mixed comparisons with AWeber.² | Reviewers like the builder and analytics but consistently flag pricing as the weak point versus newer rivals.12 |
| Biggest gotcha | A 2024 customer-account compromise produced ~24,000 phishing emails; enable 2FA10 | Pricing is quote-based and scales with subscribers; total cost can jump sharply as your list grows.16 |