--- title: "edrone: Email, SMS & WhatsApp vs Mailchimp Email SMS Marketing: Shopify app comparison" description: "Compare edrone: Email, SMS & WhatsApp and Mailchimp Email SMS Marketing on detected Shopify stores, App Store reviews, pricing, listed features and integrations." canonical_url: "https://shoplist.co/shopify-apps/compare/edrone-vs-mailchimp-email-sms" markdown_url: "https://shoplist.co/shopify-apps/compare/edrone-vs-mailchimp-email-sms.md" data_as_of: "Nov 7, 2026" --- # edrone: Email, SMS & WhatsApp vs Mailchimp Email SMS Marketing Shopify app comparison from Shoplist. Store counts as of Nov 7, 2026. ## At a glance - Mailchimp Email SMS Marketing is detected on 817× as many Shopify stores as edrone: 94,006 vs 115 as of Nov 7, 2026. - On the Shopify App Store: edrone 4.4 from 30 reviews and Mailchimp Email SMS Marketing 4.8 from 1,570 reviews. - Both list a free plan. Paid plans start at $49/month for edrone and $13/month for Mailchimp Email SMS Marketing. - Mailchimp Email SMS Marketing lists 55 features edrone’s listing doesn’t mention, including A/B testing, APIs and webhooks, Back-in-stock emails. ## Adoption | Measure | edrone | Mailchimp Email SMS Marketing | Ahead | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Detected stores | 115 — as of Nov 7, 2026 | 94,006 — as of Nov 7, 2026 | Mailchimp Email SMS Marketing | | Net store change, 28 days | \+1 — estimated | \+69 — estimated | | | Stores added, 28 days | 1 — new and returning | 85 — new and returning | Mailchimp Email SMS Marketing | | Big-brand share | Not enough data | 10% — of stores of known size | | | Top store categories | Apparel & Accessories, Health & Beauty, Home & Garden | Apparel & Accessories, Home & Garden, Food, Beverages & Tobacco | | | Top store countries | Brazil, Poland, United States | United States, United Kingdom, Australia | | ## Reviews | Measure | edrone | Mailchimp Email SMS Marketing | Ahead | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | App Store rating | 4.4 ★ | 4.8 ★ | Mailchimp Email SMS Marketing | | App Store reviews | 30 | 1,570 | Mailchimp Email SMS Marketing | | New reviews, 28 days | 1 | 56 | Mailchimp Email SMS Marketing | | Reviewers a year or more in | 10% | 49% | Mailchimp Email SMS Marketing | ## Pricing | Measure | edrone | Mailchimp Email SMS Marketing | Ahead | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Free plan | Yes | Yes | | | Lowest paid monthly plan | $49/month | $13/month | Mailchimp Email SMS Marketing | | Longest free trial | Not listed | Not listed | | | Plans listed | 2 | 4 | | ## Listing | Measure | edrone | Mailchimp Email SMS Marketing | Ahead | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Shopify category rank | \#44 — in Email marketing | \#10 — in Email marketing | Mailchimp Email SMS Marketing | | Shopify App Charts | Not on this week’s charts | \#4 on the Shoplist 100 | | | Built for Shopify | No | No | | | Launched | Mar 29, 2017 | Nov 28, 2018 | | | Languages | 2 — Polish, English | 4 — English, Spanish, French | | | Developer | edrone | Intuit Mailchimp | | ## Listed features - 77 distinct features are listed across these App Store listings; 19 are listed by both. - edrone lists 20 of them (26%). Listed only by edrone: Push notifications. - Mailchimp Email SMS Marketing lists 76 of them (99%). Listed only by Mailchimp Email SMS Marketing: A/B testing, APIs and webhooks, Back-in-stock emails, Birthday messages, Bulk messaging, Cart recovery, Checkout emails, Compliance, Consent collection, Conversion metrics, Custom code, Custom fonts, Custom segments, Custom sender ID, Discount codes, Discounts, Drip campaigns, Editor tool, Email capture list, Email domains, Feedback requests, Follow-up emails, Forms, Geolocation, Import and export, Insights and tips, Landing pages, Localization, One-time password \(OTP\), Opt-in, Order confirmations, Order tracking, Payment reminders, Personalized messages, Price drop emails, Product recommendations, Promotions, Real-time analytics, ROI tracking, Scheduled messages, Segmentation, SMS campaigns, SMS capture list, Social media, Subscription renewals, Surveys, Tagging, Targeting, Templates, Tracking, Translation, Triggers and rules, Two-way messaging, Welcome messages, Win-back campaigns. ### Coverage by App Store category | Category | edrone | Mailchimp Email SMS Marketing | | --- | --- | --- | | Email marketing | 20/50 | 49/50 | | Email marketing › Campaign types | 13/25 | 24/25 | | Email marketing › Managing campaigns | 7/25 | 25/25 | | SMS marketing | 0/27 | 27/27 | | SMS marketing › Managing campaigns | 0/15 | 15/15 | | SMS marketing › Workflow automation | 0/12 | 12/12 | A feature missing from a listing may still be supported; this compares what each App Store listing says. ## Integrations - No platform appears in every listing. - edrone lists no integrations. - Only Mailchimp Email SMS Marketing lists: Shopify Flow, QuickBooks Online, Smile.io, Mixpanel, Yotpo, Privy, 2048 Variants. ## Pricing plans ### edrone | Plan | Price | Free trial | Additional charges | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Free Plan | Free | Not listed | None listed | | edrone basic | $49/month | Not listed | None listed | ### Mailchimp Email SMS Marketing | Plan | Price | Free trial | Additional charges | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Free | Free | Not listed | None listed | | Essentials | $13/month | Not listed | Starts at $13 per month. | | Standard | $20/month | Not listed | Starts at $20 per month. | | Premium | $350/month | Not listed | Starts at $350 per month. | ## Frequently asked questions ### Which is more popular, edrone or Mailchimp Email SMS Marketing? Mailchimp Email SMS Marketing is detected on 817× as many Shopify stores as edrone: 94,006 vs 115 as of Nov 7, 2026. ### Is edrone or Mailchimp Email SMS Marketing cheaper? Both list a free plan. Paid plans start at $49/month for edrone and $13/month for Mailchimp Email SMS Marketing. Shoplist compares base prices only between monthly plans in the same currency; usage charges and annual plans vary, so check each plan’s limits. ### Which has better reviews, edrone or Mailchimp Email SMS Marketing? On the Shopify App Store: edrone 4.4 from 30 reviews and Mailchimp Email SMS Marketing 4.8 from 1,570 reviews. ### What features does each app list that the other doesn’t? edrone lists 1 the others don’t mention, such as Push notifications. Mailchimp Email SMS Marketing lists 55 the others don’t mention, such as A/B testing, APIs and webhooks, Back-in-stock emails, Birthday messages. A feature missing from a listing may still be supported; this compares what each App Store listing says. ### Where does this comparison’s data come from? Shoplist crawls Shopify storefronts to detect which apps each store runs, and reads each app’s Shopify App Store listing for reviews, pricing, features and integrations. Store counts are as of Nov 7, 2026; estimated figures are labeled. ## Links - [edrone: Email, SMS & WhatsApp vs Mailchimp Email SMS Marketing on Shoplist](https://shoplist.co/shopify-apps/compare/edrone-vs-mailchimp-email-sms) - [edrone: Email, SMS & WhatsApp on Shoplist](https://shoplist.co/shopify-apps/edrone) ([Markdown](https://shoplist.co/shopify-apps/edrone.md)) - [Mailchimp Email SMS Marketing on Shoplist](https://shoplist.co/shopify-apps/mailchimp-email-sms) ([Markdown](https://shoplist.co/shopify-apps/mailchimp-email-sms.md)) ## Methodology Shoplist crawls Shopify storefronts to detect which apps each store runs, and reads each app’s Shopify App Store listing for reviews, pricing, features and integrations. Store counts for edrone and Mailchimp Email SMS Marketing are as of Nov 7, 2026. “Not detectable from storefronts” means an app leaves no storefront trace, so Shoplist can’t count its stores. A row names who is ahead only when every app has a measured, unestimated figure. See [data methodology](https://shoplist.co/data-methodology.md).