We Asked 4 AI Assistants to Rank Email Marketing Platforms. They Don't Agree.

Mailchimp spends $200M+ on marketing annually. MailerLite spends a fraction of that. Yet when we asked ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, and Claude to rank the best email marketing platforms for small businesses, MailerLite beat Mailchimp on three out of four models. Marketing spend doesn't buy AI recommendations. Something else does. The experiment We asked each AI assistant the same question: "What are the best email marketing platforms for small businesses? Rank your top 10." Same prompt. Same day. Four different answers. The raw data Platform ChatGPT Perplexity Gemini Claude Avg Rank Mention Rate MailerLite #3 #1 #1 #1 1.5 4/4 (100%) Brevo #2 #2 #2 #2 2.0 4/4 (100%) Mailchimp #1 #4 #3 #3 2.75 4/4 (100%) ActiveCampaign #4 — #4 #4 4.0 3/4 (75%) Klaviyo #6 — #5 — 5.5 2/4 (50%) Omnisend — #8 #6 — 7.0 2/4 (50%) GetResponse #8 #7 #10 — 8.3 3/4 (75%) Moosend — #3 #8 — 5.5 2/4 (50%) ConvertKit (Kit) #7 — #7 — 7.0 2/4 (50%) Constant Contact #5 #6 — — 5.5 2/4 (50%) Sender #10 #5 — — 7.5 2/4 (50%)