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Shopify app comparison · updated Aug 25, 2026

Omnisend Email Marketing & SMSvsMailchimp Email SMS Marketing

Compare Omnisend Email Marketing & SMS and Mailchimp Email SMS Marketing for Shopify email marketing using current ratings, review activity, pricing, features, and OngoingAI-observed adoption.

Omnisend

Omnisend Email Marketing & SMS

Run email marketing & SMS campaigns with AI marketing tools. Collect emails with popups & sell more.

Rating
4.80
Reviews
2,955
Review growth · 30d
+3 · +0.1%
Pricing
Free to install
Years on Shopify
12
Stores observed
4,846

Intuit Mailchimp

Mailchimp Email SMS Marketing

Drive sales with smarter SMS and email marketing automation built for ecommerce brands

Rating
4.80
Reviews
1,359
Review growth · 30d
+26 · +2.0%
Pricing
Free plan available
Years on Shopify
8
Stores observed
13,132

Our read

Ratings
Level at 4.80
Review growth
Mailchimp Email SMS Marketing faster (+2.0% vs +0.1%)
Review depth
Omnisend Email Marketing & SMS 2.2× more reviews
Adoption
Mailchimp Email SMS Marketing larger (13,132 vs 4,846)

OngoingAI's data favors Mailchimp Email SMS Marketing on observed Shopify adoption (13,132 vs 4,846 stores), with faster recent review growth.

Head-to-head

The signals, side by side.

Each row reads straight from the live App Store listing and OngoingAI’s census. The Difference column states the gap — not a buyer recommendation.

DimensionOmnisend Email Marketing & SMSMailchimp Email SMS MarketingDifference
Rating4.804.80Level
Reviews2,9551,359Omnisend Email Marketing & SMS 2.2×
Review growth · 30d+3 · +0.1%+26 · +2.0%Mailchimp Email SMS Marketing faster
Listed pricingFree to installFree plan availableNot directly comparable
Years on Shopify128Omnisend Email Marketing & SMS +4y
Stores observed4,84613,132Mailchimp Email SMS Marketing leads

Which fits your requirements?

Choose by what you actually need.

Choose Omnisend Email Marketing & SMS if…

  • You need push notifications
  • You need exit intent
  • You need subscriptions

Choose Mailchimp Email SMS Marketing if…

  • You need social media
  • You need follow-up emails
  • You need surveys
  • Recent review-growth signals matter to you

Tied to observable requirements only — listed capabilities, ratings, review growth, adoption and price. It doesn’t assert usability or support quality.

Feature differences

90% of listed capabilities overlap.

These apps cover largely the same ground. The decision material is what each lists that the other doesn’t.

Omnisend Email Marketing & SMS only

4

  • Push notifications
  • Exit intent
  • Subscriptions
  • Product reviews

Mailchimp Email SMS Marketing only

4

  • Social media
  • Follow-up emails
  • Surveys
  • Bulk editing
Show 36 shared capabilities
  • Email marketing
  • Email campaigns
  • SMS campaigns
  • Newsletters
  • Pop-ups
  • Forms
  • Landing pages
  • Discounts
  • Promotions
  • Upsell emails
  • Cross-sell emails
  • Cart emails
  • Checkout emails
  • Abandoned cart
  • Browse abandonment
  • Welcome emails
  • Price drop emails
  • Back-in-stock emails
  • Win-back emails
  • Product recommendations
  • Drip campaigns
  • Custom campaigns
  • Editor tool
  • Templates
  • AI generation
  • Translation
  • Localization
  • Custom code
  • Custom fonts
  • Import and export
  • Email domains
  • Consent collection
  • Email capture list
  • SMS capture list
  • Triggers and rules
  • Automations

Observed adoption

Who actually runs each, on real stores.

The stores OngoingAI’s weekly census observes running each app, and the platform each skews toward — observed presence, not vendor-reported install totals.

Omnisend Email Marketing & SMS

4,846

stores observed

Skews Shopify · 84%

Mailchimp Email SMS Marketing

13,132

stores observed

Skews Shopify · 62%

Scope

What this comparison measures.

What it measures

Shopify App Store ratings, review counts and 30-day review growth, listed pricing and capabilities, category data, and OngoingAI-observed storefront adoption for Omnisend Email Marketing & SMS and Mailchimp Email SMS Marketing.

What it doesn’t

Hands-on usability, customer-support quality, deliverability, merchant sentiment from review text, or revenue impact. We draw a sharp line around what we can observe.

Methodology

Where the numbers come from.

Ratings, review counts, pricing, and categories come from the live Shopify App Store listing, refreshed daily. Review growth compares the observed snapshots across the trailing 30-day window. “Stores observed” and the platform split come from OngoingAI’s weekly storefront census — the real stores running each app, not the listing’s claimed totals. Comparison generated Aug 25, 2026.

See who’s switching — as it happens.

Track app adoption on live ecommerce stores. Find merchants running Omnisend Email Marketing & SMS or Mailchimp Email SMS Marketing, follow stack changes, and see when a store installs, removes, or replaces an app.