Constant Contact vs EmailOctopus

as AI assistants see them, week of 2026-09-28

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Constant Contact edges out overall with a score of 6 versus EmailOctopus's 5, though neither shows up often: 6 of 59 answers for Constant Contact against 5 of 59 for EmailOctopus. The two split evenly head-to-head, each named more often in 3 questions, with 14 ties. Constant Contact scores best on questions about small business and general email marketing platforms (2 of 3 answers each), while EmailOctopus sweeps free email marketing tools, named in 3 of 3 answers there. Oddly, Claude rates EmailOctopus highest at 9, while ChatGPT and Perplexity favor Constant Contact, 7 and 8 respectively.

Head to head

metric	Constant Contact	EmailOctopus
score	6	5
questions won	3	3

By assistant

Constant Contact

assistant	score	named in, this week	usual spot, this week
ChatGPT	7	11% of answers	#4.5
Claude	2	5% of answers	#10.0
Gemini	not sampled this week
Perplexity	8	15% of answers	#6.7

EmailOctopus

assistant	score	named in, this week	usual spot, this week
ChatGPT	4	5% of answers	#4.0
Claude	9	15% of answers	#5.0
Gemini	not sampled this week
Perplexity	3	5% of answers	#6.0

Where they differ

Only Constant Contact gets named for

What's the best email marketing tool for a small business?
What's the best email marketing software in 2026?
What are the best email marketing platforms?

Only EmailOctopus gets named for

What are the best free email marketing tools?
What's the best email tool with a good free tier for under 1,000 subscribers?
Which email marketing platform is best value for money?

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