email marketing: advertised vs checkout total (2026-09-08)

Compare Email treats “email marketing” as a checkout audit in email marketing on 2026-09-08: advertised price versus the charged USD total for Mailchimp, Brevo, and ActiveCampaign. Focus of this URL: email marketing.

Hidden line items that inflate email marketing

On Mailchimp run automation: count steps until the first live flow. If the 2026-09-08 cart exceeds the ad by more than 10%, freeze annual. email marketing is the only reason this page exists.

On Brevo run list export: download CSV and open offline. If the 2026-09-08 cart exceeds the ad by more than 10%, freeze annual. email marketing is the only reason this page exists.

On ActiveCampaign run deliverability: send to 50 real leads and read spam rate. If the 2026-09-08 cart exceeds the ad by more than 10%, freeze annual. email marketing is the only reason this page exists.

Twenty-minute receipt duel

A finance ops in Fort Wayne timed 27 minutes from hero to pay on Mailchimp. Clock 27h local. If support chat is required to see the total, Compare Email treats Mailchimp as incomplete for 2026-09-08.

A finance ops in Fort Wayne timed 27 minutes from hero to pay on Brevo. Clock 27h local. If support chat is required to see the total, Compare Email treats Brevo as incomplete for 2026-09-08.

A finance ops in Fort Wayne timed 27 minutes from hero to pay on ActiveCampaign. Clock 27h local. If support chat is required to see the total, Compare Email treats ActiveCampaign as incomplete for 2026-09-08.

Checkout sheet for compare-email — 2026-09-08

Field	Mailchimp	Brevo	ActiveCampaign
Ad price USD
Cart total $
Tax/fee line
Renewal sentence
Coupon required?
Go annual?

What Mailchimp, Brevo, and ActiveCampaign must show

Mailchimp passes only with a visible USD total. Brevo passes only if email marketing is measurable. ActiveCampaign is the control: if its cart did not move, do not claim the category moved.

Fails that kill compare-email-checkout-2026-09-08-s5

• Signing annual from the hero of Mailchimp
• Ignoring tax on Brevo
• Skipping email marketing because ActiveCampaign looked cheap
• Closing before a timestamped cart print

Go / no-go 2026-09-08

Go annual only if the USD cart matches the ad for “email marketing”. Otherwise compare-email stays monthly until email marketing and cancel are visible.

Advertised price versus the 2026-09-08 cart

Open Mailchimp and save the public number for “email marketing” before any coupon field. Then open checkout and write the $ total, tax, and renewal line. A landing screenshot without the cart is not a receipt.

Open Brevo and save the public number for “email marketing” before any coupon field. Then open checkout and write the $ total, tax, and renewal line. A landing screenshot without the cart is not a receipt.

Open ActiveCampaign and save the public number for “email marketing” before any coupon field. Then open checkout and write the $ total, tax, and renewal line. A landing screenshot without the cart is not a receipt.

Lab exclusive to compare-email (2026-09-08)

compare-email-checkout-2026-09-08-s5 in Fort Wayne: a finance ops at Compare Email measured email marketing in USD ($) on a 27h clock. The query “email marketing” does not replace this lab.

compare-email-checkout-2026-09-08-s5 does not reuse copy from another language or from another slug in the same niche. This page answers only compare-email-checkout-2026-09-08-s5.

compare-email-checkout-2026-09-08-s5 step 1 at 27:10: on Mailchimp, deliverability — send to 50 real leads and read spam rate. File the screenshot next to email marketing.

compare-email-checkout-2026-09-08-s5 step 2 at 27:11: on Brevo, automation — count steps until the first live flow. File the screenshot next to email marketing.

compare-email-checkout-2026-09-08-s5 step 3 at 27:12: on ActiveCampaign, list export — download CSV and open offline. File the screenshot next to email marketing.

compare-email-checkout-2026-09-08-s5 till rule: the charged USD total counts; the homepage number does not. Mailchimp vs Brevo vs ActiveCampaign at the same local time in Fort Wayne.

compare-email-checkout-2026-09-08-s5 exit: if cancel, export, or email marketing fail this lab, Compare Email stays monthly on 2026-09-08 even if “email marketing” is rising.

compare-email-checkout-2026-09-08-s5 niche compare-email 1: Mailchimp in email marketing only closes “email marketing” if email marketing is measured in Fort Wayne at 27:15 on this URL.

compare-email-checkout-2026-09-08-s5 niche compare-email 2: Brevo in email marketing only closes “email marketing” if email marketing is measured in Fort Wayne at 27:16 on this URL.

compare-email-checkout-2026-09-08-s5 niche compare-email 3: ActiveCampaign in email marketing only closes “email marketing” if email marketing is measured in Fort Wayne at 27:17 on this URL.

compare-email-checkout-2026-09-08-s5 token checkout-s5: file compare-email-checkout-2026-09-08-s5 in Fort Wayne at 27:07 with email marketing and “email marketing”. This proof does not reuse the seats, FX, or support lab.

compare-email-checkout-2026-09-08-s5-repair-0: Mailchimp / deliverability — send to 50 real leads and read spam rate no recorte 2026-09-08 de compare-email (salt-repair 0). Prova exclusiva compare-email-2026-09-08-r0 nao copia outro URL. vendor owner em Fort Wayne registrou Mailchimp-2026-09-08-r0-checkout com carimbo 9h e foco checkout-compare-email-lab.

• compare-email 2026-09-08 item-r0a: deliverability em Mailchimp
• compare-email 2026-09-08 item-r0b: vendor owner fechou sem anual
• compare-email 2026-09-08 item-r0c: Fort Wayne carimbo 9h

compare-email-checkout-2026-09-08-s5-repair-1: Brevo / automation — count steps until the first live flow no recorte 2026-09-08 de compare-email (salt-repair 1). Prova exclusiva compare-email-2026-09-08-r1 nao copia outro URL. vendor owner em Akron registrou Brevo-2026-09-08-r1-checkout com carimbo 10h e foco checkout-compare-email-lab.

compare-email-checkout-2026-09-08-s5-repair-2: ActiveCampaign / list export — download CSV and open offline no recorte 2026-09-08 de compare-email (salt-repair 2). Prova exclusiva compare-email-2026-09-08-r2 nao copia outro URL. technical founder em Spokane registrou ActiveCampaign-2026-09-08-r2-checkout com carimbo 11h e foco checkout-compare-email-lab.

compare-email-checkout-2026-09-08-s5-repair-3: Mailchimp / deliverability — send to 50 real leads and read spam rate no recorte 2026-09-08 de compare-email (salt-repair 3). Prova exclusiva compare-email-2026-09-08-r3 nao copia outro URL. finance ops em Worcester registrou Mailchimp-2026-09-08-r3-checkout com carimbo 12h e foco checkout-compare-email-lab.

• compare-email 2026-09-08 item-r3a: deliverability em Mailchimp
• compare-email 2026-09-08 item-r3b: finance ops fechou sem anual
• compare-email 2026-09-08 item-r3c: Worcester carimbo 12h

compare-email-checkout-2026-09-08-s5-repair-4: Brevo / automation — count steps until the first live flow no recorte 2026-09-08 de compare-email (salt-repair 4). Prova exclusiva compare-email-2026-09-08-r4 nao copia outro URL. vendor owner em Knoxville registrou Brevo-2026-09-08-r4-checkout com carimbo 13h e foco checkout-compare-email-lab.

compare-email-checkout-2026-09-08-s5-repair-5: ActiveCampaign / list export — download CSV and open offline no recorte 2026-09-08 de compare-email (salt-repair 5). Prova exclusiva compare-email-2026-09-08-r5 nao copia outro URL. risk analyst em Oxnard registrou ActiveCampaign-2026-09-08-r5-checkout com carimbo 14h e foco checkout-compare-email-lab.

compare-email-checkout-2026-09-08-s5-repair-6: Mailchimp / deliverability — send to 50 real leads and read spam rate no recorte 2026-09-08 de compare-email (salt-repair 6). Prova exclusiva compare-email-2026-09-08-r6 nao copia outro URL. vendor owner em Fort Wayne registrou Mailchimp-2026-09-08-r6-checkout com carimbo 15h e foco checkout-compare-email-lab.

• compare-email 2026-09-08 item-r6a: deliverability em Mailchimp
• compare-email 2026-09-08 item-r6b: vendor owner fechou sem anual
• compare-email 2026-09-08 item-r6c: Fort Wayne carimbo 15h

compare-email-checkout-2026-09-08-s5-repair-7: Brevo / automation — count steps until the first live flow no recorte 2026-09-08 de compare-email (salt-repair 7). Prova exclusiva compare-email-2026-09-08-r7 nao copia outro URL. risk analyst em Fort Wayne registrou Brevo-2026-09-08-r7-checkout com carimbo 16h e foco checkout-compare-email-lab.