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MIGRATION GUIDEThis one is a straight export/import rather than an API sync, with one extra step most guides skip: GetResponse runs your imported list through a compliance check before it will send.
Our dossier is blunt about this. GetResponse is genuinely best for small businesses that want email plus landing pages, automation and webinars in one affordable suite. On price: A free plan (up to 500 contacts); paid Starter from about $19/mo (1k subscribers), Marketer $59, Creator $69, scaling by contact count (2026).
The honest knock: Priced by contact count, so the entry number climbs as your list grows, and the best value only shows on long (annual/24-month) commitments.
These steps are summarised from GetResponse’s own public documentation — we have not invented or embellished a single one. Read the source before you start, because vendors change their import tooling more often than they change their pricing page: GetResponse — How to Move from Mailchimp to GetResponse →
In Mailchimp, use the account menu (top right) › Account › Settings › Manage my data, and run My Data Backup. This gives you the whole account, not just one audience — useful later even if you only import one list now.
In GetResponse, go to Lists › Add Contacts and import your subscriber CSV. The import runs as single opt-in, so your existing subscribers are not asked to re-confirm.
You confirm that you have permission to email the list, and GetResponse's compliance team runs it through their spam-protection system. Budget for this: it is a review step, not an instant switch, and it is the reason a migration planned for a Friday afternoon can slip.
Every migration has friction. These are the documented ones — the things worth knowing before you start, not after:
The most useful thing we can tell you is when to stay put. Skip this migration if you only need basic broadcasts — a leaner tool costs less without the extra modules you won't use. Beyond that: if your current setup works, your list is healthy and nobody on your team is complaining, a migration buys you a week of admin and a fresh set of unknowns. Switch because something specific is broken or expensive — a deliverability problem you can name, a bill that has outgrown the value, a feature you genuinely cannot get — not because a comparison page told you the grass was greener.
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This one is a straight export/import rather than an API sync, with one extra step most guides skip: GetResponse runs your imported list through a compliance check before it will send. The full step-by-step is on this page, summarised from GetResponse's own documentation.
No re-confirmation is required, which preserves your list size — but it also means a list with bad hygiene arrives intact. Clean it before you import, not after.
Skip it if you only need basic broadcasts — a leaner tool costs less without the extra modules you won't use. A migration is only worth it when the tool solves a problem that is already costing you real hours or revenue.
Priced by contact count, so the entry number climbs as your list grows, and the best value only shows on long (annual/24-month) commitments.
The review is the hub — everything we publish on GetResponse hangs off it:
This guide is our researched assessment — not a paid placement, and not sponsored by either vendor. The migration steps are summarised from the destination vendor’s own public documentation, linked in full on this page. Some links are affiliate links: we may earn a commission if you sign up, at no extra cost to you, and it never changes the take. How we review →