Drip for WooCommerce vs MailChimp for WordPress
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| Feature | Drip for WooCommerce v1.1.10 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 5.0/5 Visit Details | MailChimp for WordPress v4.14.1 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.8/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 1,000+ | 1M+ |
| Last updated | September 3, 2026 | September 16, 2026 |
| Editions | Drip for WooCommerce | MC4WP: Mailchimp for WordPress · Mailchimp for WordPress Premium ($) |
| Pros | Official Drip connector for WooCommerce stores; Sends cart and product view events for automation workflows; Optional sign-up checkbox at checkout | Native HTML sign-up forms with full field control; Sign-up hooks for Contact Form 7, WPForms, Gravity Forms and WooCommerce; Form widget and block for placing forms; Lists refreshed daily from the Mailchimp account |
| Cons | Requires a Drip account; nothing useful works without it; Loads a Drip tracking script from tag.getdrip.com on the front end | Form designer, logging and user sync are Premium only; Needs a Mailchimp API key connected to the site; Procaptcha bot protection loads a third-party script when enabled |
| Mentioned in our posts | — | 2 |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Drip tracking script on the front end, Cart events sent to Drip, Product view events, Customer identified on order thank-you page, Email sign-up checkbox at checkout, Plugin version header on Drip webhooks | Sign-up forms built from native HTML, Sign-up form widget, AMP-compatible sign-up forms, Campaigns archive block, Daily Mailchimp list refresh, Background subscribe through Action Scheduler or WP-Cron |
| Integrations | ||
| Drip | Mailchimp | |
| E-commerce | WooCommerce | WooCommerce, Easy Digital Downloads |
| Plugins | — | Contact Form 7, WPForms, Gravity Forms |
| Other | — | Procaptcha (Prosopo) |
| Requires WordPress | 4.6 | 5.3 |
| Requires PHP | — | 7.4 |
| Tested up to | 7.1.0 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | No | No |
| External services | tag.getdrip.com | js.prosopo.io, api.prosopo.io, api.mailchimp.com |
| Blocks | — | 2 |