MailChimp for WordPress vs Thrive Leads
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| Feature | MailChimp for WordPress v4.14.1 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.8/5 Visit Details | Thrive Leads v10.8.9.1 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Paid Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 1M+ | — |
| Last updated | September 16, 2026 | — |
| Editions | MC4WP: Mailchimp for WordPress · Mailchimp for WordPress Premium ($) | Thrive Leads ($) |
| Pros | 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 | Opt-in forms, popups and lightbox templates for lead capture; Connects to many email marketing and automation services; Stores captured leads in the plugin's own database |
| Cons | 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 | Commercial product that needs a paid Thrive licence; Licence check depends on the vendor server being reachable; Large plugin with many dashboards and connections to configure |
| Mentioned in our posts | 2 | 1 |
| More features | ||
| Other features | 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 | Lead form block ($), Lead storage in the plugin database ($), Email marketing auto-responder connections ($) |
| Integrations | ||
| Mailchimp | AWeber ($), ConvertKit ($), GetResponse ($), Constant Contact ($), Brevo (Sendinblue) ($) | |
| E-commerce | WooCommerce, Easy Digital Downloads | SendOwl ($) |
| Plugins | Contact Form 7, WPForms, Gravity Forms | — |
| Other | Procaptcha (Prosopo) | Thrive licence server ($) |
| Requires WordPress | 5.3 | — |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | 8.1 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | — |
| Phones home | No | No |
| External services | js.prosopo.io, api.prosopo.io, api.mailchimp.com | thrivethemes.com, api.pinterest.com, clients6.google.com, api.getresponse.com, api2.getresponse.com, api.constantcontact.com, api.hubapi.com, api.ontraport.com, api.sendfox.com, console.sendlayer.com, api.convertkit.com, api.getgo.com, api.madmimi.com, webinarjam.genndi.com, app.webinarjam.com, api.webinarjam.com, api.postmarkapp.com, api.mailerlite.com, connect.mailerlite.com, api.dropboxapi.com, content.dropboxapi.com, api.aweber.com, auth.aweber.com, www.sendowl.com, thrivethemesapi.com, service-api.thrivethemes.com, graph.facebook.com, www.googleapis.com, landingpages.thrivethemes.com |
| Blocks | 2 | — |
| Shortcodes | — | 7 |