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OneHive Mail vs Constant Contact for real estate agents

Constant Contact is an established email and digital marketing platform with dedicated pages for real estate agents, brokerages and associations. OneHive Mail is a smaller product that puts email marketing and a real estate CRM in one place. Here’s how they compare.

Constant Contact information comes from its own website and help centre, checked on October 18, 2026. Prices and features change, so check Constant Contact’s site before you decide. OneHive Mail isn’t affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by Constant Contact.

Who OneHive Mail is built for

Real estate agents, teams and property professionals in Canada and the US who want email marketing and a simple CRM in one product, without connecting two systems.

Who Constant Contact is built for

Small businesses and organisations of many kinds. For real estate it has pages for agents, brokerages and associations, and says it works alongside the CRM an agent already uses rather than replacing it.

Side by side

Feature and pricing comparison

Facts from each company’s own published information. Where we couldn’t confirm something on Constant Contact’s site, we say so rather than guess.

Prices are per month before tax. Constant Contact details checked on October 18, 2026; sources are listed below.
Topic	OneHive Mail	Constant Contact
Plans	One product with every feature on every plan, in 6 sizes from 1,000 to 20,000 contacts; larger audiences by quote.	Lite, Standard and Premium, priced by contacts and sends, with more features on higher plans. A Multi-Account option for teams that need 5 or more accounts is priced through sales.
Starting price	$25 USD/month for up to 1,000 active contacts ($35 CAD in Canada). No free plan.	Lite from $12/month, Standard from $35/month and Premium from $80/month on its US pricing page, at its lowest contact tier, and less when paying 12 months up front. Canada has its own pricing in Canadian dollars. No free plan.
Which contacts count	Active contacts only. Unsubscribed, bounced, archived and CRM-only contacts don’t count toward your plan.	Active email contacts: those with permission, including bounced contacts that haven’t been removed. Unsubscribed contacts and contacts without permission don’t count. The tier is based on the highest number of active contacts you’ve had, and deleting contacts doesn’t lower it.
Monthly email sends	Ten times your plan’s contact limit.	10× contacts on Lite, 12× on Standard, 24× on Premium, with a per-email charge for sends over the allowance.
Users	3 included on every plan; extra users $5 USD/month each.	Lite 1, Standard 3, Premium unlimited.
CRM and contact management	Built in: a pipeline with stages, tasks, a calendar, an activity log, engagement scores, buyer and seller preferences and real estate contact types. It doesn’t connect to outside CRMs.	Lists, tags, custom fields and segments (1 custom segment on Lite, 10 on Standard, unlimited on Premium). Its real estate page says it works alongside your existing CRM and lists integrations such as Follow Up Boss, Lofty and Wise Agent. A separate Lead Gen & CRM product is sold by demo.
Email templates	188 ready-made designs, most written for real estate: listings, open houses, market updates, newsletters and client care.	More than 700 templates and a drag-and-drop builder. Its agents page mentions real estate templates for newsletters, open house invitations and new listings.
Automation	Included on every plan: email sequences started by a tag, a list or a new contact, with a rule that stops them when someone clicks.	Lite: 1 automation template. Standard: 3, plus automatic resends to non-openers. Premium: unlimited templates and custom automations.
Text messages (SMS)	Not offered. OneHive Mail is email only.	Offered. SMS-only contacts don’t count toward the email plan’s contact tier.
Free trial	10 days with 100 contacts and 250 email sends; card required, $0 today.	30 days, with no credit card required. It also offers a full refund within 30 days of signing up for a paid plan.

Which fits you

Our honest take

This part is our opinion, based on the facts above. The right choice depends on your business.

Constant Contact may suit you better if…

You want a longer trial without entering a card: Constant Contact offers 30 days with no credit card.
You already use a real estate CRM such as Follow Up Boss, Lofty or Wise Agent, and want email that connects to it.
You want to send text messages as well as email.
You want unlimited users, which Constant Contact’s Premium plan includes.

OneHive Mail may suit you better if…

You want the CRM and email marketing in one product, sharing one contact list, instead of connecting two systems.
You want every feature on every plan; segments and automations aren’t limited by tier.
You want bounced contacts to stop counting straight away, and your plan to follow your current active contacts rather than your highest count.
You want ready-made designs written for listings, open houses, market updates and client care.
You’re in Canada and want consent records that follow CASL’s categories.

Switching

Moving from Constant Contact to OneHive Mail

Export your contacts from Constant Contact to a CSV file.
Leave out unsubscribed and bounced contacts. Importing into OneHive Mail means confirming that everyone in the file agreed to hear from you, so they shouldn’t be in it. Keep your export of them for your records.
Import the file under Contacts → Import. Match the columns, including tags, and record how your contacts agreed to hear from you.
Add your branding once, then rebuild your main segments and any automations.
Pick a design for your first campaign, send yourself a test, and send.

Step by step: Import your contacts · Clean your contact database first

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See if OneHive Mail fits your business

Try it with the 10-day free trial: up to 100 contacts and 250 email sends. Plans start at $25 USD/month, priced by your active contacts.

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