A Litmus alternative
Forward a test email. Get a client-ready QA report in 90 seconds. Broken links, bad UTMs, dark-mode breaks, authentication issues, and the typo nobody caught - flagged before you hit send. No ESP integration required.
7-day trial, plan selection required. From $19/mo after.
Pre-send QA report
Litmus is excellent at one thing: rendering your email across 100+ inboxes and devices. That is not the same as catching the broken CTA, the missing utm_campaign, the merge tag that did not render, or the unsubscribe href that came through blank.
CheckYourCampaign runs seven QA categories in a single report. Forward a test, the report lands in about 90 seconds, and you get a clean URL you can send to a client without forcing them through a login.
Comparison
Different categories. Different jobs. Both useful. Pick the one that matches the work you actually do before send.
| Capability | CheckYourCampaign | Litmus |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Pre-send campaign QA report | Inbox-rendering suite |
| Starting price | $19/mo | $99/mo |
| Broken-link checking | Every link, redirects followed | Limited |
| UTM validation with workspace rules | Per-link, with required-fields and naming-convention enforcement | - |
| Compliance-link verification | Verified for presence and validity, never auto-clicked | - |
| Copy and merge-tag QA | Built in, runs against the rendered HTML | - |
| Subject-line scoring | AI scoring on clarity, urgency, specificity, spamminess, brand fit | - |
| Render targets for failure-mode QA | Desktop, mobile, dark mode | 100+ inbox clients |
| Authentication checks | Plain-English explanations | Yes |
| Shareable client report URL | Yes, no login required | - |
Litmus pricing is the lowest published tier observed in 2026. CheckYourCampaign is built to replace the manual QA checklist that comes before the send. We do not compete with Litmus on render-client breadth.
Litmus is a render suite. If your job is to verify how an email looks across 100+ specific inbox clients - Outlook 2016, Apple Mail dark mode, Gmail Android, the long tail - Litmus is the deepest tool in the market for that.
For enterprise teams with a dedicated email designer who needs to validate pixel-level rendering across every Outlook version since 2007, Litmus is the answer.
Six things Litmus does not catch that CheckYourCampaign catches in every report.
The cheapest published Litmus plan is $99 a month. CheckYourCampaign Starter is $19 a month, includes 75 email checks, and runs all seven QA categories on every check.
The pricing math works on a single avoided mistake. One 404 on a primary CTA caught before send pays for the year.
| Plan | Price | Checks/mo | Team | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starter | $19/mo | 75 | 1 | All seven QA categories |
| Growth | $49/mo | 300 | 5 | Workspace UTM rules, brand-voice learning |
| Scale | $129/mo | 1,000 | Unlimited | High-volume retention controls |
Stating the boundary protects everyone.
"We caught a 404 on the primary CTA forty seconds before send. That is the cheapest $19 I spend each month, and it is not close."
Maya R., email lead, mid-size DTC brand, 38 campaigns/month
No. Some agencies run both. Litmus for inbox rendering across 100+ clients, CheckYourCampaign for the seven-category pre-send QA report.
Each workspace gets a private review address. Forward your normal test send from Mailchimp, Klaviyo, HubSpot, Brevo, or any platform. We start running the seven QA checks when the email arrives. Report ready in about 90 seconds.
No, on purpose. We render at three viewports - desktop, mobile, dark mode - chosen for the failure modes that actually embarrass senders.
Yes. Manage your plan from account settings. Reports remain available through your plan's retention window.
7-day trial. Choose a plan, send a few checks, and turn campaign QA into a repeatable launch step.