| Where | What you need | | --- | --- | | In MailChimp | A MailChimp account — generating the Marketing API key is self-service, available even on the "Free" plan. | | In MailChimp (optional) | A **Mandrill** account (Mailchimp Transactional) ONLY if you want to send transactional emails — it's a separate product and billing from your Marketing account, with its own key. | | In Platform | Admin role to connect, activate actions or disconnect. Editor and Viewer roles can only see the connection's status. | > **Note — No external authorization process** > > MailChimp doesn't require any review or approval process to generate a Marketing API key: you generate it yourself, in your own account, and paste it into Platform. No waiting.