Best beehiiv alternatives for newsletters

beehiiv is free up to 2,500 subscribers, and Lite is $49/mo billed yearly ($59 monthly) with 0% take on paid subscriptions. These alternatives range from free publishing with a revenue share to cheaper email platforms and self-branded publishing sites.

For small teams: see every small team friendly sales tool (free plan or free trial, self-serve, $50/mo or less) and your first sales tool stack for under $100/month.

How this list works: Substack (free, revenue share) first, then ordered by lowest listed paid entry price. Pricing verified against vendor pages (latest check 2026-11-11). No placement here is paid. Methodology.

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Tool	What it is	Price (vendor-published)	Free plan	Channels
Substack	Newsletter, podcast and community publishing platform that is free to use and takes 10% of revenue when you charge for subscriptions.	Free to publish, no matter how many subscribers; if you turn on paid subscriptions, Substack keeps 10% of each subscription payment, plus Stripe fees (2.9% + $0.30 per US card payment and 0.7% Stripe Billing on recurring payments); optional custom domain one-time $50; no monthly plans	Yes	email
Moosend Visit Moosend ↗	Low-cost email marketing and automation platform with landing pages, sign-up forms and an AI writer.	Pro $9/mo paying monthly, $7/mo billed annually (save 20%) or 15% off biannual, as shown for its smallest contact tier; price rises with contacts; Moosend+ (larger lists, transactional email, dedicated IPs, SSO) by quote; 30-day free trial, no card (unlimited sends for up to 1,000 contacts)	—	email
MailerLite	Email marketing platform with newsletters, automations, landing pages and sign-up forms, plus an MCP server for AI assistants.	Priced by subscribers (shown for 500): Free $0 (250 subscribers, 2,500 emails/mo, 2 user seats); Comfort $10.80/mo billed yearly ($129.60/yr; $12 monthly, 5,000 emails/mo); Power $22.50/mo billed yearly ($270/yr; $25 monthly, unlimited monthly emails); prices rise with subscribers; 14-day free trial, no card	Yes	email
AWeber Visit AWeber ↗	Email marketing platform for small businesses and creators, with automations, landing pages, sign-up forms and an AI writing assistant.	Priced by subscribers (shown for 500): Lite $12.50/mo billed annually ($15 monthly; 1 email list, 3 landing pages, 3 automations, 3 users); Plus $20/mo billed annually ($30 monthly; unlimited lists, landing pages, automations and users, removes AWeber branding); Plus at 1,000 subscribers $45/mo monthly ($450/yr); 100,000+ subscribers by quote; optional Done For You setup shown at $79 (limited-time, list $599); 14-day free trial	—	email
Mailchimp	Email marketing platform with automations, audience management and basic CRM features.	Free plan (limited features); paid plans start at Essentials $13/mo, Standard $20/mo and Premium $350/mo, rising with contacts; 15% off on 10,000+ contacts; 14-day Standard trial; pay-as-you-go email credits also sold; overages apply above contact or send limits	Yes	email, sms
Ghost	Open-source publishing platform for newsletters, membership sites and paid subscriptions, sold as hosted Ghost(Pro) plans.	Ghost(Pro) hosted plans priced by members (shown for 1,000): Starter $15/mo billed yearly ($18 monthly; website, email newsletter, free custom domain); Publisher $29/mo yearly ($35 monthly; 3 staff users, paid subscriptions, custom themes, 8,000+ integrations); Business $199/mo yearly ($239 monthly; 15 staff users, 10,000 members); Custom plans via sales; "no payment fees"; free trial	—	email
GetResponse	Email marketing platform with automations, landing pages, webinars and course tools for marketers and small businesses.	Priced by list size (shown for 1,000 contacts), unlimited monthly sends: Starter $19/mo monthly ($15.58/mo paid annually), Marketer $59 ($48.38), Creator $69 ($56.58); Enterprise custom; 12-month prepay saves 18%; Free account with a GetResponse badge and limited features; 14-day free trial of premium features	Yes	email
Kit Visit Kit ↗	Email marketing and newsletter platform for creators (formerly ConvertKit), with automations, landing pages, paid newsletters and digital product sales.	Priced by subscribers (shown for 1,000): Free $0 up to 10,000 subscribers; Creator $33/mo billed yearly ($390/yr, pay yearly saves 17%); Pro $66/mo billed yearly, shown at $50/mo ($593) for the first year in a limited-time offer; unlimited email sends on every plan; 14-day free trial of Creator and Pro, no card; 30-day refund	Yes	email

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FAQ

What is the cheapest beehiiv alternative?

Substack is free to publish and keeps 10% of paid subscription revenue. Among plans with a monthly price, Moosend Pro is $7/mo billed annually, MailerLite Comfort $10.80/mo billed yearly at 500 subscribers and Ghost(Pro) Starter $15/mo billed yearly at 1,000 members.

Which beehiiv alternative is best for paid subscriptions?

Ghost(Pro) Publisher ($29/mo billed yearly at 1,000 members) includes paid subscriptions, and Ghost's pricing page says there are no payment fees. Substack has paid subscriptions built in for a 10% share. Kit also supports paid newsletters, with Creator at $33/mo billed yearly.

Which alternatives have a bigger free plan than beehiiv?

Kit's free plan covers up to 10,000 subscribers versus beehiiv's 2,500, and Substack is free at any list size (10% of paid revenue if you charge).

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