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NEWSLETTER SOFTWARE

Find a home for your newsletter.

Compare platform costs, check which features need a paid plan, and work out whether switching is worth the move.

FREE CALCULATORS · NO SIGNUP

Run your numbers.

calculatorWhat will my list cost as it grows?

Compare monthly plan prices at your current and expected subscriber counts. Check sending limits and upgrade conditions alongside the price.

calculatorHow many readers would cover the software bill?

Use your subscription income and an assumed conversion rate to estimate the audience needed. This is a target, not a growth forecast.

calculatorWould switching platforms pay off?

Include your time, rebuilding work, and overlapping subscriptions to see how long a lower monthly bill takes to repay the move.

calculatorWhen would a flat fee cost less?

Compare a share of paid-subscription revenue with a fixed monthly price. Payment processing and taxes are outside this calculation.

PLATFORM COMPARISONS

Narrow down your shortlist.

comparisonKit vs beehiiv 2026: prices and upgrades

Compare Kit’s creator automations with beehiiv’s publication and monetization tools.

comparisonbeehiiv vs MailerLite 2026: price and fit

Compare beehiiv and MailerLite by free-plan capacity, paid features, and monthly sending needs.

comparisonKit vs MailerLite 2026: free limits and prices

Compare Kit and MailerLite by free-plan limits, automation requirements, and paid-plan costs.

comparisonSubstack vs beehiiv 2026: 10% or monthly plan

Substack charges no monthly fee and 10% of each paid transaction; beehiiv charges by subscriber count. See where the two cross over.

comparisonSubstack vs Kit 2026: 10% fee or monthly

Compare Substack’s 10% of each transaction with Kit’s monthly plan and its own 3.5% + 30c commerce fee.

WHAT EACH PLATFORM CHARGES

Check prices and plan limits.

pricingKit pricing 2026: Free, Creator, and Pro

See when Kit’s free plan stops fitting and what would justify a paid automation tier.

pricingbeehiiv pricing 2026: Launch and Scale plans

See the listed price jump and which growth or monetization needs could justify it.

pricingMailerLite pricing 2026: Free, Comfort, Power

See the starting prices, active-subscriber limits, and sending allowances we verified.

PRICE THE DECISION

What a platform really costs.

guideThe real cost of newsletter software

Separate subscription price, revenue share, payment processing, and migration work.

guideWhen a flat-fee Substack plan is cheaper

Find the paid-revenue point where a flat monthly plan costs less than a 10% share.

guideLeaving Mailchimp: what the alternatives cost

Count contacts the way Mailchimp bills them, then price the people you would actually move.

LEAVING A PLATFORM

Move without losing readers.

guideExport subscribed contacts from Mailchimp

Export the right audience and keep subscribed contacts separate from unsubscribed, non-subscribed and cleaned records.

guideNewsletter platform migration checklist

Plan subscribers, suppression lists, content, automations, domains, billing, and rollback.

guideMove off Substack, including paid subscribers

Export posts and subscribers, decide what happens to paid subscriptions and Stripe, then import into Kit, beehiiv, or MailerLite.

Price the workflow you need.

List your required automations, sending volume, team seats, and reports. Compare plans using the same audience size and billing period; a cheaper plan is little help if it cannot run your newsletter.

If you are switching, plan the forms, templates, tags, and domain authentication you must rebuild. Test your critical emails before closing the old account.

Try the editor and support with your own workflow before you move. We record pricing updates in the changes log.