Pricing and feature guidance for one-person businesses — what’s actually included at the tier a solo user needs, without paying for team seats.
beehiiv’s free Launch plan carries up to 2,500 subscribers with unlimited email sends, custom domains and API access — the most generous free tier in this library after Kit. Paid plans start at $49/month (Scale) and $109/month (Max) on monthly billing at 1,000 subscribers, or $43 and $96 billed annually. Figures read directly from beehiiv’s … Read more
Kit’s free plan allows 1,000 subscribers with unlimited email broadcasts, unlimited landing pages and unlimited forms — the most generous free tier of any platform we’ve captured. Its paid entry tier is $39/month billed monthly, not the $33 the pricing page shows on arrival. All figures captured in USD on 4 August 2026 at Kit’s … Read more
Choosing email marketing software comes down to two numbers: how many contacts you have, and how often you plan to email them. Most guides compare contact limits and stop there. This one compares both, using pricing and plan limits taken from each vendor’s own documentation and dated so you can verify them. Editorial note: RightToolHQ … Read more
At 500 contacts, MailerLite Comfort costs $12/month and Mailchimp Standard costs $12.01/month ongoing — near-identical. The free tiers now hold the same number of contacts: Mailchimp cut its free plan from 500 to 250 in January 2026, matching MailerLite exactly. What still separates them is send volume — MailerLite allows 2,500 emails a month, Mailchimp … Read more
Choosing an email marketing platform usually comes down to one question: can it handle your automation, landing pages, and forms without forcing you onto an expensive plan before you actually need one? MailerLite is built around that exact trade-off — a single plan structure that bundles campaign sending, automation, a landing page builder, and pop-up/embedded … Read more