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Email Marketing Pricing

Email campaigns, newsletters, and list management for businesses of every size.

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About this category

Email marketing platforms help businesses send campaigns, automate lifecycle messages, and grow subscriber lists. The category spans a wide price range: MailerLite, Brevo, and AWeber offer transparent, subscriber-based pricing starting under $20/mo; Mailchimp and Constant Contact sit in the mid-tier but have drawn criticism for rising prices and shrinking free plans; Kit (formerly ConvertKit) dominates for creators and newsletter publishers; Klaviyo and ActiveCampaign lead for ecommerce and advanced automation; and Beehiiv has emerged as the go-to for media brands and paid newsletter operators. Note: several tools in this category (Mailchimp, Klaviyo, Brevo, Omnisend) are also listed under Marketing Automation — their Email Marketing entries focus purely on email campaign and list management use cases.

Buyer tip

Most buyers overpay for email marketing by staying on Mailchimp out of familiarity. MailerLite offers nearly identical features at 50-70% lower cost at most list sizes — it's worth the 2-hour migration. For ecommerce, Klaviyo's behavioral segmentation pays for itself quickly. For creators and newsletters, Kit and Beehiiv both offer free tiers up to 2,500-10,000 subscribers — start free before paying. For any platform, the single most effective cost-control action is regular list hygiene: removing unsubscribed and inactive contacts before your billing cycle.