beehiiv vs Kit vs MailerLite

Written head to head: Kit vs beehiiv, with when to choose each side.

Compared on	beehiiv Free plan · from $49/mo VisitRemove	Kit Free plan · from $32.50/mo VisitRemove	MailerLite Free plan · from $10.80/mo VisitRemove
What it is	Newsletter platform with a website builder and ad network, free up to 2,500 subscribers with unlimited sends	Email marketing for creators, formerly ConvertKit, with a free plan for up to 10,000 subscribers	Email marketing with a free plan for 250 subscribers and paid plans priced by list size and sending
Free plan	Up to 2,500 subscribers; unlimited email sends; 1 publication and 1 team seat; website builder, landing pages, recommendation network, API and integrations; 3 segments; 30-day analytics lookback; no automations, A/B testing, paid subscriptions or in-editor AI; beehiiv branding stays on. No credit card needed.	Up to 10,000 subscribers; unlimited landing pages, forms and email broadcasts; tagging and segmentation; sell digital products and subscriptions (3.5% + 30c per sale); 1 user. No visual automations, email sequences, RSS campaigns or app integrations, and Kit branding stays on.	Up to 250 subscribers and 2,500 emails a month; 3 active automations with up to 5 steps; 1 website and 1 landing page; 3 active forms; 1 digital product or booking; 2 user seats; MailerLite logo on emails; API and MCP access limited, with no sending through them; community support. Sending locks above 250 active subscribers.
Cheapest paid plan	$49/mo billed annually (Lite)beehiiv pricing	$32.50/mo billed annually (Creator)Kit pricing	$10.80/mo billed annually (Comfort)MailerLite pricing
What it covers	For 1,000 subscribers (the smallest tier); 2 team seats, 3 publications, 10 live automations. Lite allows up to 100,000 subscribers and the price rises with subscriber count.	For 1,000 subscribers (the smallest tier); $390 billed yearly, shown as $33/mo. 2 users. The price rises with subscriber count, for example $50/mo billed yearly at 3,000 subscribers.	For up to 500 subscribers and 5,000 emails a month; $129.60 billed yearly (10% off); 3 user seats, 50 automations, 10 forms. The price rises with subscriber count, and the plan moves to the next tier automatically when the limit is passed.
Free trial	Free trial of Lite and Pro, no credit card needed (length not stated)	14-day free trial of Creator or Pro, no credit card required	14-day trial of premium features on every new account, no credit card required
Platforms	Web, API	Web, API	Web, iOS, API
Integrations (vendor's figure)	Connects with Stripe, Zapier, Google Analytics and more	100+ direct app integrations through the Kit App Store	100+ integrations including Shopify, WooCommerce, Stripe, ChatGPT and Claude
Open source	No	No	No
Good for	Writers starting a newsletter free up to 2,500 subscribers Publishers earning from ads and paid subscriptions Media brands running several newsletters with a website	Creators growing a newsletter list to 10,000 subscribers without paying Selling digital products or paid newsletter subscriptions to an email list Setting up welcome sequences and launch funnels with visual automations	Small businesses sending regular newsletters on a tight budget Creators selling digital products, bookings or paid newsletters Teams that want the full feature set without moving to a higher tier
Watch out for	The free plan has no automations, A/B testing or in-editor AI Removing beehiiv branding needs Pro beehiiv cannot send SMS natively; its pages point to the API or webhooks for that	The free plan has no automations, sequences or app integrations Creator includes 2 users; unlimited users need Pro Digital product and subscription sales carry a 3.5% + 30c fee on every plan	The free plan stops at 250 subscribers and sending locks when the limit is passed Comfort caps sending at 5,000 emails a month at 500 subscribers and allows 50 automations and 10 forms Transactional email is a separate product, MailerSend
Made by	beehiiv Inc.	Kit, Inc.	MailerLite Limited

Entry prices are the cheapest paid plan, as each vendor publishes it; “What it covers” says what that price is per (a user, a channel, a brand, a number of contacts). The sources are listed on each tool's page.

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