MailerLite vs GetResponse

Compared on	MailerLite Free plan · from $10.80/mo VisitRemove	GetResponse Free plan · from $15.58/mo VisitRemove
What it is	Email marketing with a free plan for 250 subscribers and paid plans priced by list size and sending	Email marketing and automation with unlimited sends on paid plans and a free plan for 500 contacts
Free plan	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.	Up to 500 contacts (inactive contacts count) and 2,500 newsletters a month; landing pages limited to 1,000 unique visitors a month; GetResponse badge on every message; no A/B tests; scheduling, autoresponders and publishing automation workflows are premium features; AI generator limited to 3 uses; webinars up to 10 people
Cheapest paid plan	$10.80/mo billed annually (Comfort)MailerLite pricing	$15.58/mo billed annually (Starter)GetResponse pricing
What it covers	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.	For 1,000 contacts (the smallest paid tier) with unlimited email sends; 1 custom automation workflow. Yearly billing saves 18%. The price rises with list size.
Free trial	14-day trial of premium features on every new account, no credit card required	Premium features free for the first 14 days on a free account, no credit card required; 30-day pilot program for Enterprise
Platforms	Web, iOS, API	Web, iOS, Android, API
Integrations (vendor's figure)	100+ integrations including Shopify, WooCommerce, Stripe, ChatGPT and Claude	170+ integrations
Open source	No	No
Good for	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	Businesses that send often and want unlimited sends at a fixed price Course creators selling courses and webinars to an email list Ecommerce stores recovering abandoned carts with automation
Watch out for	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	Starter allows only 1 custom automation workflow The smallest paid tier is 1,000 contacts The free plan cannot publish automations or schedule newsletters and adds a GetResponse badge
Made by	MailerLite Limited	GetResponse S.A.

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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