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Newsletter Platform Cost Calculator and Pricing Guide (2026)
What seven newsletter platforms actually cost at 500, 1,000, 2,500, 5,000, 10,000 and 25,000 subscribers, on monthly and yearly billing. Every price was read from the vendor's own pricing page on October 13, 2026, with the source and date listed.
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What's included
- 10-page PDF guide. Monthly and yearly price tables for 16 plans across beehiiv, Kit, MailerLite, GetResponse, Ghost, Buttondown and Substack; free plan limits; hidden costs (transaction fees, add-ons, sending caps, how subscribers are counted); the price cliffs where your bill jumps; when to switch; and picks by creator type.
- Spreadsheet cost calculator (XLSX). Pick your list size and billing, add paid subscribers and price, and it totals plan cost, platform cut and card processing for every plan. Works in Excel, Numbers, LibreOffice and Google Sheets.
- Raw price data (CSV) with the source URL and read date on every row.
Who it's for
Creators choosing their first newsletter platform, or deciding whether to switch before a price jump. If you only need one number, the vendors' pricing pages are free. This saves you the hour of sliding seven sliders and reading the fine print, and shows the costs that are not on the price tag.
A look inside
What it is not
This is a pricing guide built from official pricing pages. It does not rate deliverability, editors or support; our hands-on tests are still running (see how we test). A few items could not be verified from the pricing pages, such as MailerLite's fee on paid subscriptions, and the guide marks each one instead of guessing. GetResponse showed prices in euros, and the guide keeps them in euros.
Disclosure: we are an affiliate of some platforms covered (beehiiv and MailerLite; Kit and GetResponse applications pending). Every price in the guide is the vendor's own and affiliate status did not change any of them.
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