# beehiiv

> Newsletter platform with paid subscriptions, ads, website and podcast

beehiiv is a newsletter platform for writers, creators and media companies. Alongside the email editor it hosts a website, podcast, community and digital product store, and lets publishers earn through paid subscriptions, its ad network and paid recommendations. Every plan includes unlimited sends; paid plans are priced by subscriber count.

- **Category:** Email Marketing & Newsletters
- **Made by:** beehiiv (since 2021)
- **Website:** https://www.beehiiv.com
- **Runs on:** Web
- **Facts last checked:** Oct 17, 2026

## Pricing

beehiiv has a free plan. Paid plans start at $49 per month for up to 1,000 subscribers, billed yearly ($59 monthly).

- **Pricing model:** Free plan
- **Free plan:** Up to 2,500 subscribers with unlimited sends, 1 seat, 1 publication, a website, a podcast and 30 days of analytics. No paid subscriptions or automations.
- **Free trial:** Free trial of Lite and Pro, no credit card required.

| Plan | Price | What you get |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Free | $0 | Up to 2,500 subscribers, unlimited sends, 1 seat, 1 publication, website and podcast, beehiiv branding. |
| Lite | $49 per month for up to 1,000 subscribers, billed yearly ($59 monthly) | Paid subscriptions, ad network, 10 automations, 2 seats, 3 publications, up to 100,000 subscribers. $119 a month at 10,000 subscribers, billed yearly. |
| Pro | $95 per month for up to 1,000 subscribers, billed yearly ($109 monthly) | No beehiiv branding, unlimited automations, webinars, dynamic content, Send API, 10 seats, up to 250,000 subscribers. $199 a month at 10,000, billed yearly. |
| Enterprise | Custom | Custom subscriber volume, SSO and SAML, dedicated IPs, concierge onboarding and a customer success manager, through sales. |

Read from https://www.beehiiv.com/pricing on Oct 17, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with beehiiv before buying.

## Ways to pay less

- **Save up to 20% with yearly billing** (Annual discount): beehiiv's pricing page says yearly billing saves up to 20%: at 1,000 subscribers Lite is $49 a month billed yearly against $59 monthly. Source: https://www.beehiiv.com/pricing

## Key features

- **Newsletter editor:** A custom block editor with templates and unlimited sends on every plan. Lite adds A/B tests, polls, custom HTML and publishing to segments.
- **Paid subscriptions and ads:** From Lite: paid tiers, metered paywalls, coupons and the beehiiv ad network. beehiiv takes 0% of subscription revenue; Stripe's fees still apply.
- **Website, podcast and community:** Every plan hosts a website, a podcast feed and a member community. Custom pages, shows and private podcast feeds grow with the plan.
- **Digital products:** Sell downloads and other one-time products from every plan; Lite raises the product limit to 3 and Pro removes it and adds webinars and coaching.
- **Growth tools:** A recommendation network on all plans, plus a referral program, surveys and paid recommendations from Lite.
- **Automations:** Welcome emails on Free. Lite allows 10 live automations triggered by sign-ups, tags, segments or purchases; Pro has no limit and adds click triggers.

## Good for

- Writers building a newsletter they plan to charge for
- Publishers who want to earn from ads in their newsletter
- Creators who want newsletter, website and podcast in one place

## Worth knowing

- The Free plan stops at 2,500 subscribers and has no paid subscriptions, ad network or custom automations.
- Removing beehiiv branding, dynamic content, webinars and the Send API all need Pro.
- Lite tops out at 100,000 subscribers and Pro at 250,000; larger lists go to Enterprise through sales.
- beehiiv takes no cut of paid subscriptions, but Stripe charges 2.9% plus $0.30 per transaction.

## ToolGPA grades

**GPA: 2.4 out of 4**, graded Oct 17, 2026. beehiiv is a newsletter platform for writers who want to earn from it: paid subscriptions where beehiiv takes 0%, an ad network, a website and a podcast in one place. The free plan is generous, up to 2,500 subscribers with unlimited sends. Paying is where it gets steep, at $49 a month for the first paid plan.

- **Value for money: D.** Lite is $49 a month for 1,000 subscribers on yearly billing, or $59 monthly. That's in the dearest tenth of email tools, nearly four times the middle. Taking the beehiiv branding off needs Pro at $95.
- **Free plan and trial: B.** Up to 2,500 subscribers with unlimited sends, a website, a podcast and a welcome email, free for good. One writer could live on that for a while. The wall is money: no paid subscriptions, no ad network and no custom automations.
- **Features: B.** A block editor, paid tiers and paywalls, an ad network, recommendations, a website, a podcast and digital products, plus automations from Lite. It covers the newsletter job end to end. Lite caps you at 10 live automations, though; Pro lifts the cap.
- **Ease of use: C.** No App Store rating on record. It's a web app where you build the newsletter, the site and the automations yourself, so there's some setting up before your first send.
- **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web only, with Stripe, Zapier, Make, Shopify and Luma connections and an API. No desktop or phone app is listed.

These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from beehiiv's own pages on 17 October 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews.

## Where it stands among email marketing and newsletter tools

- beehiiv's GPA of 2.4 is higher than 5 of the 24 other email marketing and newsletter tools we grade, and level with 9.
- It stands best on free plan and trial (B, above 20 of 24) and worst on value for money (D, above 0).
- Its paid plans start at $49 a month, against a middle price of $13 for the category: 21 of the 22 others that charge start lower.
- On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.7 out of 4. 3 tools score higher and cost less.

The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/email-marketing

## Keep it, or make your own?

**Keep it.** To replace beehiiv you would be making newsletters sent to thousands of people that still reach the inbox. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one. That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 10 of the 24 other email marketing and newsletter tools grade higher. It costs $588 a year.

- You could make: Paid newsletters and forms: an app builder makes these well.
- You could not: Newsletters sent to thousands of people that still reach the inbox.
- You could not: Email sent in volume that still reaches the inbox.
- You could not: It plugs into other products, Stripe, Zapier and Make among them, and has an API.
- You could not: AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself.
- You could not: People on the other end: coaches and a community of other users. No app builder makes those.
- You could not: The depth: we grade its features B, which means it covers the whole job.

A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it.

## Works with

Stripe, Zapier, Make, Shopify, Luma

**Tags:** Email campaigns, Paid newsletters, Marketing automation, Forms, AI features, Public API

## Alternatives

- [Kit](https://toolgpa.com/tools/kit): Email marketing and paid newsletters for creators. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/beehiiv-vs-kit)
- [MailerLite](https://toolgpa.com/tools/mailerlite): Email newsletters, automations, sites and paid subscriptions. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/beehiiv-vs-mailerlite)
- [Mailchimp](https://toolgpa.com/tools/mailchimp): Email and SMS marketing with automations, priced by contact count. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/beehiiv-vs-mailchimp)
- [Flodesk](https://toolgpa.com/tools/flodesk): Design-led email marketing and checkout for creators. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/beehiiv-vs-flodesk)
- [AWeber](https://toolgpa.com/tools/aweber): Email marketing for small businesses, with landing pages and a store. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/aweber-vs-beehiiv)

## Sources

The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Oct 17, 2026:

- https://www.beehiiv.com/pricing
- https://www.beehiiv.com/_next/static/chunks/12x45ijth3q0e.js
- https://www.beehiiv.com/integrations

Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/beehiiv
Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).