# Paragraph review (2026): is the free plan enough? > AI agents that draft and publish posts, newsletters and social Checked Nov 13, 2026 ยท graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA. Paragraph hosts a blog and newsletter and adds AI agents that draft posts, newsletters, social posts and release notes from a company's own context, such as connected tools and past writing. Nothing publishes until the user approves it. Plans differ by monthly agent credits, newsletter sends, connected tools and team seats. - **Category:** Email Marketing & Newsletters - **Made by:** Paragraph - **Website:** https://paragraph.com - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Tight if you stay on free: 500 credits is about two agent runs, with 2,500 emails a month. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 13, 2026, Paragraph has a free plan, and paid plans start at $167 per month, billed annually ($199 billed monthly). - **Pricing model:** Free plan - **Free plan:** 500 agent credits a month (two agent runs), a hosted blog and newsletter, 2,500 newsletter emails a month and 3 connected tools. - **Free trial:** None listed. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Free | $0 | 500 credits a month, hosted blog and newsletter, 2,500 emails a month, 3 connected tools and 1 team member; no custom domain. | | Launch | $167 per month, billed annually ($199 billed monthly) | 15,000 credits a month, custom domain, own website, 25,000 newsletter emails a month, video generation, 10 connected tools and 2 team members. | | Team | $417 per month, billed annually ($499 billed monthly) | 40,000 credits a month, 100,000 newsletter emails a month, unlimited connected tools, 10 team members and priority support. | | Managed | $2,500 per month and up | Paragraph's team sets up and runs it with you and reviews every draft; 3-month minimum, or 20% off for a year paid upfront. | Read from https://paragraph.com/pricing on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Paragraph before buying. ## Ways to pay less - **Save 16% with annual billing** (Annual discount): The pricing page states a 16% saving on Launch and Team when billed yearly: for example $1,999 a year against $199 a month for Launch. Source: https://paragraph.com/pricing ## Key features - **Approval before publishing:** New posts, newsletters, campaigns and visible site changes come to you to approve, edit or reject. - **Agents:** Agents for release notes written from commits, cited SEO and AEO articles, thought leadership posts, customer stories and content repurposing. - **Hosted blog and newsletter:** A site, archive, signup forms and basic email sending are included free; custom domains start on Launch. - **Credits:** A social post takes about 25 credits, a cited article about 100, a launch about 300 and a launch video about 150. - **Search and AI visibility:** Paid plans are indexed by Google and Bing and publish an llms.txt and a Markdown copy of each post. - **API, MCP server and CLI:** A REST API, MCP server and CLI are listed on every plan, along with traffic, post and subscriber analytics. ## Good for - Startups that want a steady flow of posts, newsletters and social from an approved draft queue - Teams that want a blog and newsletter on their own subdomain ## Worth knowing - Work is metered in monthly credits; on the Free plan, agent work pauses until credits refill. - Free publications do not get search indexing, llms.txt or Markdown copies; those start on paid plans. - Newsletter sending is capped per month: 2,500 on Free, 25,000 on Launch and 100,000 on Team. - Managed starts at $2,500 a month and is booked through a call. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.0 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. Paragraph hosts a blog and newsletter and adds agents that draft posts, newsletters and social posts, with nothing published until you approve it. Everything runs on monthly credits, the free plan allows two agent runs, and the first paid plan is $167 a month. - **Value for money: D.** $167 a month on yearly billing ($199 monthly) for Launch. Email marketing's dearest tenth starts at $149, so this is up there, and Team is $417. - **Free plan and trial: C.** Free forever, with 500 credits, a hosted blog and newsletter, and 2,500 emails a month. That's two agent runs, and agent work pauses until credits refill. - **Features: C.** Hosted blog and newsletter, agents that draft, approval before publishing, an API, MCP server and CLI. Search indexing, llms.txt and Markdown copies are left out of free publications. - **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record. You connect tools, set up the agents and review every draft before it goes out. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web only, but with an API, MCP server and CLI, and connections to Slack, Linear, Notion, GitHub, Stripe, HubSpot and Mailchimp. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Paragraph's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among email marketing and newsletter tools - Paragraph's GPA of 2.0 is higher than 25 of the 102 other email marketing and newsletter tools we grade, and level with 16. - It stands best on platforms and integrations (B, above 31 of 102) and worst on value for money (D, above 1). - Its paid plans start at $167 a month, against a middle price of $19 for the category: 71 of the 78 others that charge start lower. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 33 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 Paragraph 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: 61 of the 102 other email marketing and newsletter tools grade higher. It costs $2,004 a year. - You could make: Long-form writing: an app builder makes this well. - You could not: Newsletters sent to thousands of people that still reach the inbox. - You could not: An AI agent, with the models and the safeguards behind it. - You could not: It plugs into other products, Slack, Linear and Notion among them, and has an API. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## Works with Slack, Linear, Notion, GitHub, Stripe, HubSpot, Mailchimp, Shopify **Tags:** Email campaigns, AI features, AI agents, Public API, Long-form writing ## Alternatives - [beehiiv](https://toolgpa.com/tools/beehiiv): Newsletter platform with paid subscriptions, ads, website and podcast. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/beehiiv-vs-paragraph) - [Substack](https://toolgpa.com/tools/substack): Newsletter, podcast and video publishing with paid subscriptions. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/paragraph-vs-substack) - [Ghost](https://toolgpa.com/tools/ghost): Open source publishing with newsletters and paid memberships. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/ghost-vs-paragraph) - [Kit](https://toolgpa.com/tools/kit): Email marketing and paid newsletters for creators. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/kit-vs-paragraph) - [Buttondown](https://toolgpa.com/tools/buttondown): Newsletter software priced by active subscribers, with add-ons. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/buttondown-vs-paragraph) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026: - https://paragraph.com/pricing - https://paragraph.com/ Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/paragraph Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).