AWeber vs Mailercloud Comparison 2026
Both cover email marketing & automation and newsletter & email. Here is what separates them on price, billing, what you can take with you, and coverage.
Email marketing with a free plan that lasts
Twelve thousand free emails every month
At a glance
- Mailercloud starts cheaper, at $10.
- Both have a genuinely free tier.
- Mailercloud takes no share of what you earn. AWeber takes 0.6%.
Side by side
AWeber | Mailercloud | |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price (they differ) | From $12.50 | From $10 |
| Pricing model | Free plan, paid tiers | Free plan, paid tiers |
| Free tier | Yes | Yes |
| Billing | Monthly or annual | Not stated |
| Free trial | 14 days | Not stated |
| API | Yes |
AWeber
Email marketing with a free plan that lasts
AWeber has been sending newsletters since before most of its competitors existed, and it shows in both directions: the deliverability is dependable and the interface is dated. The free plan runs to 500 subscribers with automations included, which is more than most rivals give away. Its ecommerce feature charges a small percentage of each sale on the cheaper plans.
Our note
MailerLite's free plan holds twice the subscribers. AWeber's holds half as many with the automations switched on, so it suits a list that needs sequences before it needs size. The editor is the part that shows its age.
Mailercloud
Twelve thousand free emails every month
Mailercloud gives twelve thousand emails a month on a free plan that needs no card, which is one of the larger permanent allowances in this category. Above it, a single cheap tier lifts the send limit rather than adding features. A separate email API is sold beside the marketing product for anybody who needs transactional sending too. The list-management and reporting tools are ordinary rather than clever, and the free allowance is the reason to be here.
Our note
The free allowance is the reason to look, and it is larger than Mailjet's or MailerLite's on emails a month. Check the contact bands before growing, because the price moves on contacts once you are paying even though the free tier is measured in sends.
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