Drip vs GetResponse Comparison 2026
Drip prices one plan from $39 a month, on how many people are active and how much you send, with every automation already included and nothing gated behind a higher tier. GetResponse starts cheaper, $19 a month or $15.58 billed yearly, but that Starter tier does not include the automation builders, which sit on the $59 a month Marketer plan instead. GetResponse also bundles paid webinars and landing pages, unusual for an email tool and something Drip's feature list does not mention at all.
At a glance
- GetResponse starts cheaper, at $15.58.
- Neither has a free tier.
Side by side
Drip | GetResponse | |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price (they differ) | From $39 | From $15.58 |
| Pricing model | Free trial, then paid | Free trial, then paid |
| Free tier | No | No |
| Billing | Monthly or annual | Monthly or annual |
| Free trial | 14 days | 14 days |
| API | Yes |
Drip
Ecommerce email priced on active people
Drip is an ecommerce marketing platform that bills on how many people are active in your account and how much you send, rather than on a feature ladder. Everybody gets everything, which removes the usual argument about which tier has automations. It is aimed at stores, so a writer with a plain newsletter is paying for behaviour tracking they will never wire up.
Our note
Single-plan pricing is the appeal and the risk: nothing is withheld, and the bill moves on its own as the list grows. Model it at twice your current list size before committing, because that is the number that will arrive.
Only on this side
- Covers digital products & storefronts
GetResponse
Email, automation and webinars on one bill
GetResponse has been sending email since before most of its competitors existed, and it kept adding: landing pages, funnels, paid webinars, an ecommerce push. For a creator selling a course that breadth removes two other subscriptions. It also means the interface carries twenty years of features, and the newer tools feel lighter to use.
Why people weigh these two
- GetResponse instead of Drip
- GetResponse puts email, automation and webinars on one bill from $15.58, broader marketing coverage where Drip stays pointed at store behaviour.
- Drip instead of GetResponse
- Drip prices on active contacts rather than a flat list size, from $39 a month, built for ecommerce automation rather than the webinars and funnels GetResponse bundles in.
Which one should you pick
Pick Drip for a store where every plan already includes full automation and revenue gets tied back to the email that produced it, without needing to move up a tier to reach branching logic. It starts at $39 a month, more than GetResponse's entry price, but that entry price alone does not buy GetResponse's own automation builders.
Pick GetResponse for a course or coaching business that wants email, landing pages and a paid webinar tool on one bill, since running a live session sold and hosted without a second subscription is unusual in this category. Compare Drip's $39 against GetResponse's $59 a month Marketer plan specifically, since that is the tier where GetResponse's own automation actually turns on.
Common questions
- Which one is cheaper to start?
- GetResponse, at $19 a month or $15.58 billed yearly, against Drip's $39 a month. That comparison only holds for GetResponse's Starter tier, though, which does not include the automation builders Drip provides on its one and only plan.
- Do I need to upgrade GetResponse to get automation like Drip already includes?
- Yes. GetResponse's automation builders sit on the Marketer plan, $59 a month, above the $19 Starter tier. Drip includes full automation on its single plan from $39 a month, with no feature-gated tier above it.
- Does Drip include webinars the way GetResponse does?
- No, Drip's feature list does not mention webinars at all. GetResponse sells and hosts a live webinar without a second subscription, which its own materials call unusual for an email tool, and it is the main reason to pick GetResponse over a plainer sender.
- How does each one price its plans?
- Drip bills on the number of active people in the account and how much email is sent that month. GetResponse bills on contact count instead, with unlimited sends included on every tier, which is a different shape of bill even at similar list sizes.
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