Making the work
Growing an audience
Running the business
7 tools that solve a similar problem. Compare what each costs and what it covers.
Paid subscriptions with a reader network attached
Paid subscriptions with a reader network attached and no monthly plan at all; the trade is beehiiv's referral and growth tooling for Substack's built-in readership.
Works with Podcast, Substack
A link newsletter that stays free to 1,500 readers
Curated is shaped around a link-roundup format specifically and stays free to 1,500 readers before $39, cheaper than beehiiv's $49 start once a list needs a paid plan.
Email marketing built around automation
Email marketing built around automation from $29 with a free tier, the dedicated-platform depth beehiiv's own listing admits it is thin on.
Publishing and paid subscriptions, open source
Open source publishing with paid subscriptions from $15, a site-first platform against beehiiv's sending-first one with a basic website attached.
Works with Substack
Email marketing with the longest integration list
The longest integration list in email marketing, free tier then $20; a general email platform where beehiiv is built around newsletter growth and paid readers.
Email, SMS and automation on one free plan
Brevo adds SMS to the same free plan and starts at $9 against beehiiv's $49, though it has none of the paid-subscription or referral tooling beehiiv builds around growing a newsletter.
Works with WhatsApp
Email marketing that stays cheap as lists grow
Email marketing that stays cheap as lists grow, from $12 against beehiiv's $49 first paid tier, if sending matters more than referral and subscription machinery.
