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Pricing assumes at most one email per day to the full list." }, { "name": "$79 add-ons", "slug": "addons-79", "tagline": "Pay per feature; this bundle is illustrative of the $79 add-on tier.", "prices": [ { "cycle": "monthly", "price": { "amount_cents": 7900, "currency": "USD" } } ], "anchor_monthly_usd_cents": 7900, "limits": { "contacts": { "kind": "custom" } }, "features_included": [ "Whitelabeling", "Teams", "Custom domain archives", "Multiple newsletters", "Automations", "Tagging and segmentation", "Paid subscriptions", "Comments and surveys", "Analytics", "RSS-to-email", "Email attachments", "Rich text or markdown editor", "Custom domain sending", "Hosted archives" ], "features_missing": [], "is_free": false, "has_free_trial": false, "contact_sales": false, "source_url": "https://buttondown.com/pricing", "captured_at": "2026-04-30T21:00:00.000Z", "capture_method": "manual", "notes": "Each $79 item is a separate add-on. High-volume sending beyond one email per day to the full list requires custom pricing. A 50% discount is offered to verified 501(c)(3) non-profits." } ], "free_plan_available": true, "free_trial_days": null, "starting_price_usd_cents": 0, "has_custom_enterprise": true, "alternatives": [ "kit", "beehiiv", "substack", "mailchimp", "mailerlite", "ghost" ], "pros": [ "Privacy-first stance with no tracking pixels by default.", "À la carte pricing means you only pay for the features you actually use.", "Both rich text and markdown editors are first-class.", "Custom domain sending is included on the free plan.", "No tier ratchet pushing you up the price ladder for one missing feature." ], "cons": [ "Pricing assumes at most one email per day to the full list; heavier senders need a custom quote.", "Add-on shopping is unusual and can be harder to budget than flat tiers.", "Feature surface is narrower than full marketing-automation suites.", "Smaller integration ecosystem than Mailchimp or Kit." ], "best_for": [ "Independent writers and indie creators running a paid newsletter.", "Privacy-minded operators who want to avoid tracking pixels.", "Markdown-native authors who prefer plain text over WYSIWYG bloat." ], "not_for": [ "High-volume senders pushing multiple campaigns per day.", "E-commerce teams needing deep behavioral automation and segmentation.", "Marketing teams that want a single flat tier covering every feature." ], "last_verified": "2026-04-30T21:00:00.000Z", "scraper_status": "manual-only", "match": "primary" }, { "slug": "customer-io", "name": "Customer.io", "vendor": "Customer.io", "homepage_url": "https://customer.io", "pricing_url": "https://customer.io/pricing/", "tagline": "Behavior-driven messaging platform for product-led B2C and B2B teams.", "description": "Customer.io is a marketing automation platform built for sophisticated B2C and B2B teams that need to send messaging based on rich behavioral data and custom object models. Where Mailchimp and Kit are list-and-broadcast tools, Customer.io is closer to a CDP plus messaging engine: profiles, objects (accounts, subscriptions, devices), and event streams drive a visual workflow builder. Three tiers are published, with Essentials at $100/month, Premium starting around $1,000/month billed yearly, and Enterprise quoted on request. HIPAA is available on Premium and above; an AI Agent ships across tiers with elevated limits on the higher plans.", "primary_category": "marketing-automation", "secondary_categories": [ "email-marketing", "customer-data-platform" ], "plans": [ { "name": "Essentials", "slug": "essentials", "tagline": "Entry tier with the visual workflow builder", "prices": [ { "cycle": "monthly", "price": { "amount_cents": 10000, "currency": "USD" } } ], "anchor_monthly_usd_cents": 10000, "limits": { "contacts": { "kind": "number", "value": 5000, "unit": "profiles (people plus objects)" }, "emails_per_month": { "kind": "number", "value": 1000000 }, "seats": { "kind": "number", "value": 1 } }, "features_included": [ "Visual workflow builder", "AI Agent with core skills", "Up to 2 object types", "Basic data integrations", "Email and community support", "1 weekly routine" ], "features_missing": [ "HIPAA compliance", "Daily routines", "Premium integrations", "Elevated AI Agent limits", "Dedicated success manager", "Audit logging" ], "is_free": false, "has_free_trial": false, "contact_sales": false, "source_url": "https://customer.io/pricing/", "captured_at": "2026-04-30T21:00:00.000Z", "capture_method": "manual", "notes": "Startup Program: qualifying early-stage companies can get 12 months free, but this is conditional rather than a generic trial. Seat count is not specified on the public pricing page; 1 is a conservative assumption." }, { "name": "Premium", "slug": "premium", "tagline": "Custom volume, HIPAA available, daily routines", "prices": [ { "cycle": "annual", "price": { "amount_cents": 1200000, "currency": "USD" } }, { "cycle": "monthly", "price": { "amount_cents": 100000, "currency": "USD" } } ], "anchor_monthly_usd_cents": 100000, "limits": { "contacts": { "kind": "custom" }, "emails_per_month": { "kind": "custom" } }, "features_included": [ "Everything in Essentials", "Up to 10 object types", "Elevated AI Agent limits", "Daily routines", "90-day onboarding", "Premium chat and email support", "HIPAA available", "Premium integrations" ], "features_missing": [ "Custom AI Agent execution", "Dedicated success manager", "Dedicated hardware", "Audit logging", "Migration support", "Shared Slack channel" ], "is_free": false, "has_free_trial": false, "contact_sales": false, "source_url": "https://customer.io/pricing/", "captured_at": "2026-04-30T21:00:00.000Z", "capture_method": "manual", "notes": "Pricing page lists Premium as starting at $1,000/month billed yearly, which is $12,000/year. Profile and email volumes are negotiated." }, { "name": "Enterprise", "slug": "enterprise", "tagline": "Best volume pricing with dedicated infrastructure", "prices": [ { "cycle": "custom" } ], "anchor_monthly_usd_cents": null, "limits": { "contacts": { "kind": "custom" } }, "features_included": [ "Best volume pricing", "Custom AI Agent execution", "Priority support", "Dedicated success manager", "Dedicated hardware", "Audit logging", "Migration support", "Shared Slack channel" ], "features_missing": [], "is_free": false, "has_free_trial": false, "contact_sales": true, "source_url": "https://customer.io/pricing/", "captured_at": "2026-04-30T21:00:00.000Z", "capture_method": "manual", "notes": "Pricing tagged as Let's talk on the public page. Includes everything in Premium plus dedicated infrastructure and security features." } ], "free_plan_available": false, "free_trial_days": null, "starting_price_usd_cents": 10000, "has_custom_enterprise": true, "alternatives": [ "mailchimp", "kit", "mailerlite" ], "pros": [ "Visual workflow builder is genuinely strong for complex multi-step flows that branch on behavior and time delays", "Supports JSON profile data and object types, so you can model accounts, subscriptions, or devices alongside people; templated ESPs like Mailchimp and Kit cannot do this", "HIPAA compliance is available on Premium, which opens up healthcare and digital-health use cases", "AI Agent is bundled across tiers for routine ops and reporting tasks", "Essentials price is published transparently at $100/month, where many comparable platforms hide everything behind a sales call" ], "cons": [ "Minimum entry point is $100/month with no free or low-cost tier for testing or hobby projects", "Setup overhead is higher than a templated ESP because you need to define profile and object schemas before flows are useful", "Premium jumps roughly 10x to $1,000/month for what is largely an unlock of object-type count, daily routines, and HIPAA, so the middle of the market is thin", "Real-world pricing on Premium and Enterprise depends on negotiated volume, so the public page only frames the floor" ], "best_for": [ "B2C and B2B teams with custom objects in their data model (accounts, subscriptions, devices) who need messaging tied to those entities", "Product-led businesses sending behavior-triggered lifecycle messaging across email, SMS, and push", "Teams needing HIPAA compliance for healthcare or digital-health workflows" ], "not_for": [ "Solo creators and newsletter operators (Kit or beehiiv are the right shape)", "Small businesses that need a $0/month or $20/month entry point (MailerLite or Mailchimp Free fit better)", "Teams that want a one-click WYSIWYG email tool with no data modeling required" ], "last_verified": "2026-04-30T21:00:00.000Z", "scraper_status": "manual-only", "match": "secondary" }, { "slug": "drip", "name": "Drip", "vendor": "Drip", "homepage_url": "https://www.drip.com", "pricing_url": "https://www.drip.com/pricing", "tagline": "E-commerce email and automation built for Shopify and BigCommerce stores.", "description": "Drip is an email and marketing automation platform purpose-built for e-commerce. It targets Shopify, BigCommerce, and WooCommerce stores running behavior-based flows like cart abandonment, post-purchase, and browse abandonment. Pricing is published only at the entry tier ($39/month for up to 2,500 contacts) and scales via an interactive calculator beyond that point, which makes the cost ladder less transparent than competitors with full pricing tables.", "primary_category": "email-marketing", "secondary_categories": [ "marketing-automation" ], "plans": [ { "name": "Standard", "slug": "standard", "tagline": "Most popular: $39/mo at 2.5k contacts", "prices": [ { "cycle": "monthly", "price": { "amount_cents": 3900, "currency": "USD" }, "per_unit": "1-2,500 contacts", "notes": "Starting price; scales with contact count via Drip's pricing calculator" } ], "anchor_monthly_usd_cents": 3900, "limits": { "contacts": { "kind": "number", "value": 2500, "unit": "contacts (entry tier; scales)" }, "workflows": { "kind": "number", "value": 50 } }, "features_included": [ "Unlimited email sends", "Email and chat support", "Dynamic segments", "Onsite campaigns", "Up to 50 workflows", "Unlimited sub-accounts", "Open API", "Free migration", "Personalized onboarding" ], "features_missing": [], "is_free": false, "has_free_trial": true, "contact_sales": false, "source_url": "https://www.drip.com/pricing", "captured_at": "2026-04-30T21:00:00.000Z", "capture_method": "manual", "notes": "Higher-tier pricing not exposed on the page; uses an interactive calculator. Verify with Drip directly above 2,500 contacts." } ], "free_plan_available": false, "free_trial_days": 14, "starting_price_usd_cents": 3900, "has_custom_enterprise": false, "alternatives": [ "mailchimp", "kit", "mailerlite", "beehiiv", "mailgun" ], "pros": [ "Purpose-built for e-commerce flows like cart abandonment, post-purchase, and browse abandonment", "Deep Shopify and BigCommerce integrations", "Free migration from competing tools", "Transparent entry pricing (most tiered ESPs hide it)" ], "cons": [ "Only one tier publicly priced, so scaling cost is opaque without using the calculator", "Smaller ecosystem than Klaviyo for e-commerce", "Less polished editor than Mailchimp", "No free plan to test with" ], "best_for": [ "E-commerce stores on Shopify, BigCommerce, or WooCommerce running flows on customer behavior", "Small to mid stores graduating from Mailchimp's e-commerce features" ], "not_for": [ "B2B marketers (use ActiveCampaign or Customer.io)", "Creators running newsletters (use Kit or beehiiv)", "Buyers who need to know full pricing before signup" ], "affiliate_program": { "name": "Drip Partner", "network": "direct", "commission_type": "recurring", "joined": false }, "last_verified": "2026-04-30T21:00:00.000Z", "scraper_status": "manual-only", "match": "primary" }, { "slug": "flodesk", "name": "Flodesk", "vendor": "Flodesk", "homepage_url": "https://flodesk.com", "pricing_url": "https://flodesk.com/pricing", "tagline": "Designer-focused email marketing with polished templates and a generous free tier.", "description": "Flodesk is a designer-forward email marketing platform aimed at creators, photographers, course makers, and small brands that want their emails to look as good as their websites. The product leans into visual templates, simple workflows, and a near-flat pricing reputation. The free tier covers unlimited active subscribers (rare in this category), and paid tiers add advanced workflows, multiple seats, integrated checkouts, and sales pages on the Everything plan.", "primary_category": "email-marketing", "secondary_categories": [ "landing-pages" ], "plans": [ { "name": "Free", "slug": "free", "tagline": "Unlimited active subscribers, no trial gate", "prices": [ { "cycle": "free" } ], "anchor_monthly_usd_cents": 0, "limits": { "contacts": { "kind": "unlimited" } }, "features_included": [ "Unlimited active subscribers", "Forms and landing pages", "Designer email templates", "Audience segmentation", "Email sending" ], "features_missing": [ "Workflows and automations", "Advanced analytics", "Multiple seats", "Integrated checkouts", "Sales pages and funnels" ], "is_free": true, "has_free_trial": false, "contact_sales": false, "source_url": "https://flodesk.com/pricing", "captured_at": "2026-04-30T21:00:00.000Z", "capture_method": "manual", "notes": "Start immediately, no credit card or trial gate required." }, { "name": "Lite", "slug": "lite", "tagline": "Up to 25,000 subscribers, unlimited sends, 1 seat", "prices": [ { "cycle": "monthly", "price": { "amount_cents": 2500, "currency": "USD" } } ], "anchor_monthly_usd_cents": 2500, "limits": { "contacts": { "kind": "number", "value": 25000, "unit": "subscribers" }, "seats": { "kind": "number", "value": 1 } }, "features_included": [ "Up to 25,000 subscribers", "Unlimited email sends", "Email analytics", "Designer templates", "Forms and landing pages", "Limited-time bonus workflow" ], "features_missing": [ "Unlimited workflows", "Advanced analytics", "Multiple seats", "Show/hide Flodesk footer", "Integrated checkouts", "Sales pages and funnels" ], "is_free": false, "has_free_trial": false, "contact_sales": false, "source_url": "https://flodesk.com/pricing", "captured_at": "2026-04-30T21:00:00.000Z", "capture_method": "manual", "notes": "Annual billing equals one month free. 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It ships paid memberships natively, with Stripe for billing and zero platform revenue share, positioning it as the publisher-owned alternative to Substack. Pricing is per active member, with four tiers from Starter to a custom enterprise plan, and the same software is freely self-hostable if you ever want to leave.", "primary_category": "content-marketing", "secondary_categories": [ "email-marketing" ], "plans": [ { "name": "Starter", "slug": "starter", "tagline": "Personal publishing on Ghost(Pro), billed yearly", "prices": [ { "cycle": "annual", "price": { "amount_cents": 21600, "currency": "USD" }, "notes": "$18/month equivalent, billed as $216/year. 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Strengths are tag-based subscriber organization, visual automations, and built-in commerce for selling digital products and subscriptions. Pricing scales with subscriber count.", "primary_category": "email-marketing", "secondary_categories": [ "marketing-automation", "landing-pages" ], "plans": [ { "name": "Newsletter", "slug": "newsletter", "tagline": "Free up to 10,000 subscribers", "prices": [ { "cycle": "free" } ], "anchor_monthly_usd_cents": 0, "limits": { "contacts": { "kind": "number", "value": 10000, "unit": "subscribers" }, "seats": { "kind": "number", "value": 1 }, "automations": { "kind": "number", "value": 1, "unit": "basic visual automation" } }, "features_included": [ "Unlimited landing pages", "Unlimited forms", "Unlimited email broadcasts", "Audience tagging and segmentation", "Sell digital products and subscriptions", "Kit branding shown in emails" ], "features_missing": [ "Multiple users", "Visual automation builder beyond 1 flow", "A/B subject line testing", "Custom branding removal" ], "is_free": true, "has_free_trial": false, "contact_sales": false, "source_url": "https://kit.com/pricing", "captured_at": "2026-04-30T20:22:54.739Z", "capture_method": "scraper", "notes": "Headline price not found in slice; review needed." }, { "name": "Creator", "slug": "creator", "tagline": "Most popular, 1,000 subscriber anchor", "prices": [ { "cycle": "monthly", "price": { "amount_cents": 3300, "currency": "USD" }, "per_unit": "1,000 subscribers" }, { "cycle": "annual", "price": { "amount_cents": 39000, "currency": "USD" }, "per_unit": "1,000 subscribers", "notes": "Annual plan equates to roughly $32.50/month with 2 months free." } ], "anchor_monthly_usd_cents": 3300, "limits": { "contacts": { "kind": "number", "value": 1000, "unit": "subscribers (anchor; scales up)" }, "seats": { "kind": "number", "value": 2 }, "automations": { "kind": "unlimited" } }, "features_included": [ "Unlimited visual automations", "Unlimited email sequences", "A/B test subject lines", "Subscriber polls", "Remove Kit branding", "100+ app integrations", "RSS campaigns", "24/7 support", "Free migrations from competing platforms" ], "features_missing": [ "Unlimited users", "Newsletter referral system", "Deliverability reporting", "Subscriber engagement scoring", "Advanced 5-variant A/B testing", "Facebook custom audiences" ], "is_free": false, "has_free_trial": true, "contact_sales": false, "source_url": "https://kit.com/pricing", "captured_at": "2026-04-30T20:22:54.740Z", "capture_method": "scraper", "notes": "Scraper low-confidence on this run; preserved prior verified pricing." }, { "name": "Pro", "slug": "pro", "tagline": "Advanced creators and small teams", "prices": [ { "cycle": "monthly", "price": { "amount_cents": 6600, "currency": "USD" }, "per_unit": "1,000 subscribers" }, { "cycle": "annual", "price": { "amount_cents": 79000, "currency": "USD" }, "per_unit": "1,000 subscribers", "notes": "Annual plan equates to roughly $65.83/month with 2 months free." } ], "anchor_monthly_usd_cents": 6600, "limits": { "contacts": { "kind": "number", "value": 1000, "unit": "subscribers (anchor; scales up)" }, "seats": { "kind": "unlimited" }, "automations": { "kind": "unlimited" } }, "features_included": [ "Everything in Creator", "Unlimited team users", "Insights dashboard", "Deliverability reporting", "Subscriber engagement scoring", "Collaborative editing", "Advanced A/B testing (up to 5 variants)", "Facebook custom audiences", "Newsletter referral system", "Edit links in sent broadcasts", "24/7 priority support" ], "features_missing": [], "is_free": false, "has_free_trial": true, "contact_sales": false, "source_url": "https://kit.com/pricing", "captured_at": "2026-04-30T20:22:54.740Z", "capture_method": "scraper", "notes": "Scraper low-confidence on this run; preserved prior verified pricing." } ], "free_plan_available": true, "free_trial_days": 14, "starting_price_usd_cents": 0, "has_custom_enterprise": false, "alternatives": [ "beehiiv", "substack", "mailchimp", "activecampaign", "brevo", "mailerlite", "flodesk" ], "pros": [ "Tag-based subscriber model is more flexible than list-based competitors", "Visual automation builder is genuinely good for creators new to email", "Built-in commerce: sell digital products and subscriptions without a separate cart", "Generous free tier (10k subscribers) for a freemium ESP", "Free migration assistance from competing platforms" ], "cons": [ "Pricing scales fast as your list grows. At 50k subscribers Creator is well over $300/mo.", "Reporting and analytics are thinner than ActiveCampaign or HubSpot", "No native landing-page A/B testing on Creator plan", "Deliverability reporting is locked to the Pro tier" ], "best_for": [ "Independent newsletter writers and creators selling digital products", "Course creators who want one tool for emails and checkout", "Solo operators with under 10k subscribers (free plan covers them)" ], "not_for": [ "B2B sales teams that need pipeline management (use Pipedrive or HubSpot CRM)", "Brands that need deep multi-channel marketing automation (use ActiveCampaign or HubSpot)", "Teams that need granular role-based permissions" ], "affiliate_program": { "name": "Kit Affiliate Program", "network": "partnerstack", "commission_type": "recurring", "commission_amount": "30% recurring on referred customers", "cookie_window_days": 90, "application_url": "https://kit.com/affiliate-program", "joined": false }, "last_verified": "2026-04-30T20:22:54.761Z", "last_scraped": "2026-04-30T20:22:54.761Z", "scraper_status": "stale", "scraper_module": "extractors/kit.ts", "match": "primary" }, { "slug": "mailchimp", "name": "Mailchimp", "vendor": "Intuit Mailchimp", "homepage_url": "https://mailchimp.com", "pricing_url": "https://mailchimp.com/pricing/marketing/", "tagline": "The default email marketing platform for small businesses.", "description": "Mailchimp is the most-recognized email marketing platform on the planet, owned by Intuit since 2021. Tier-priced by contact count with a tight free plan, a competitive Standard tier, and a Premium tier that jumps to $350/month for predictive segmentation and phone support. The product covers email, automations, A/B testing, landing pages, and a basic CRM. Many users outgrow it once their list scales because per-contact pricing climbs faster than ConvertKit/Kit or beehiiv at equivalent volumes.", "primary_category": "email-marketing", "secondary_categories": [ "marketing-automation", "landing-pages", "form-builder" ], "plans": [ { "name": "Free", "slug": "free", "tagline": "Up to 250 contacts, 500 sends/month", "prices": [ { "cycle": "free" } ], "anchor_monthly_usd_cents": 0, "limits": { "contacts": { "kind": "number", "value": 250, "unit": "contacts" }, "emails_per_month": { "kind": "number", "value": 500, "unit": "sends (or 250/day)" }, "seats": { "kind": "number", "value": 1 }, "campaigns": { "kind": "number", "value": 1, "unit": "audience" } }, "features_included": [ "Basic email campaigns", "Popup forms", "Limited template library", "Mailchimp branding shown in emails" ], "features_missing": [ "Marketing automation", "A/B testing", "Multiple audiences", "Phone or chat support after first 30 days" ], "is_free": true, "has_free_trial": false, "contact_sales": false, "source_url": "https://mailchimp.com/pricing/marketing/", "captured_at": "2026-04-30T20:35:00.000Z", "capture_method": "manual", "notes": "Email support is included only for the first 30 days; after that, free users are self-serve." }, { "name": "Essentials", "slug": "essentials", "tagline": "Entry paid tier with A/B testing", "prices": [ { "cycle": "monthly", "price": { "amount_cents": 1300, "currency": "USD" }, "per_unit": "500 contacts" } ], "anchor_monthly_usd_cents": 1300, "limits": { "contacts": { "kind": "number", "value": 500, "unit": "contacts (anchor; scales up)" }, "emails_per_month": { "kind": "number", "value": 5000, "unit": "sends (10x contacts)" }, "seats": { "kind": "number", "value": 3 }, "automations": { "kind": "number", "value": 4, "unit": "flow steps" }, "campaigns": { "kind": "number", "value": 3, "unit": "audiences" } }, "features_included": [ "Email scheduling", "Popup forms", "A/B testing", "Up to 4-step automation flows", "Comparative reporting", "Custom branding" ], "features_missing": [ "Multi-step automations beyond 4 steps", "Multivariate testing", "Predictive segmentation", "Custom reports", "Phone support" ], "is_free": false, "has_free_trial": true, "contact_sales": false, "source_url": "https://mailchimp.com/pricing/marketing/", "captured_at": "2026-04-30T20:35:00.000Z", "capture_method": "manual", "notes": "14-day free trial. 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