beehiiv
Newsletter platform with referrals, an ad network, a website and paid subscriptions; free plan up to 2,500 subscribers.
Founded 2021
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beehiiv is a newsletter platform founded in 2021 by Tyler Denk, Benjamin Hargett and Jacob Hurd, early employees of Morning Brew. Besides an email editor with templates and a recommendation network, every plan includes a website builder, podcast hosting, a community space and digital product sales; paid plans add a subscriber referral program and an ad network.
The Free plan covers up to 2,500 subscribers with unlimited sends, 1 team seat and 1 publication, but no automations, paid subscriptions or custom domain. Lite costs $59 a month for up to 1,000 subscribers ($49 a month billed yearly) and adds paid subscriptions, automations and A/B tests. Pro costs $109 a month at that size ($95 billed yearly), goes up to 250,000 subscribers and lets you remove beehiiv branding. beehiiv takes no cut of subscription or product sales; Stripe's fee of 2.9% plus 30 cents applies.
Best for
Newsletter writers and publishers who want to grow through referrals and recommendations and earn from ads, paid subscriptions or digital products, with no platform fee on subscription and product sales.
Pros
- Unlimited email sends on every plan; Free covers up to 2,500 subscribers
- 0% platform fee on paid subscriptions and digital products (Stripe's processing fee still applies)
- Built-in referral program with reward milestones on Lite and Pro, plus a recommendation network on every plan
- Website builder, podcast hosting, community and digital products on every plan, including Free
- 14-day free trial of the Pro plan with no credit card required, though some features stay locked until you pay
Cons
- Free has no automations (only a welcome email), paid subscriptions or custom sending domain
- Prices rose on October 1, 2026: at 1,000 subscribers Lite costs $59 a month ($49 billed yearly), against $49 ($43) for the Scale plan it replaced
- beehiiv branding stays on Free and Lite; removing it needs Pro, from $95 a month billed yearly
- Lite caps you at 10 live automations, 2 team seats and 3 referral reward milestones
- Send API needs Pro; dedicated IPs and the planned deliverability reports are Enterprise-only
From our tests
Screenshots of beehiiv from our hands-on tests. Each links to the full-size image; the test name leads to the task, how we judged it and the other tool's result.
Pricing
| Plan | Monthly | Yearly (12-month total) |
|---|---|---|
| FreeUp to 2,500 subscribers; unlimited sends; 1 team seat, 1 publication; no automations or paid subscriptions | Free Free plan | |
| LiteFrom $59/month for up to 1,000 subscribers ($49/month billed yearly); price rises with list size up to 100,000; 2 seats | $59/mo | $588/yr ($49/mo) |
| ProFrom $109/month for up to 1,000 subscribers ($95/month billed yearly); up to 250,000 subscribers; 10 seats | $109/mo | $1,140/yr ($95/mo) |
| EnterpriseCustom pricing at any list size; SSO/SAML, dedicated IPs and a customer success manager | Custom | |
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Features
In Email marketing
| Feature | beehiiv |
|---|---|
| Free tier size | Yes · Up to 2,500 subscribers, unlimited email sends |
| Automations | Yes · Lite: 10 live automations; Pro: unlimited, adds click triggers and A/B splits; Free: welcome email only |
| Landing pages | Yes · Website builder on all plans; custom pages: Free 1, Lite 5, Pro unlimited |
| Paid newsletters | Yes · Lite (1 paid tier) and Pro (unlimited tiers); 0% platform fee, Stripe 2.9% + $0.30; not on Free |
| Segmentation | Yes · Segments on all plans (Free 3, Lite 10, Pro unlimited); sending to a segment needs a paid plan |
| Referral program | Yes · Built in on Lite (3 reward milestones) and Pro (unlimited); not on Free |
| API | Yes · API on all plans: 30 requests/min on Free, 180 on Lite, 500 on Pro; Send API on Pro and Enterprise |
| Deliverability tools | Yes · Custom sending domain with SPF, DKIM and required DMARC on paid plans; DMARC wizard; dedicated IPs on Enterprise |