About

Methodology and affiliate disclosure

Switchletter is an independent comparison site for creators and solo publishers who are deciding whether to stay or switch newsletter platforms after the 2026 price changes. It is not affiliated with Beehiiv, Kit, MailerLite, Substack, Ghost, or any other vendor we list.

How we handle prices

• Every price on this site has a source link and a “checked on” date.
• We only use figures taken from an official vendor page, or from a cited third-party dataset that records official-page readings. We do not invent missing tiers or overage rates.
• On 14 November 2026 we re-read the official pricing pages for Beehiiv, Kit, MailerLite, Ghost, Brevo, Mailchimp, GetResponse, EmailOctopus, Flodesk, and Buttondown, plus Substack’s fee article and Stripe’s pricing pages. Where a vendor’s pricing page uses an interactive slider, we use the per-tier prices that page itself shows.
• ActiveCampaign’s public pricing page did not show a readable price table that day (it loads prices inside a sign-up app). Its figures come from a third-party price dataset (newsletterpricing.com) that records official-page readings (yearly prices last confirmed 3 November 2026; monthly-billing prices 20 October 2026). They are flagged as “not re-confirmed” wherever they appear.
• Where we could not confirm that a platform offers paid newsletters or what it charges for them (Brevo, Mailchimp, ActiveCampaign, and EmailOctopus), we say so, and we do not add paid-subscription fees to that platform’s total in the calculator.

How the calculator works

It picks the cheapest published plan that covers your subscriber count, monthly send volume, and whether you need paid subscriptions. “Sends per month” means times you email the whole list. Payment fees use published platform takes plus US Stripe card fees of 2.9% + $0.30 per payment. A 0.7% Stripe Billing estimate is added for platforms whose paid subscriptions are billed through Stripe; some official FAQs only list 2.9% + $0.30, and we note that on each result. Results are sorted by estimated monthly cost. We never sort or recommend by affiliate payout.

Affiliate disclosure

Some links to vendors on this site may be affiliate links. If you buy a plan after clicking one, Switchletter may earn a commission. That does not change the price you pay, and it never changes how we sort or describe a platform. Right now, our links go to each vendor’s ordinary official site. Substack has no affiliate program we can join. Mailchimp’s public partner path is aimed at agencies and freelancers, not a standard content affiliate program, so we do not treat it as one.

Nothing here is an offer, a tax or legal opinion, or a promise that a quoted plan will still exist at the same price tomorrow. Always read the official pricing page and terms before you move a list.

Independence

Switchletter is a small, independent publishing project. We don’t sell sponsor spots or paid placements, and nothing on the site is ranked by payment.