About

Methodology and affiliate disclosure

Switchletter is a static 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 number in js/data.js has a source URL and a “checked on” date.
• We only use figures verified from an official vendor page or from a cited dataset that itself records official-page reads. We do not invent missing tiers or overage rates.
• On 14 November 2026 we re-read official vendor pricing pages and official machine-readable sources (including beehiiv.com/pricing, kit.com/pricing plan data, mailerlite.com/pricing.md, Ghost’s official pricing script, Brevo’s pricing API, Mailchimp’s official USD pricing table, GetResponse’s official pricing-page plan data, emailoctopus.com/pricing.md, flodesk.com/pricing, buttondown.com/pricing, Substack’s fee article, and Stripe’s pricing pages).
• ActiveCampaign list prices could not be re-read from a public official table that day (the page loads prices in a signup/catalog app). Those figures are unchanged from a prior official-page dataset (yearly prices last confirmed 3 November 2026; monthly-billing prices 20 October 2026) and are marked unverified in js/data.js.
• When a vendor page is a JavaScript slider, we use the same plan data the official page loads, or we mark the figure unverified. We do not invent missing tiers or overage rates.
• Unverified items — including ActiveCampaign list prices as of this check, and paid-newsletter support on Brevo, Mailchimp, ActiveCampaign, and EmailOctopus — are labeled. Unverified paid-subscription fees are not added into the calculator total.

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 only where a sourced note says recurring charges run on Stripe Billing; some official FAQs only list 2.9% + $0.30, and we footnote that. Results are sorted by estimated monthly cost. We never sort or recommend by affiliate payout.

Affiliate disclosure

Some outbound links may later become affiliate links, once affiliate programs are applied for and approved. If you buy a plan after clicking an affiliate link, Switchletter may earn a commission. That does not change the price you pay. Today, links point at each vendor’s ordinary official site. Substack does not have an affiliate program we can join. Mailchimp’s public partner path is aimed at agencies and freelancers, not a standard content affiliate program; 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.

Who this is for

Built for Johnson Joy as a small, independent publishing project. Contact and launch decisions stay with him. Sponsor inventory, if any, is described in the private SPONSORS.md notes and is not for sale until he approves.