Price-change log

What changed, in plain English

A dated, sourced log of the 2026 moves that made people look at switching. We only list changes we can point to on an official page or a cited dataset. This is not a complete history of every vendor promotion.

  1. We re-checked calculator prices against official vendor pages. Most published list prices were unchanged. Two data fixes: Kit Creator at 100,000 subscribers is $679/month on the official table (the previous file had $619, which is the 95,000-subscriber official bucket), and official mid-tiers were filled in for Kit, MailerLite, and EmailOctopus so in-between list sizes are not over-quoted. GetResponse’s Marketer plan, already on the official pricing page, was added. ActiveCampaign list prices could not be re-read from a public official table and are marked unverified.

    Sources: official pricing pages and official machine-readable tables linked from js/data.js (checked 14 November 2026).

  2. Existing beehiiv customers began renewing onto the new 2026 prices at their first renewal on or after this date. New-customer prices had already changed on 1 October. Beehiiv’s own post says plans were renamed and repriced; confirm your renewal date in your account.

    Source: beehiiv’s “Pricing 2026” post. Official list prices re-read from beehiiv.com/pricing on 14 November 2026.

  3. beehiiv’s new plan names and prices took effect for new customers. On the official table (checked 14 November 2026), Free still covers 2,500 subscribers with unlimited sends; Lite starts at $59/month at 1,000 subscribers ($49/month if paid annually); Pro starts at $109/month at 1,000 subscribers. Paid subscriptions have a 0% beehiiv take; card processing is billed by Stripe.

    Sources: Pricing 2026 post; official pricing page (14 November 2026).

  4. MailerLite updated its Free plan. The subscriber cap fell from 500 to 250 active subscribers, and the monthly send cap fell from 12,000 emails to 2,500. MailerLite also unlocked more Free-plan features (templates, blogs, a second user seat) and set feature-use limits (for example, 3 automations and 1 digital product on Free). Going over the subscriber or send cap pauses sending and new imports until you upgrade or get back under the limit. Accounts are not auto-charged.

    Source: MailerLite “Free plan update” FAQ (official help article; page also notes a later edit). Current Comfort/Power list prices and the Comfort “10× your tier” send cap are described on mailerlite.com/pricing (official pricing page and pricing.md re-read 14 November 2026).

Promos we do not use in the calculator. Kit’s official pricing page (checked 14 November 2026) advertises a first-year discount on annual Pro: 25% off for lists up to 75,000 subscribers and 10% off above that, ending 30 November 2026, then renewing at the standard rate. EmailOctopus is running a 30% off first-year annual Pro offer for new customers through 30 November 2026 UTC. The calculator uses standard published rates only, not promotional first-year prices.

Flodesk’s older flat $38/month plan for new customers is gone from the official pricing page (re-read 14 November 2026); current Email / Everything prices are $46 and $99 per month (or $38 and $79 billed annually, $456 and $948 a year). We do not have a single official “as of” announcement date for that change, so it is noted here rather than given its own log date.