Writing a post in the editor
Newsletter platform with a website, podcast hosting, an ad network and paid subscriptions, free up to 2,500 subscribers
beehiiv has a free plan and a 14-day free trial with no card needed. Prices in US dollars as Adbeehiiv's pricing page showed them on 11 October 2026.
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beehiiv is a newsletter platform for writing, sending, growing and earning from an email list, with a website, podcast hosting and digital products built in. It suits creators, media brands and businesses that treat a newsletter as the product. The free plan covers up to 2,500 subscribers. Paid plans start at $59 a month for 1,000 subscribers, or $49 a month billed yearly, which beehiiv says saves up to 20%.
A block editor for writing posts with formatting, embeds and social links, plus templates and a preview of each email. Posts can go out as an email, a web page or both.
Every publication gets a website with drag-and-drop sections, subscribe forms, pricing blocks and synced post archives, on a beehiiv address or your own domain.
Recommendations let newsletters suggest each other at sign-up, and paid plans add a referral programme, pop-ups, subscribe forms and Magic Links that subscribe readers in one click.
Paid subscriptions with no platform cut, the beehiiv Ad Network, paid recommendations and direct sponsorships, with a revenue dashboard showing MRR, churn and conversion.
Host a podcast inside beehiiv, publish episodes, create audio teasers and offer premium episodes to paying subscribers.
Sell or give away downloads, links, guides and courses, and on Pro book paid coaching or discovery calls, with beehiiv taking 0% of sales.
Campaign and subscriber analytics on every plan, with A/B testing of subject lines, segmentation, surveys and verified click tracking on paid plans.
Email automations run welcome and nurture sequences on paid plans. A REST API, webhooks and an MCP server connect beehiiv to other tools and AI assistants such as Claude and ChatGPT.
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Free
Up to 2,500 subscribers
$59a month
For 1,000 subscribers; rises with list size up to 100,000
$109a month
For 1,000 subscribers; rises with list size up to 250,000
Contact sales
Custom subscriber limits
Prices in US dollars and set by subscriber count (shown for 1,000). Yearly billing saves up to 20%. Stripe's processing fee applies to paid subscriptions and product sales. The page doesn't state UK VAT treatment. Prices in US dollars, from Adbeehiiv's pricing page on 11 October 2026. beehiiv may charge VAT on top, and prices can change.
“I personally manage our campaigns and really enjoy the editor. The analytics are simple to read and help guide our strategy.”
“I find that Beehiiv is a little trickier to use and is a little more limited, but has less social interaction.”
“Some editing options arent great. And seems like there is a forceful push to get paid plans, which is not a good user experience”
beehiiv prices in US dollars and the bill grows with your list: Lite starts at $59 a month and Pro at $109 a month for 1,000 subscribers, or $49 and $95 a month when paid yearly. The free plan costs nothing up to 2,500 subscribers.
The pricing page has a slider for list size. At 2,500 subscribers Lite is $69 a month billed yearly and Pro is $129. Lite tops out at 100,000 subscribers, where it costs $399 a month billed yearly, and Pro runs to 250,000 subscribers at $869 a month billed yearly. Bigger lists go to Enterprise, which is priced by sales. Every plan includes unlimited email sends, so sending more often doesn't raise the bill. Because the price is in dollars, UK payers see a sterling amount that moves with the exchange rate, and the pricing page doesn't say how VAT is handled for UK accounts.
For a new newsletter, yes: the free plan includes unlimited sends to up to 2,500 subscribers, a website, podcast hosting, templates, the recommendation network and API access.
The limits arrive once you want to earn or automate. Paid subscriptions, the ad network, email automations, polls and A/B testing all start on Lite. The free plan also has one team seat, a 30-day analytics window and beehiiv branding on emails. Branding only comes off on Pro, which is a sticking point for businesses that want a fully white-label newsletter.
beehiiv suits writers who want to own the growth and money side of a newsletter, while Substack suits writers who want a free start and a built-in reading app and social network.
The main difference is how each makes money. beehiiv charges a monthly fee and takes 0% of paid subscription and digital product revenue, leaving only Stripe's processing fee. Substack is free to start but keeps a 10% share of paid subscription revenue, so beehiiv's fixed fee tends to work out cheaper once paid revenue grows. One newsletter writer on Product Hunt who moved from Substack found beehiiv a little trickier to use but preferred it for being less social. Against Kit and Mailchimp, beehiiv leans further towards publishing, with an ad network and referral tools, where those two lean towards marketing automation for businesses.
Yes, on a paid plan. beehiiv offers several revenue routes inside the platform, and Lite is the cheapest plan that unlocks them.
The ad network average is beehiiv's own figure across users, so a small list should expect less. One reviewer on Product Hunt mentions receiving sponsored offers as soon as they uploaded a list, but earnings depend on audience size and niche.
The two ways beehiiv states are yearly billing and staying on the free plan for as long as your list allows.
Yearly billing saves up to 20% against monthly payments, taking Lite at 1,000 subscribers from $59 to $49 a month. New accounts get a 14-day trial of paid features with no card needed, which is enough to test automations and the ad network before paying. It is worth knowing beehiiv's refund policy before committing to a year: its help centre says all sales are final and that it doesn't refund unused time or a failure to cancel before renewal.
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Substack is free until readers pay, then keeps 10%; beehiiv, Kit, Ghost and the rest charge a flat fee instead. I work out which costs less at 1,000 and 10,000 subscribers, who brings you readers, who lets you leave with them, and what UK writers need to know about VAT and consent.
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Yes. New accounts get a 14-day trial of selected paid features, and beehiiv says no credit card is needed. If you don't upgrade, the account stays on the free plan.
beehiiv's help centre says all sales are final on subscription. It lists cases where it won't refund, including not using the platform, forgetting to cancel before the next billing date and purchases made in error.
No. beehiiv says it takes 0% of paid subscription and digital product revenue. Stripe's processing fee still applies to each payment.
beehiiv counts unique email addresses subscribed to your publication. The free plan allows up to 2,500, Lite up to 100,000, Pro up to 250,000 and Enterprise is custom.
beehiiv doesn't list an official app for iPhone or Android. It runs in a web browser, and the App Store results for beehiiv are third-party tools.
Yes. beehiiv publishes a migration guide and comparison pages for Substack, Kit and Mailchimp, and runs office-hours videos on moving a Substack newsletter across.
