Our review
beehiiv is a focused choice for businesses treating a newsletter as a product and growth channel. The free Launch plan provides publishing, a website, analytics, custom domains, and unlimited sends for up to 2,500 subscribers.
Scale and Max make more sense when the publication needs automations, monetization, advanced analytics, or a white-label experience. Businesses mainly needing transactional email or CRM workflows should evaluate a more specialized platform.
Why we picked it
Strong combination of newsletter publishing, audience growth, and monetization tools.
Pricing and free plan
Launch plan: free up to 2,500 subscribers
Launch is free. Scale and Max add monetization, automations, analytics, team, and branding features; pricing varies by subscriber count and billing term.
Key features
Newsletter publishing and hosted website
Unlimited email sends on all plans
Recommendation network and audience-growth tools
Paid subscriptions, ad network, automations, surveys, and webhooks on paid plans
Pros
Strong newsletter-first publishing workflow
Useful audience-growth and monetization features
Free plan supports a meaningful early audience
Cons
Advanced automations and monetization require a paid plan
Less appropriate for complex ecommerce or broad CRM use cases
Costs grow with audience size and premium needs
Who should use it
Creators and businesses building a newsletter-led owned audience with publishing, growth, and monetization in one platform.
Who should not use it
Teams needing a general-purpose CRM, complex sales automation, or deeply customized transactional email infrastructure.