Email marketing free plans, free trials and annual-billing savings (Oct 2026)
Pricing last verified: — may be outdated; check the vendor page
This is a list of offers the vendors publish openly: permanent free plans, free trials and the discount for paying annually. We list no coupon or promo codes. Some vendors' affiliate rules forbid publishing codes, and we have not found verified, vendor-published codes. Links on this page go to vendor pages without affiliate tracking.
Permanent free plans
- Kit (formerly ConvertKit): 10000 subscribers, unlimited broadcasts; no automations/sequences
- beehiiv: 2500 subscribers, unlimited sends
- Sender: 2500 subscribers, 15,000 emails/month
- EmailOctopus: 2500 subscribers, 10,000 emails/month
- GetResponse: 500 contacts, 2,500 emails/month
- AWeber: 500 subscribers, 3,000 emails/month
- Mailchimp: 250 contacts, 500 emails/month (max 250/day)
- MailerLite: 250 subscribers, 2,500 emails/month
- Omnisend: 250 contacts, 500 emails/month
- Klaviyo: 250 active profiles, 500 email sends/month
- Brevo: not captured, 300 emails/day
Free trials (no permanent free plan)
- ActiveCampaign: 14-day free trial
- Constant Contact: 30-day free trial
- Moosend: 30-day free trial
- Mailchimp: 14-day trial of the Standard plan (Mailchimp also has a free plan)
Annual-billing differences
| Tool | Plan | Monthly billing | Annual billing |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brevo | Starter | $9 monthly | $97 per year (about $8.08/mo) |
| AWeber | Lite | $15 monthly | $12.50/mo billed annually ($150/yr) |
| Constant Contact | Lite | $12 monthly | $10.20/mo prepaid annually |
| EmailOctopus | Pro | $10 monthly | $9/mo billed yearly |
| MailerLite | Comfort | $12 monthly | $10.80/mo billed yearly |
| GetResponse | Email Marketing | $19 monthly | 18% off a 12-month commitment |
| Moosend | Pro | $9 monthly | $7/mo annually |
| ActiveCampaign | Starter | not vendor-confirmed (one third-party source lists $19) | $15/mo billed yearly |
| Kit | Creator | $39 monthly | $390 per year ($32.50/mo) |
| Sender | Standard (sources conflict) | about $10 (vendor structured data); trackers list about $15 at 1,000 subscribers | about $8.25/mo billed yearly |
Figures as captured Oct 28, 2026; some come from search excerpts or third-party guides (see pricing compared for confidence labels). Vendors may run limited-time offers we have not captured.
What we could not verify
- Feature depth, ease of use, deliverability and support quality. We did not test these products, so we make no claims about them.
- Prices for larger lists: we captured the entry paid tier and the free plan only. Use each vendor's calculator for your list size.
Sources
- Mailchimp: https://mailchimp.com/pricing/marketing/ (checked Oct 28, 2026)
- Brevo: https://help.brevo.com/hc/en-us/articles/208580669-FAQs-What-are-the-limits-of-the-Free-plan (checked Oct 28, 2026)
- Brevo: https://www.brevo.com/pricing.md (checked Oct 28, 2026)
- MailerLite: https://www.mailerlite.com/pricing (checked Oct 28, 2026)
- Kit: https://kit.com/pricing (checked Oct 28, 2026)
- Kit: https://help.kit.com/en/articles/4494683-creator-plan-vs-creator-pro-plan (checked Oct 28, 2026)
- ActiveCampaign: https://www.activecampaign.com/pricing (checked Oct 28, 2026)
- GetResponse: https://www.getresponse.com/pricing/free (checked Oct 28, 2026)
- GetResponse: https://www.getresponse.com/pricing (checked Oct 28, 2026)
- Constant Contact: https://www.constantcontact.com/pricing (checked Oct 28, 2026)
- AWeber: https://www.aweber.com/pricing.htm (checked Oct 28, 2026)
- Moosend: https://moosend.com/pricing/ (checked Oct 28, 2026)
- Omnisend: https://support.omnisend.com/en/articles/3533018-omnisend-pricing-plans-2026 (checked Oct 28, 2026)
- Klaviyo: https://www.klaviyo.com/pricing (checked Oct 28, 2026)
- beehiiv: https://www.beehiiv.com/pricing (checked Oct 28, 2026)
- Sender: https://www.sender.net/pricing/ (checked Oct 28, 2026)
- Sender: https://www.sender.net/help/account-settings-and-billing/how-sender-pricing-works/ (checked Oct 28, 2026)
- EmailOctopus: https://emailoctopus.com/pricing (checked Oct 28, 2026)
Sources marked "third-party" are pricing guides, not vendor pages; the confidence label in each table explains which figures need re-checking. Full data: pricing-data.json.
Questions or corrections: gb1@mail.grokbot.com. Prices change often; always confirm on the vendor's own page before you buy.