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Best Curated alternatives (2026)
7 alternatives to Curated in newsletter platforms, ranked by entry price. Curated starts at $0/mo. Every figure links to the public page it was captured from — the vendor's own wherever the vendor publishes the number, otherwise the named public source — with the date we captured it.
Key takeaways
- Free alternatives: beehiiv, Buttondown, Flodesk, Ghost, Kit (formerly ConvertKit), MailerLite, Substack.
- Closest by price: beehiiv ($0/mo), Buttondown ($0/mo), Flodesk ($0/mo).
Curated alternatives compared
| # | Alternative | Entry price | Free | HIPAA | Best for | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | beehiiv STALE · 2026-09-27 | $0/mo | Yes | — | newsletter monetization | beehiiv.com |
| 2 | Buttondown STALE · 2026-09-03 | $0/mo | Yes | — | developer-writers | buttondown.com |
| 3 | Flodesk | $0/mo | Yes | — | design-conscious creators | flodesk.com |
| 4 | Ghost STALE · 2026-09-03 | $0/mo | Yes | — | independent publishers | ghost.org |
| 5 | Kit (formerly ConvertKit) STALE · 2026-09-03 | $0/mo | Yes | — | content creators | kit.com |
| 6 | MailerLite | $0/mo | Yes | — | solopreneurs | mailerlite.com |
| 7 | Substack STALE · 2026-09-03 | $0/mo | Yes | — | writers | substack.com |
Data current through 2026-11-01. STALE marks a row whose price we have not re-checked at its source in over 30 days; a vendor with no published price is marked when any of its plans is. 5 of 7 rows above are marked. Compare any two directly on the Newsletter Platforms index.