Best Newsletter Platforms · FREE
Best free Newsletter Platforms (2026)
8 newsletter platforms that offer a genuine free plan, ranked by entry price. 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
- Cheapest: beehiiv at $0/mo.
- Qualifying: beehiiv, Buttondown, Curated, Flodesk, Ghost, Kit (formerly ConvertKit), MailerLite, Substack.
- 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 8 rows below are marked.
Comparison
| # | Newsletter Platform | Entry price | Free | HIPAA | SOC 2 | Best for | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | beehiiv STALE · 2026-09-27 | $0/mo | Yes | — | Yes | newsletter monetization | beehiiv.com |
| 2 | Buttondown STALE · 2026-09-03 | $0/mo | Yes | — | — | developer-writers | buttondown.com |
| 3 | Curated | $0/mo | Yes | — | — | curated content newsletters | curated.co |
| 4 | Flodesk | $0/mo | Yes | — | — | design-conscious creators | flodesk.com |
| 5 | Ghost STALE · 2026-09-03 | $0/mo | Yes | — | — | independent publishers | ghost.org |
| 6 | Kit (formerly ConvertKit) STALE · 2026-09-03 | $0/mo | Yes | — | — | content creators | kit.com |
| 7 | MailerLite | $0/mo | Yes | — | — | solopreneurs | mailerlite.com |
| 8 | Substack STALE · 2026-09-03 | $0/mo | Yes | — | — | writers | substack.com |