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Email Marketing

Kit (formerly ConvertKit)

Kit (formerly ConvertKit) is an email marketing platform built for creators — authors, bloggers, coaches, course creators, marketers, and musicians — combining newsletters, visual automations, landing pages and forms with monetization tools like paid newsletters, recurring subscriptions, and digital product sales. Best for: Creators (newsletter writers, bloggers, authors, coaches, course creators, musicians) who want to grow an email audience and monetize it with paid newsletters, subscriptions, and digital products..

Kit (formerly ConvertKit) official website, captured June 2026
Official Kit (formerly ConvertKit) site as of 2026-06-12.

At a glance

CategoryEmail Marketing
Starts at$0/mo (free Newsletter plan, for 1,000 email subscribers)
PricingFree Newsletter plan at $0/mo (limited automations, for 1,000 email subscribers). Paid plans at the 1,000-subscriber tier: Creator $33/mo ($390 billed yearly, save $78/year) and Pro $66/mo ($790 billed yearly, save $158/year); prices scale with subscriber count. Paid plans have a 14-day free trial with no credit card required, free migrations, and paying yearly gives 2 months free.
Best forCreators (newsletter writers, bloggers, authors, coaches, course creators, musicians) who want to grow an email audience and monetize it with paid newsletters, subscriptions, and digital products.

Key features

  • Visual Automations and email sequences (1 basic Visual Automation on the free plan; unlimited Visual Automations and unlimited email sequences on Creator and above)
  • Unlimited landing pages and forms for capturing email subscribers, even without a website
  • Creator monetization: paid newsletters (monthly, quarterly, or annual billing), recurring subscriptions, and digital product sales with automated fulfillment and low transaction fees
  • A/B testing of subject lines, subscriber polls/surveys, and deliverability tooling
  • SMS marketing, apps & integrations (Kit App Store, Kit MCP), RSS campaigns, and 24/7 email & chat support on paid plans

Pricing

Free Newsletter plan at $0/mo (limited automations, for 1,000 email subscribers). Paid plans at the 1,000-subscriber tier: Creator $33/mo ($390 billed yearly, save $78/year) and Pro $66/mo ($790 billed yearly, save $158/year); prices scale with subscriber count. Paid plans have a 14-day free trial with no credit card required, free migrations, and paying yearly gives 2 months free. Confirm current terms on the vendor site before buying.

Visit Kit (formerly ConvertKit)

Alternatives

Worth comparing: Mailerlite, Beehiiv, Mailchimp.

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