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Kit (formerly ConvertKit)

Powerful automations and creator-shaped landing pages. The right tool when your newsletter has graduated from Substack but you still hate ConvertKit pricing.

At a glance

Rating
★★★★★4/5
Pricing
Free up to 10,000 subscribers; Creator $25/mo; Creator Pro $50/mo
Category
Email
Last reviewed
Best for
Established creators with a digital product, course, or membership who need real automation rather than just send-to-list.
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The case for

  • Free tier covers up to 10,000 subscribers, by far the most generous in this category
  • Visual automation builder is genuinely flexible: tag-based, branchable, conditional
  • Creator Network lets other newsletters recommend yours, real list growth without ads
  • Strong integrations with course platforms, Stripe, Shopify, and almost every CMS

The case against

  • Editor and dashboard feel slower than Beehiiv or modern alternatives
  • Paid plan jumps to $25/mo as soon as you cross 1,000 subscribers
  • Designed for established creators, can feel oversized when you are starting out
  • Recent rebrand from ConvertKit means some integrations still reference the old name

When Kit is the right answer

The progression for most creator-shaped businesses goes Substack (for the first 1,000) and then either Beehiiv or Kit (when you start needing more than send-to-list). The split:

  • Beehiiv if your monetisation is sponsorships, ads, and recommended-newsletter referrals.
  • Kit if your monetisation is selling your own product, course, or membership through tagged segments.

Kit's tagging and automation engine is genuinely powerful. Subscribers can be tagged by survey response, link click, purchase, course progress, or basically anything that has a webhook. Then you build flows that route different tags to different sequences. That is hard to do in Beehiiv and impossible in Substack.

What Kit is good at

  • Sequences. Multi-step email courses that subscribers drop into based on a form or tag. The bread and butter of "Drop your email and get my 5-day mini-course".
  • Forms and landing pages. Native landing-page builder that does not require Carrd or a separate site. Good for opt-in offers.
  • Creator Network. Other Kit creators can opt in to recommend your newsletter to their subscribers, in exchange for you doing the same. Real list growth without paid ads.
  • Commerce. You can sell digital products and accept payments (via Stripe) directly from Kit, without needing a separate Lemon Squeezy or Gumroad layer for simple products.

Where it costs you

The pricing curve. Free up to 10,000 subscribers (excellent), but the moment you want automation, multi-list segmentation, or integrations, you are at Creator $25/mo with under 1,000 subscribers. Beehiiv's free tier covers more for your first 2,500.

The UX has not aged as well as the newer competition. Beehiiv's editor feels modern, Kit's feels 2018. Functional but not delightful.

Verdict

If you have an active product, sequences, and tag-based segmentation in your future, Kit is the right home. If you are running a content-only newsletter with sponsorship monetisation, Beehiiv probably wins on price and modern UX. Try the free tier of both before paying.

Bottom line

Ready to try Kit (formerly ConvertKit)?

Established creators with a digital product, course, or membership who need real automation rather than just send-to-list.

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