beehiiv
Newsletter platform with built-in monetization.
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Our verdict
beehiiv offers a modern newsletter platform with a free plan, built-in monetization, and automation features, but provides no information on EU hosting or GDPR compliance. This lack of clarity can be a dealbreaker for French or EU-based users with strong data requirements.
Pricing
| Plan | Contacts | /mo | /yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| LaunchFree plan | 2,500 | $0 | — |
| Scale | 100,000 | $43 | $516 |
| Max | 100,000 | $96 | $1,152 |
Depending on monthly vs annual billing, the price may vary — see the vendor’s site.
Pricing verified on
Monthly cost by volume
Entry price per contact tier — horizontal axis on a log scale (scraped data).
Pros
- Free plan available
- Built-in monetization (paid subscriptions, ads)
- Unlimited sends
- Automation tools included from Scale plan
- Native A/B testing, segmentation, API, surveys
Cons
- No GDPR/EU hosting information
- Support in English only
- No clear e-commerce integrations highlighted
- No native SMS marketing
Features
Feature coverage
9/14 tracked features covered
- Covered
- 9
- Partial
- 2
- Missing
- 3
- A/B testing
- ✓
- API
- ✓
- Visual automation
- ✓
- Deliverability
- Optimized (US-centric, details non fourn
- AI email editor
- ✓ (AI website builder, emails ?)
- Forms & pop-ups
- ✓
- E-commerce integrations
- Partiel
- Landing pages
- ✓ (web builder)
- Contact/send limits
- Aucune mention (envois illimités, palier
- Free plan
- ✓
- GDPR & EU servers
- —
- Segmentation
- ✓
- SMS marketing
- —
- French support
- —
About
beehiiv targets creators launching or monetizing newsletters, with advanced features from $43/month and a basic free plan. Sends are unlimited and several core modules are native (A/B testing, automations, segmentation). However, there is no visible statement on GDPR compliance or server location, which may deter privacy-conscious users.