beehiiv

Newsletter platform with growth tooling

Free tier + paidSEO, growth & newsletterbeehiiv.com

What it is

beehiiv, built by former Morning Brew staff, combines email sends, a hosted website and archive, paid subscriptions, referral programmes, a recommendation network and an ad marketplace. The free Launch tier runs to 2,500 subscribers with unlimited sends and a custom domain.

Why it earns a slot

The recommendation network and boosts turn other newsletters into a distribution channel, which is the hardest part of starting one. The ad network plus 0% revenue share means monetising without adding another vendor.

Know before you commit

Boosts and the ad network need Scale ($43/mo) or above, and subscriber tiers step the price up. Your list exports cleanly but the hosted site, archive and referral programme do not.

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Launch free to 2,500 subscribers with unlimited sends, custom domain and website. Scale $43/mo ($517/yr). Max $96/mo ($1,151/yr). Enterprise custom past 100,000 subscribers. beehiiv takes 0% of paid subscription revenue, Stripe takes 2.9% + $0.30.

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Evaluate beehiiv (https://www.beehiiv.com) for this project, then use it only if it fits what we are already building.
Context: Newsletter platform with growth tooling. beehiiv, built by former Morning Brew staff, combines email sends, a hosted website and archive, paid subscriptions, referral programmes, a recommendation network and an ad marketplace. The free Launch tier runs to 2,500 subscribers with unlimited sends and a custom domain.
Reviewer notes (general, not written for this codebase): The recommendation network and boosts turn other newsletters into a distribution channel, which is the hardest part of starting one. The ad network plus 0% revenue share means monetising without adding another vendor.
Watch out for: Boosts and the ad network need Scale ($43/mo) or above, and subscriber tiers step the price up. Your list exports cleanly but the hosted site, archive and referral programme do not.
Pricing: Launch free to 2,500 subscribers with unlimited sends, custom domain and website. Scale $43/mo ($517/yr). Max $96/mo ($1,151/yr). Enterprise custom past 100,000 subscribers. beehiiv takes 0% of paid subscription revenue, Stripe takes 2.9% + $0.30.
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