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Kit

Email marketing for creators, free for up to 10,000 subscribers.

Visit Kit4.5

  • Rating

    4.5 / 5

  • Pricing

    Freemium

  • Difficulty

    Beginner

  • Works on

    Web, iOS, Android

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What is Kit?

Kit, formerly ConvertKit, is an email platform built for creators to grow and monetise an audience. The free Newsletter plan covers up to 10,000 subscribers with unlimited email broadcasts and unlimited landing pages and forms. Paid plans, from $33 a month for 1,000 subscribers, add automations and more.

Pros: what Kit does well

  • Free for up to 10,000 subscribers
  • Unlimited broadcasts, landing pages and forms
  • Built around creators selling to their audience

Cons: where it falls short

  • Automations need a paid plan
  • Paid plans cost more than some rivals

Who Kit is for

Creators and writers growing a newsletter.

Who can skip it

Shops needing ecommerce-heavy email marketing.

Kit alternatives

Not sold on Kit? These do a similar job, and each card says what it has in common.

All Email resources

MailerLite

Focus: automations. Shares email marketing and newsletter with Kit. Rated 4.6 (Kit: 4.5).

Web AppFree planWeb, iOS
4.6Visit

Buttondown

Focus: markdown, privacy and writers. Shares newsletter and mailchimp alternative with Kit. Rated 4.6 (Kit: 4.5).

Web AppFree planWeb
4.6Visit

listmonk

Focus: self-hosted, open source and mailing list. Shares newsletter and mailchimp alternative with Kit. Free (Kit: Freemium). Adds Linux. Rated 4.6 (Kit: 4.5).

Web AppFreeCross-Platform, Linux
4.6Visit

Brevo

Focus: sms, transactional email and crm. Shares email marketing and mailchimp alternative with Kit. Rated 4.4 (Kit: 4.5).

Web AppFree planWeb
4.4Visit

LanguageTool

Focus: grammar checker, spell checker and proofreading. Also in Writing and Communication, like Kit. A browser extension, not a web app. Adds Chrome, Firefox and macOS. Rated 4.6 (Kit: 4.5).

Browser ExtensionFree planChrome, Firefox
4.6Visit

Free alternatives to Kit

Want to spend nothing? These free picks cover similar ground.

Ray.so

Focus: code screenshots, developer tools and social media. Also in Communication and Writing, like Kit. Free (Kit: Freemium). Rated 4.6 (Kit: 4.5).

Web AppFreeWeb
4.6Visit

LibreTranslate

Focus: translation, self-hosted and privacy. Also in Communication and Writing, like Kit. Free (Kit: Freemium). Adds Linux. Same 4.5 rating.

Web AppFreeWeb, Linux
4.5Visit

Annotely

Focus: annotation, screenshots and markup. Also in Communication and Writing, like Kit. Free (Kit: Freemium). Rated 4.4 (Kit: 4.5).

Web AppFreeWeb
4.4Visit

Rentry

Focus: markdown, pastebin and sharing. Also in Writing and Communication, like Kit. Free (Kit: Freemium). Rated 4.4 (Kit: 4.5).

Web AppFreeWeb
4.4Visit

Slidev

Focus: presentations, markdown slides and developer tool. Also in Writing and Communication, like Kit. A framework, not a web app. Free (Kit: Freemium). Adds macOS, Windows and Linux. Rated 4.7 (Kit: 4.5).

FrameworkFreeWeb, macOS
4.7Visit

WordReference

Focus: dictionary, translation and languages. Also in Writing and Communication, like Kit. A website, not a web app. Free (Kit: Freemium). Rated 4.7 (Kit: 4.5).

WebsiteFreeWeb, iOS
4.7Visit
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