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Best free email marketing tools

8 email marketing tools with a plan that stays free. For each tool you see what is included and when you have to start paying.

Free email marketing tools

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  1. 1

    Laposta

    Email marketing · for freelancers and SMEs

    • Highest Netherlands check
    • Best free option

    Send newsletters and automations, with servers in the Netherlands and free use up to 2,000 contacts.

    • Dutch support
    • Dutch interface
    • EU data
    • +1 more
    From€0 /month excl. VATAlso a free plan
    Visit Laposta

    On the Laposta website

    Free and paid: Free up to 2,000 contacts and 12,000 newsletters per month, with a Laposta reference under every email and email-only support. A subscription starts at €210 per year (converted €17.50 per month) for up to 500 contacts, without advertising and with phone support. Prices are excl. VAT. You can also buy separate mail credits.

  2. 2

    Brevo

    Email marketing · for freelancers and SMEs and large companies

    French tool for email, SMS and WhatsApp marketing with a free plan of 300 emails per day.

    • EU data
    From€0 /monthAlso a free plan
    Visit Brevo

    On the Brevo website

    Free and paid: Free plan with up to 300 emails per day, with the Brevo logo in your emails. Starter begins at 5,000 emails per month and removes the logo; the pricing page only loads the amounts in the browser, so we could not read them. Paying annually gives 10% off. It is not stated whether prices are excl. VAT.

  3. 3

    MailerLite

    Email marketing · for freelancers and SMEs

    Email marketing tool with newsletters, automations, landing pages and a free plan up to 250 subscribers.

    • EU data
    From€0 /monthAlso a free plan14-day free trial
    Visit MailerLite

    On the MailerLite website

    Free and paid: Free up to 250 subscribers and 2,500 emails per month. Comfort costs €11 per month with monthly billing or €9.90 with annual billing, for 500 subscribers. Every new account gets the premium features for 14 days. The page only says taxes may apply.

  1. 4

    Klaviyo

    Email marketing · for SMEs and large companies

    Platform for email and SMS to web shop customers, with segmentation on ordering and click behaviour.

      From€0 /monthAlso a free plan
      Visit Klaviyo

      On the Klaviyo website

      Free and paid: Free up to 250 active profiles and 500 emails per month, plus $5 of mobile messages. The pricing page shows paid prices in dollars; it does not say whether they are excl. VAT.

    • 5

      Mailchimp

      Email marketing · for freelancers and SMEs and large companies

      Email marketing tool with a free plan up to 250 contacts and many web shop integrations.

      • English only
      From€0 /month excl. VATAlso a free plan14-day free trial
      Visit Mailchimp

      On the Mailchimp website

      Free and paid: Free up to 250 contacts and 500 emails per month (at most 250 per day), with 1 user. You can try Essentials and Standard for 14 days. Amounts in euros are conversions of the dollar price; according to the pricing page they are excl. taxes.

    • 6

      YMLP

      Email marketing · for freelancers and SMEs

      Belgian newsletter service that charges per email sent, with a free plan up to 1,000 subscribers.

      • Dutch support
      • EU data
      From€0 /month excl. VATAlso a free plan
      Visit YMLP

      On the YMLP website

      Free and paid: Free plan up to 1,000 subscribers and 1,000 emails per month; you cannot import contacts then, only sign up through a form. Pro starts at €3.75 per month for 500 emails per month, with a minimum term of 6 months. Prices excl. VAT where applicable; 10% discount with annual payment.

    • 7

      beehiiv

      Email marketing · for freelancers and SMEs

      Newsletter platform for creators and businesses, free up to 2,500 subscribers with unlimited sending.

        PriceFree
        Visit beehiiv

        On the beehiiv website

        Free and paid: Prices in dollars. Free up to 2,500 subscribers with unlimited sending, 1 publication and 1 team member. Lite for 1,000 subscribers costs $59 per month or $49 per month when paid annually ($588 per year); Pro starts at $109 per month or $95 when paid annually. It is not stated whether prices are excl. VAT.

      • 8

        Kit

        Email marketing · for freelancers and SMEs

        Email marketing tool for creators (formerly ConvertKit), free up to 10,000 subscribers, with digital product sales.

          From€0 /monthAlso a free plan14-day free trial
          Visit Kit

          On the Kit website

          Free and paid: Prices in dollars only. Free up to 10,000 subscribers, without automations or sequences. Creator costs $33 per month with monthly billing or $390 per year with annual billing, for 1,000 subscribers; the price rises with the number of subscribers. Creator and Pro can be tried free for 14 days. Selling digital products on the free plan costs 3.5% + 30 cents per transaction. The pricing page does not say whether the amounts are excl. VAT.

        Free here means: with no end date. A free trial of 14 or 30 days does not count. The order follows our overall score; what a tool pays does not count towards it.

        Questions about free software

        Which email marketing tools are free?

        Laposta, Brevo, MailerLite, Klaviyo, Mailchimp, YMLP, beehiiv and Kit have a free plan with no end date. With all other email marketing tools in our guide you pay, sometimes after a free trial.

        Which free email marketing tools is the best?

        Laposta comes top in our overall score. In the Netherlands check it scores 5 of 5 points. Do check what the free plan includes: you often miss features you need later.