Updated October 18, 2026 · ForgeCue Editorial Team

Top email marketing software compared

100 software products, ranked on the terms we checked.

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Podia logo
Podia

14-day free trial, no credit card required: 14 days free

8.7/10
  • Small business
  • Free trial
Free trial length:
14 days
Legal entity:
Podia Labs, Inc.
Headquarters:
United States
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62
reeach
8.7/10
  • Small business
  • Free plan
  • Free trial
Price at 1,000 contacts:
€12
Price at 10,000 contacts:
€12
Free trial length:
30 days
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63
CM.com logo
CM.com
8.6/10
  • Small business
  • Enterprise
  • Free trial
Price at 1,000 contacts:
€49
Price at 10,000 contacts:
€49
Legal entity:
CM.com International B.V.
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64
Hunter.io logo
Hunter.io

Hunter finds and verifies professional email addresses and supports cold email outreach.

8.5/10
  • Free plan
Free plan:
Yes
Free plan limits:
50 free leads/month
Product:
Sales-prospecting
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65
ConvertKit logo
ConvertKit

14-day free trial: 14 days free

8.4/10
  • Beginners
  • Small business
  • Free plan
  • Free trial
Price at 1,000 contacts:
$33
Free plan limits:
Free up to 10,000 subscribers
Free trial length:
14 days
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66
Kangaroo Rewards
8.4/10
  • Small business
  • Enterprise
Price at 1,000 contacts:
$79
Price at 10,000 contacts:
$79
Integrations:
50
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67
Beehiiv logo
Beehiiv
8.3/10
  • Free plan
Price at 1,000 contacts:
$43
Price at 10,000 contacts:
$109
Free plan limits:
Free up to 2,500 subscribers
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Apollo.io logo
Apollo.io

Apollo.io is a sales platform combining contact data, intelligence and outreach tools for go-to-market teams.

8.0/10
    Product:
    Sales-prospecting, CRM
    Legal entity:
    ZenLeads Inc.
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    69
    1C-Bitrix logo
    1C-Bitrix
    Not rated
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      70
      AWeber logo
      AWeber
      Not rated
      • Small business
      • Free plan
      • Free trial
      Free trial length:
      14 days
      Legal entity:
      AWeber Systems, Inc.
      Founded:
      1998
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      About Top email marketing software compared

      Email marketing software rarely charges a single price. A plan can open with an introductory rate, include a small free tier, and then ask for more once the list grows, so the figure on a pricing page is only part of the decision. Across 67 brands in this category, the median entry point sits at €16.33, introductory pricing tends to land near €5.16, and the typical bill after the opening period is higher at €5.99. This ranking weighs what a small business actually pays for: what sending costs at the entry contact tier, what it costs at the larger tier, and what a plan covers while you are still deciding. Support reach and the country a vendor is registered in settle the rest, which matters for teams that need a supplier they can invoice in their own market. Members are listed with their own entry prices, free offers and support routes, so a short list and a long list lead to different picks.

      How we picked

      Every member here is scored on cost, offer and trust, weighted 40%, 40% and 20%. Cost covers what a plan charges at the entry contact tier and at the larger tier, plus any free allowance that reduces the opening bill. Offer covers what a plan includes at that price, including sending limits, seats and bundled tools. Trust covers the legal entity behind the brand, where it is registered, and how many support routes a customer can reach. Prices and limits come from vendor pricing pages, terms pages and company profiles, cross-checked against price records held for this category, where contact-tier pricing across the members runs €7.89 to €104.36 at the entry tier and €11.40 to €140.31 at the larger tier. Where a brand lists more than one plan price, the figure shown is the one attached to that tier, and a plan name sits beside every price in the member notes below. Partners are always listed first, ahead of scored brands, so a partner slot is never a score result. After that, the order follows the score alone.

      How we rank

      Our top picks

      1. Wix4. Wix

        Wix closes this ranking because its free email marketing tool, Free email marketing tool available, is bundled into a site and store builder rather than sold as a standalone product, which is a different proposition from the tools above. It serves beginners, small businesses and enterprise teams, and answers on email, chat and phone, so help is easy to reach. The brand is registered as Wix.com Ltd. in IL and has traded since 2006. The trade-off for a team that only needs sending is that the free email allowance sits inside a broader Wix plan, so email volume is a single line among many in the cost. Benchmark Email, ranked just above, is the pick for a buyer who wants email pricing on its own, with its paid plan listing $19 and $45 per contact tier.

        • Price from: $17.77
        • Free plan: Yes
        • E-commerce plan price: $29.77

        Pros

        • A free plan is included, and Free email marketing tool available means email marketing tooling is available without paying first.
        • Hosting is part of the product, spanning web hosting and multi cloud hosting with free ssl, cdn and email on the free tier, so there is no separate host to buy.
        • Templates number 2,000 across site, store and landing, which shortens the work before a store can sell.
        • Support runs on email, chat and phone, so help is reachable by phone, chat, email and a help centre.
        • A 14 day money back period on paid plans, below the 180 upper end in the ranking set.

        Cons

        • Entry price of $17.77 sits above $12, and the intro term runs 12 months.
        • The e-commerce plan at $29.77 is higher than the €6.14 lower quartile in the ranking set.
        • A transaction fee of 2.9% applies on top of the plan, against a 0% median across the ranking set.
        • Hosting runs in United States and Europe only, so sites serving visitors elsewhere rely on that infrastructure alone.

      What to look for

      Entry price and renewal price
      The median entry point in this category is €16.33, but introductory rates sit near €5.16 while the typical renewal is €5.99. A plan that looks cheap at signup can be the pricier one at renewal, so read both figures for the same plan name before committing.
      Contact tier pricing
      Sending cost is worth reading at two points. At the entry tier the median is €21.49, and at the larger tier it is €59. A vendor whose paid plan price holds steady between the two is easier to budget for than one that jumps as the list grows.
      What the free offer allows
      A free plan is common here, sitting at 51.1%, and a free trial runs for a median of 14. Read the allowance on the free tier, because a small send cap decides whether a tool is still useful once a trial ends.
      Support you can reach
      A help centre is the most common route, appearing at 85.5%, ahead of email at 65.5% and phone at 38.2%. For a team that wants a person on the line, phone support is the filter to apply early.
      Fit for a small business
      Every member here targets small business at 100%, so the deciding factor is scope rather than audience. Look further when a tool also serves beginners at 53.1% or enterprise at 44.9% and your list may grow either way.
      Refunds and where the vendor sits
      Refunds are short in this category, with a median of 14, so the safest pick is one you can walk away from. Where a vendor is registered matters for invoicing and data terms, and so does the size of the company standing behind the brand.

      Frequently asked questions

      Which tool is cheapest for a short list?+

      Mailjet's paid plan holds the lowest price at the entry contact tier in this ranking, at $9, and its free tier allows 6,000 emails/month, 1,000 contacts, 200 emails per day. Benchmark Email's paid plan charges $19 at the same tier, and Nutshell's charges $13, so the entry gap is wide across the group.

      Is a free plan better than a free trial?+

      It depends what a team needs after a trial ends. Systeme.io offers Free forever, no credit card required, Postmark offers 100 emails/month free and Mailjet offers 6,000 emails/month, 1,000 contacts, 200 emails per day, all of which keep some sending once any trial is over. ClickFunnels and Nutshell lean on trials instead, ClickFunnels at 14 days and Nutshell at 14 days.

      How much does a grown list cost?+

      Contact-tier pricing across the members runs €11.40 to €140.31 at the larger tier, and the category median there is €59. Nutshell sits at the low end, with its paid plan at $13, while Benchmark Email's paid plan charges $45 at the same tier, so the step up from a short list matters as much as the entry price.

      What support can I expect?+

      A help centre is the most common route in this category, appearing at 85.5%, with email at 65.5% and phone at 38.2%. Postmark answers on email, chat and phone, and Mailjet lists help centre, so live help is worth checking before choosing an entry-tier winner.

      How are introductory and renewal prices handled?+

      They are shown apart, never blended. Introductory pricing in this category tends to sit at €5.16, while the typical bill after the opening period is €5.99. A trial of 14 days is typical, and refunds run to a median of 14, so the renewal figure deserves reading before sign-up.

      Which options suit buyers outside the United States?+

      Registration shapes invoicing and data terms. ClickFunnels, Postmark and Benchmark Email sit in US under Etison LLC d/b/a ClickFunnels, AC PM, LLC and Polaris Software, LLC, while ho. Mobile is registered in IT as Fastweb S.p.A., Zoho in IN as Zoho Corporation Private Limited, Systeme.io in IE as ITACWT Limited and Wix in IL as Wix.com Ltd..

      Podia

      Ready to try Podia?

      Ranked #1 of 10.

      The data behind this ranking

      MetricValueSample
      Median price from16.33 EUR32
      Lower quartile price from11.29 EUR32
      Upper quartile price from44.89 EUR32
      Lowest price from2.18 EUR32
      Highest price from330.74 EUR32
      Free plan: true51.3 %39
      Free plan: false48.7 %39
      Median free trial days1423

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