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title: "beehiiv alternative"
description: "How Unitpost compares to beehiiv — pricing, free tier, API design, and where beehiiv is still the better choice. Plus a one-key migration path."
url: https://www.unitpost.com/alternatives/beehiiv
section: Alternatives
updated: 2026-11-06
---
# beehiiv alternative

## Unitpost vs beehiiv

> A newsletter platform for publishers, with a website builder, a referral program, an ad network and paid subscriptions around the newsletter.

**beehiiv free tier:** Up to 2,500 subscribers, unlimited sends

**beehiiv pricing shape:** Lite and Pro are priced by subscriber count; Enterprise is quoted. Referrals, the ad network, paid subscriptions, automations and webhooks need a paid plan, and beehiiv takes no share of paid subscription revenue beyond Stripe's fee.

## What beehiiv does well

- A website builder for the newsletter on every plan
- Growth built in: a referral program and an ad network on paid plans
- Paid subscriptions with no revenue share, only Stripe's processing fee
- A free plan for up to 2,500 subscribers with unlimited sends

## Choose beehiiv if

- The newsletter is the business, with a website, referrals and ads around it
- You charge readers for a premium tier
- You want growth tools more than an API

## Choose Unitpost if

- Your newsletter goes to the users of your app, next to product email
- You want the API and webhooks on the free plan too
- You want receipts and resets sent from the same contact list
- You want SMS on the same contacts, API key and bill

## Feature comparison

| Capability | Unitpost | beehiiv |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Free plan | 5,000 emails/month, 200/day, no credit card | Up to 2,500 subscribers, unlimited sends |
| Newsletter website | Not offered | Website builder on every plan |
| Referrals and ad network | Not offered | On Lite and above |
| Paid subscriptions | Not offered: Unitpost doesn't bill readers | On paid plans, with no revenue share beyond Stripe's fee |
| Automations | Campaigns ship today; automations are in early access | On paid plans: 10 live on Lite, unlimited on Pro |
| Transactional email | Included on every plan, on the same API and contacts as campaigns | Built for newsletters; sending through the API (Send API) is Pro and Enterprise only |
| Webhooks | On every plan, free included | None on Free, 3 on Lite, unlimited on Pro |
| API rate limit | 10 requests/second per workspace | 30 requests a minute on Free, 180 on Lite, 500 on Pro |
| One-key import from beehiiv | Migration Assistant reads every publication your key can see and previews what it can import before writing anything; the migration guide lists what moves and the suppression list you copy by hand | n/a |

## How do I migrate from beehiiv?

The Migration Assistant reads beehiiv with an API key it only reads with, and previews what it can import before writing anything. Imports: contacts, unsubscribes and consent, topics. Partly imports: suppressions (bounces and complaints), segments and tags, templates, sending domains, webhooks. Rebuild: api keys. Stays behind: send history and analytics, automations, website, growth tools and paid subscriptions.

Full plan: [Migrate from beehiiv to Unitpost](https://www.unitpost.com/migration/beehiiv.md)

## FAQ

### Is Unitpost a beehiiv alternative?

Only for part of what beehiiv does. If your newsletter goes to the users of an app and you want it on the same API and contacts as product email, Unitpost fits. If the newsletter is the business, with a website, referrals, ads and paid tiers, beehiiv is the better tool: Unitpost has none of those.

### Can I import my beehiiv subscribers into Unitpost?

Yes, with a beehiiv API key. The Migration Assistant brings subscribers with their status and custom fields, publications and newsletter lists as topics, segments, posts and post templates, and webhooks. beehiiv keeps hard bounces on a suppression list its API can't read, so the guide has you copy that list across before the first send.

### What happens to my paid subscribers?

They import as contacts with their tier in a custom field, so you can send them premium posts from a segment. Billing stays with beehiiv or your payment tool: Unitpost doesn't charge readers.

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