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

## Unitpost vs MailerLite

> An email marketing platform for small businesses, with drag-and-drop, rich-text and HTML editors, landing pages, websites, automations and digital products in one plan.

**MailerLite free tier:** 250 subscribers and 2,500 emails a month

**MailerLite pricing shape:** Priced by subscriber count: Comfort from $12 a month, with monthly emails capped at ten times the tier, and Power from $25 with unlimited emails under fair use. Yearly billing is 10% cheaper. Transactional email is a separate product, MailerSend.

## What MailerLite does well

- Three editors on every plan, free included: drag-and-drop, rich text and custom HTML
- Landing pages and websites built in
- Automations on the free plan, with up to 3 active
- Low entry prices for small lists

## Choose MailerLite if

- Marketers build most of your email in a visual editor
- You want landing pages, a website and automations in the same tool
- Your list is small and your email is marketing only

## Choose Unitpost if

- You want room on the free plan: 5,000 emails a month and 10,000 contacts, where theirs is 250 subscribers
- You send receipts and resets too, without buying a second product for them
- You want the full API, webhooks and sending through the API on the free plan
- You want SMS on the same contacts, API key and bill

## Feature comparison

| Capability | Unitpost | MailerLite |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Free plan | 5,000 emails/month, 200/day, no credit card | 250 subscribers and 2,500 emails a month |
| Editors | Hybrid visual and code editor over one document | Drag-and-drop, rich-text and custom HTML editors on every plan |
| Landing pages and websites | Not offered | 1 of each on Free, 10 on Comfort, unlimited on Power |
| Automations | Campaigns ship today; automations are in early access | 3 active on Free, 50 on Comfort, unlimited on Power |
| Transactional email | Included on every plan, on the same contacts and bill as campaigns | Not included; sold separately as MailerSend |
| API on the free plan | The full API, webhooks and sending | API and webhooks limited, with no sending |
| Entry paid plan | $10 a month for 20,000 emails, priced by sends | Comfort from $12 a month, priced by subscribers |
| Selling to readers | Not offered | Digital products and bookings: 1 on Free, 5 on Comfort, unlimited on Power |
| One-key import from MailerLite | Migration Assistant reads your account with a MailerLite API token and previews what it can import before writing anything; the migration guide lists exactly what moves | n/a |

## How do I migrate from MailerLite?

The Migration Assistant reads MailerLite with an API key it only reads with, and previews what it can import before writing anything. Imports: contacts, unsubscribes and consent, suppressions (bounces and complaints). Partly imports: groups and segments, templates, sending domains, webhooks. Rebuild: topics, api keys, sms consent. Stays behind: send history and analytics, automations, forms, landing pages, websites and products.

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

## FAQ

### Is Unitpost a MailerLite alternative?

For teams whose app sends email as well as newsletters, yes: transactional and marketing email on one API, one contact list and one bill, with a bigger free plan. For marketers who want MailerLite's editors, landing pages and websites, MailerLite is the better tool, and our automations are in early access.

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

Yes, with an API token from a current MailerLite account. The Migration Assistant brings subscribers with their status and fields, groups and segments, and bounced and spam-complaint subscribers as suppressions. MailerLite's API returns no email HTML, so campaigns arrive as plain-text drafts you rebuild in the editor. Accounts still on MailerLite Classic, from before March 2022, use a different API the importer doesn't read.

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