---
title: "Build and send stunning Newsletters for less."
description: "Send your newsletter from your own domain and pay for emails sent, not for subscribers. Paid plans have unlimited contacts, and we move your list from Kit, beehiiv, Mailchimp, MailerLite or Klaviyo for free."
url: https://www.unitpost.com/newsletters
section: "Marketing"
updated: 2026-11-09
---
# Build and send stunning Newsletters for less.

> Send your newsletter from your own domain and pay for emails sent, not for subscribers. Paid plans have unlimited contacts, and we move your list from Kit, beehiiv, Mailchimp, MailerLite or Klaviyo for free.

## Highlights

- Worked example: a weekly letter to 15,000 subscribers sends about 65,000 emails a month, which fits the $30 plan
- 5,000 subscribers, weekly: Unitpost Starter $30/mo; Mailchimp Essentials $75/mo; beehiiv Lite $109/mo; MailerLite Comfort $49/mo; Klaviyo Email $100/mo; Kit Free $0/mo
- 10,000 subscribers, weekly: Unitpost Starter $30/mo; Mailchimp Essentials $110/mo; beehiiv Lite $139/mo; MailerLite Comfort $89/mo; Klaviyo Email $150/mo; Kit Free $0/mo
- 15,000 subscribers, weekly: Unitpost Starter $30/mo; Mailchimp Essentials $180/mo; beehiiv Lite $199/mo; MailerLite Comfort $129/mo; Klaviyo Email $350/mo; Kit Creator $169/mo
- 25,000 subscribers, weekly: Unitpost Starter $80/mo; Mailchimp Essentials $270/mo; beehiiv Lite $199/mo; MailerLite Comfort $179/mo; Klaviyo Email $400/mo; Kit Creator $199/mo
- 50,000 subscribers, weekly: Unitpost Growth $200/mo; Mailchimp Essentials $385/mo; beehiiv Lite $299/mo; MailerLite Comfort $319/mo; Klaviyo Email $720/mo; Kit Creator $379/mo
- 100,000 subscribers, weekly: Unitpost Growth $200/mo; Mailchimp Standard $800/mo; beehiiv Lite $469/mo; MailerLite Comfort $439/mo; Klaviyo Email $1,380/mo; Kit Creator $679/mo
- Kit prices: https://kit.com/pricing, checked 2026-11-06. Yearly toggle off; the Creator slider stepped from 1,000 to 105,000 subscribers. The free plan holds up to 10,000.
- Mailchimp prices: https://mailchimp.com/pricing/marketing/, checked 2026-11-06. Each contacts tier selected in turn; the regular price after the 50%-off-for-12-months offer the page showed. Essentials stops at 50,000 contacts, so larger lists use Standard. Monthly send limits are 10× the tier on Essentials and 12× on Standard.
- beehiiv prices: https://www.beehiiv.com/pricing, checked 2026-11-06. Monthly selected; the slider's steps are 1,000, 2,500, 5,000, 10,000, 25,000, 50,000, 75,000 and 100,000. The free plan holds up to 2,500; Lite stops at 100,000.
- MailerLite prices: https://www.mailerlite.com/pricing, checked 2026-11-06. Marketing tab, Billed monthly; each slider list size typed into the subscriber box. The calculator prices in bands (75,000 rounds up to its 80,000 band). Comfort allows 10× the band in monthly emails; past that, Power (no send limit) is the plan. The free plan holds up to 250 with 2,500 emails; Enterprise starts past 200,000.
- Klaviyo prices: https://www.klaviyo.com/pricing, checked 2026-11-06. USD; the active-profiles slider stepped through every stop, reading the Email plan (the Marketing plan costs more for the same sends). Each tier allows 10× its profiles in monthly emails. The free plan holds 250 profiles and 500 emails; past 150,000 profiles the price is custom.
- Unlimited contacts on paid plans; billing follows emails sent, not subscribers
- Send from your own verified domain (DKIM, SPF, DMARC), with topics, segments, scheduling, and one-click unsubscribe on every issue
- Free migration: Paste an API key from Kit, beehiiv, Mailchimp, MailerLite or Klaviyo and preview what moves; we only read with it. Or book a call and we do it with you.
- Templates: Newsletters, digests and founder letters, edited as blocks, Markdown or code. Or describe one and Unit builds it.
- AI: Connect Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor over MCP, or ask Unit in the dashboard, to draft each issue and schedule it.
- Book a free migration: open the chat on the page, or email support@unitpost.com

## Links

- [Pricing](https://www.unitpost.com/pricing)
- [Marketing email](https://www.unitpost.com/marketing-emails)
- [Newsletter templates](https://www.unitpost.com/templates/gallery/newsletter)
- [Unitpost vs Mailchimp](https://www.unitpost.com/alternatives/mailchimp)
- [Migrate to Unitpost](https://www.unitpost.com/migration)
- [Migrate from Kit](https://www.unitpost.com/migration/kit)
- [Migrate from beehiiv](https://www.unitpost.com/migration/beehiiv)
- [Migrate from Mailchimp](https://www.unitpost.com/migration/mailchimp)
- [Migrate from MailerLite](https://www.unitpost.com/migration/mailerlite)
- [Migrate from Klaviyo](https://www.unitpost.com/migration/klaviyo)
- [MCP server](https://www.unitpost.com/ai/mcp)
- [Unit](https://www.unitpost.com/ai/unit)

## FAQ

### How much does Unitpost cost for a newsletter?

You pay for emails sent, not for subscribers, and paid plans have no contact cap. Multiply your list by the issues you send a month: a weekly letter to 15,000 subscribers is about 65,000 emails, which fits the $30 Starter plan (75,000 emails a month). If a month runs over, sending continues at $1 per 1,000 emails for up to 25% more, then pauses. The free plan sends 5,000 emails a month and stores 10,000 contacts, enough to verify your domain and send test issues.

### Is Unitpost cheaper for every newsletter?

No. Kit is free up to 10,000 subscribers and beehiiv up to 2,500, so a small list costs nothing there. And we charge per email: a daily letter sends seven times the emails of a weekly one, while Kit and beehiiv charge the same for any schedule. Above 10,000 subscribers, a weekly letter costs less here than on Kit, Mailchimp, beehiiv, MailerLite or Klaviyo at every size on the slider, and a twice-weekly one usually does. A daily letter costs more here than on Kit at every size, and more than on beehiiv at most.

### Is Unitpost a beehiiv alternative?

For sending, yes. You schedule and send issues from your own domain, with unlimited contacts on paid plans. beehiiv also hosts a website for your letter and runs paid subscriptions. Unitpost does neither, so if you rely on them, stay on beehiiv. If you send a free letter and the bill is the problem, a weekly list of 15,000 subscribers is $199 a month on beehiiv Lite billed monthly and $30 here.

### Is Unitpost a Kit alternative?

Kit is built for creators, with hosted forms and sequences, and it's free up to 10,000 subscribers. Unitpost prices campaigns per email instead of per subscriber, and it has no hosted forms or sequences yet. Past Kit's free plan, 15,000 subscribers cost $169 a month on Kit Creator billed monthly, against $30 here for a weekly letter.

### Is Unitpost a Mailchimp alternative?

For a newsletter, yes. Mailchimp prices by contacts and counts unsubscribed contacts toward the limit, so a list of 15,000 is $180 a month on Essentials at the regular price. Unitpost charges for the emails you send, and unsubscribed contacts cost nothing. Mailchimp has landing pages and automation flows, which Unitpost doesn't.

### Can I move my list from Kit, beehiiv, Mailchimp, MailerLite or Klaviyo?

Yes, for free. Paste an API key from Kit, beehiiv, Mailchimp, MailerLite or Klaviyo in Settings → Migration, preview what moves, then import: subscribers with their names, custom fields and unsubscribed status, their tags, groups or lists, and drafts and recent issues as templates. Kit, beehiiv, Mailchimp and MailerLite keys can't be limited to reading, so we only read with yours, and you can delete it there afterwards. Klaviyo lets you create a read-only key. beehiiv asks you to verify your identity before it shows the API key button. MailerLite accounts opened before March 2022 (MailerLite Classic) use an older API, so export those as a CSV. Subscribers who unsubscribed stay unsubscribed, and an import never clears an opt-out. Each platform's migration guide lists exactly what comes over. Prefer help? Book a call and we do it with you. Automations stay behind.

### Will my newsletter come from my own domain?

Yes. You verify your domain, or a subdomain such as news.yourdomain.com, with the DKIM, SPF and DMARC records we give you, then send from any address on it. Your current platform keeps sending until the records verify, so there is no gap between the two.

### Can I charge for my newsletter on Unitpost?

No. There is no paywall or subscription billing. A paid newsletter can keep its payment tool, add paying subscribers over the API with a custom field such as plan, and send paid issues to a segment built on that field.

### Can Unitpost host my newsletter's website or signup form?

No. There is no hosted site, public archive of past issues, signup form or referral program; Unitpost is the sending side. Add subscribers from your own site's form with one API call (POST /v1/contacts), or import them. If you need a hosted archive or referrals, beehiiv and Ghost do those.

### Does Unitpost have automations or a welcome email?

Automations are coming, and we don't have a date to share. Today you send campaigns, now or scheduled, to a segment or a topic. A welcome email can go out from your own signup code through the send API the moment someone subscribes.