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beehiiv vs. Campaign Monitor

Last verified 28 days ago · 24 sources · Updated automatically

beehiiv and Campaign Monitor compared across Company facts, Pricing, Campaigns & content, Automation & audience, Channels & deliverability and Platform & integrations — every fact sourced and re-verified from each vendor's public material.

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beehiiv

Modern newsletter platform with built-in growth tools, a referral program, paid subscriptions, and an ad network.

HQ New York, NY
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Campaign Monitor

Design-focused email marketing with polished templates, a simple drag-and-drop builder, automation, and segmentation.

HQ Nashville, TN
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Company facts

Headquarters
New York, NY Headquartered in New York; company is 100% remote and globally distributed
Nashville, TN HQ of parent Marigold
Employees
129 129 full-time employees (company-stated)
1k Parent Marigold (small-business brands) after Nov-2025 Zeta divestiture; lower bound, uncertain

Pricing

Free Plan
Launch plan: free up to 2,500 subscribers, unlimited sends
No
Free Plan Contacts
2.5k Launch free plan caps at 2,500 active subscribers
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Starting Monthly Price (USD)
$43 Scale plan, entry tier; $43/mo (billed annually $517/yr)
$11 Lite plan, 500 contacts
Pricing Basis
contacts Priced by active subscriber count; email sends are unlimited on all plans
contacts

Campaigns & content

Drag-and-Drop Builder
Block-based drag-and-drop editor with column layouts and content blocks
Yes
Prebuilt Templates
Library of prebuilt newsletter and website templates
Yes
A/B Testing
Subject-line A/B testing (paid plans)
Yes
Landing Pages
Built-in website/web builder for hosted pages
Yes
AI Content Assistance
Native AI tools: AI Writer, subject-line ideas, image generation, translation
Yes

Automation & audience

Automation Workflows
Visual workflow builder with branching and conditions (Scale plan and above)
Yes
Advanced Segmentation
Behavior-, tag-, and field-based segmentation
Yes
Signup Forms & Popups
Embeddable subscribe forms plus pop-ups
Yes
Built-in CRM
Newsletter platform with subscriber lists; no sales-pipeline CRM
No

Channels & deliverability

SMS Marketing
No native SMS channel (email-focused)
US, Canada, Australia, UK; contracted customers
Transactional Email
No transactional email API/SMTP relay for receipts/resets
Yes
Ecommerce Integration
Native Shopify integration exists, but no store-aware commerce flows (abandoned cart, product recs)
Native Shopify integration

Platform & integrations

Native Integrations
Native integrations incl. WordPress, Webflow, HubSpot, Salesforce, Shopify, Typeform; plus Zapier/Make
Yes
Public API
Public REST developer API (subscribers, posts, segments); basic API on free plan, Send API on Enterprise
REST API v3.3

The verdict

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Best for newsletters starting on a free plan

beehiiv offers a free plan up to 2,500 subscribers with unlimited sends; Campaign Monitor has no free tier. Both share the drag-and-drop builder, automation, segmentation, AI content, and a public API, so the deciding edge here is the no-cost on-ramp for an audience-first newsletter that does not need SMS or transactional email.

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Best for multichannel and ecommerce senders

Campaign Monitor adds native SMS marketing, transactional email, and store-aware ecommerce flows that beehiiv lacks, and its Lite plan starts at $11/mo for 500 contacts versus beehiiv's $43 entry tier. It has no free plan, but for senders who need channels beyond email and a low paid entry point, it covers more ground.

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Sources · 24 verified references

beehiiv.com meetmarigold.com linkedin.com campaignmonitor.com help.campaignmonitor.com developers.beehiiv.com

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