beehiiv vs. GetResponse

Last verified 28 days ago · 22 sources · Updated automatically

beehiiv and GetResponse 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.

beehiiv

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

HQ New York, NY

Visit beehiiv Full profile

GetResponse

Email marketing and automation with landing pages, webinars, and AI tools for small and mid-sized businesses.

HQ Gdańsk, Poland

Visit GetResponse Full profile

Attribute

beehiiv

GetResponse

Company facts

Headquarters

New York, NY Headquartered in New York; company is 100% remote and globally distributed

Gdańsk, Poland

Employees

129 129 full-time employees (company-stated)

300 300+ employees (stated floor)

Pricing

Free Plan

Launch plan: free up to 2,500 subscribers, unlimited sends

Up to 500 contacts, 2,500 newsletters/mo

Free Plan Contacts

2.5k Launch free plan caps at 2,500 active subscribers

500

Starting Monthly Price (USD)

$43 Scale plan, entry tier; $43/mo (billed annually $517/yr)

$19 Starter plan, 1,000 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

200+ templates

A/B Testing

Subject-line A/B testing (paid plans)

Yes

Landing Pages

Built-in website/web builder for hosted pages

1 landing page on free plan

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

Channels & deliverability

SMS Marketing

No native SMS channel (email-focused)

MAX plans

Transactional Email

No transactional email API/SMTP relay for receipts/resets

API/SMTP, MAX add-on

Ecommerce Integration

Native Shopify integration exists, but no store-aware commerce flows (abandoned cart, product recs)

Yes

Platform & integrations

Native Integrations

Native integrations incl. WordPress, Webflow, HubSpot, Salesforce, Shopify, Typeform; plus Zapier/Make

170+ integrations

Public API

Public REST developer API (subscribers, posts, segments); basic API on free plan, Send API on Enterprise

Yes

The verdict

beehiiv

Best for newsletters with a large free list

beehiiv's free Launch plan covers 2,500 subscribers versus GetResponse's 500, with unlimited sends, and it stays priced by subscriber count without metering volume. Better fit for a growing newsletter that wants room before paying. The trade-off: no SMS, transactional email, or commerce flows.

Full profile

GetResponse

Best for multi-channel and ecommerce sending

GetResponse adds SMS marketing, a transactional email API/SMTP, and ecommerce integration that beehiiv lacks, plus 200+ templates and 170+ integrations. It also starts at $19/mo against beehiiv's $43. Stronger pick for stores or teams needing more than email. The catch: its free plan caps at 500 contacts.

Full profile

Sources · 22 verified references

beehiiv.com getresponse.com developers.beehiiv.com

Affiliate disclosure. DecisionWire may earn a commission when you sign up through links on this page. Commissions never influence our data, scores, or rankings.