Newsletter platforms
Cheapest Ghost alternatives 20 tools cheaper than Ghost, like for like
- Ghost from, billed annually
- $18/mo
- Cheaper tools
- 20
- Lowest price
- Free plan
- Biggest saving, paid plan
- 78%
Data checked Oct 14, 2026 against the vendors' own pages. How we verify
Ghost's cheapest paid plan costs $18 per month billed annually (Starter). We found 20 tools in its market that cost less, compared on the same billing basis.
8 are cheaper billed annually, 12 have a free plan (Ghost has none).
The largest saving on a paid plan is Cocomail: $4 a month billed annually on Starter, $14 (78%) less than Ghost's $18.
Some plans are priced per user or per account and others per workspace, so the entry price is not always the price for your team: check the plan limits before switching.
No vendor here states that it lacks a feature Ghost has. Below, each tool lists the features and numbers it publishes; vendors rarely state what they do not offer, so a feature that is not listed is unknown, not missing.
Ghost alternatives by price
| # | Tool | Price per month | Billing basis | Ghost, same basis | You save | Free plan | Data checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Brevo | Free plan | free plan | $18/mo | $18 (100%) | Yes | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 2 |  Emailit | Free plan | free plan | $18/mo | $18 (100%) | Yes, 3,000 credits per month | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 3 |  Flodesk | Free plan | free plan | $18/mo | $18 (100%) | Yes | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 4 |  forwardemail.net | Free plan | free plan | $18/mo | $18 (100%) | Yes | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 5 |  InternalNewsletter | Free plan | free plan | $18/mo | $18 (100%) | Yes, 1 user | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 6 |  Klaviyo | Free plan | free plan | $18/mo | $18 (100%) | Yes, 250 subscribers | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 7 |  Loops | Free plan | free plan | $18/mo | $18 (100%) | Yes, 1,000 subscribers | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 8 |  Mailchimp | Free plan | free plan | $18/mo | $18 (100%) | Yes | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 9 |  notifuse | Free (Self-hosted) | free plan | $18/mo | $18 (100%) | Yes, unlimited emails per month | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 10 |  Omnisend | Free plan | free plan | $18/mo | $18 (100%) | Yes, 500 emails per month | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 11 |  Paragraph | Free plan | free plan | $18/mo | $18 (100%) | Yes, 1,000 subscribers | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 12 |  react-email-editor | Free plan | free plan | $18/mo | $18 (100%) | Yes | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 13 |  Cocomail | $4/mo | billed annually | $18/mo | $14 (78%) | No | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 14 |  EmailOctopus | $9/mo | billed annually | $18/mo | $9 (50%) | Yes, 2,500 subscribers | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 15 |  Sender | $9/mo | billed annually | $18/mo | $9 (50%) | Yes, 2,500 subscribers | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 16 |  MailerLite | $10.80/mo | billed annually | $18/mo | $7.20 (40%) | Yes, 250 subscribers | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 17 |  AWeber | $12.49/mo | billed annually | $18/mo | $5.51 (31%) | Yes, 500 subscribers | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 18 |  ActiveCampaign | $15/mo | billed annually | $18/mo | $3 (17%) | No | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 19 |  GetResponse | $15.58/mo | billed annually | $18/mo | $2.42 (13%) | No | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 20 |  Abstract27 | $15.83/mo | billed annually | $18/mo | $2.17 (12%) | No | Oct 14, 2026 |
Each value links the page it was read from (hover for the check date).
What you give up for the lower price
- Brevo · Free plan
Multichannel marketing platform covering email, SMS and WhatsApp campaigns, automation, segmentation, landing pages and a sales CRM.
- Price: free plan (Free); Ghost has no free plan source
- Ghost on the same basis: $18 a month, billed annually, on Starter source
- Saving: $18 a month (100%) while you stay within the free plan's limits
- Verified features: Automations / sequences, A/B testing, Landing pages and forms, Segmentation and tags, Open and click analytics and 1 more
8 of 14 tracked details verified
Homepage captured Oct 14, 2026 - Emailit · Free plan
Email delivery platform with a REST API, SMTP relay, inbound email handling and campaign tools, billed by monthly credits.
- Price: free plan (Free); Ghost has no free plan source
- Ghost on the same basis: $18 a month, billed annually, on Starter source
- Saving: $18 a month (100%) while you stay within the free plan's limits
- Free limits: 3,000 credits per month source
- Verified features: Automations / sequences, Open and click analytics, Public API
4 of 14 tracked details verified
- Flodesk · Free plan
Email marketing platform with a visual email builder, forms, landing pages, workflow automations and checkout and subscription tools.
- Price: free plan (Free); Ghost has no free plan source
- Ghost on the same basis: $18 a month, billed annually, on Starter source
- Saving: $18 a month (100%) while you stay within the free plan's limits
- Verified features: Paid subscriptions, Automations / sequences, Custom domain, Landing pages and forms, Segmentation and tags and 2 more
9 of 14 tracked details verified
- forwardemail.net · Free plan
Open-source email service offering domain email forwarding, encrypted mailboxes, outbound sending, newsletters and an API.
- Price: free plan (Free); Ghost has no free plan source
- Ghost on the same basis: $18 a month, billed annually, on Starter source
- Saving: $18 a month (100%) while you stay within the free plan's limits
- Verified features: Custom domain, Open and click analytics, Public API
5 of 14 tracked details verified
- InternalNewsletter · Free plan
Tool for building internal company newsletters from team submissions and AI drafts, exported as Outlook- or Gmail-ready HTML with open and click tracking.
- Price: free plan (Free); Ghost has no free plan source
- Ghost on the same basis: $18 a month, billed annually, on Starter source
- Saving: $18 a month (100%) while you stay within the free plan's limits
- Free limits: 1 users source
- Verified features: Open and click analytics
2 of 14 tracked details verified
- Klaviyo · Free plan
Customer data and marketing platform that sends email, SMS and mobile messages, with a built-in helpdesk and AI agents for campaigns and service.
- Price: free plan (Free); Ghost has no free plan source
- Ghost on the same basis: $18 a month, billed annually, on Starter source
- Saving: $18 a month (100%) while you stay within the free plan's limits
- Free limits: 250 subscribers, 500 emails per month source
- Verified features: Automations / sequences, Landing pages and forms, Segmentation and tags, Open and click analytics, Public API
7 of 14 tracked details verified
- Loops · Free plan
Email sending platform for SaaS teams covering marketing campaigns, product workflows and transactional email from one place.
- Price: free plan (Free); Ghost has no free plan source
- Ghost on the same basis: $18 a month, billed annually, on Starter source
- Saving: $18 a month (100%) while you stay within the free plan's limits
- Free limits: 1,000 subscribers source
- Verified features: Automations / sequences, Segmentation and tags, Public API
4 of 14 tracked details verified
- Mailchimp · Free plan
Email and SMS marketing platform with automations, audience tools, templates, popup forms and reporting.
- Price: free plan (Free); Ghost has no free plan source
- Ghost on the same basis: $18 a month, billed annually, on Starter source
- Saving: $18 a month (100%) while you stay within the free plan's limits
- Verified features: Automations / sequences, Open and click analytics, Public API
5 of 14 tracked details verified
- notifuse · Free plan
Open-source newsletter and transactional email platform offered as a managed cloud service or as self-hosted software with optional licences.
- Price: free plan (Self-hosted); Ghost has no free plan source
- Ghost on the same basis: $18 a month, billed annually, on Starter source
- Saving: $18 a month (100%) while you stay within the free plan's limits
- Self-hosted limits: unlimited emails per month, unlimited subscribers, unlimited users source
- Verified features: Automations / sequences, Custom domain, A/B testing, Segmentation and tags, Open and click analytics and 1 more
8 of 14 tracked details verified
- Omnisend · Free plan
Email and SMS marketing platform for online stores with automation workflows, segmentation, forms and web push notifications.
- Price: free plan (Free); Ghost has no free plan source
- Ghost on the same basis: $18 a month, billed annually, on Starter source
- Saving: $18 a month (100%) while you stay within the free plan's limits
- Free limits: 500 emails per month, 250 subscribers source
- Verified features: Automations / sequences, Segmentation and tags, Open and click analytics, Public API
6 of 14 tracked details verified
- Paragraph · Free plan
AI agent platform that drafts and publishes blog posts, newsletters and social posts from company context, with approval before anything goes out.
- Price: free plan (Free); Ghost has no free plan source
- Ghost on the same basis: $18 a month, billed annually, on Starter source
- Saving: $18 a month (100%) while you stay within the free plan's limits
- Free limits: 1,000 subscribers, 1 users source
- Verified features: Custom domain, Landing pages and forms, Newsletter website, Open and click analytics, Public API
7 of 14 tracked details verified
- react-email-editor · Free plan
Embeddable email, page, popup and document builders for adding visual content creation, templates and AI assistance to other applications.
- Price: free plan (Free); Ghost has no free plan source
- Ghost on the same basis: $18 a month, billed annually, on Starter source
- Saving: $18 a month (100%) while you stay within the free plan's limits
- Verified features: Public API
3 of 14 tracked details verified
- Cocomail · $4/mo, saves 78%
Newsletter sending service priced by monthly email volume, with unlimited contacts, custom sending domains and an API.
- Price: $4 a month, billed annually, on Starter source
- Ghost on the same basis: $18 a month, billed annually, on Starter source
- Saving: $14 a month (78%)
- Starter limits: 2,500 emails per month, unlimited subscribers source
- Verified features: Custom domain, Landing pages and forms, Segmentation and tags, Open and click analytics, Public API
6 of 14 tracked details verified
- EmailOctopus · $9/mo, saves 50%
Email marketing service for sending campaigns and automations with a drag-and-drop editor, forms, landing pages and reports.
- Price: $9 a month, billed annually, on Pro source
- Ghost on the same basis: $18 a month, billed annually, on Starter source
- Saving: $9 a month (50%)
- Pricing unit: EmailOctopus: not stated; Ghost: per workspace
- Pro limits: 10,000 emails per month, unlimited users, unlimited pages source
- Verified features: Automations / sequences, Landing pages and forms, Segmentation and tags, Public API
6 of 14 tracked details verified
- Sender · $9/mo, saves 50%
Email marketing platform for building, automating and sending newsletters, with landing pages, signup forms and transactional email.
- Price: $9 a month, billed annually, on Standard source
- Ghost on the same basis: $18 a month, billed annually, on Starter source
- Saving: $9 a month (50%)
- Standard limits: 6,000 emails per month, 3 users source
- Verified features: Automations / sequences, Custom domain, A/B testing, Landing pages and forms, Segmentation and tags and 2 more
8 of 14 tracked details verified
How we picked
- Pool: tools in the same market as the tool on this page (they list its primary category, and their own primary category is one it lists).
- Like for like: a tool's cheapest paid plan billed monthly is compared with the cheapest plan billed monthly; if that is not cheaper, its price per month billed annually is compared with the annual price. Monthly and annual prices are never mixed in one comparison.
- A free plan counts as cheaper only when the tool on this page has no free plan. Usage-priced and "contact sales" plans are left out.
- Saving = the reference price on the same basis minus the alternative's price, per month; the percentage is rounded. Entry plans differ in seats, accounts and limits, so the saving is for the entry plan, not your team.
- Sorted by price per month, then name. The page is built only when the tool has a verified paid price and at least 3 tools qualify.
Every value is read from the vendor's own pages (or GitHub for licences and stars) and shown with the date we checked it. A value we could not verify is shown as a dash, never estimated, and never read as a “no”. We did not test these tools hands-on unless a listing says so. Methodology
Questions, answered from the data
What is the cheapest alternative to Ghost?
Cocomail: $4 a month billed annually on Starter, against $18 for Ghost's Starter on the same basis.
How much can I save compared with Ghost?
Up to $18 a month (100%) with Brevo's free plan, before any difference in limits or seats.
Is there a free alternative to Ghost?
Brevo, Emailit, Flodesk, forwardemail.net and InternalNewsletter and 11 more have a free plan.
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Comparisons
Prices as published on each vendor's pricing page on the date shown, in USD, for newsletter platforms. Confirm with the vendor before you buy.