EmailOctopus review 92/100 on verified data

EmailOctopus is a newsletter platform: Email marketing service for sending campaigns and automations with a drag-and-drop editor, forms, landing pages and reports.

Data checked Oct 14, 2026 against the vendors' own pages. How we verify

EmailOctopus homepage (screenshot)
Homepage captured Oct 14, 2026
Score (rank 5 of 27)
92/100
Coverage (6 of 8 criteria)
85%
From, per month
$9
Free plan
Yes

Paid plans start at $9 per month billed yearly on the Pro plan, and there is a free plan with 2,500 subscribers, 10,000 emails per month and 1 user.

The vendor lists 1,000 integrations and a public API.

In our newsletter platforms ranking EmailOctopus scores 92/100, rank 5 of 27, based on 6 of 8 criteria (85% of the scorecard weight backed by verified data).

EmailOctopus at a glance

Each value links the vendor page it was read from and the date we checked it.
Pricing model
Free plan + paid plans source, Oct 14, 2026
Cheapest paid plan
Pro: $9/mo (billed yearly) source, Oct 14, 2026
Integrations
1,000 source, Oct 14, 2026
Public API
Yes source, Oct 14, 2026

EmailOctopus plans

2 published plans, per month, billed monthly and yearly.
  • Starter

    Free

    Billed monthly
    Free
    Billed yearly
    Free
    Charged per
    per workspace

    Published limits

    • 2,500 subscribers
    • 10,000 emails per month
    • 1 user
    • 1 page
  • Pro

    $9per month, billed yearly

    Billed monthly
    Not offered
    Billed yearly
    $9
    Charged per
    Not stated

    Published limits

    • 10,000 emails per month
    • Unlimited users
    • Unlimited pages

Prices in USD per month, before tax. Read from the vendor's pricing page on Oct 14, 2026. "Not stated" means the page does not publish it.

Full EmailOctopus pricing and plan limits

How EmailOctopus scores

The newsletter platforms scorecard applied to EmailOctopus's verified data: 92/100, rank 5 of 27, based on 6 of 8 criteria.

Score

92/100

Rank #5 of 27

Coverage 85%

6 of 8 criteria. Ranked at 60% or more.

  1. Entry price

    100/100

    Weight 29%$9/month billed annually on Pro; no monthly-billed price published (scored against annual-billed prices) source

  2. Free plan or trial

    100/100

    Weight 18%Free plan (Starter) source

  3. Pricing transparency

    93/100

    Weight 12%2 of 2 plans have a public price source

  4. Verified features

    60/100

    Weight 18%3 of 9 tracked features verified: automations / sequences, landing pages and forms, segmentation and tags source 1source 2

  5. API, integrations and export

    100/100

    Weight 12%public API, 1,000 integrations source

  6. Cost at 1,000 subscriberscategory criterion

    Excluded

    Weight –No published data: left out, the other criteria are re-weighted.

  7. Free plan limitscategory criterion

    100/100

    Weight 12%Free plan: 2,500 subscribers, 10,000 emails per month source

  8. Paid subscriptionscategory criterion

    Excluded

    Weight –No published data: left out, the other criteria are re-weighted.

EmailOctopus features

3 of the 10 features we compare newsletter platforms on, as EmailOctopus publishes them.
Automations / sequences
Yes source, Oct 14, 2026
Landing pages and forms
Yes source, Oct 14, 2026
Segmentation and tags
Yes source, Oct 14, 2026

8 more details we track are not published by the vendor or not verified yet (shown as – in tables). How we verify

EmailOctopus alternatives

The highest-scoring of 34 comparable tools.
Top EmailOctopus alternatives
#ToolScoreCoverageFrom, billed monthlyFrom, billed yearlyFree planIntegrationsPublic APIChecked
1Flodesk98/10075%5 of 8 criteriaFreeFreeYes–YesOct 14, 2026
2Sender98/10085%6 of 8 criteriaNot offered$9/moYes, 2,500 subscribers–YesOct 14, 2026
3Brevo98/10075%5 of 8 criteria$9/moNot offeredYes150YesOct 14, 2026
4notifuse93/10085%6 of 8 criteria$16/mo$24.17/moYes, unlimited emails per month–YesOct 14, 2026
5forwardemail.net88/10075%5 of 8 criteria$3/moNot offeredYes–YesOct 14, 2026

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Questions, answered from the data

How much does EmailOctopus cost?

Paid plans start at $9 per month billed yearly on the Pro plan, according to EmailOctopus's pricing page (checked Oct 14, 2026).

Does EmailOctopus have a free plan?

Yes: EmailOctopus has a free plan with 2,500 subscribers, 10,000 emails per month and 1 user (checked Oct 14, 2026).

Does EmailOctopus have an API?

Yes, a public API is documented (checked Oct 14, 2026).

How does EmailOctopus score?

In our newsletter platforms ranking EmailOctopus scores 92/100, rank 5 of 27, based on 6 of 8 criteria (85% of the scorecard weight backed by verified data).

What are the best EmailOctopus alternatives?

By our scorecard the top-ranked alternatives are Flodesk (98/100), Sender (98/100) and Brevo (98/100).

Pricing last read Oct 14, 2026. Vendors change prices; the linked page is the final word.