HeyNews review
HeyNews is a newsletter platform: AI service that learns a publisher's voice from past issues and drafts newsletter issues from followed sources for the publisher to edit.
Data checked Oct 14, 2026 against the vendors' own pages. How we verify
- Score
- Not ranked
- Coverage (3 of 8 criteria)
- 50%
- From, per month
- $39
- Free plan
- No
Paid plans start at $39 per month billed monthly on the Hobbyist plan, and there is no free plan, but a 14-day free trial.
HeyNews is not ranked among newsletter platforms yet: only 50% of the scorecard weight (3 of 8 criteria) has verified data, under the 60% we require.
HeyNews at a glance
- Pricing model
- Paid only source, Oct 14, 2026
- Cheapest paid plan
- Hobbyist: $39/mo source, Oct 14, 2026
- Free plan
- No source, Oct 14, 2026
- Free trial
- 14 days source, Oct 14, 2026
13 more details we track are not published by the vendor or not verified yet (shown as – in tables). How we verify
HeyNews plans
Hobbyist
$39per month, billed monthly
- Billed monthly
- $39
- Billed yearly
- Not stated
- Charged per
- per workspace
Published limits
None statedStarter
$99per month, billed monthly
- Billed monthly
- $99
- Billed yearly
- Not stated
- Charged per
- per workspace
Published limits
None statedPro
$299per month, billed monthly
- Billed monthly
- $299
- Billed yearly
- Not stated
- Charged per
- per workspace
Published limits
None statedTeam
$499per month, billed monthly
- Billed monthly
- $499
- Billed yearly
- Not stated
- Charged per
- per workspace
Published limits
None stated
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 HeyNews pricing and plan limitsHow HeyNews scores
Score
Not ranked
Partial score 58/100
Coverage 50%
3 of 8 criteria. Ranked at 60% or more.
Not ranked: insufficient verified data: 3 of 8 criteria, 50% of the weight (needs 60%)
Entry price
39/100
Weight 50%$39/month billed monthly on Hobbyist (scored on the monthly price) source
Free plan or trial
60/100
Weight 30%Free trial (14 days), no free plan source
Pricing transparency
100/100
Weight 20%4 of 4 plans have a public price source
Verified features
Excluded
Weight –No published data: left out, the other criteria are re-weighted.
API, integrations and export
Excluded
Weight –No published data: left out, the other criteria are re-weighted.
Cost at 1,000 subscriberscategory criterion
Excluded
Weight –No published data: left out, the other criteria are re-weighted.
Free plan limitscategory criterion
Excluded
Weight –No published data: left out, the other criteria are re-weighted.
Paid subscriptionscategory criterion
Excluded
Weight –No published data: left out, the other criteria are re-weighted.
HeyNews alternatives
| # | Tool | Score | Coverage | From, billed monthly | From, billed yearly | Free plan | Integrations | Public API | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Flodesk | 98/100 | 75%5 of 8 criteria | Free | Free | Yes | – | Yes | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 2 |  Sender | 98/100 | 85%6 of 8 criteria | Not offered | $9/mo | Yes, 2,500 subscribers | – | Yes | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 3 |  Brevo | 98/100 | 75%5 of 8 criteria | $9/mo | Not offered | Yes | 150 | Yes | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 4 |  notifuse | 93/100 | 85%6 of 8 criteria | $16/mo | $24.17/mo | Yes, unlimited emails per month | – | Yes | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 5 |  EmailOctopus | 92/100 | 85%6 of 8 criteria | Not offered | $9/mo | Yes, 2,500 subscribers | 1,000 | Yes | Oct 14, 2026 |
Each value links the vendor page it was read from (hover for the check date). Coverage is the share of the scorecard's weight with verified data, and "N of M criteria" how many criteria the score is based on; a tool is ranked at 60% or more.
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Questions, answered from the data
How much does HeyNews cost?
Paid plans start at $39 per month billed monthly on the Hobbyist plan, according to HeyNews's pricing page (checked Oct 14, 2026).
Does HeyNews have a free plan?
No: HeyNews has no free plan, but a 14-day free trial (checked Oct 14, 2026).
How does HeyNews score?
HeyNews is not ranked among newsletter platforms yet: only 50% of the scorecard weight (3 of 8 criteria) has verified data, under the 60% we require.
What are the best HeyNews alternatives?
By our scorecard the top-ranked alternatives are Flodesk (98/100), Sender (98/100) and Brevo (98/100).
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Pricing last read Oct 14, 2026. Vendors change prices; the linked page is the final word.