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MailerLite review 85/100 on verified data

MailerLite is a newsletter platform: Email marketing platform with a drag-and-drop editor, automations, landing pages, signup forms, websites and digital product sales.

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

MailerLite homepage (screenshot)
Homepage captured Oct 14, 2026
Score (rank 8 of 27)
85/100
Coverage (6 of 8 criteria)
85%
From, per month
$12
Free plan
Yes

Paid plans start at $12 per month billed monthly ($10.80 billed yearly) on the Comfort plan, and there is a free plan with 250 subscribers, 2,500 emails per month and 2 users and a 14-day free trial.

The vendor lists 100 integrations and a public API.

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

MailerLite 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
Comfort: $12/mo source, Oct 14, 2026
Free trial
14 days source, Oct 14, 2026
Integrations
100 source, Oct 14, 2026
Public API
Yes source, Oct 14, 2026
Data export
reports source, Oct 14, 2026

MailerLite plans

4 published plans, per month, billed monthly and yearly.
  • Free

    Free

    Billed monthly
    Free
    Billed yearly
    Free
    Charged per
    per workspace

    Published limits

    • 250 subscribers
    • 2,500 emails per month
    • 2 users
  • Comfort

    $12per month, billed monthly

    Billed monthly
    $12
    Billed yearly
    $10.80
    Charged per
    per workspace

    Published limits

    • 5,000 emails per month
    • 3 users
  • Power

    $25per month, billed monthly

    Billed monthly
    $25
    Billed yearly
    $22.50
    Charged per
    per workspace

    Published limits

    • Unlimited emails per month
    • Unlimited users
  • Enterprise

    Contact sales

    Billed monthly
    Contact sales
    Billed yearly
    Contact sales
    Charged per
    Not stated

    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 MailerLite pricing and plan limits

How MailerLite scores

The newsletter platforms scorecard applied to MailerLite's verified data: 85/100, rank 8 of 27, based on 6 of 8 criteria.

Score

85/100

Rank #8 of 27

Coverage 85%

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

  1. Entry price

    88/100

    Weight 29%$12/month billed monthly on Comfort; $10.80/month billed annually on Comfort (scored on the monthly price) source

  2. Free plan or trial

    100/100

    Weight 18%Free plan (Free) source

  3. Pricing transparency

    80/100

    Weight 12%3 of 4 plans have a public price (1 "contact sales") source

  4. Verified features

    100/100

    Weight 18%7 of 9 tracked features verified: paid subscriptions, automations / sequences, a/b testing, landing pages and forms, segmentation and tags, newsletter website, open and click analytics source 1source 2

  5. API, integrations and export

    100/100

    Weight 12%public API, 100 integrations, documented data export 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

    18/100

    Weight 12%Free plan: 250 subscribers, 2,500 emails per month source

  8. Paid subscriptionscategory criterion

    Excluded

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

MailerLite features

7 of the 10 features we compare newsletter platforms on, as MailerLite publishes them.
Paid subscriptions
Yes source, Oct 14, 2026
Automations / sequences
Yes source, Oct 14, 2026
A/B testing
Yes source, Oct 14, 2026
Landing pages and forms
Yes source, Oct 14, 2026
Segmentation and tags
Yes source, Oct 14, 2026
Newsletter website
Yes source, Oct 14, 2026
Open and click analytics
Yes source, Oct 14, 2026

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

MailerLite alternatives

The highest-scoring of 34 comparable tools.
Top MailerLite 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
5EmailOctopus92/10085%6 of 8 criteriaNot offered$9/moYes, 2,500 subscribers1,000YesOct 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.

All 34 MailerLite alternatives, ranked

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Questions, answered from the data

How much does MailerLite cost?

Paid plans start at $12 per month billed monthly ($10.80 billed yearly) on the Comfort plan, according to MailerLite's pricing page (checked Oct 14, 2026).

Does MailerLite have a free plan?

Yes: MailerLite has a free plan with 250 subscribers, 2,500 emails per month and 2 users and a 14-day free trial (checked Oct 14, 2026).

Does MailerLite have an API?

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

How does MailerLite score?

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

What are the best MailerLite 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.