12 alternatives · email & marketing · 2026
Postmark alternatives, by price.
Postmark starts at $15 a month. 2 of the 12 alternatives below start lower. Standing prices, not promotions — each read from the vendor's own page and linked to its source.
Side by side
What the alternatives cost
| Product | Starts at | Against Postmark | Free plan | Changes on record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Postmark the one you are comparing against | $15 per month · Basic | — | Yes | none |
| Buffer Buffer | $5 per seat / mo · Essentials | not like-for-like | Yes | none |
| MailerLite MailerLite | $10.80 per month · Comfort | 28% less | Yes | none |
| Mailchimp Mailchimp (Intuit) | $13 per month · Essentials | 13% less | Yes | 13 since 2022 |
| GetResponse GetResponse | $15.58 per month, billed yearly · Starter | 4% more | — | none |
| Later Later | $18.75 per month, billed yearly · Starter | 25% more | — | none |
| Resend Resend | $20 per month · Pro | 33% more | Yes | none |
| Kit Kit (formerly ConvertKit) | $33 per month · Creator | 120% more | Yes | 7 since 2024 |
| beehiiv beehiiv | $49 per month, billed yearly · Lite | 227% more | Yes | 13 since 2024 |
| Customer.io Customer.io | $100 per month · Essentials | 567% more | — | none |
| Hootsuite Hootsuite | €99 per seat / mo, billed yearly · Standard | not like-for-like | — | none |
| Buttondown Buttondown | free only | — | Yes | 11 since 2022 |
| Klaviyo Klaviyo | free only | — | Yes | 3 since 2024 |
CHEAPEST PAID PLAN FIRST. “NOT LIKE-FOR-LIKE” MEANS ONE IS PRICED PER USER AND THE OTHER IS NOT, ONE IS NOT BILLED BY THE MONTH OR YEAR, OR THEY ARE IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES. THE RECORD DOES NOT CONVERT ANY OF THOSE.
Questions
Postmark alternatives, answered
Q1 What is the cheapest alternative to Postmark?
Buffer, at $5 per user a month for its Essentials plan — the lowest paid entry price of the 12 alternatives on the record. Postmark itself starts at $15 a month. Buffer, MailerLite, Mailchimp, Resend, Kit, beehiiv and 2 more also list a free plan.
Q2 Which Postmark alternatives have a free plan?
Buffer, MailerLite, Mailchimp, Resend, Kit, beehiiv, Buttondown and Klaviyo. Only a plan the vendor lists at $0 counts; free trials do not.
Q3 Is Postmark more expensive than its alternatives?
2 of 12 alternatives start below Postmark's $15 a month: MailerLite and Mailchimp. Entry prices are compared only where both are charged the same way — per user against per user, flat against flat.
Q4 How current are these prices?
Each pricing page is re-read by MarkupBot at least daily. The table shows the standing price of every plan — where a vendor is running a promotion, the price it reverts to — and every product name links to its dated history and the archived capture behind each figure.