<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>SavingSec</title><link>https://savingsec.com/deal/</link><description>Expert reviews, comparisons &amp; deals on SaaS tools for solopreneurs, creators &amp; indie hackers</description><language>en-US</language><lastBuildDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 23:03:43 +0800</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://savingsec.com/deal/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>ConvertKit (Kit) Best Price Guide 2026: Real Pricing, Annual Savings &amp; How to Get the Lowest Cost</title><link>https://savingsec.com/deal/convertkit-best-price/</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://savingsec.com/deal/convertkit-best-price/</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Disclosure:&lt;/strong&gt; This page contains affiliate links. If you purchase through our link, we may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. We only recommend tools we&amp;rsquo;ve tested and believe provide genuine value.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id="convertkit-kit-pricing-what-you-actually-pay-in-2026"&gt;ConvertKit (Kit) Pricing: What You Actually Pay in 2026&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;ConvertKit rebranded to &lt;strong&gt;Kit&lt;/strong&gt; in early 2026. The product is the same, and pricing saw a significant change in September 2025 with approximately a 35% increase on paid plans. Here is exactly what you pay in 2026.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;table&gt;
&lt;thead&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Plan&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Monthly (1k subs)&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Annual (per month, 1k subs)&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Annual Savings&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/thead&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Newsletter (Free)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$0&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$0&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&amp;ndash;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Creator&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;~$39&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;~$33&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;~15%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Creator Pro&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;~$59-$79&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;~$50-$66&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;~15-20%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The annual plan saves 15-20%.&lt;/strong&gt; That is the single biggest way to lower the effective monthly cost. If you are committed to Kit for the long term, annual billing is the right choice.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Prices verified July 2026. Always check the &lt;a href="https://kit.com/pricing"&gt;official Kit pricing page&lt;/a&gt; for current rates.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr&gt;
&lt;h2 id="free-plan-what-you-actually-get"&gt;Free Plan: What You Actually Get&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Kit&amp;rsquo;s free &lt;strong&gt;Newsletter&lt;/strong&gt; plan is the most generous free email tier available in 2026.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;table&gt;
&lt;thead&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Feature&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Free Plan Limit&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/thead&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Subscribers&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Up to &lt;strong&gt;10,000&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Broadcasts&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Unlimited&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Landing pages &amp;amp; forms&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Digital product sales&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Kit branding&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Included&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Automations&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Not available&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Email sequences&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Not available&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Advanced tagging&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Limited&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Who the free plan is for:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Creators sending a simple weekly newsletter&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Testing Kit before committing to a paid plan&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Building an email list without upfront software cost&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Anyone who does not need automation sequences&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;When to upgrade:&lt;/strong&gt; The moment you need automated email sequences, visual automation builders, or multi-step subscriber journeys, you need the Creator plan.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr&gt;
&lt;h2 id="paid-plans-pricing-by-subscriber-count"&gt;Paid Plans: Pricing by Subscriber Count&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Kit scales pricing by subscriber count. Here is the real cost at different list sizes.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id="creator-plan"&gt;Creator Plan&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;table&gt;
&lt;thead&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Subscribers&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Monthly&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Annual (per month)&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/thead&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;1,000&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$39&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$33&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;3,000&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$59&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$50&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;5,000&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$89&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$75&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;10,000&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$119&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$99&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;25,000&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$199&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$167&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;50,000&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$379&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$317&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;h3 id="creator-pro-plan"&gt;Creator Pro Plan&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;table&gt;
&lt;thead&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Subscribers&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Monthly&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Annual (per month)&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/thead&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;1,000&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$59-$79&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$50-$66&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;5,000&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$111&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$93&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;10,000&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$139&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$116&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;25,000&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$279&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$234&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;50,000&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$479&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$400&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;hr&gt;
&lt;h2 id="annual-vs-monthly-real-savings"&gt;Annual vs Monthly: Real Savings&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;table&gt;
&lt;thead&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Plan (1k subs)&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Monthly&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Annual (per month)&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Annual Total&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;You Save Per Year&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/thead&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Creator&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$39/mo&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$33/mo&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$396&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$72&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Creator Pro&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$59/mo&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$50/mo&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$600&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$108&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p&gt;At higher subscriber counts, the absolute savings grow:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Creator at 5k subs:&lt;/strong&gt; $89/mo monthly vs $75/mo annual = &lt;strong&gt;$168/year saved&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Creator at 10k subs:&lt;/strong&gt; $119/mo monthly vs $99/mo annual = &lt;strong&gt;$240/year saved&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;hr&gt;
&lt;h2 id="hidden-costs--things-to-watch"&gt;Hidden Costs &amp;amp; Things to Watch&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;h3 id="1-subscriber-based-pricing-scales-up"&gt;1. Subscriber-Based Pricing Scales Up&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Kit charges by subscriber count. As your list grows, your monthly bill increases. A jump from 1,000 to 5,000 subscribers more than doubles your cost (from $33/mo to $75/mo on annual Creator).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id="2-no-annual-discount-on-the-free-plan"&gt;2. No Annual Discount on the Free Plan&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The free Newsletter plan is generous, but the jump to the paid Creator plan is significant &amp;ndash; from $0 to $33/mo (annual) at 1,000 subscribers.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id="3-0-revenue-share-not-a-cost-but-worth-noting"&gt;3. 0% Revenue Share (Not a Cost, But Worth Noting)&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Kit does not charge revenue share on paid newsletters &amp;ndash; only Stripe processing fees apply. This is significantly better than Substack&amp;rsquo;s 10% cut.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id="4-grandfathering-may-apply"&gt;4. Grandfathering May Apply&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Existing annual subscribers who signed up before the September 2025 price increase were protected for one billing cycle. If you let your subscription lapse, you lose grandfathered pricing.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id="5-no-built-in-sms-or-multi-channel"&gt;5. No Built-In SMS or Multi-Channel&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Kit is email-only. You will need separate tools for SMS, push notifications, or social media scheduling.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr&gt;
&lt;h2 id="price-comparison-with-competitors"&gt;Price Comparison with Competitors&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;h3 id="at-1000-subscribers"&gt;At 1,000 Subscribers&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;table&gt;
&lt;thead&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Platform&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Monthly Cost (Annual)&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Features Included&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/thead&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Kit (Creator)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$33/mo&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Full automation, sequences, tagging&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Beehiiv (Scale)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$43/mo&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Ad network, paid subscriptions, 0% rev share&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;MailerLite (Comfort)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$10/mo&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Automation, unlimited emails&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mailchimp (Standard)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$45/mo&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Multi-step automation, templates&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Brevo (Business)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$18/mo&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Multi-channel (email + SMS), unlimited contacts&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;h3 id="at-10000-subscribers"&gt;At 10,000 Subscribers&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;table&gt;
&lt;thead&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Platform&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Monthly Cost (Annual)&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/thead&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Kit (Creator)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$99/mo&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;MailerLite (Comfort)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$73/mo&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Brevo (Business)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$18/mo&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mailchimp (Standard)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$135/mo&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Beehiiv (Scale)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$96/mo&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Kit is priced in the middle of the market.&lt;/strong&gt; It is cheaper than Mailchimp but more expensive than MailerLite and Brevo. The value proposition is creator-specific features (tagging, digital products, subscriber management) rather than price.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr&gt;
&lt;h2 id="how-to-get-the-lowest-price"&gt;How to Get the Lowest Price&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;h3 id="strategy-1-stay-free-as-long-as-possible"&gt;Strategy 1: Stay Free as Long as Possible&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Kit&amp;rsquo;s free Newsletter plan supports up to 10,000 subscribers. If you are just sending broadcasts without automation, you can stay free until you hit that limit.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id="strategy-2-go-annual-from-day-one"&gt;Strategy 2: Go Annual from Day One&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If you need automation, choose the &lt;strong&gt;Creator annual plan&lt;/strong&gt;. It saves roughly 15% compared to monthly billing. At 1,000 subscribers, that is $72/year saved.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id="strategy-3-clean-your-list-before-scaling"&gt;Strategy 3: Clean Your List Before Scaling&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Kit charges by subscriber count. Regularly archive inactive subscribers to avoid paying for contacts who never open your emails.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id="strategy-4-consider-pro-only-when-needed"&gt;Strategy 4: Consider Pro Only When Needed&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The Creator Pro plan adds deliverability reporting, subscriber scoring, and Facebook audience integration. Most solopreneurs do not need these features until they are scaling past 10,000 subscribers.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr&gt;
&lt;h2 id="faq"&gt;FAQ&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Is Kit really free up to 10,000 subscribers?&lt;/strong&gt;
Yes. The free Newsletter plan supports up to 10,000 subscribers with unlimited broadcasts, landing pages, forms, and digital product sales. The limitation is no automation sequences or email automation builders.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Does Kit charge a percentage of revenue?&lt;/strong&gt;
No. Kit charges 0% revenue share on paid newsletters. You only pay Stripe processing fees (typically 2.9% + $0.30 per transaction). This compares favorably to Substack&amp;rsquo;s 10% cut.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Can I switch between monthly and annual billing?&lt;/strong&gt;
Yes. You can switch billing frequency in your account settings. The change takes effect at the start of your next billing cycle.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Is there a money-back guarantee?&lt;/strong&gt;
Kit does not advertise a standard money-back guarantee. However, the free Newsletter plan eliminates financial risk &amp;ndash; you can fully test the platform before paying.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Does Kit have hidden fees?&lt;/strong&gt;
No hidden fees. The pricing is transparent: you pay the listed rate based on your subscriber count. No setup fees, no cancellation fees, no overage charges beyond subscriber tiers.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr&gt;
&lt;h2 id="bottom-line"&gt;Bottom Line&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The best Kit (ConvertKit) price in 2026 is:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ol&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$0&lt;/strong&gt; &amp;ndash; if you do not need automation (free Newsletter plan up to 10k subs)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$33/mo (annual)&lt;/strong&gt; &amp;ndash; Creator plan at 1,000 subscribers for full automation&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$50/mo (annual)&lt;/strong&gt; &amp;ndash; Creator Pro at 1,000 subscribers for deliverability insights&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Kit is not the cheapest email platform (MailerLite and Brevo are cheaper at scale), but it offers the best creator-specific features &amp;ndash; particularly its tagging system, subscriber management, and 0% revenue share on paid newsletters.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;👉 &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://kit.com/pricing"&gt;Check Current Kit Pricing&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &amp;ndash; start free, no credit card required.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Prices verified July 2026. This page contains affiliate links. Always check the official Kit pricing page for the most current information.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Beehiiv Best Price Guide 2026: Real Pricing, Annual Savings &amp; Hidden Costs</title><link>https://savingsec.com/deal/beehiiv-best-price/</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://savingsec.com/deal/beehiiv-best-price/</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Disclosure:&lt;/strong&gt; This page contains affiliate links. If you purchase through our link, we may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. We only recommend tools we&amp;rsquo;ve tested and believe provide genuine value.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id="beehiiv-pricing-what-you-actually-pay-in-2026"&gt;Beehiiv Pricing: What You Actually Pay in 2026&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Beehiiv offers four plans: a free Launch plan, two paid tiers (Scale and Max), and custom Enterprise pricing. Plans are subscriber-based &amp;ndash; your cost grows as your audience grows.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;table&gt;
&lt;thead&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Plan&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Monthly Price&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Annual (per month)&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Annual Savings&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Subscriber Limit&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/thead&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Launch (Free)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$0&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$0&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&amp;ndash;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;2,500&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Scale&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$49/mo&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$43/mo&lt;/strong&gt; (~$516/yr)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;~12%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Starts at 1,000&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Max&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$109/mo&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$96/mo&lt;/strong&gt; (~$1,152/yr)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;~12%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Starts at 1,000&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Enterprise&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Custom&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Custom&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Custom&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;100,000+&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Annual billing saves approximately 12%&lt;/strong&gt; compared to monthly. Some promotional codes offer up to 20% off annual plans, reducing Scale to as low as ~$34/mo.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Prices verified July 2026. Always check the &lt;a href="https://www.beehiiv.com/pricing"&gt;official Beehiiv pricing page&lt;/a&gt; for current rates.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr&gt;
&lt;h2 id="free-plan-what-you-actually-get"&gt;Free Plan: What You Actually Get&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Beehiiv&amp;rsquo;s Launch plan is generous compared to most email platforms.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;table&gt;
&lt;thead&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Feature&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Launch (Free) Limit&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/thead&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Subscribers&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Up to &lt;strong&gt;2,500&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Monthly sends&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Unlimited&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Website &amp;amp; newsletter hosting&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Custom domain&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Basic analytics&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Beehiiv branding&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Displayed&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Ad network&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Not available&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Paid subscriptions&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Not available&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Referral program&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Not available&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Audience segmentation&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Not available&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Who the free plan is for:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Testing Beehiiv before committing&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Small newsletters under 2,500 subscribers&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Creators who do not need monetization features yet&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;When to upgrade:&lt;/strong&gt; When you want to monetize through paid subscriptions, ads, or referrals. The free plan is surprisingly capable for building an audience without spending money.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr&gt;
&lt;h2 id="paid-plans-pricing-by-subscriber-count"&gt;Paid Plans: Pricing by Subscriber Count&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Beehiiv&amp;rsquo;s pricing scales as your subscriber count increases. Here is the real cost at different list sizes.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id="scale-plan"&gt;Scale Plan&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;table&gt;
&lt;thead&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Subscribers&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Monthly&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Annual (per month)&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/thead&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;1,000&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$49&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$43&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;2,500&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$61&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$52&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;5,000&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$78&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$67&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;10,000&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$96&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$83&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;25,000&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$149&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$128&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;50,000&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$219&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$189&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;100,000&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$290&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$250&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;h3 id="max-plan"&gt;Max Plan&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;table&gt;
&lt;thead&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Subscribers&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Monthly&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Annual (per month)&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/thead&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;1,000&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$109&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$96&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;2,500&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$131&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$113&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;5,000&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$158&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$136&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;10,000&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$193&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$167&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;25,000&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$254&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$219&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;50,000&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$334&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$289&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;100,000&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$404&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$350&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;hr&gt;
&lt;h2 id="annual-vs-monthly-real-savings"&gt;Annual vs Monthly: Real Savings&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;table&gt;
&lt;thead&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Plan (1k subs)&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Monthly&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Annual (per month)&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Annual Total&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;You Save Per Year&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/thead&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Scale&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$49/mo&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$43/mo&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$516&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$72&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Max&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$109/mo&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$96/mo&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$1,152&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$156&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p&gt;At higher subscriber counts, the absolute savings grow:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Scale at 10k subs:&lt;/strong&gt; $96/mo monthly vs $83/mo annual = &lt;strong&gt;$156/year saved&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Max at 50k subs:&lt;/strong&gt; $334/mo monthly vs $289/mo annual = &lt;strong&gt;$540/year saved&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;hr&gt;
&lt;h2 id="hidden-costs--things-to-watch"&gt;Hidden Costs &amp;amp; Things to Watch&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;h3 id="1-subscriber-based-pricing"&gt;1. Subscriber-Based Pricing&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Beehiiv uses subscriber-based pricing (similar to Kit and Mailchimp). As your list grows, your monthly cost increases. The jump from 2,500 to 10,000 subscribers on Scale goes from $52/mo to $83/mo (annual).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id="2-stripe-processing-fees"&gt;2. Stripe Processing Fees&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;While Beehiiv charges 0% commission on paid subscriptions, you still pay Stripe processing fees (typically 2.9% + $0.30 per transaction). At $10,000 in annual subscription revenue, that is approximately $320 in Stripe fees.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id="3-boosts-marketplace-revenue-share"&gt;3. Boosts Marketplace Revenue Share&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Beehiiv&amp;rsquo;s cross-promotion network (Boosts) takes a revenue share from promotional earnings. The exact percentage varies based on campaign setup and is worth reviewing before participating.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id="4-no-sms-or-transactional-email"&gt;4. No SMS or Transactional Email&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Beehiiv does not offer SMS marketing or transactional email on any plan. You will need separate tools for those channels.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id="5-enterprise-is-custom"&gt;5. Enterprise Is Custom&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;For publishers with over 100,000 subscribers, pricing is custom and typically higher than the listed Scale/Max rates would suggest. Enterprise plans include dedicated IP, concierge onboarding, and an account manager.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr&gt;
&lt;h2 id="price-comparison-with-competitors"&gt;Price Comparison with Competitors&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;h3 id="at-1000-subscribers"&gt;At 1,000 Subscribers&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;table&gt;
&lt;thead&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Platform&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Monthly Cost (Annual)&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Key Features&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/thead&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Beehiiv (Scale)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$43/mo&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Ad network, 0% rev share, paid subscriptions&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Kit (Creator)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$33/mo&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Automation, tagging, digital products&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;MailerLite (Comfort)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$10/mo&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Automation, unlimited emails&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Substack&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$0 + 10% rev share&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No monthly fee, takes 10% of revenue&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mailchimp (Standard)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$45/mo&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Templates, multi-step automation&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;h3 id="at-10000-subscribers"&gt;At 10,000 Subscribers&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;table&gt;
&lt;thead&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Platform&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Monthly Cost (Annual)&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/thead&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Beehiiv (Scale)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$83/mo&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Kit (Creator)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$99/mo&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;MailerLite (Comfort)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$73/mo&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Brevo (Business)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$18/mo&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mailchimp (Standard)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$135/mo&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Beehiiv is competitively priced&lt;/strong&gt; for creators who use its monetization features. If you are not using the ad network or paid subscriptions, a simpler platform (MailerLite, Brevo) will be significantly cheaper.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr&gt;
&lt;h2 id="how-to-get-the-lowest-price"&gt;How to Get the Lowest Price&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;h3 id="strategy-1-start-on-the-free-plan"&gt;Strategy 1: Start on the Free Plan&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The Launch plan supports up to 2,500 subscribers with unlimited sends. Build your audience to that limit before spending anything.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id="strategy-2-use-annual-billing"&gt;Strategy 2: Use Annual Billing&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Annual billing saves approximately 12%. At Scale 1k, that is $72/year &amp;ndash; not enormous, but the savings grow with your list.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id="strategy-3-look-for-promo-codes"&gt;Strategy 3: Look for Promo Codes&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Beehiiv occasionally runs promotional discounts for 20% off annual plans. These are typically shared through affiliate partners and creator communities. Search before purchasing.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id="strategy-4-right-size-your-plan"&gt;Strategy 4: Right-Size Your Plan&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Many creators do not need Max features. The Max plan adds unlimited team seats, remove Beehiiv branding, up to 10 publications, and priority support. If you are a solo creator, Scale is almost always sufficient.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr&gt;
&lt;h2 id="faq"&gt;FAQ&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Is Beehiiv really free?&lt;/strong&gt;
Yes. The Launch plan is free with no time limit and supports up to 2,500 subscribers with unlimited sends, a custom domain, and basic analytics. Beehiiv branding is displayed.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Does Beehiiv take a cut of subscription revenue?&lt;/strong&gt;
No. Beehiiv charges 0% commission on paid subscriptions. You keep all revenue minus Stripe processing fees (2.9% + $0.30). This is the same model as Kit and better than Substack&amp;rsquo;s 10%.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What happens when I exceed 2,500 subscribers on the free plan?&lt;/strong&gt;
You will need to upgrade to Scale to continue growing beyond 2,500 subscribers. The free plan is capped at 2,500.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Can I use Beehiiv for a blog or website?&lt;/strong&gt;
Yes. Every Beehiiv plan includes website and newsletter hosting. The free plan supports a custom domain with basic analytics.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Is Beehiiv cheaper than Kit?&lt;/strong&gt;
At 1,000 subscribers: Beehiiv Scale ($43/mo) is more expensive than Kit Creator ($33/mo). At 10,000 subscribers: Beehiiv Scale ($83/mo) is cheaper than Kit Creator ($99/mo). Beehiiv&amp;rsquo;s ad network and monetization features justify the premium for creators who use them.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr&gt;
&lt;h2 id="bottom-line"&gt;Bottom Line&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The best Beehiiv price in 2026 is:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ol&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$0&lt;/strong&gt; &amp;ndash; Launch plan, up to 2,500 subscribers (no monetization features)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$43/mo (annual)&lt;/strong&gt; &amp;ndash; Scale plan at 1,000 subscribers&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$96/mo (annual)&lt;/strong&gt; &amp;ndash; Max plan at 1,000 subscribers&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Beehiiv is ideal for newsletter-first creators who want to monetize through ads and paid subscriptions. If you do not plan to use those features, MailerLite or Brevo will save you significant money at scale.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;👉 &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.beehiiv.com/pricing"&gt;Check Current Beehiiv Pricing&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &amp;ndash; start free, no credit card required.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Prices verified July 2026. This page contains affiliate links. Always check the official Beehiiv pricing page for the most current information.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Notion Best Price Guide 2026: Real Pricing, Notion AI Costs &amp; Annual Savings</title><link>https://savingsec.com/deal/notion-best-price/</link><pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://savingsec.com/deal/notion-best-price/</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Disclosure:&lt;/strong&gt; This page contains affiliate links. If you purchase through our link, we may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. We only recommend tools we&amp;rsquo;ve tested and believe provide genuine value.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id="notion-pricing-what-you-actually-pay-in-2026"&gt;Notion Pricing: What You Actually Pay in 2026&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Notion offers four main plans. A key change in 2025: Notion removed the standalone $10/mo AI add-on option. &lt;strong&gt;New users can only access Notion AI by upgrading to the Business plan.&lt;/strong&gt; Legacy users who subscribed to AI before May 2025 may be grandfathered.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;table&gt;
&lt;thead&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Plan&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Monthly (per member)&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Annual (per member/month)&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Notion AI Included&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/thead&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Free&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$0&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$0&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Limited trial only (~20 AI responses)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Plus&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$12&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$10&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Not available (new users)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Business&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$24&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$18-$20&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Full Notion AI included&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Enterprise&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Custom&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Custom&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Full AI + zero data retention, SCIM, audit logs&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Key change (May 2025):&lt;/strong&gt; Notion removed the $10/mo AI add-on for new Free and Plus users. If you want Notion AI, you must upgrade to the Business plan at $18-$20/seat/month (annual). This effectively raised the price of AI access from $10 to $18-20 per month.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Prices verified July 2026. Always check the &lt;a href="https://www.notion.com/pricing"&gt;official Notion pricing page&lt;/a&gt; for current rates.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr&gt;
&lt;h2 id="free-plan-what-you-actually-get"&gt;Free Plan: What You Actually Get&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;table&gt;
&lt;thead&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Feature&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Free Plan Limit&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/thead&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Blocks&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Unlimited&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;File uploads&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Up to 7 MB per file&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Guests&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Up to 10&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Page analytics&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Basic (last 7 days)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Integrations&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Up to 100&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;API access&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;AI&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;~20 AI responses (one-time trial)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Custom agents&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Not available&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Who the free plan is for:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Individual users (personal notes, tasks, wikis)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Testing Notion before committing to a team&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Small projects with minimal file storage needs&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;When to upgrade:&lt;/strong&gt; When you need larger file uploads, guest permissions beyond 10 people, or (for teams) user management features. Note that the Plus plan no longer offers Notion AI for new users.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr&gt;
&lt;h2 id="paid-plans-what-each-tier-actually-costs"&gt;Paid Plans: What Each Tier Actually Costs&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;h3 id="plus-plan"&gt;Plus Plan&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;table&gt;
&lt;thead&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Billing&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Per Member/Month&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Cost for 10 Members&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/thead&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Monthly&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$12&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$120/mo&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Annual&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$10&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$100/mo ($1,200/yr)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Plus features:&lt;/strong&gt; Unlimited blocks, unlimited file uploads, 30-day page history, up to 100 guests, custom automations, and public API access.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id="business-plan"&gt;Business Plan&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;table&gt;
&lt;thead&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Billing&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Per Member/Month&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Cost for 10 Members&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/thead&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Monthly&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$24&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$240/mo&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Annual&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$18-$20&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$180-$200/mo ($2,160-$2,400/yr)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Business features:&lt;/strong&gt; Everything in Plus, plus &lt;strong&gt;full Notion AI&lt;/strong&gt; (AI Agent, AI Meeting Notes, Enterprise Search, in-editor AI), 90-day page history, SAML SSO, advanced page analytics, and custom branding.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id="enterprise-plan"&gt;Enterprise Plan&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Custom pricing. Contact sales for a quote. Includes unlimited page history, user provisioning (SCIM), audit logs, advanced security, and dedicated support.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr&gt;
&lt;h2 id="notion-ai-what-it-costs-in-2026"&gt;Notion AI: What It Costs in 2026&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;table&gt;
&lt;thead&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Plan&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;AI Access&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Effective Cost&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/thead&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Free&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;~20 AI responses (one-time trial)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$0&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Plus&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Not available&lt;/strong&gt; (new users)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;N/A&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Business&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Full Notion AI included&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$18-$20/seat/mo (annual)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Enterprise&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Full AI included&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Custom&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;h3 id="whats-included-in-notion-ai-business-and-enterprise"&gt;What&amp;rsquo;s Included in Notion AI (Business and Enterprise)&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Notion Agent&lt;/strong&gt; &amp;ndash; multi-step autonomous tasks (drafting, querying, updating pages)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;AI Meeting Notes&lt;/strong&gt; &amp;ndash; transcribes calls, generates summaries and action items&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Enterprise Search&lt;/strong&gt; &amp;ndash; search across Slack, Google Drive, GitHub, Linear, Jira&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Multi-model picker&lt;/strong&gt; &amp;ndash; choose Claude Sonnet 4, GPT-5, or Claude Opus 4.6 per agent&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;In-editor AI&lt;/strong&gt; &amp;ndash; writing, summarization, database autofill, grammar correction&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;h3 id="custom-agents-additional-cost"&gt;Custom Agents (Additional Cost)&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Custom Agents are a separate credits-based billing system introduced in 2026:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;table&gt;
&lt;thead&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Pricing&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;$10 per 1,000 credits&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/thead&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Credits reset&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Monthly (no rollover)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;What consumes credits&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Custom Agent actions only&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Built-in Notion Agent&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Does NOT consume credits&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Typical usage budget&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$20-$50/mo for active agent workflows&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Custom Agents are available on Business and Enterprise plans only.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr&gt;
&lt;h2 id="annual-vs-monthly-real-savings"&gt;Annual vs Monthly: Real Savings&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;table&gt;
&lt;thead&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Plan&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Monthly (1 seat)&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Annual (1 seat/month)&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Annual Total&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;You Save Per Person/Year&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/thead&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Plus&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$12&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$10&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$120&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$24&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Business&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$24&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$18-$20&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$216-$240&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$48-$72&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Team example (10 members):&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Plus annual:&lt;/strong&gt; $1,200/year vs $1,440/monthly = &lt;strong&gt;$240 saved&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Business annual:&lt;/strong&gt; $2,160/year vs $2,880/monthly = &lt;strong&gt;$720 saved&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;hr&gt;
&lt;h2 id="hidden-costs--things-to-watch"&gt;Hidden Costs &amp;amp; Things to Watch&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;h3 id="1-ai-is-now-gated-behind-business"&gt;1. AI Is Now Gated Behind Business&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The biggest pricing change in 2026 is that Notion AI is no longer available as a $10/mo add-on on Plus. To get AI, you must pay $18-$20/seat/mo on Business. If AI is not essential, staying on Plus saves significant money.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id="2-per-seat-pricing-adds-up"&gt;2. Per-Seat Pricing Adds Up&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Notion charges per member, not per workspace. A 5-person team on Business annual costs $90-$100/mo total ($18-20 x 5). Guests are free within limits, so invite guests rather than adding members when possible.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id="3-custom-agents-cost-extra"&gt;3. Custom Agents Cost Extra&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Custom Agents are billed via credits at $10 per 1,000 credits. If your team builds multiple custom agents, budget an additional $20-$50/mo.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id="4-legacy-ai-grandfathering"&gt;4. Legacy AI Grandfathering&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Users who subscribed to the Notion AI add-on before May 2025 at $10/mo may be grandfathered in. &lt;strong&gt;Do not cancel&lt;/strong&gt; this add-on &amp;ndash; if you cancel, you cannot re-subscribe at the same rate and would need to upgrade to Business to regain AI access.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id="5-app-store-pricing-is-higher"&gt;5. App Store Pricing Is Higher&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If you subscribe through the Apple App Store, prices are approximately 10-15% higher due to Apple&amp;rsquo;s in-app purchase commission. Subscribe through the Notion website to avoid this.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr&gt;
&lt;h2 id="price-comparison-with-competitors"&gt;Price Comparison with Competitors&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;table&gt;
&lt;thead&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Feature&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Notion (Plus)&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Notion (Business)&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Coda&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;ClickUp&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Asana&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/thead&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Price (per seat/mo, annual)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$10&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$18-$20&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$10&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$10&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$10.99&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;AI included&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes (Pro+)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes (Enterprise)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes (Enterprise)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;AI pricing&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;N/A&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Included&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$10 add-on&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$10 add-on&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$10 add-on&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Documentation&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Excellent&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Excellent&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Excellent&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Good&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Limited&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Databases&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Limited&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Project management&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Basic&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Basic&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Basic&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Advanced&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Advanced&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Free plan&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes (generous)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Notion is competitively priced for what it offers.&lt;/strong&gt; The Business plan at $18-$20/seat (with AI included) is comparable to paying $10/seat for Plus plus a $10 AI add-on on other platforms. For teams that use Notion AI extensively, the Business plan is good value.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr&gt;
&lt;h2 id="how-to-get-the-lowest-price"&gt;How to Get the Lowest Price&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;h3 id="strategy-1-use-the-free-plan-generously"&gt;Strategy 1: Use the Free Plan Generously&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Notion&amp;rsquo;s Free plan is one of the most generous in the productivity space. Unlimited blocks, unlimited pages, and up to 10 guests. Individual users can often stay free indefinitely.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id="strategy-2-go-annual"&gt;Strategy 2: Go Annual&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Annual billing saves ~$2-$4 per seat per month. For a team of 10 on Business, that is $720/year in savings.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id="strategy-3-add-guests-instead-of-members"&gt;Strategy 3: Add Guests Instead of Members&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Guests (with limited access) are free on all plans. Only add paid members for people who need full workspace access. This can cut costs by 30-50% for teams with external contractors or part-time collaborators.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id="strategy-4-evaluate-whether-you-actually-need-ai"&gt;Strategy 4: Evaluate Whether You Actually Need AI&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Notion AI is powerful, but many teams do not use it daily. If your team primarily uses Notion for notes, wikis, and project tracking, the Plus plan at $10/seat/mo (annual) is sufficient.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id="strategy-5-consider-the-education-discount"&gt;Strategy 5: Consider the Education Discount&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Notion offers significant discounts for students and educators with a valid .edu email address. The Plus plan is available for free for students with Notion&amp;rsquo;s Education plan.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr&gt;
&lt;h2 id="faq"&gt;FAQ&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Is Notion AI worth $18/mo?&lt;/strong&gt;
For power users who write, summarize, and automate with AI daily, yes. The AI Agent alone (autonomous multi-step tasks) justifies the Business plan for many teams. For casual AI users, the free trial responses may be sufficient to determine value.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Can I still buy Notion AI separately in 2026?&lt;/strong&gt;
No &amp;ndash; not for new users. Notion removed the standalone $10/mo AI add-on for new Free and Plus users in May 2025. The only way to access Notion AI as a new user is through the Business plan or Enterprise.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Does Notion have a nonprofit discount?&lt;/strong&gt;
Yes. Notion offers a 50% discount for verified nonprofit organizations on the Business plan. Apply through Notion&amp;rsquo;s nonprofit application process.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Can I switch between monthly and annual billing?&lt;/strong&gt;
Yes. You can change billing frequency in workspace settings. The change takes effect at the next billing cycle.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What happens to my data if I downgrade from Business to Free?&lt;/strong&gt;
Your data remains accessible. You lose AI features, advanced page history (beyond 7 days), SAML SSO, and guest limit increases. Workspace content is preserved but some features become read-only.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr&gt;
&lt;h2 id="bottom-line"&gt;Bottom Line&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The best Notion price in 2026 depends on your AI needs:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ol&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$0&lt;/strong&gt; &amp;ndash; Free plan for individual users (no AI)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$10/seat/mo (annual)&lt;/strong&gt; &amp;ndash; Plus plan for teams without AI needs&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$18-$20/seat/mo (annual)&lt;/strong&gt; &amp;ndash; Business plan for teams who want Notion AI included&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$20-$50/mo extra&lt;/strong&gt; &amp;ndash; Custom Agent credits if using autonomous workflows&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The biggest change in 2026 is that AI access now effectively costs $18-$20/seat/mo (Business plan entry price) versus the previous $10/seat/mo (Plus + AI add-on). Evaluate carefully whether your team uses AI enough to justify the upgrade.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;👉 &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.notion.com/pricing"&gt;Check Current Notion Pricing&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &amp;ndash; start free, no credit card required.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Prices verified July 2026. This page contains affiliate links. Always check the official Notion pricing page for the most current information.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Systeme.io Best Price Guide 2026: How to Get the Lowest Price (Free &amp; Paid Plans)</title><link>https://savingsec.com/deal/systeme-io-best-price/</link><pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://savingsec.com/deal/systeme-io-best-price/</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Disclosure:&lt;/strong&gt; This page contains affiliate links. If you purchase through our link, we may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. We only recommend tools we&amp;rsquo;ve tested and believe provide genuine value.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id="systemeio-pricing-what-you-actually-pay-in-2026"&gt;Systeme.io Pricing: What You Actually Pay in 2026&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Systeme.io has four pricing tiers. Here&amp;rsquo;s exactly what you pay and what you get — no fluff, just the numbers.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;table&gt;
&lt;thead&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Plan&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Monthly&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Annual (per month)&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Annual Savings&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/thead&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Free&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$0&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$0&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;—&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Startup&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$27&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$17&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;~37%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Webinar&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$47&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$32&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;~32%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Unlimited&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$97&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$65&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;~33%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The annual plan saves 30-37%.&lt;/strong&gt; That&amp;rsquo;s the single biggest way to lower the effective price. If you&amp;rsquo;re committed to the platform, going annual cuts your cost by roughly a third.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Prices verified July 2026. Always check the &lt;a href="https://systeme.io/en?sa=sa0274470329a72d5316af70f6f15658a24964948a"&gt;official pricing page&lt;/a&gt; for current offers.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr&gt;
&lt;h2 id="the-free-plan-what-you-actually-get"&gt;The Free Plan: What You Actually Get&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Systeme.io&amp;rsquo;s free plan is genuinely useful — not a crippled trial. Here&amp;rsquo;s what&amp;rsquo;s included:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;table&gt;
&lt;thead&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Feature&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Free Plan Limit&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/thead&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Contacts (email subscribers)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Up to 2,000&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Emails sent&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Unlimited (within plan limits)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Sales funnels&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Up to 3&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Funnel steps&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Up to 10 per funnel&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Blog posts&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Unlimited&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Courses&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;1 course&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Course students&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Unlimited&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Membership sites&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;1&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Affiliate program&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Not available on Free&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Custom domain&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;✅ Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;File storage&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Limited&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Who the free plan is for:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Testing the platform before committing&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Building your first funnel or course&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Running a small email list (under 2,000 contacts)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Validating a product idea without upfront software cost&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;When to upgrade:&lt;/strong&gt; You&amp;rsquo;ll hit limits once you need more than 3 funnels, 2,000 contacts, or want to launch an affiliate program for your own product.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr&gt;
&lt;h2 id="paid-plans-which-one-do-you-actually-need"&gt;Paid Plans: Which One Do You Actually Need?&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;h3 id="startup-plan--27month-or-17month-annual"&gt;Startup Plan — $27/month (or $17/month annual)&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The sweet spot for most solopreneurs.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;table&gt;
&lt;thead&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Feature&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Limit&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/thead&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Contacts&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Up to 5,000&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Funnels&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Up to 10&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Funnel steps&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Up to 50 per funnel&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Courses&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Up to 5&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Affiliate program&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;✅ Available&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Automation rules&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Up to 10&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Custom domains&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;✅ Unlimited&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Blog&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;✅ Unlimited posts&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Best for:&lt;/strong&gt; Solo course creators, affiliate marketers, coaches, and freelancers who are actively building their business.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id="webinar-plan--47month-or-32month-annual"&gt;Webinar Plan — $47/month (or $32/month annual)&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Adds webinar capabilities and higher limits.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;table&gt;
&lt;thead&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Feature&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Limit&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/thead&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Contacts&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Up to 10,000&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Funnels&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Up to 50&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Webinars&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;✅ Evergreen + live&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Automation rules&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Up to 100&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Best for:&lt;/strong&gt; Creators who rely on webinars as a primary sales channel.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id="unlimited-plan--97month-or-65month-annual"&gt;Unlimited Plan — $97/month (or $65/month annual)&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Everything unlimited.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Best for:&lt;/strong&gt; Established businesses running at scale with large audiences.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr&gt;
&lt;h2 id="how-to-get-the-absolute-lowest-price"&gt;How to Get the Absolute Lowest Price&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;h3 id="strategy-1-start-free-then-go-annual"&gt;Strategy 1: Start Free, Then Go Annual&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;ol&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Sign up for the &lt;strong&gt;Free plan&lt;/strong&gt; — build your funnel, test the platform, get comfortable&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;When you hit a limit, upgrade to &lt;strong&gt;Startup Annual&lt;/strong&gt; ($17/month) instead of monthly ($27/month)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;You save 37%&lt;/strong&gt; — $120/year stays in your pocket&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;
&lt;h3 id="strategy-2-annual-billing-on-day-one"&gt;Strategy 2: Annual Billing on Day One&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If you already know you&amp;rsquo;ll use Systeme.io long-term:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Go straight to &lt;strong&gt;Startup Annual at $17/month&lt;/strong&gt; (billed $204/year)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;vs. monthly at $27/month = $324/year&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Annual savings: $120&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;h3 id="strategy-3-the-wait-for-a-promotion-play"&gt;Strategy 3: The &amp;ldquo;Wait for a Promotion&amp;rdquo; Play&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Systeme.io occasionally runs promotions — typically around Black Friday, New Year, or product launches. Following their social channels or joining their email list can alert you to limited-time deals.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;But honestly? At $17/month on the annual plan, the base price is already aggressive. Don&amp;rsquo;t wait months for a sale to save a few more dollars if you need the tool now.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr&gt;
&lt;h2 id="systemeio-vs-buying-separate-tools"&gt;Systeme.io vs. Buying Separate Tools&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;One way Systeme.io saves money isn&amp;rsquo;t about its own pricing — it&amp;rsquo;s about what you stop paying for.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;A typical beginner&amp;rsquo;s stack without Systeme.io:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;table&gt;
&lt;thead&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Tool&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Monthly Cost&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/thead&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;WordPress hosting&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$10-15&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Landing page builder (e.g., Leadpages)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$37&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Email marketing (e.g., ConvertKit)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$15-29&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Course platform (e.g., Teachable)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$39&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Funnel builder (e.g., ClickFunnels)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$97&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Total&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$198-217/month&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p&gt;With Systeme.io Startup:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;table&gt;
&lt;thead&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Tool&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Monthly Cost&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/thead&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Systeme.io (everything above in one platform)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$17-27&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;You&amp;rsquo;re saving $170-200/month&lt;/strong&gt; by consolidating into one tool.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr&gt;
&lt;h2 id="common-questions"&gt;Common Questions&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Is Systeme.io really free?&lt;/strong&gt;
Yes. The Free plan is genuinely free — no credit card, no time limit. It includes up to 2,000 contacts, 3 funnels, 1 course, and unlimited emails. Limits are usage-based, not time-based. Always verify current plan details on the official pricing page.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Does the price change after the first year?&lt;/strong&gt;
Systeme.io&amp;rsquo;s pricing is stable. The annual discount rate (~37%) has been consistent. Like any SaaS, prices may be adjusted over time, but existing subscribers typically keep their rate.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Can I switch between plans?&lt;/strong&gt;
Yes. Upgrade or downgrade anytime. Upgrades take effect immediately. Downgrades apply at the end of your billing cycle.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Is there a money-back guarantee?&lt;/strong&gt;
Systeme.io doesn&amp;rsquo;t advertise a standard money-back guarantee. However, the Free plan eliminates risk — you can fully test the platform before paying. Review current refund policies on their terms page before purchasing.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Is there a coupon code or discount code?&lt;/strong&gt;
Systeme.io doesn&amp;rsquo;t typically offer public coupon codes. The main discount is the annual billing option, which saves 30-37%. Some affiliates (including us) may have access to exclusive trials or bonuses — use our link for the best available offer.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr&gt;
&lt;h2 id="bottom-line"&gt;Bottom Line&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The best Systeme.io price in 2026 is:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ol&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Free&lt;/strong&gt; — if you&amp;rsquo;re just starting and don&amp;rsquo;t need more than 3 funnels&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$17/month (annual)&lt;/strong&gt; — for most solopreneurs who need full features&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$32/month (annual)&lt;/strong&gt; — if webinars are central to your business&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$65/month (annual)&lt;/strong&gt; — if you&amp;rsquo;re running at scale&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;
&lt;p&gt;👉 &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://systeme.io/en?sa=sa0274470329a72d5316af70f6f15658a24964948a"&gt;Get the Best Systeme.io Price Here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; — start free, no credit card required.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Prices verified July 2026. This page contains affiliate links. Always check the official Systeme.io pricing page for the most current information.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Make (Formerly Integromat) Best Price Guide 2026: Operations Pricing, Annual Savings &amp; Hidden Costs</title><link>https://savingsec.com/deal/make-best-price/</link><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://savingsec.com/deal/make-best-price/</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Disclosure:&lt;/strong&gt; This page contains affiliate links. If you purchase through our link, we may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. We only recommend tools we&amp;rsquo;ve tested and believe provide genuine value.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id="make-pricing-what-you-actually-pay-in-2026"&gt;Make Pricing: What You Actually Pay in 2026&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Make (formerly Integromat) uses an &lt;strong&gt;operations-based pricing model&lt;/strong&gt;. Every time a module in your scenario runs, it counts as one operation. In August 2025, Make rebranded operations as &amp;ldquo;credits,&amp;rdquo; but the concept is identical. This is a fundamental difference from competitor pricing models.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;table&gt;
&lt;thead&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Plan&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th style="text-align: center"&gt;Monthly Price&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th style="text-align: center"&gt;Annual (per month)&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th style="text-align: center"&gt;Operations/Credits&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Key Limits&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/thead&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Free&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: center"&gt;$0&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: center"&gt;$0&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: center"&gt;1,000&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;2 active scenarios, basic apps&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Core&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: center"&gt;$12&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$9&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: center"&gt;10,000&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Unlimited scenarios, 1-min scheduling&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Pro&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: center"&gt;$21&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$16&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: center"&gt;10,000&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Priority execution, custom variables&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Teams&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: center"&gt;$38/user&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$29/user&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: center"&gt;10,000/user&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Collaboration roles, premium apps&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Enterprise&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: center"&gt;Custom&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: center"&gt;Custom&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: center"&gt;Custom&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;SSO, dedicated CSM, custom SLA&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Annual billing saves approximately 15-25%&lt;/strong&gt; compared to monthly billing on all paid plans.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Prices verified July 2026. Some sources show slight variations &amp;ndash; always check the &lt;a href="https://www.make.com/pricing"&gt;official Make pricing page&lt;/a&gt; for current rates.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr&gt;
&lt;h2 id="understanding-operations-based-pricing"&gt;Understanding Operations-Based Pricing&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Operations-based pricing is Make&amp;rsquo;s most distinctive feature &amp;ndash; and the most common source of confusion. Here is exactly how it works:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id="what-counts-as-one-operation"&gt;What Counts as One Operation&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;table&gt;
&lt;thead&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Action&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Operations Consumed&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/thead&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;1 module execution in a scenario&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1 operation&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;1 filter condition processed&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;0 operations&lt;/strong&gt; (free)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;1 webhook trigger received&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1 operation&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Make Code app (per second of runtime)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2 operations&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;AI action execution&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Varies (typically 1-5 operations)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;h3 id="example-a-typical-workflow"&gt;Example: A Typical Workflow&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;A scenario with:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;1 trigger module (webhook)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;5 action modules (create contact in CRM, add to email list, send Slack notification, update Google Sheet, log to data store)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Running 100 times per month&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Calculation:&lt;/strong&gt; (1 trigger + 5 actions) x 100 executions = &lt;strong&gt;600 operations/month&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id="example-a-heavy-workflow"&gt;Example: A Heavy Workflow&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;A scenario with:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;1 polling trigger (checks every 15 minutes)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;8 action modules&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Running 2,880 times per month (15-min polling)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Calculation:&lt;/strong&gt; (1 trigger + 8 actions) x 2,880 executions = &lt;strong&gt;25,920 operations/month&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This example alone would exceed the 10,000 operation limit on Core or Pro plans, requiring a credit pack upgrade.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr&gt;
&lt;h2 id="free-plan-what-you-actually-get"&gt;Free Plan: What You Actually Get&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;table&gt;
&lt;thead&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Feature&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Free Plan Limit&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/thead&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Operations/month&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1,000&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Active scenarios&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;2&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Minimum scheduling interval&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;15 minutes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Access to apps&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Basic apps only&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Data transfer&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Limited&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Execution history&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;1 day&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Who the free plan is for:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Testing Make&amp;rsquo;s interface and workflow builder&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Running 1-2 simple automations with low volume&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Learning the platform before committing to a paid plan&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;When to upgrade:&lt;/strong&gt; When you need more than 2 active scenarios, more than 1,000 operations per month, or access to premium apps (Salesforce, NetSuite, SAP).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr&gt;
&lt;h2 id="paid-plans-detailed-pricing"&gt;Paid Plans: Detailed Pricing&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;h3 id="core-plan-9mo-annual-12mo-monthly"&gt;Core Plan ($9/mo annual, $12/mo monthly)&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;table&gt;
&lt;thead&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Feature&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Limit&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/thead&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Operations/month&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;10,000&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Active scenarios&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Unlimited&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Min scheduling interval&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;1 minute&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Premium apps&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Not included&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Data transfer&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;5 GB per 10k ops&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Execution history&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;30 days&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;h3 id="pro-plan-16mo-annual-21mo-monthly"&gt;Pro Plan ($16/mo annual, $21/mo monthly)&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;table&gt;
&lt;thead&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Feature&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Limit&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/thead&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Operations/month&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;10,000&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Active scenarios&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Unlimited&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Min scheduling interval&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;1 minute&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Premium apps&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Included&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Data transfer&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;5 GB per 10k ops&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Execution history&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;60 days&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Custom variables&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Priority execution&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;h3 id="teams-plan-29usermo-annual-38usermo-monthly"&gt;Teams Plan ($29/user/mo annual, $38/user/mo monthly)&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;table&gt;
&lt;thead&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Feature&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Limit&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/thead&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Operations/month&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;10,000 per user&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Active scenarios&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Unlimited&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Team collaboration&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Shared workspaces&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;User roles&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Admin, Editor, Operator&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Premium apps&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Included&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Execution history&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;90 days&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;hr&gt;
&lt;h2 id="credit-packs-scaling-beyond-10000-operations"&gt;Credit Packs: Scaling Beyond 10,000 Operations&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;When you exceed the base 10,000 operations, you purchase &lt;strong&gt;credit packs&lt;/strong&gt; at higher volumes rather than paying overage per operation.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;table&gt;
&lt;thead&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th style="text-align: center"&gt;Operation Volume&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th style="text-align: center"&gt;Core (annual)&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th style="text-align: center"&gt;Pro (annual)&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th style="text-align: center"&gt;Teams (annual per user)&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/thead&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: center"&gt;10,000 (base)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: center"&gt;$9/mo&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: center"&gt;$16/mo&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: center"&gt;$29/mo&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: center"&gt;20,000&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: center"&gt;~$18/mo&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: center"&gt;~$32/mo&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: center"&gt;~$58/mo&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: center"&gt;40,000&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: center"&gt;~$30/mo&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: center"&gt;~$53/mo&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: center"&gt;~$96/mo&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: center"&gt;80,000&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: center"&gt;~$50/mo&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: center"&gt;~$88/mo&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: center"&gt;~$160/mo&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: center"&gt;150,000&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: center"&gt;~$83/mo&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: center"&gt;~$146/mo&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: center"&gt;~$265/mo&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Credit packs represent better per-operation pricing at higher volumes. At 150,000 operations/month on Core, you pay approximately &lt;strong&gt;$0.00055 per operation&lt;/strong&gt; versus $0.0009 at 10,000 operations.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr&gt;
&lt;h2 id="annual-vs-monthly-real-savings"&gt;Annual vs Monthly: Real Savings&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;table&gt;
&lt;thead&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Plan&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Monthly&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Annual (per month)&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Annual Total&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;You Save Per Year&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/thead&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Core&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$12/mo&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$9/mo&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$108&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$36&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Pro&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$21/mo&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$16/mo&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$192&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$60&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Teams (1 user)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$38/mo&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$29/mo&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$348&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$108&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Teams (5 users)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$190/mo&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$145/mo&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$1,740&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$540&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;hr&gt;
&lt;h2 id="hidden-costs--things-to-watch"&gt;Hidden Costs &amp;amp; Things to Watch&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;h3 id="1-operations-burn-fast"&gt;1. Operations Burn Fast&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;A 15-minute polling trigger alone consumes ~2,880 operations/month. If you have multiple scenarios with frequent polling, you can reach 10,000 operations quickly. Choose webhook triggers over polling when possible to reduce consumption.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id="2-premium-apps-are-gated"&gt;2. Premium Apps Are Gated&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;On the Core plan, premium app connectors (Salesforce, NetSuite, SAP, HubSpot, etc.) are not included. You need the Pro plan or higher to access these.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id="3-data-transfer-limits"&gt;3. Data Transfer Limits&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Make imposes data transfer caps (~5 GB per 10,000 operations). If you process large files (images, CSVs, videos), you may exceed these limits and face throttling or additional charges.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id="4-code-execution-is-double-cost"&gt;4. Code Execution Is Double-Cost&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The Make Code app costs &lt;strong&gt;2 operations per second&lt;/strong&gt; of runtime. If you write custom JavaScript in your scenarios, budget for higher operation consumption.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id="5-ai-actions-are-more-expensive"&gt;5. AI Actions Are More Expensive&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;AI-powered modules (GPT, Claude, AI image generation) typically cost 1-5 operations per execution depending on the action type and model used.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id="6-teams-pricing-is-per-user"&gt;6. Teams Pricing Is Per User&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The Teams plan charges per user, not per workspace. If you have 5 team members, you pay 5x the per-user rate. This can add up quickly for larger teams.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr&gt;
&lt;h2 id="make-vs-competitors-pricing-comparison"&gt;Make vs Competitors: Pricing Comparison&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;table&gt;
&lt;thead&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Platform&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th style="text-align: center"&gt;Entry Price&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th style="text-align: center"&gt;10k Volume&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th style="text-align: center"&gt;150k Volume&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Pricing Model&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/thead&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Make (Core)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: center"&gt;$9/mo&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: center"&gt;$9/mo&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: center"&gt;$83/mo&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Per operation&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Zapier (Starter)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: center"&gt;$20/mo&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: center"&gt;$20/mo (750 tasks)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: center"&gt;N/A&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Per task&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;n8n (self-hosted)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: center"&gt;~$5/mo (VPS)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: center"&gt;~$5/mo&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: center"&gt;~$15/mo&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Free (pay for infra)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Pabbly Connect&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: center"&gt;$16/mo&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: center"&gt;$16/mo (10k tasks)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: center"&gt;$67/mo&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Per task&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Make is typically 2-5x cheaper than Zapier&lt;/strong&gt; for complex, multi-step workflows because one operation = one module execution, while one Zapier task = one action step. A 10-step workflow on Make costs 10 operations per run. The same workflow on Zapier costs 10 tasks per run.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr&gt;
&lt;h2 id="how-to-get-the-lowest-price"&gt;How to Get the Lowest Price&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;h3 id="strategy-1-optimize-your-operations"&gt;Strategy 1: Optimize Your Operations&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Use &lt;strong&gt;webhook triggers&lt;/strong&gt; instead of polling triggers to reduce operation count&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Remove unnecessary modules from your scenarios&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Use &lt;strong&gt;filters&lt;/strong&gt; early in your scenario to stop irrelevant executions before they consume operations&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Combine multiple actions into a single HTTP module when possible&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;h3 id="strategy-2-start-on-core-upgrade-only-when-needed"&gt;Strategy 2: Start on Core, Upgrade Only When Needed&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The Core plan ($9/mo annual) covers 10,000 operations with unlimited scenarios. Most indie hackers never need Pro features unless they require premium app connectors or priority execution.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id="strategy-3-go-annual"&gt;Strategy 3: Go Annual&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Annual billing saves 15-25% across all plans. For Pro at $16/mo annual vs $21/mo monthly, that is $60/year saved.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id="strategy-4-right-size-your-credit-pack"&gt;Strategy 4: Right-Size Your Credit Pack&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Monitor your monthly operation consumption in the Make dashboard. If you consistently use 12,000-15,000 operations per month, the 20,000 credit pack is cheaper than paying for 2x the base 10,000 pack.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id="strategy-5-consider-teams-only-for-collaboration"&gt;Strategy 5: Consider Teams Only for Collaboration&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The Teams plan is useful for shared workspaces and user roles, but expensive for solo users. Most solopreneurs should use the Pro plan.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr&gt;
&lt;h2 id="faq"&gt;FAQ&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What is the difference between operations and tasks?&lt;/strong&gt;
Make charges per &lt;strong&gt;operation&lt;/strong&gt; (each module step in a scenario). Zapier charges per &lt;strong&gt;task&lt;/strong&gt; (each completed action step). Both measure similar things but the naming differs. A 10-step automation running 100 times = 1,000 operations on Make or 1,000 tasks on Zapier.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Can I set a hard limit on operations to avoid surprise charges?&lt;/strong&gt;
Yes. Make allows you to set a monthly operation limit in your account settings. Once reached, active scenarios will stop executing until the next billing cycle or until you increase the limit.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What happens if I exceed my operation limit?&lt;/strong&gt;
On the Free plan, scenarios stop executing when you hit 1,000 operations. On paid plans, you can either purchase a credit pack (which increases your limit) or let scenarios pause until the next month.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Does Make offer a student or nonprofit discount?&lt;/strong&gt;
Make does not widely advertise educational or nonprofit discounts. Enterprise plans may have custom pricing for qualifying organizations.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Can I export my scenarios from Make?&lt;/strong&gt;
Yes. Scenarios can be exported as JSON files (.blueprint files). These can be imported into any other Make account and serve as a backup or migration method.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr&gt;
&lt;h2 id="bottom-line"&gt;Bottom Line&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The best Make price in 2026 is:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ol&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$0&lt;/strong&gt; &amp;ndash; Free plan for testing (1,000 operations/month, 2 scenarios)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$9/mo (annual)&lt;/strong&gt; &amp;ndash; Core plan for most solopreneurs (10,000 operations/month)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$16/mo (annual)&lt;/strong&gt; &amp;ndash; Pro plan if you need premium app connectors&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$29/user/mo (annual)&lt;/strong&gt; &amp;ndash; Teams plan for collaborative teams&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Make offers the best visual workflow builder in the automation space at a competitive price. Understanding operation consumption is key to controlling costs &amp;ndash; optimize your scenarios to use webhooks, reduce polling frequency, and monitor your monthly usage.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;👉 &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.make.com/pricing"&gt;Check Current Make Pricing&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &amp;ndash; start free, no credit card required.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Prices verified July 2026. This page contains affiliate links. Always check the official Make pricing page for the most current information.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Carrd Best Price Guide 2026: Pro Plans, Annual Pricing &amp; How to Get the Lowest Cost</title><link>https://savingsec.com/deal/carrd-best-price/</link><pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://savingsec.com/deal/carrd-best-price/</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Disclosure:&lt;/strong&gt; This page contains affiliate links. If you purchase through our link, we may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. We only recommend tools we&amp;rsquo;ve tested and believe provide genuine value.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id="carrd-pricing-what-you-actually-pay-in-2026"&gt;Carrd Pricing: What You Actually Pay in 2026&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Important: Carrd uses annual billing only.&lt;/strong&gt; There is no monthly subscription option. You pay once per year for access. This is a key distinction from every other website builder.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;table&gt;
&lt;thead&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Plan&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Annual Price&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Equivalent Per Month&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Sites&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Custom Domains&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/thead&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Free&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$0&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$0&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;1 site&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No (carrd.co subdomain)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Pro Lite&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$9/year&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$0.75/mo&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;3 sites&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Pro Standard&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$19/year&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$1.58/mo&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;10 sites&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Yes&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Pro Plus&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$49/year&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$4.08/mo&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;25 sites&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Carrd&amp;rsquo;s pricing has been stable for years.&lt;/strong&gt; Unlike most SaaS tools that have increased prices in 2025-2026, Carrd has maintained the same pricing for several years running.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Prices verified July 2026. Always check the &lt;a href="https://carrd.co/pricing"&gt;official Carrd pricing page&lt;/a&gt; for current rates.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr&gt;
&lt;h2 id="free-plan-what-you-actually-get"&gt;Free Plan: What You Actually Get&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;table&gt;
&lt;thead&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Feature&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Free Plan Limit&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/thead&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Sites&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1 site&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Subdomain&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;yoursite.carrd.co&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Carrd branding&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Displayed on your site&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Custom domain&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Not available&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Premium templates&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Not available&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Video backgrounds&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Not available&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Forms&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Not available&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Commerce widgets&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Not available&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Who the free plan is for:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Testing Carrd&amp;rsquo;s builder before committing&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Personal landing pages where branding does not matter&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Learning how to build single-page sites&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;When to upgrade:&lt;/strong&gt; When you need a custom domain, want to remove Carrd branding, or need more than one site.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr&gt;
&lt;h2 id="pro-plans-detailed-feature-breakdown"&gt;Pro Plans: Detailed Feature Breakdown&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;h3 id="pro-lite--9year-075mo"&gt;Pro Lite &amp;ndash; $9/year ($0.75/mo)&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;table&gt;
&lt;thead&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Feature&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Limit&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/thead&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Sites&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Up to 3&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Custom domains&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Not supported&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Remove Carrd branding&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Premium templates&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Video backgrounds&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Collaboration&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Site transfers&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Best for:&lt;/strong&gt; Users who want to remove Carrd branding and access premium templates but are fine with carrd.co subdomains.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id="pro-standard--19year-158mo"&gt;Pro Standard &amp;ndash; $19/year ($1.58/mo)&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;table&gt;
&lt;thead&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Feature&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Limit&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/thead&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Sites&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Up to &lt;strong&gt;10&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Custom domains&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Yes&lt;/strong&gt; (with SSL)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Remove Carrd branding&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Premium templates&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Video backgrounds&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Forms (via ESP)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes (email service providers)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Commerce widgets&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes (Stripe, Gumroad, PayPal)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Collaboration&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Site transfers&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Best for:&lt;/strong&gt; Most users. This is the most popular plan. At $1.58/mo, it offers the best value for creators who need multiple sites with custom domains and basic commerce.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id="pro-plus--49year-408mo"&gt;Pro Plus &amp;ndash; $49/year ($4.08/mo)&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;table&gt;
&lt;thead&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Feature&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Limit&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/thead&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Sites&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Up to &lt;strong&gt;25&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Custom domains&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes (with SSL)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Remove Carrd branding&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Premium templates&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Form submissions &amp;amp; automation&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Yes&lt;/strong&gt; (receive form data, Zapier/webhook)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Custom meta tags&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes (title, description, image for social previews)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Download HTML&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes (self-host your sites)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;All Pro Standard features&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Best for:&lt;/strong&gt; Power users who need form submissions, custom meta tags for social sharing, or the ability to download and self-host their site HTML.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr&gt;
&lt;h2 id="annual-billing-the-only-option"&gt;Annual Billing: The Only Option&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Carrd does not offer monthly billing. You pay for the full year upfront. This is a unique approach but results in the &lt;strong&gt;lowest absolute cost of any website builder&lt;/strong&gt; on the market.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;table&gt;
&lt;thead&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Plan&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Annual Cost&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Equivalent Monthly&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Comparable Tool Monthly Cost&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/thead&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Pro Lite&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$9/year&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$0.75/mo&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;None (no comparable feature set)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Pro Standard&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$19/year&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$1.58/mo&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Framer Mini: $5/mo&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Pro Plus&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$49/year&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$4.08/mo&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Webflow Basic: $14/mo&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Carrd costs less per year than most website builders charge per month.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr&gt;
&lt;h2 id="discounts--promo-codes"&gt;Discounts &amp;amp; Promo Codes&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;h3 id="available-discount-code"&gt;Available Discount Code&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Use coupon code &lt;strong&gt;&lt;code&gt;onepagelove&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; at checkout to get &lt;strong&gt;20% off your first year&lt;/strong&gt;. This brings the cost down to:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;table&gt;
&lt;thead&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Plan&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Regular Price&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;With 20% Off&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/thead&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Pro Standard&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$19/year&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$15.20/year&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Pro Plus&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$49/year&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$39.20/year&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The discount applies to the first year only. Renewals are at the standard rate.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr&gt;
&lt;h2 id="hidden-costs--things-to-watch"&gt;Hidden Costs &amp;amp; Things to Watch&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;h3 id="1-annual-billing-lock-in"&gt;1. Annual Billing Lock-In&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Carrd only offers annual billing. You cannot subscribe month-to-month. While the cost is very low ($19-$49/year), the full amount is charged upfront.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id="2-single-page-sites-only"&gt;2. Single-Page Sites Only&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Carrd builds &lt;strong&gt;single-page sites only&lt;/strong&gt;. There is no multi-page structure, no blog engine, no documentation system. If you need a multi-page website, Carrd is not the right tool.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id="3-forms-on-pro-standard-require-external-services"&gt;3. Forms on Pro Standard Require External Services&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Form submissions on Pro Standard require connecting an email service provider (Mailchimp, MailerLite, etc.) or a third-party form backend. Form data is not stored natively. If you need to collect form submissions and process them, you need the Pro Plus plan ($49/year).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id="4-no-e-commerce-direct"&gt;4. No E-Commerce (Direct)&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Carrd does not have native e-commerce. You can embed payment widgets from Stripe, Gumroad, or PayPal, but there is no shopping cart, inventory management, or order tracking.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id="5-no-blog-engine"&gt;5. No Blog Engine&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;There is no blogging functionality. If you want to publish articles, you need a separate platform (Ghost, WordPress, or a newsletter tool like Beehiiv or Kit).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id="6-no-seo-plugin"&gt;6. No SEO Plugin&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Carrd supports basic SEO (meta tags on Pro Plus, clean URLs) but lacks advanced SEO plugins, sitemaps, and structured data tools that platforms like Webflow and WordPress offer.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr&gt;
&lt;h2 id="price-comparison-with-competitors"&gt;Price Comparison with Competitors&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;h3 id="annual-cost-comparison"&gt;Annual Cost Comparison&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;table&gt;
&lt;thead&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Platform&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Cheapest Paid Plan (Annual)&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Sites/Pages&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Custom Domain&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;E-Commerce&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/thead&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Carrd (Pro Standard)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$19/year&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;10 single-page sites&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Widgets only&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Framer (Mini)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$60/year ($5/mo)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;2 pages&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;WordPress.com (Starter)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$48/year ($4/mo)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Unlimited&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Pixpa (Basic)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$65/year ($5.40/mo)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Unlimited pages&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;3 products&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Squarespace (Personal)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$192/year ($16/mo)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Unlimited&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Webflow (Basic)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$168/year ($14/mo)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Unlimited&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Wix (Light)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$204/year ($17/mo)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Unlimited&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;h3 id="monthly-cost-comparison"&gt;Monthly Cost Comparison&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;table&gt;
&lt;thead&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Platform&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Monthly Cost&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Annual Total&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/thead&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Carrd Pro Standard&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$0 (annual only)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$19&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Framer Mini&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$5/mo (annual)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$60&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;WordPress.com Starter&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$4/mo (annual)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$48&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Squarespace Personal&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$16/mo (annual)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$192&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Webflow Basic&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$14/mo (annual)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$168&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Carrd is by far the cheapest option&lt;/strong&gt; for single-page sites with custom domains. No competitor comes close on price.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr&gt;
&lt;h2 id="how-to-get-the-lowest-price"&gt;How to Get the Lowest Price&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;h3 id="strategy-1-use-the-free-plan-first"&gt;Strategy 1: Use the Free Plan First&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Build and test your site on the free plan (carrd.co subdomain, Carrd branding). Once you are satisfied with the design, upgrade to Pro Standard.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id="strategy-2-use-the-coupon-code"&gt;Strategy 2: Use the Coupon Code&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Use coupon code &lt;strong&gt;&lt;code&gt;onepagelove&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; for 20% off your first year. This drops Pro Standard to $15.20/year.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id="strategy-3-choose-the-right-pro-tier"&gt;Strategy 3: Choose the Right Pro Tier&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No custom domain needed?&lt;/strong&gt; Pro Lite ($9/year) removes branding and unlocks premium templates.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Need custom domains and commerce?&lt;/strong&gt; Pro Standard ($19/year) &amp;ndash; the sweet spot.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Need form submissions or HTML export?&lt;/strong&gt; Pro Plus ($49/year).&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;h3 id="strategy-4-combine-with-carrd-for-landing-pages"&gt;Strategy 4: Combine with Carrd for Landing Pages&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Use Carrd for landing pages and sign-up sites, then use a newsletter tool (Kit, Beehiiv) for your email list or a course platform (Podia, Teachable) for paid products. This keeps your Carrd cost at $19/year while routing business functions to specialized tools.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr&gt;
&lt;h2 id="faq"&gt;FAQ&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;h3 id="can-i-pay-monthly-for-carrd"&gt;Can I pay monthly for Carrd?&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;No. Carrd only offers annual billing. You pay for the full year upfront. There is no monthly subscription option.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id="does-carrd-offer-a-money-back-guarantee"&gt;Does Carrd offer a money-back guarantee?&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Carrd does not publicly advertise a money-back guarantee. However, given the low price point ($19-$49/year) and the ability to test on the free plan, financial risk is minimal.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id="can-i-connect-my-own-domain"&gt;Can I connect my own domain?&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Yes, on the Pro Standard ($19/year) and Pro Plus ($49/year) plans. Carrd provides free SSL certificates. Domain registration is separate (typically $10-15/year through Namecheap, Cloudflare, or similar).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id="how-many-sites-can-i-build-on-carrd"&gt;How many sites can I build on Carrd?&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Free: 1 site&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Pro Lite ($9/year): 3 sites&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Pro Standard ($19/year): 10 sites&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Pro Plus ($49/year): 25 sites&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;h3 id="can-i-export-my-carrd-site-to-another-platform"&gt;Can I export my Carrd site to another platform?&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Carrd does not offer a direct migration tool. On the Pro Plus plan, you can download the HTML of your site. For other platforms, you would need to manually rebuild.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id="is-carrd-good-for-seo"&gt;Is Carrd good for SEO?&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Basic SEO is supported (meta tags on Pro Plus, clean URLs). Carrd output is clean HTML with good performance scores. For advanced SEO (structured data, sitemaps, plugins), consider WordPress or Webflow.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id="does-carrd-have-e-commerce"&gt;Does Carrd have e-commerce?&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Not natively. You can embed Stripe, Gumroad, or PayPal payment buttons/widgets. There is no shopping cart, inventory, or order management system.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr&gt;
&lt;h2 id="bottom-line"&gt;Bottom Line&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Carrd is uniquely affordable because of its simplicity:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ol&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$0&lt;/strong&gt; &amp;ndash; Free plan for testing (carrd.co subdomain, Carrd branding)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$9/year&lt;/strong&gt; &amp;ndash; Pro Lite (3 sites, no custom domains, remove branding)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$19/year&lt;/strong&gt; &amp;ndash; Pro Standard (10 sites, custom domains, widgets) &amp;ndash; &lt;strong&gt;best value&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$49/year&lt;/strong&gt; &amp;ndash; Pro Plus (25 sites, form submissions, HTML export)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Carrd&amp;rsquo;s pricing has not increased in years, and at $19/year for the Pro Standard plan, it costs less than one month of nearly any competitor. The trade-off is intentional simplicity: single-page sites only, no blog, no native e-commerce.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If you need a landing page, micro-site, or portfolio, Carrd is the cheapest option on the market. If you need multi-page websites with blogging or e-commerce, look at Framer ($5/mo), WordPress.com ($4/mo), or Squarespace ($16/mo).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;👉 &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://carrd.co/pricing"&gt;Check Current Carrd Pricing&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &amp;ndash; start free, no credit card required.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Prices verified July 2026. This page contains affiliate links. Always check the official Carrd pricing page for the most current information. Use coupon code &lt;code&gt;onepagelove&lt;/code&gt; for 20% off your first year.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>