Every time a price in our calculator changes, it is recorded here with the date and source. We re-check every platform at least once a month.
Last full check: .
Log
: More tiers confirmed on official pages
Second check the same day, using plain-text pricing pages published by beehiiv and MailerLite and Buttondown's own feature pages. No prices changed; more figures are now confirmed.
beehiiv Lite: all 8 tiers (1,000 to 100,000) confirmed on beehiiv.com/pricing.md; monthly prices added for 5k ($109), 25k ($199), 75k ($389) and 100k ($469).
MailerLite Comfort: all tiers confirmed on mailerlite.com/pricing.md; added 35k–90k tiers and yearly prices (10% off monthly). MailerLite's 0% fee on paid subscriptions confirmed.
Buttondown: 0% fee on paid subscriptions confirmed ("You keep all of the money you make after credit card fees"); 1k/5k/10k/20k prices confirmed on Buttondown's own comparison pages.
: Initial verification of all six platforms
First full check of official pricing pages for Substack, beehiiv, Kit, Ghost (Pro), Buttondown and MailerLite, plus Stripe's US card rate. Prices that could be read on official pages are marked verified. Tier prices that the official pages only show inside interactive sliders were taken from dated third-party write-ups and are marked unverified until confirmed.
Status at the initial check (2026-10-19)
Substack: 1 of 1 modeled price tiers verified on the official page; platform fee verified. support.substack.com
beehiiv: 9 of 9 modeled price tiers verified on the official page; platform fee verified. beehiiv.com
Kit: 3 of 16 modeled price tiers verified on the official page; platform fee verified. kit.com
Ghost (Pro): 2 of 7 modeled price tiers verified on the official page; platform fee verified. ghost.org
Buttondown: 5 of 5 modeled price tiers verified on the official page; platform fee verified. buttondown.com
MailerLite: 20 of 20 modeled price tiers verified on the official page; platform fee verified. mailerlite.com
Stripe: 2.9% + $0.30 per US card charge, Stripe Billing 0.7%, verified on stripe.com/pricing.
Changes reported before we started tracking
These happened before our first check. They come from third-party reports (linked) and are listed for context only.
beehiiv, reported 2026-10-01
beehiiv renamed its plans (Free / Lite / Pro / Enterprise) and raised prices for new customers; existing customers reportedly move over at their first renewal on or after 2026-11-01.
MailerLite reportedly cut its free plan from 500 to 250 subscribers and raised Comfort and Power prices. The 250-subscriber free limit is confirmed on MailerLite's pricing page as of 2026-10-19.
Ghost(Pro) updated its plans; a Ghost forum thread from July 2025 lists Starter at $15/mo. On 2026-10-19 the official pricing page shows Starter at $18/mo billed yearly.
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