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Is Beehiiv worth it?

Beehiiv averages 4 out of 5 from 1 rating on HissingKitty. None rated it 2 stars or less so far.

"We use it for our corporate newsletter. Our team loves it and speaks really highly of it. The cost is fine compared to Mailchimp and other more expensive tools so far, but our list is small. Only complaint would be if..."

Beehiiv price increase 2026

We have 2 sourced price rises on file, including Scale from $999 to $3052.

Best Beehiiv alternatives

Buyers list 4 AI-native alternatives and 0 custom build firms for Beehiiv. Top listed: Mailcheap, Nitrosend, Substack.

Should we build our own Beehiiv?

2 teams posted that they built their own replacement. Build if your process is your edge; keep paying if it is standard.

"Paid $792 for "the prettiest inbox I never opened." Had already moved to Sendy and Amazon SES but kept paying Beehiiv. Cancelled."

"Left Beehiiv after its third price rise in two years. First yearly bill was $1,000, the next would have been $4,000. Built his own newsletter platform on AWS SES and MongoDB with a few prompts, now under $300 a year."

Why do people leave Beehiiv?

4 buyer complaints on file. In their own words:

"Marc makes $100k/mo but thinks @beehiiv $100/mo is a lot. His products are cool. But this made me think. Why shouldn't people just build their own?"

"Got no response and no support. Paid the higher amount anyway because he couldn't risk losing his list."

"I signed up on the scale plan when they offered the $999 per year for 100k subs and now all of a sudden they are trying to rebill me for $3,052 annually now!"