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beehiiv pricing (2026)
Prices on this page come from beehiiv's official pricing page, checked 21 August 2026: www.beehiiv.com/pricing. Monthly billing, prices exactly as shown by the vendor, captured and dated by InboxRatio Editorial.
Summary — generated from our pricing datasets
beehiiv's pricing page lists 4 email marketing plans, including a free plan (2,500 contacts · unlimited emails). The cheapest paid plan is Scale at $49/mo. At 1,000 contacts, the cheapest covering plan costs $49/mo, while the functional tier — the cheapest one with automation workflows, API access and vendor-branding removal — is Max at $109/mo. At 50,000 contacts, the functional price is $379/mo on Max. Averaged across our 4-point volume ladder, those functional prices sit at percentile 86.5 among the 13 email marketing services we price (0 = cheapest), which places beehiiv in the Mid-market price band. No overage or dedicated-IP price appears among the captured tiers. Every price is as shown by beehiiv, captured with the monthly billing toggle active and promotions excluded, and was last checked on 21 August 2026.
From beehiiv's official pricing page
beehiiv email marketing plans
| Tier | Monthly price | Annual-billed | What's included | Overage /1k |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launch | $0/mo | — | 2,500 contacts · unlimited emails | — |
| Scale | $49/mo | $43/mo | 1,000 contacts · unlimited emails | — |
| Max | $109/mo | $96/mo | 1,000 contacts · unlimited emails | — |
| Enterprise | Custom quote | — | — | — |
Checked 21 August 2026 on beehiiv's official pricing page · monthly billing toggle active, promotions excluded, currency as shown. “—” = not published on the captured tier.
Entry tier vs functional tier
Entry tier
$49/mo
Scale — the cheapest paid plan on the page.
Functional tier at 1,000 contacts
$109/mo
Max — the cheapest tier with automation workflows, API access and vendor-branding removal.
From our pricing-by-volume dataset
What beehiiv costs by contact count
| Volume | Cheapest covering plan | Functional tier | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1,000 contacts | $49/mo | $109/mo(Max) | 19 August 2026 |
| 5,000 contacts | $89/mo | $169/mo(Max) | 21 August 2026 |
| 10,000 contacts | $109/mo | $219/mo(Max) | 21 August 2026 |
| 50,000 contacts | $249/mo | $379/mo(Max) | 21 August 2026 |
Monthly billing, prices as shown. Where beehiiv has no exact step at a volume, the nearest covering step was captured. Functional tier = the cheapest tier with automation workflows, API access and vendor-branding removal.
Free plan, trial and extras
- Free plan
- Yes — Launch: 2,500 contacts · unlimited emails
- Overage
- No public overage price captured
- Dedicated IP
- No public dedicated-IP price captured
What each tier unlocks
| Tier | API access | Automation | Branding removal |
|---|---|---|---|
| Launch | limited | no | no |
| Scale | yes | yes | no |
| Max | yes | yes | yes |
| Enterprise | yes | yes | yes |
Per-tier clauses as recorded in our pricing dataset (checked 21 August 2026); “limited” = capped or partial, “not stated” = not documented by the vendor.
How beehiiv pricing compares
$$$ Mid-market price band in email marketing — average functional-price percentile 86.5 across 4 volumes, among the 13 services we price (0 = cheapest).
- 1,000 contacts: #13 of 13
- 5,000 contacts: #13 of 13
- 10,000 contacts: #13 of 13
- 50,000 contacts: tied #6–7 of 13
From our feature matrix — documented by the vendor
Headline features
- Marketing campaignsNewsletter platform — 'Own your subscriber list'
- Transactional emailSend API is Max-plan-only (pricing capture); suppression doc has a 'Transactional emails and suppression' section confirming transactional-style sends exist
- SMTP relayNot documented — browser pass 2026-08-21: no SMTP relay in developers.beehiiv.com reference
- Workflow builder'Design your first newsletter automation sequence with triggers, actions and conditional logic using the drag-and-drop builder'; automations gated to Scale+ per pricing
- APIAPI on all plans but Launch excludes the Send API; Send API Max-only
- WebhooksFull webhooks API (27 event types: subscriptions, posts, podcasts, surveys) + webhook CRUD endpoints; gated from Scale plan per pricing
- Dedicated IPDRIFT-CONFIRMED 2026-08-21: 'Available on Enterprise plans'; required when sending >700K emails/day per publication; set up via CSM
- SMSNot documented — browser pass 2026-08-21: no SMS product among the 27 feature pages (email/web/podcast channels only)
Features checked 10 September 2026. ✓ documented · ◐ limited or plan-gated · × documented as absent · — not documented.
Generated from our datasets — every value verified and dated
Frequently asked questions
How much does beehiiv cost?
Paid beehiiv email marketing plans start at $49/mo (Scale), according to beehiiv's official pricing page as checked on 21 August 2026. At 1,000 contacts, the functional tier is Max at $109/mo.
Is there a free beehiiv plan?
Yes. beehiiv's pricing page lists 4 email marketing plans, including a free plan (2,500 contacts · unlimited emails). Checked 21 August 2026.
What does beehiiv cost at 10,000 contacts?
At 10,000 contacts, the cheapest beehiiv plan covering that volume costs $109/mo and the functional tier, Max, costs $219/mo (prices as shown, checked 21 August 2026).
What does beehiiv's functional tier include?
At 1,000 contacts, Max ($109/mo) is the cheapest beehiiv tier with automation workflows, API access and vendor-branding removal. We compare email marketing services on this functional tier rather than on the headline entry price. Email Marketing pricing compared.
When was beehiiv pricing last checked?
On 21 August 2026, from beehiiv's official pricing page (https://www.beehiiv.com/pricing). Every price on this page carries its capture date.