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| plan | from $/mo | billed | source | checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starter | $19 | per emails sent | pricing page | 2026-10-20 |
Starter: Priced per emails sent per month, not per subscriber. Every email sent counts: issues, tests, welcome and confirmation emails. Yearly billing is advertised as 2 months free; the yearly price was not read. Over the monthly volume, welcome emails pause (per the pricing page). No free trial. Over 2,000,000 emails: contact the vendor.
features recorded
| feature | status | from plan | note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Custom sending domain | yes | Starter | Sends from your own domain. Vendor-stated. |
| Automations | partial | Starter | Welcome email only, per the vendor. |
| A/B testing | no | - | Listed as not available by the vendor. |
| Paid subscriptions | no | - | Listed as not available by the vendor. |
| Signup forms | yes | Starter | Vendor lists a website and signup form. |
| Campaign analytics | yes | Starter | Vendor lists stats on every plan. |
| Remove vendor branding | yes | Starter | Vendor states no platform branding in emails. |
| Referral program | no | - | Listed as not available by the vendor. |
| Recommendation network | no | - | Listed as not available by the vendor. |
| Ad network | no | - | Listed as not available by the vendor. |
| Newsletter website | yes | Starter | Vendor lists a website for issues and a signup form. |
| API access | yes | Starter | Vendor states a REST API covering every action on every plan. |
| AI agent access (MCP) | yes | Starter | Vendor states MCP on every plan. |
| Segmentation | not stated | - | Not stated on the vendor comparison page. |
| Webhooks | not stated | - | Not stated on the vendor comparison page. |
| Dynamic content | not stated | - | Not stated on the vendor comparison page. |
| Subscriber export | not stated | - | The site describes importing a CSV from other platforms. Exporting subscribers out of MailCheap was not confirmed. |
limits and caveats
compare
- +beehiiv alternatives: how MailCheap compares.
- +Mailchimp alternatives: how MailCheap compares.
- +Substack pricing: how MailCheap compares.
- +All newsletters tools, including beehiiv, Buttondown, EmailOctopus, Ghost, Kit.
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switches
Reported switches to MailCheap from other listed tools: none yet. Self-reported by visitors, shown as a raw count, and never used for ranking.
What people said they gave up (read first, one person's view each):
proof signals
- +Open-source repository (github.com/marclou/mailcheap), per the vendor's site
- +Maker publicly known (Marc Lou); site states he runs it for his own newsletter of over 50,000 subscribers (vendor claim)
details
- website
- mailcheap.ai
- hosting
- both
- open source
- yes
- leaving
- Imports from beehiiv, Substack and Mailchimp are advertised. Export was not checked.