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The cheapest email marketing tool (2026)
If you want the lowest monthly bill and will trade a few features for it, here's the pick — plus a live comparison so you can sanity-check it against your own list size. Verified July 2026.
The outright cheapest paid tool is EmailOctopus — but it is deliberately bare-bones. If you want the cheapest option that is still a full email platform (automation, templates, no branding), that is MailerLite, which stays among the lowest-priced across the sizes most senders sit at. GetResponse is worth a look if you want deeper automation for a few dollars more.
Runner-up: GetResponse. An all-in-one marketing suite with deep automation; best value at large list sizes. Compare MailerLite vs GetResponse →
Compare every option at your size
Best value At 5,000 subscribers, go with EmailOctopus — $24/mo billed annually
| Tool | Plan | Cost / month | Link | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | | Pro | $24/mo | Visit |
| 02 | | Growing Business | $35/mo | Visit |
| 03 | | Pro | $38/mo | Visit |
| 04 | | Starter | $44/mo | Visit |
| 05 | | Lite / Pro | $48/mo | Visit |
| 06 | | Lite | $50/mo | Visit |
| 07 | | Creator | $74/mo | Visit |
| 08 | | Essentials | $75/mo | Visit |
| 09 | | Scale | $78/mo | Visit |
| 10 | | Starter / Plus | $79/mo | Visit |
| 11 | | Lite | $86/mo | Visit |