GetResponse Alternatives: 8 Tools Compared on Price and Free Plans (2026)

Short answer: GetResponse is not out of options if you only want to pay less. Its own free plan still exists (500 contacts), and at 1,000 contacts its Starter plan lists at $19 a month. If you want a larger free list, EmailOctopus (2,500 subscribers) and Kit (10,000 subscribers) are the biggest we read about; if you want a lower paid price at 1,000 contacts, EmailOctopus Pro ($13.50), Moosend Pro ($16) and Brevo Starter ($17) listed below it on our latest checks. Which is right depends on whether you need store features such as abandoned cart emails, and those sit on different plans at each vendor.

How we made this page. We have not used any of these tools. This article is based on each vendor’s public pricing page, read on November 9, 2026, plus our own earlier checks for list sizes the vendor pages did not show in their page text: the email marketing pricing tracker (checked November 2, 2026) and the price table in our best email marketing platforms guide (EmailOctopus, Moosend and Benchmark prices by list size, listed November 5, 2026). Those figures are marked. Prices are US dollars on regular month-to-month billing unless stated, and may have changed since. Where a vendor’s price at a list size was not on the page we read, we say so instead of estimating.

Disclosure. We may earn a commission from some links on this page (GetResponse, EmailOctopus, Kit, Moosend, Benchmark, Omnisend). We do not earn one from Brevo, Mailchimp or ActiveCampaign. The order is driven by the numbers, not by commission.

What GetResponse actually offers on price and free

Before comparing, it helps to know what you would be giving up or escaping. Everything here is from GetResponse’s own pages, read November 9, 2026.

• A free plan exists. GetResponse’s free plan page says a Free account “stays free forever with no credit card required”. It covers up to 500 contacts, 2,500 newsletters a month and 1 landing page. Landing pages are limited to 1,000 unique visits. The GetResponse badge is added to every message you send.
• Premium features on the free plan last 14 days. The page says you can explore premium features free for 14 days, and that after the first 14 days you lose access to them. During those 14 days you can add up to 1,000 contacts.
• The main pricing page advertises a 14-day free trial (no credit card required). After it ends you can still log in and use the free version.
• Paid plans start at the 1,000-contact tier. Starter lists at $19 a month for 1,000 contacts with unlimited monthly email sends (Marketer $59 and Creator $69 at 1,000). Paying for 12 months up front is 18% off.
• Abandoned cart recovery is listed from Marketer up. It is not listed on Starter.
• Downgrades go through support. The page says downgrades can only be performed by the Support Team on request.

For the full picture, see our GetResponse review, GetResponse pricing and GetResponse free plan guides.

Why people look for a GetResponse alternative

We have no survey data, so this is limited to what the pricing pages show:

1. The free plan is small. 500 contacts is less than EmailOctopus (2,500) or Kit (10,000) allow for free, and contacts past the limit are held in a queue until you upgrade.
2. Premium features on the free plan expire. After 14 days you are on the basic free version.
3. Store automations cost more. Abandoned cart recovery is listed from the Marketer plan, $59 a month at 1,000 contacts, against $19 for Starter.
4. A badge on every free message. Paid plans can turn it off; the free plan cannot.

If none of those applies to you, GetResponse may still be a fair fit. Our GetResponse vs Mailchimp and GetResponse vs Klaviyo guides cover the other common comparisons.

GetResponse alternatives compared

Prices are for the entry paid plan named, monthly billing. “Not published” means the number was not on the page we read.

What the table does and does not say:

• Cheaper at 1,000 contacts. EmailOctopus Pro ($13.50), Moosend Pro ($16) and Brevo Starter ($17) are below GetResponse Starter ($19). Benchmark Pro and ActiveCampaign Starter are level at $19, and Omnisend ($20), Mailchimp ($26.50) and Kit ($33) are higher. This describes 1,000 contacts on these dates. It does not rank the tools, because the plans include different things.
• Cheaper at 10,000 contacts. Only EmailOctopus Pro ($44.50) was below GetResponse Starter ($79). Moosend Pro ($88), Benchmark Pro ($89), Mailchimp Essentials ($110), Omnisend Standard ($132) and ActiveCampaign Starter ($189) were higher. Kit did not show a price at that size on the page we read.
• Brevo is priced by emails sent, not mainly by contacts. Starter is $9 for up to 5,000 emails and 500 contacts, then +$8 (up to 10,000 emails, 1,500 contacts) and +$16 (up to 15,000 emails, 2,500 contacts). At 1,000 contacts and up to 10,000 emails a month it is $17. If you send more, it costs more.
• GetResponse’s 1,000-contact floor. A 500-contact list still pays the 1,000-contact price on Starter ($19), per our tracker. Benchmark Pro is $12 a month at 500 contacts, and Brevo Starter is $9 for up to 500 contacts and 5,000 emails.

Free plans compared (the “GetResponse free alternative” question)

In short: EmailOctopus and Kit give you more free contacts than GetResponse does. GetResponse’s free plan has its own limits: webinars are capped at 10 people, landing pages at 1,000 unique visits, and premium features end after 14 days.

The alternatives, one by one

EmailOctopus

EmailOctopus has a free Starter plan for 2,500 subscribers and 10,000 emails a month, with no time limit and no card needed. Pro is shown at “$9 per month, billed yearly” (10% off for paying yearly), with 10,000 emails a month. The page text did not tie that price to a list size; on our November 5 check Pro listed at $13.50 a month at 1,000 subscribers and $44.50 at 10,000 on monthly billing, the lowest contact-based prices in our table. If your list grows, EmailOctopus moves you to the plan that fits and emails you when it does.

Choose it if your list is under 2,500 and you mostly send newsletters, or you want the lowest paid price in this table. Skip it if you need store automations: we could not confirm abandoned cart or store integrations on the page we read.

EmailOctopus

Free start

Best for: Lists under 2,500 that want a larger free plan than GetResponse's

Pros

• Free for up to 2,500 subscribers and 10,000 emails a month
• No time limit and no card on the free plan
• Pro shown from $9 a month billed yearly

Cons

• EmailOctopus branding on free-plan emails
• Free reports kept 30 days; 1 landing page and 1 form
• Price by list size not readable in the page text we checked

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Kit

Kit’s free plan covers up to 10,000 subscribers with no sending limits on any plan, and the Kit branding cannot be removed on Free. Creator lists at $33 a month for 1,000 subscribers ($390 a year billed yearly, 17% off), with a 14-day trial and no card. Abandoned checkout for Shopify, Fourthwall and Wix is on Creator and Pro, not Free. Kit upgrades you automatically when you pass a tier, and refunds within 30 days of signing up. Our Kit review goes deeper.

Choose it if you have a large list to send plain newsletters to for free, and expect to pay $33 a month at 1,000 subscribers once you need store automation. Skip it if price at 1,000 contacts is the main reason you are leaving GetResponse, where Starter is $19.

See Kit plans

Brevo

Brevo prices by emails sent, so a small list that sends occasionally can cost less than a contact-based plan. Starter is $9 for up to 5,000 emails and 500 contacts, and $17 at 1,000 contacts (up to 10,000 emails). Removing the Brevo logo on Starter is a $12-a-month add-on. Standard starts at $18 a month. Paying yearly is 10% off. We do not have a price for 10,000 contacts that is independent of how many emails you send. See our Brevo review.

Choose it if you send a few campaigns a month to a list of 500 to 2,500 and want the lower paid price. Skip it if you send often, because volume raises the bill.

Omnisend

Omnisend’s free plan is 250 contacts and 500 emails a month, plus 500 web push notifications. Standard lists at $16 at 500 contacts, $20 at 1,000 and $132 at 10,000 (tracker, checked November 2, 2026), and the page shows a 30% discount for paying three months up front, which we do not count. The page lists 24/7 support on every plan including Free, and a free 5-day migration. See our Omnisend review.

Choose it if you want a store-focused tool and can live with a small free plan. Skip it if you need to confirm cart features first: the page text we read did not mention abandoned cart.

See Omnisend plans

Moosend

Moosend has no free plan. It offers a 30-day free trial with no card that covers core features such as the email builder, automations and segmentation, with unlimited sends for up to 1,000 contacts. The page lists product views, carts and purchases tracking and AI product recommendations. A yearly plan is 20% off (15% for twice a year). The page loads prices with JavaScript, so today’s page text showed none; on November 5, 2026 Pro listed at $16 a month at 1,000 contacts and $88 at 10,000 on monthly billing. See our Moosend review.

Choose it if you want to try store-oriented tracking for a month before paying. Skip it if you want a free plan rather than a trial.

Benchmark Email

Benchmark’s free plan is 500 contacts and 1,000 emails a month, with Benchmark branding on emails and forms. Pro is $12 a month at 500 contacts ($10 billed annually), sends up to 10 times the contact limit a month, and removes the branding. Extra users are $15 a month each, and it will not auto-upgrade you when you pass your contact limit. Today’s page text showed only the 500-contact price; on November 5, 2026 Pro listed at $19 a month at 1,000 contacts and $89 at 10,000.

Choose it if your list is around 500 and you want a low paid plan with simple limits. Skip it if you need cart recovery: we could not confirm it.

Mailchimp

Mailchimp’s free plan applies to lists under 250 contacts. Essentials lists at $13 at 500 contacts, $26.50 at 1,000 and $110 at 10,000, from the Mailchimp pricing page as read on October 23, 2026 and recorded in our tracker (prices vary by country). Mailchimp is not an affiliate partner of ours at the moment, so there is no button here. Compare it with GetResponse in GetResponse vs Mailchimp.

Choose it if your list is tiny and you want its free plan, or you already use its other tools. Skip it if price is the reason you are leaving GetResponse: at 1,000 and 10,000 contacts it listed higher.

ActiveCampaign

ActiveCampaign has no free plan, just a 14-day trial with no card; its page also promises “guaranteed results in 30 days or your money back” (read the conditions before relying on it). Its page lists abandoned cart on all plans, plus Shopify, Square and WooCommerce integrations. At 1,000 contacts Starter allows 10,000 email sends a month. Starter is $19 at 1,000 contacts and $189 at 10,000 (tracker, November 2, 2026); the page text we read showed no price figures, so confirm on the site. It is not an affiliate partner of ours at the moment, so there is no button.

Choose it if abandoned cart on the entry plan matters more to you than the price at 10,000 contacts. Skip it if you want a large list for less: at 10,000 contacts it was $189 against GetResponse’s $79.

How to choose

• Your list is under 500 and you want free: stay on GetResponse Free or use EmailOctopus, Kit or Benchmark Free. Compare the badge or branding rules.
• Your list is 500 to 2,500 and free is enough: EmailOctopus has room for 2,500 subscribers and 10,000 emails a month (Kit allows more subscribers but no abandoned checkout on Free).
• Your list is large and you only send newsletters: Kit’s 10,000 free subscribers is the biggest free allowance we read.
• You need abandoned cart: GetResponse lists it from $59 at 1,000 contacts; ActiveCampaign lists it on every plan; Kit lists abandoned checkout from $33 at 1,000. Compare these three before anything else.
• Price at 1,000 contacts is the issue: EmailOctopus Pro ($13.50), Moosend Pro ($16) and Brevo Starter ($17, depends on emails sent) listed below GetResponse Starter ($19).
• Price at 10,000 contacts is the issue: only EmailOctopus Pro ($44.50) listed below GetResponse Starter ($79); the rest were higher. If that is your size, the saving from leaving may be small unless EmailOctopus covers what you need.

Before you move, export your contacts as a CSV, export only people who opted in, and rebuild your key automations in the new tool before you cancel. Also check how each tool counts contacts. For the wider field, see best email marketing platforms and cheap email marketing, and follow price changes in the pricing tracker.

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