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TinyLetter pricing
TinyLetter publishes 4 tiers. Below is each one, what it adds over the tier beneath it, and where the ladder stops being worth climbing for most people.
As of 30 August 2026, TinyLetter pricing is free, then $13/month across 4 published tiers. Figures are the vendor's list prices as recorded on this page's last check; the vendor's site is the final word.
- Entry price
- Free, then $13/month
- Model
- Subscription
- Tiers
- 4
- Free tier
- Yes
TinyLetter plans, side by side
Every published tier in ascending order of price, with the number of features each one lists. An absence here means the record does not itemise it, not that the tier lacks it.
| Plan | Price | Features listed | Step up from the tier below |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | 3 | Entry tier |
| Essentials | $13/month | 3 | +$13/month, 3 more features |
| Standard | $20/month | 4 | +$7/month, 4 more features |
| Premium | $350/month | 5 | +$330/month, 5 more features |
What each tier adds
The set difference between each tier's feature list and the one beneath it. Where a tier lists nothing new, the vendor has either stopped repeating the inherited list or the tier raises limits rather than adding capability, the record does not distinguish the two, so this page does not either.
Free
FreeThe entry tier. It covers up to 250 contacts, basic email campaigns, customer insights.
Essentials
$13/monthOver Free, this tier adds:
- A/B testing
- Scheduling
- Limited templates
Standard
$20/monthOver Essentials, this tier adds:
- Automations
- Personalization
- Generative AI
- Custom templates
Premium
$350/monthOver Standard, this tier adds:
- Phone support
- Priority support
- Multivariate testing
- Advanced automation
- Dedicated onboarding
Where TinyLetter stops being free
Free, Free
- Up to 250 contacts
- Basic email campaigns
- Customer insights
Essentials, $13/month
The first thing you pay for:
- A/B testing
- Scheduling
- Limited templates
What the product covers
The full TinyLetter feature record, grouped as the catalogue groups it. This is the product as a whole; the record does not map every feature onto a specific tier.
Other
- Newsletter publishing
- Email templates
- Subscriber management
- Archive creation
- Email delivery
- Simple editor
Integrations
Platform
- Web support
People bring TinyLetter in for email newsletter distribution to subscribers, automated email marketing campaigns, customer communication and engagement, e-commerce order notification systems. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to TinyLetter are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
How that compares in News
Across the 5 news tools in this directory that publish a starting price, the median entry point is $15/month. TinyLetter starts at $13/month, which puts it below the middle of its category.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Rated | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TinyLetter (this page) | Free, then $13/month | subscription | - | |
| NetNewsWire | Free | Open source, no licence fee | - | vs TinyLetter |
| Reeder | Free, then $10/year | Per user per month | - | vs TinyLetter |
| GlobeNewswire | On request | usage-based | - | vs TinyLetter |
| ConvertKit | Free, then $33/month | freemium | - | vs TinyLetter |
| Inoreader | Free, then $7.5/month | freemium | - | vs TinyLetter |
| Ghost | Free, then $15/month | - | - | vs TinyLetter |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry, they are not reviews hosted on Softwr. How each figure is used is set out on the TinyLetter badges page.
Before you pay for TinyLetter
Three things this page cannot tell you, and all three change the bill. The record carries a price and a billing period but not the unit - per-seat and flat-rate pricing are indistinguishable in this data, so a five-person team may be looking at five times the figure above. It carries no annual rate, so any discount for paying yearly is not something this page can quote. And it carries no trial length.
What it can tell you is the shape of the ladder: 4 tiers between Free and $350/month, with the jump itemised above. Because there is a free tier, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to use it before paying anything.
TinyLetter runs on web, and is published by TinyLetter (Mailchimp subsidiary) of Atlanta, GA. The full record is on the TinyLetter review, and the rest of the category is under best news tools.
TinyLetter pricing questions
- How much does TinyLetter cost?
- TinyLetter publishes 4 tiers, from Free for Free up to $350/month for Premium. The entry tier costs nothing.
- Does TinyLetter have a free plan?
- Yes. The Free tier costs nothing and covers up to 250 contacts, basic email campaigns, customer insights. Paying starts at $13/month for Essentials.
- What is the difference between Free and Essentials on TinyLetter?
- Essentials costs $13/month against Free, and adds a/b testing, scheduling, limited templates.
- Is the Premium plan on TinyLetter worth it?
- That depends entirely on whether you need what it adds, which on the published record is phone support, priority support, multivariate testing, advanced automation. It costs $350/month against $13/month for Essentials. Softwr has not used either tier, so this page can tell you what changes, not whether it is worth the difference to you.
- Is TinyLetter expensive for a news tool?
- It starts below the middle of its category. Across the 5 news tools in this directory that publish a starting price, the median entry point is $15/month; TinyLetter starts at $13/month.
- Which news tools can I use without paying?
- 6 of the 8 news tools listed alongside TinyLetter have a free tier: NetNewsWire, Reeder, ConvertKit, Inoreader, Ghost.
- What am I actually paying for with TinyLetter?
- The record lists 10 features across 3 areas: other, integrations, platform. In practice it is brought in for email newsletter distribution to subscribers, automated email marketing campaigns, customer communication and engagement.
- Does TinyLetter charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 4 tiers, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.
- Are these TinyLetter prices current?
- They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.
- What should I compare TinyLetter against before paying?
- The closest news tools in this directory are NetNewsWire, Reeder, GlobeNewswire, ConvertKit. Each has a side-by-side comparison with TinyLetter covering price, platforms and features.