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ActiveCampaign: CRM, marketing automation, and sales platform

Email marketing and automation for small business
As of 29 August 2026, AWeber has a free plan and paid plans start at $15/month. Email marketing platform offering newsletters, landing pages, and automation for small businesses and creators. Softwr lists it under Email Marketing.
Overview
Email marketing platform offering newsletters, landing pages, and automation for small businesses and creators.
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Cross-shopped
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Pricing
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Lite
$15 /mo
Plus
$30 /mo
Done For You Service
$30 /mo
Answered, with sources
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AWeber offers a free tier with unlimited basic access. Paid plans start at $15 per month for Lite and $30 per month for Plus, with pricing varying based on subscriber count. All plans include a 14-day free trial.
SourceAWeber is offering promotional pricing: $79 for email marketing launch (87% off regular $599 price) or $1 for setup (marked down from $599) for a limited time.
SourceReturned check fee is $25. Late payment charge is $25 plus 1.5% per month interest on outstanding balances. Service interruption billing for spam violations is $50.00 per hour. Payment default occurs if unpaid within 20 days after invoice date.
SourceKeep looking
All-in-one email marketing, automation and landing pages
Cold email outreach platform with AI, lead sourcing, and mailbox rotation
Retail-focused engagement platform now sold and contracted through SAP
AGPL newsletter tool from Germany, self-hostable or hosted in the EU with no free plan
Self-hosted newsletter and mailing list manager that ships as a single Go binary
All-in-one email marketing, automation and landing pages
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What people switch to, and what they give up
Every tier, and where the cost actually lands
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Email marketing tool with a genuine free tier, priced by contact count once paid
Per month by contact tier once on a paid planEmail marketing platform priced by contact tier, with unlimited sends only from the mid tier up
Per month by contact tier and plan levelRaw transactional email infrastructure priced per thousand messages, with no campaign UI at all
Per 1,000 emails sent, tiered by volume, no campaign features includedSelf-hosted newsletter and mailing list manager that ships as a single Go binary
Open source, no licence feeLow-cost email marketing from 9 US dollars a month, owned by Sitecore since 2021
Per month by contact countAGPL newsletter tool from Germany, self-hostable or hosted in the EU with no free plan
Per month by emails sentSelf-hosted newsletter app bought once for $69 that sends through your own Amazon SES account
One-time purchase