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ConvertKit
The creator platform for digital professionals
As of 1 September 2026, ConvertKit has a free plan and paid plans start at $33/month. Email marketing and monetisation for creators and publishers, renamed to Kit in 2024. Softwr lists it under News. ConvertKit is made by ConvertKit Inc, launched in 2013, available on Web.
Overview
What ConvertKit does
ConvertKit was renamed to Kit in 2024, and the product is sold under that name today; the ConvertKit name is kept here because that is what most people still search for. ConvertKit is an email marketing platform designed specifically for creators, digital professionals, and publishers. It offers tools for building email lists, automating campaigns, and selling products, with features like landing pages and subscriber tagging.
What people use it for
- Sending newsletters and email sequences to an audience
- Selling paid subscriptions and digital products to a mailing list
The honest half
Where it falls short
Concrete and checkable, so you can decide whether any of them matter to you. This is the half of a review a vendor will not write about ConvertKit.
- The free Newsletter plan allows only one basic visual automation, so sequences beyond a single flow require paying
- The free plan is a single user, and the Creator plan at $33 a month allows two
- Subscriber signals, engagement analytics and paid recommendations are Pro only, at $66 a month
- A/B testing is capped at 2 subject lines below Pro, which allows 5
- Paid pricing is banded by subscriber count, so the published figures apply only at the smallest band
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Pricing
What ConvertKit costs
Taken from the vendor's own pricing page. Prices move, so check before you buy.
Free
Free
- Up to 10,000 subscribers
- Unlimited landing pages and forms
- Unlimited email broadcasts
- Audience tagging and segmentation
- Digital product sales
Creator
$33 /mo
- Up to 1,000 subscribers
- Unlimited visual automations
- Email sequences
- Kit MCP access
- A/B testing
- Poll surveys
Pro
$66 /mo
- Up to 1,000 subscribers
- Everything in Creator plan
- Subscriber engagement scoring
- Advanced analytics
- Unlimited team users
- Deliverability reporting
Capabilities
Features
Email marketing
Landing pages
Subscriber tagging
Automation workflows
Digital product sales
Broadcast emails
Subscriber segments
Email templates
Stripe
Integration with Stripe
Zapier
Integration with Zapier
Slack
Integration with Slack
PayPal
Integration with PayPal
Answered, with sources
Questions people ask
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How much does ConvertKit cost?
ConvertKit offers a free tier and two paid plans: Creator at $33/month (annual $390/year saving $78) and Pro at $66/month (annual $790/year saving $158). All plans include unlimited landing pages, email broadcasts, and audience management features.
SourceWhat does the free ConvertKit plan include?
The free plan supports up to 10,000 subscribers with unlimited landing pages, forms, email broadcasts, audience tagging, and digital product sales. No credit card required to start.
SourceWhat are the subscriber limits on ConvertKit plans?
The free plan supports up to 10,000 subscribers. Both Creator and Pro paid tiers support up to 1,000 subscribers. This creates a subscriber limit decrease when upgrading from free to paid plans.
SourceBehind it
Who makes ConvertKit
- Company
- ConvertKit Inc
- Based in
- Chiang Mai, Thailand
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