Flodeskvs
ActiveCampaign


ActiveCampaign: CRM, marketing automation, and sales platform

Email marketing built for creators and small business
As of 29 August 2026, Flodesk is free to use. Email marketing and landing page tool with flat-rate pricing regardless of subscriber list size. Softwr lists it under Email Marketing.
Overview
Email marketing and landing page tool with flat-rate pricing regardless of subscriber list size.
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Cross-shopped
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Pricing
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Free
Free
Lite
$0.25 /mo
Pro
$0.28 /mo
Everything
$0.54 /mo
Answered, with sources
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Flodesk offers a free plan and four paid plans with variable pricing based on subscriber count. Lite ranges from $0.25 to $25 per month, Pro from $0.28 to $1,457 per month, and Everything from $0.54 to $1,766 per month for up to 255,000 subscribers.
SourceYes, Flodesk offers a free plan that includes forms, landing pages, audience segmentation, and unlimited email sending to unlimited active subscribers.
SourceAnnual plans offer 1 month free compared to monthly billing, providing a discount for customers who commit to annual subscriptions.
SourceKeep looking
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Low-cost email marketing from 9 US dollars a month, owned by Sitecore since 2021
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What people switch to, and what they give up
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Put it head to head with anything we hold
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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