Kit (formerly ConvertKit)
Kit (formerly ConvertKit)
Creator-focused email marketing platform for newsletters, automations, landing pages, and digital products.
Official product preview · locally stored · verified Aug 2026
$39
per month for up to 1,000 subscribers · monthly billing
Free plan verified
August 1, 2026
What it does
A neutral product overview
Capabilities
Verified product functions
These capabilities were retained from official-source research. Availability can still vary by plan.
- email broadcasts and sequences
- visual automations
- forms and landing pages
- subscriber tagging and segmentation
- recommendations
- digital products and subscriptions
Fit and tradeoffs
Where Kit (formerly ConvertKit) belongs on a shortlist
Strengths to examine
- Kit centers email publishing, audience management, forms, landing pages, and visual automations on creator workflows.
- Commerce and recommendation capabilities can support creator-led audience businesses.
Limitations and conditions
- Subscriber thresholds, sends, automations, team access, and commerce availability affect plan fit.
- Features, allowances, integrations, and support can vary by the current plan and region.
Likely to suit
- Creators and small audience businesses building email-led publishing and sales workflows.
- Teams prepared to assign ownership for configuration, data quality, and ongoing administration.
May be a poor fit
- Teams requiring a broad enterprise CRM or product-event messaging platform.
Pricing
What the published price means
$39
per month for up to 1,000 subscribers · monthly billing
- Newsletter is free for up to 10,000 subscribers.
- Annual billing provides two months free.
Product views
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Integrations
Verified connections
- WordPress
- Zapier
- Leadpages
- Gravity Forms
- Teachable
- Patreon
- Podia
- Squarespace
- API
Evaluation plan
Before you commit
Setup notes
- Authenticate the domain, map tags and segments, import consent records, and test one subscriber journey.
- Pilot one representative workflow and verify roles, exports, integrations, and exception handling before a wider rollout.
Buying questions
- Compare subscriber bands, automation, recommendations, commerce, team access, and migration support.
- Confirm current plan limits, usage units, security controls, support, and renewal terms with the vendor.
Alternatives
Compare adjacent options
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Pricing not publicly verified
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per month · monthly billing
GetResponse
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per month for 1,000 subscribers · monthly billing
Brevo
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