Our take
Pick beehiiv if writers who will stay on Free at $0 (up to 2,500 subscribers, unlimited sends) while they open a first Compose canvas, then Lite at $49/month yearly ($59 monthly at 1,000) when they need automations and 0% take-rate — not Pro $95 yearly unless they need remove-branding / 10 publications. Pick Loops if saaS teams who will stay on Free $0 (1,000 subscribed contacts, 4,000 marketing+transactional sends
hosted Visual Editor desk
Best for
beehiiv A newsletter canvas you start at a public $
Loops Email you start at $0
Free plan
beehiiv $0 · up to 2,500 subscribers. Unlimited email sends. 1 seat. 1 publication. Newsletters, Website, and Podcast. API (excluding Send API). beehiiv MCP / Agent read access. No card (FAQ)
Loops $0 · up to 1,000 subscribed contacts. 4,000 total marketing + transactional sends per rolling 30 days. 10 emails/second. “Powered by Loops” footer. Unlimited contact *storage*; the send cap is the limiter
Lowest paid
beehiiv Lite $59/mo
Loops Not published by the vendor
Next step up
beehiiv Higher list tiers from $79
Loops
Coding agent
beehiiv Agent + Tab inside the editor
Loops
Runs where
beehiiv Hosted
Loops Desktop editor; models hosted
Watch out
beehiiv Automations and 0% take-rate print on Lite
Loops Free is 4,000 sends / 30 days to the first 1,000 contacts
Last checked
beehiiv 2026-10-23 · beehiiv.com/pricing.md
Loops 2026-10-22 · loops.so/pricing
writers who will stay on Free at $0 (up to 2,500 subscribers, unlimited sends) while they open a first Compose canvas, then Lite at $49/month yearly ($59 monthly at 1,000) when they need automations and 0% take-rate — not Pro $95 yearly unless they need remove-branding / 10 publications.
Read the beehiiv pagesaaS teams who will stay on Free $0 (1,000 subscribed contacts, 4,000 marketing+transactional sends / 30 days, Loops footer, 10 emails/sec, no card) while they send a first onboarding mail, then land on Growth at $49/month (starts at 5,000 subscribed contacts on the card we fetched; slider continues) when they need unlimited sends and the branding off.
Read the Loops page