GetResponse vs MailerLite: what the pricing pages actually say
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Plan
Price
Starter
$19/mo
Marketer
$59/mo
Creator
$69/mo
Source: https://www.getresponse.com/pricing · read 2026-09-30 (UTC) · Prices scale with LIST SIZE via a slider; figures below are the 1,000-contact tier as shown to an EU visitor. Yearly billing –18%.
Prices as this vendor showed them to a visitor in the EU — USD. A reader elsewhere may be quoted a different figure — we publish what we were served, never a conversion.
Plan
Price
Contacts
What the page says
Free
Free
up to 250
2,500 monthly emails, 2 seats, 3 automations, 1 landing page, community support
This pairing is refreshing to verify: neither vendor plays the promo-that-doubles game. Both price by list size, both show their numbers plainly. The decision comes down to two honest questions — how much do you send, and how much tool do you need.
MailerLite's new plan structure has three real tiers. Free is genuinely free: 250 subscribers and 2,500 emails a month, enough for a small newsletter to live on indefinitely. Comfort at $12/month (or $10.8 on annual billing) lifts you to 5,000 monthly emails, 50 automations and 10 landing pages. Power at $25/month removes every cap: unlimited emails, seats, automations and landing pages. One small flag: the page shows a 50%-off first-month code — a first-month promo only, and we note it so you don't mistake it for the price.
GetResponse starts at €16/month for 1,000 contacts — more than MailerLite's entry — but every plan sends unlimited emails from day one. There is no free plan, only a 14-day trial. What the extra money buys as you climb: unlimited automation workflows at the Marketer tier, abandoned-cart and ecommerce flows, webinars and a website builder at Creator.
The maths that decides most cases: a 1,000-subscriber list mailed twice a week is ~8,000 emails a month — over MailerLite's Comfort cap, which pushes you to Power at $25 above GetResponse's €16 Mail the same list weekly (~4,000/month) and Comfort at $12 wins comfortably. Count your sends before you count features.
Beyond the price tag
Ease of use
MailerLite is repeatedly praised for having one of the cleanest editors in email marketing — genuinely beginner-friendly. GetResponse's interface is denser because it carries more product; nothing hard, just more.
Automation
MailerLite's automations are capable and simple: 50 on Comfort, unlimited on Power, with multi-trigger flows. GetResponse goes deeper — its Marketer tier's workflows, segmentation and ecommerce triggers serve stores and funnels MailerLite doesn't try to.
Beyond email
MailerLite includes websites, landing pages and paid digital products even on cheap tiers — a light creator toolkit. GetResponse bundles webinars and a website builder higher up, aiming at marketing teams rather than solo creators.
Questions people actually search
Is MailerLite really free?
Yes — permanently free up to 250 subscribers and 2,500 emails per month, with 3 automations and a landing page. Read from their pricing page 26 Aug 2026.
Which is cheaper?
To start, MailerLite (free, or $12/mo at 500 subscribers, against GetResponse's $19 at 1,000). But MailerLite's $12 tier caps sends at 5,000/month — frequent senders end up on Power at $25 which is above GetResponse's $19 Count your monthly sends first. One thing to know before comparing figures anywhere else: GetResponse prices in your local currency (€16 in the EU, £13 in the UK) while MailerLite bills the same dollars to everyone, so a euro-to-dollar comparison of the two is not a like-for-like one.
Does either play promo games?
Neither runs a doubling 12-month promo. MailerLite shows a first-month-only 50% code (GOLITE50); we note it as exactly that. This pairing is one of the more honest in the category.
Which should a growing business pick?
Our line: under ~5,000 emails a month, MailerLite. Over it, or if you want ecommerce automation and webinars later, GetResponse — its unlimited sending never becomes the ceiling.
THE VERDICT, ONE MORE TIME
Our pick for small newsletters on a budget: MailerLite.
A genuinely free plan (250 subscribers, 2,500 emails a month), a clean $12/month entry, honest per-size pricing with no promo games, and one of the friendliest editors in the category. For a personal newsletter or a small list mailed weekly, it's the least money for a properly good tool.
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