beehiiv
The all-in-one platform helping the world's best newsletters publish, grow and earn
By beehiiv · 4.9/5 Value-Position score (estimate)
Positioning guardrails
Best for
- Newsletter-first creators and media brands that want publishing, growth and monetization in one platform
- Publishers earning from paid subscriptions, sponsorships and digital products with a 0% take rate on subscription revenue
- Small businesses and brands that need a no-code website, newsletter and podcast presence without extra tools
- Teams running multiple publications (up to 10 on Max) with shared seats, automations and segmentation
- Companies that want AI-agent and MCP access to their newsletter, audience and revenue data
Ideal size: 1–20 people · Creator, media brand or content team ready to monetize an audience
Not for
- Teams that need native SMS or broader multi-channel messaging — beehiiv is email-first
- Healthcare organisations handling PHI: beehiiv is not HIPAA compliant and does not sign BAAs
- Enterprises that need SSO, dedicated IPs or a named manager outside the custom Enterprise plan
- Buyers looking for a full CRM, ERP or marketing-automation suite rather than a publishing stack
Value metrics scorecard
Time-to-Value
Same day
~1 days to first production value
Total Cost of Ownership
$517/yr
Starts at $0 · Per-subscriber tier, billed monthly or annually; free Launch plan, Scale $43/mo, Max $96/mo, Enterprise custom
Implementation Friction
1/5
Engineering + admin effort required
Value-Position score
out of 5 · model estimate
Full cost breakdown
Mandatory implementation fee
None
Seat tiers
Free to 2,500 subscribers; seats: 1 (Launch), 3 (Scale), unlimited (Max/Enterprise); subscriber caps rise by tier
Add-on costs
- None
Company & support
Who is behind beehiiv, and how your team gets help once it is live.
Company
- Founded
- 2021 · 5 yrs in business
- Headquarters
- Not recorded
How you get support
- PhoneNot listed
- EmailNot listed
- Live chatNot listed
- Support portal / ticketsNot listed
- Community forumPaid plans
- Help centre / docsAll plans
- Dedicated account managerEnterprise only
- In person / on-siteNot listed
- Hours
- Not recorded
- Response time
- Not stated
Pricing lists an AI Assistant on all plans, Premium Support from Scale, Priority Support on Max, and VIP Support plus a dedicated account manager and concierge onboarding on Enterprise. A Slack community is included with Scale and above.
“Not listed” means the vendor’s public pages don’t mention that channel, not that it is unavailable. Ask about it during evaluation.
Market position
Where beehiiv sits against its closest alternatives. Pick any two of cost, speed, friction and buyer score, and up to 9 companies to compare.
Quadrant view
Typical annual cost × Time-to-value
The lines cross at the median of the solutions shown, so about half sit on each side of each line. A dashed ring marks an outlier pinned to the edge; hover for its value.
Companies on the chart 6 / 10
- beehiiv
- Ahrefs
- Senja
- Unbounce
- AWeber
- Omnisend
Add or change companies
Up to 10 companies including beehiiv. Listed closest first.
Stack fit signal
Compatibility with standard B2B ecosystems.
Ships an official MCP server. Connects to Claude Code, Claude Desktop, ChatGPT connectors and Cursor out of the box.
AI & MCP readiness
What beehiiv ships in AI, and what it asks of your ecosystem.
AI features shipped
Pricing lists beehiiv AI (Scale and above) with daily AI credit limits (10/day on Launch up to 100/day on Enterprise) and a beehiiv Agent with read access on all plans and write access on Scale+. The MCP page presents the server for connecting Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor to newsletter data. No vendor page names the models behind in-product AI or states a data-training policy.
Your data & models
- Trains on your data
- Not recorded — ask the vendor
- Runs on
- Anthropic, OpenAI
- AI pricing
- Included in the plan
In your ecosystem
- AI connection
- Official MCP server
- Model key
- Not recorded
- AI usage audit
- Not recorded
Compliance attestations
* IAPP AIGP certifies individuals, not products. It means named staff hold the credential — not that the platform does.
Bottom line
beehiiv is a newsletter-first publishing platform founded in 2021 by ex-Morning Brew employees. It bundles email publishing, a no-code website builder, podcasts, community, automations and monetization — paid subscriptions, sponsorships, digital products and the beehiiv Ad Network — with a 0% take rate on subscription revenue. The free Launch plan covers up to 2,500 subscribers; Scale starts at $43/mo and Max at $96/mo. It ships a native MCP server and agent, and holds SOC 2 Type II.
Frequently asked questions
How much does beehiiv cost?
Launch is free forever with up to 2,500 subscribers and unlimited email sends. Scale is $43/month ($517 billed annually) and Max is $96/month ($1,151 billed annually). Enterprise is custom priced for 100K+ subscribers and adds concierge onboarding, a dedicated account manager, dedicated IPs and SSO. Prices step up with subscriber count.
How quickly can a team get to first value?
Very quickly. Sign-up is free with no credit card, and vendor material says you can start in seconds; subscriber lists import from other platforms in minutes, and templates and a no-code website builder mean a first send typically happens the same day.
Does beehiiv take a cut of revenue?
No. beehiiv takes 0% of paid subscription revenue, and digital products are sold with 0% commission; you keep everything except Stripe's standard processing fee of 2.9% + $0.30 per transaction. That contrasts with platforms that take around 10% off the top of subscriptions.
Can beehiiv connect to AI tools like Claude or ChatGPT?
Yes. beehiiv ships a native MCP server that connects an account to Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and similar tools for analytics, reporting, segmentation and content work. Read access is on all plans, including free Launch; write access requires Scale or above. Answers are only as good as the underlying newsletter and subscriber data.
Is beehiiv suitable for buyers with security requirements?
beehiiv holds SOC 2 Type II and states that it adheres to GDPR and CCPA, with a public trust centre covering penetration testing, change management and incident response. SSO, dedicated IP addresses and a dedicated account manager are Enterprise-only. beehiiv is explicitly not HIPAA compliant and will not sign a BAA, so it is unsuitable for PHI.
What support comes with each plan?
Every plan includes the knowledge base and an AI assistant. Premium human support starts on Scale, priority support on Max, and VIP support plus a dedicated account manager on Enterprise. A Slack community is available from Scale. Response-time SLAs are not published.