If you sell courses, coaching or a membership and use Kit (formerly ConvertKit) only to email your buyers and leads, the simplest alternative is to send that email from the platform you sell on. WithMe includes broadcasts, sequences, lead captures and sending from your own domain in the same creator hub as your products. If email is your whole business, for example a newsletter, Kit, beehiiv or MailerLite are still the better fit, and Kit's free plan for up to 10,000 subscribers is hard to beat.
WithMe is $25 per month billed annually (UK £25), with a 14-day trial and 0% WithMe commission. Stripe and PayPal fees still apply. More than 8,000 creators use it. All other prices on this page were checked on each vendor's own pricing page on 11 November 2026, in US dollars.
Why do creators look for a Kit alternative?
- The price grows with your list. Kit's Creator plan is $390 a year (about $33 a month) or $39 billed monthly for 1,000 subscribers, and it goes up as the list grows.
- Sequences need a paid plan. On Kit's comparison table, the Free plan has no automated email sequences and no visual automation builder.
- It is a second tool. If your courses, coaching and checkout live somewhere else, you keep two systems in step: who bought, who signed up, who should get which email.
Kit alternatives compared
| Platform | Starting price | Free plan | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kit | Creator $390/year (about $33/month) or $39 monthly, for 1,000 subscribers | Up to 10,000 subscribers, no sequences | Creators whose main product is the newsletter |
| WithMe | $25/month billed annually (UK £25) | 14-day trial | Creators who sell courses, coaching, community or memberships and want email in the same hub |
| Mailchimp | Essentials $13/month, Standard $20/month, for up to 500 contacts | 250 contacts, 500 sends a month | Small businesses that want templates and many integrations |
| MailerLite | Comfort $10.80/month billed yearly ($12 monthly), for 500 subscribers | 250 subscribers, 2,500 emails a month | A low-cost email tool with automations |
| Flodesk | Email $38/month billed yearly ($46 monthly), any list size | Forms and pages only, no email sending | Designed emails and a flat price for a big list |
| beehiiv | Lite $49/month billed yearly, for 1,000 subscribers | Up to 2,500 subscribers | Newsletters, paid subscriptions and ads |
| Systeme.io | Startup $17/month | 2,000 contacts | Funnels and email on a budget |
1. WithMe: email inside your creator hub
WithMe is an all-in-one creator hub for courses, coaching, community, memberships and digital products, with email built in. Your list is the people who bought or signed up on your hub, so you do not sync two tools. Broadcasts can go to all customers or only to the people on the products and lead captures you pick. Sequences are ordered emails with a delay you set in minutes, hours or days.
- A sequence can start after a purchase, after cart abandonment, after a lead capture, after a coaching application or at a scheduled time.
- Connect your own sending domain on the Delivery tab, with the DKIM and SPF records WithMe shows you. The same tab shows bounce and complaint rates over 14 days.
- Each person receives at most one broadcast or timed sequence email from you a day, and large broadcasts go out in checked batches.
- Import a Kit export as a CSV: the importer recognises the Email column.
- Price: $25 per month billed annually (UK £25), 0% WithMe commission on your sales.
2. Mailchimp: the familiar all-rounder
Mailchimp's Free plan covers 250 contacts and up to 500 sends a month, with no automation flows. Essentials starts at $13 a month and Standard at $20 a month for up to 500 contacts; Essentials allows flows of up to 4 steps and Standard up to 200 flows. Prices rise with every contact band.
3. MailerLite: the low-cost automation tool
MailerLite's Free plan has 250 subscribers and 2,500 emails a month. For 500 subscribers, Comfort is $12 a month, or $10.80 a month billed yearly, with 50 automations and 5 digital products. Power is $25 a month, or $22.50 billed yearly, with unlimited automations and emails.
4. Flodesk: one flat price for any list size
Flodesk charges the same at any list size. Email is $38 a month billed yearly ($456) or $46 monthly, with workflow automations. Everything adds checkout, sales pages and upsells for $79 a month billed yearly or $99 monthly, with no Flodesk transaction fee on top of Stripe. The Free plan has forms and landing pages but no email sending.
5. beehiiv: for newsletters
beehiiv is built for newsletters. Free covers up to 2,500 subscribers. Lite is $49 a month billed yearly for 1,000 subscribers, with paid subscriptions, automations and ad monetisation, and Pro is $95 a month billed yearly. beehiiv takes 0% of paid subscription and digital product revenue; Stripe fees apply.
6. Systeme.io: funnels on a budget
Systeme.io bundles funnels, courses and email. Free has 2,000 contacts, Startup is $17 a month with 5,000 contacts, and Unlimited is $97 a month. It lists 0% transaction fees on every plan.
How do you move from Kit to WithMe?
- Export your subscribers from Kit as a CSV.
- In WithMe, create a lead capture for your subscribers and upload the CSV into it on the customers page. Up to 5,000 contacts go in per upload, and the import does not email them. Import into a product only people who already bought it elsewhere, up to 1,000 per upload, because that gives them access. Only import people who agreed to hear from you.
- Connect your sending domain on the Delivery tab and add the DKIM and SPF records it shows you.
- Rebuild your sequences. Kit sequences are not copied across: create each one in WithMe, choose its trigger and write the emails.
- Send a test to yourself, then activate the sequence.
What is not included?
WithMe's email is not a visual automation builder. There are no branching paths, no contact tags, no saved segments, no template gallery and no subject-line A/B test. You choose who gets an email by the products and lead captures they joined. There is no double opt-in on lead capture forms. If you rely on Kit's visual automations, tags or paid newsletter tools, Kit still does that better.
Who should stay on Kit?
Stay on Kit if your newsletter is the product, if you depend on tags and visual automations, or if your list is under 10,000 and broadcasts on the Free plan are all you need. Move to WithMe if you sell courses, coaching, a community or memberships and want the checkout, the customer list and the emails in one place for one price.
How much does WithMe cost?
WithMe is $25 per month billed annually (UK £25), with a 14-day trial and 0% WithMe commission. Stripe and PayPal fees still apply. Email is on the same plan as courses, memberships, community, coaching, webinars and digital products. There is no separate email tier on the public price.
Kit alternative questions
What is the best Kit alternative for course creators and coaches?
If you sell courses or coaching, a creator hub with email built in, such as WithMe, saves you running two tools. If your newsletter is the business, MailerLite or beehiiv are closer replacements.
How much does Kit cost in 2026?
On 11 November 2026, Kit Free covered up to 10,000 subscribers without sequences. Creator was $390 a year (about $33 a month) or $39 billed monthly, and Pro $66 a month billed yearly, both for 1,000 subscribers. Kit's fee on digital products is 3.5% + 30c, card processing included.
Can I import my Kit subscribers into WithMe?
Yes. Export a CSV from Kit and upload it on the customers page into a lead capture, up to 5,000 contacts per upload. The importer recognises the Email column, and the import does not email them.
Does WithMe have visual automations like Kit?
No. WithMe has sequences: ordered emails with delays, started by a purchase, an abandoned checkout, a lead capture, a coaching application or a set time. There is no branching visual builder and no tags.
Is email included in the WithMe price?
Yes. Broadcasts and sequences come with the plan at $25 per month billed annually (UK £25), with a 14-day trial and 0% WithMe commission. Stripe and PayPal fees still apply.
Start your 14-day trial at https://www.withme.so/become-a-creator.
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