Comparison

beehiiv vs Flodesk pricing

Both bill on list size and include unlimited email sends on paid plans. Flodesk Lite undercuts beehiiv Scale at every overlapping monthly stop both publish. Until 2,500 subscribers, beehiiv Launch is free and Flodesk is not, which is the part a paid table alone cannot carry. The Flodesk 100,000 column stays empty on every plan.

Snapshot 3, beehiiv checked 14 September 2026, Flodesk checked 13 September 2026. Monthly billing shown first. Flodesk stays outside the six vendor tables and the watchlist.

Entry paid plans, side by side

beehiiv Scale against Flodesk Lite, the cheapest paid plan each vendor sells. Plans are not feature matched.

Prices are compiled from public vendor pages and can lag behind a change. Cells marked Der are calculated from published rules and cells marked Est are rough figures. Neither is an invoice or a quote, so confirm with the vendor before you spend.

Contacts	beehiiv Scale	Flodesk Lite	Cheaper
500	$49$43 annualDer	$25$19 annualDer	Flodesk by $24
1,000	$49$43 annualVer	$25$19 annualVer	Flodesk by $24
2,500	$69$61 annualVer	$32$29 annualDer	Flodesk by $37
5,000	$89$78 annualVer	$52$48 annualDer	Flodesk by $37
10,000	$109$96 annualVer	$72$66 annualDer	Flodesk by $37
25,000	$169$149 annualVer	$162$149 annualDer	Flodesk by $7
50,000	$249$219 annualVer	n/aNot	not comparable
100,000	$329$290 annualVer	n/aNot	not comparable

beehiiv Scale against Flodesk Lite, month to month billing, with the per month cost of paying yearly underneath. The Cheaper column compares the monthly prices. Plans are not feature matched.

Where the cheaper paid plan sits

beehiiv at 1k: $49; Scale, or nothing at all on Launch, which covers the same list for free
Flodesk at 1k: $25; Lite. Flodesk free does not send email
beehiiv at 100k: $329; the largest breakpoint here. Flodesk Lite at 100,000 stays empty (none)

Flodesk Lite is cheaper than beehiiv Scale at 500, 1,000, 2,500, 5,000, 10,000, 25,000 contacts. Scale does not undercut Lite at any overlapping published stop.

At 5,000 contacts Scale is $89 against Lite at $52. At 10,000 the gap is $109 against $72. At 25,000 Scale is $169 against Lite at $162. Lite then hits its 25,000 subscriber ceiling and is not sold at 50,000 (none). At 100,000 contacts every Flodesk cell stays empty rather than inventing a midpoint between nearby slider stops.

Both paid sides include unlimited email sends, so the sticker gap is mostly product and audience fit rather than send metering.

beehiiv is free across the first three breakpoints

Launch holds 2,500 subscribers with unlimited sends. Flodesk free covers forms and landing pages and does not send email.

List size	Monthly	Confidence	Note
500 on the list	free	Verified	Flodesk has no free email plan at this size. Its cheapest paid cell here is Lite at $25 a month.
1,000 on the list	free	Verified	Flodesk has no free email plan at this size. Its cheapest paid cell here is Lite at $25 a month.
2,500 on the list	free	Verified	Flodesk has no free email plan at this size. Its cheapest paid cell here is Lite at $32 a month.

beehiiv Launch at every breakpoint it covers, with the Flodesk Lite price for the same list in the note. Launch allows unlimited sends. No ad network, paid subscriptions or automations. Sends are unlimited, so the free plan is limited by the feature set and the 2,500 subscriber ceiling and by nothing else.

Step up plans

beehiiv Max against Flodesk Pro, then Max against Everything. Neither pair is feature matched.

Contacts	beehiiv Max	Flodesk Pro	Cheaper
500	$109$96 annualDer	$28$25 annualDer	Flodesk by $81
1,000	$109$96 annualVer	$28$25 annualVer	Flodesk by $81
2,500	$149$131 annualVer	$39$35 annualDer	Flodesk by $110
5,000	$169$149 annualVer	$59$54 annualDer	Flodesk by $110
10,000	$219$193 annualVer	$79$72 annualDer	Flodesk by $140
25,000	$289$254 annualVer	$169$155 annualDer	Flodesk by $120
50,000	$379$334 annualVer	$389$357 annualDer	beehiiv by $10
100,000	$459$404 annualVer	n/aNot	not comparable

beehiiv Max against Flodesk Pro, month to month billing, with the per month cost of paying yearly underneath. The Cheaper column compares the monthly prices. Plans are not feature matched.

Contacts	beehiiv Max	Flodesk Everything	Cheaper
500	$109$96 annualDer	$54$49 annualDer	Flodesk by $55
1,000	$109$96 annualVer	$54$49 annualVer	Flodesk by $55
2,500	$149$131 annualVer	$87$79 annualDer	Flodesk by $62
5,000	$169$149 annualVer	$107$99 annualDer	Flodesk by $62
10,000	$219$193 annualVer	$137$126 annualDer	Flodesk by $82
25,000	$289$254 annualVer	$257$236 annualDer	Flodesk by $32
50,000	$379$334 annualVer	$527$483 annualDer	beehiiv by $148
100,000	$459$404 annualVer	n/aNot	not comparable

beehiiv Max against Flodesk Everything, month to month billing, with the per month cost of paying yearly underneath. The Cheaper column compares the monthly prices. Plans are not feature matched.

At 10,000 contacts Max is $219 against Pro at $79. Everything at the same size is $137. At 25,000 contacts Max is $289 against Pro at $169 and Everything at $257.

Sends, free plans and what each one counts

Paid beehiiv Scale and Max include unlimited email sends. Paid Flodesk Lite, Pro and Everything do too. Neither side meters sends on the paid ladders shown here.

beehiiv. beehiiv defines an active subscriber as one who has not unsubscribed and has not been marked inactive, and the tier follows the active count. Paused, pending and inactive subscriptions are all outside it. Its free Launch plan covers 2,500 subscribers. No ad network, paid subscriptions or automations. Sends are unlimited, so the free plan is limited by the feature set and the 2,500 subscriber ceiling and by nothing else.

Flodesk. Soft bounced contacts still count toward the tier. Unsubscribed, hard bounced, cleaned, archived and deleted contacts stay off it. The free plan covers forms and landing pages and does not send email. Lite stops at 25,000 active subscribers, then auto-moves to Pro. Annual billing is stated as one month free against monthly, which is eleven months priced for twelve. At 100,000 contacts Lite, Pro and Everything stay empty (none/none/none) rather than inventing a dollar.