Beehiiv

Beehiiv is a newsletter and email platform built for growth and monetization, with AI writing assistance layered into the editor. Founded by former Morning Brew team members, it offers a website builder, referral tools, an ad network, paid subscriptions, and analytics. It has a generous free plan (up to 2,500 subscribers), paid Scale and Max plans that scale with list size, and takes 0% of subscription revenue.

Beehiiv is a modern newsletter platform focused on helping publishers grow and monetize an audience. Beyond sending emails, it includes a website builder, referral and recommendation growth tools, an ad network, paid subscriptions, and analytics, all aimed at treating a newsletter as a real media business. AI shows up as writing assistance inside the editor, helping draft, rewrite, and generate content and images, plus tools that support translation and repurposing. The AI is a complement to the growth and monetization features rather than the headline act, which is what differentiates Beehiiv from pure AI-writing tools in this list. Beehiiv offers a genuinely useful free Launch plan for up to 2,500 subscribers, with paid Scale and Max plans (from roughly $43 and $96 per month on annual billing) that scale with list size and unlock monetization, advanced analytics, and more. Notably, Beehiiv takes 0% of paid-subscription revenue on paid plans. Paid tiers include a 30-day trial. Confirm current plan limits and pricing with the vendor.