Editor Sebastiaan Smits ·
Published October 30, 2026 · Updated October 30, 2026
Buyers look past GetResponse when they use it only to send newsletters, when the webinar and course tools on its Creator tier go unused, or when list-size pricing grows faster than revenue. Most go to MailerLite or Brevo for plain sending, to Kit or beehiiv for a publication, and to ActiveCampaign for deeper automation.
Short answer: The closest replacements for GetResponse in our email marketing software ranking are MailerLite, Kit and Brevo. Choose MailerLite if you send newsletters and automations and no longer use the webinar tools. These 12 options are lifted from the Best Email Marketing Software in 2026 list. The write-ups look at one question, how each one differs from GetResponse, and admit where GetResponse is still ahead.
Visibility in our rankings can be paid for. Payment moves a vendor's position within the shortlist; it never adds a vendor, and it never changes a word of the review or of this page. The first three alternatives go to challengers, vendors outside the best-known brands in a category, wherever the category has them; the established names follow in their ranked order. How it works: placement disclosure · editorial process.
GetResponse's pricing page lists webinars, the course creator, the website builder and paid newsletter subscriptions only under Creator, shown at €62 a month (€50.84 billed yearly). A team that never hosts a webinar pays for that bundle or drops to Marketer.
Starter allows one custom automation workflow and three users. Unlimited workflows, abandoned cart recovery and sales funnels begin on Marketer, at €54 a month (€44.28 yearly). Small senders who want branching automation meet the step up early.
Every plan is sold in list-size bands from 1,000 to 100,000 contacts, and the terms allow GetResponse to change its price list from a later billing period. A large list with modest sending still pays for the band.
Rows follow how closely each product can stand in for GetResponse; the closing column is its rank inside our 13-product ranking.
| # | Alternative | Headquarters | Switch if | Our rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  MailerLite | Lithuania | you send newsletters and automations and no longer use the webinar tools | #1 |
| 2 |  Kit | United States | you sell to an audience as a creator and want a large free tier | #3 |
| 3 |  Brevo | France | you want email, SMS and WhatsApp from one account and prefer volume-based billing | #2 |
| 4 |  ActiveCampaign | United States | your funnel logic and sales follow-up matter more than webinars | #13 |
| 5 |  Omnisend | Lithuania | your revenue comes from a web shop and you want shop-focused flows and SMS | #7 |
| 6 |  Klaviyo | United States | you run a store and want segmentation driven by purchase history | #5 |
| 7 |  beehiiv | United States | your list is a publication and you want a hosted site with paid tiers | #10 |
| 8 |  EmailOctopus | United Kingdom | you only need to send campaigns and want the lowest running cost | #9 |
| 9 |  AWeber | United States | you want unlimited landing pages and automations without a webinar module | #11 |
| 10 |  Campaign Monitor | United States | you manage several brands and need locked templates and account roles | #12 |
| 11 |  Mailchimp | United States | your team already knows its editor and wants a larger integration catalog | #4 |
| 12 |  Constant Contact | United States | you want a conventional contact-priced sender and will verify its current plans | #6 |
Closest in price shape and the quickest swap for plain newsletters. Free covers 250 subscribers and 2,500 emails, Comfort starts at $12 a month, and Power removes limits on emails, seats and automations. Webinar hosting is absent, so a webinar-led funnel needs a separate tool.
Switch from GetResponse if you send newsletters and automations and no longer use the webinar tools.
A creator platform with a free tier of up to 10,000 subscribers, one seat and unlimited broadcasts. Visual automations, sequences and SMS begin on Creator, which lists free migration. It sells digital products and subscriptions, but has no webinar module and no course hosting of the GetResponse kind.
Switch from GetResponse if you sell to an audience as a creator and want a large free tier.
Splits plans by feature and email volume: Free allows 300 emails a day, Standard adds automation and A/B testing, and WhatsApp, popups and push come with Professional, which includes ten seats. SMS credit is sold apart. It has no webinar or course product.
Switch from GetResponse if you want email, SMS and WhatsApp from one account and prefer volume-based billing.
Automation first. Starter offers multi-step automations at 10,000 sends for 1,000 contacts, while Plus adds landing pages, Pro adds predictive sending and attribution, and a CRM add-on exists. It lacks hosted webinars and a course product, and its pricing is generated per contact band.
Switch from GetResponse if your funnel logic and sales follow-up matter more than webinars.
Built around online shops. The free plan allows 500 emails to 250 contacts, a 5-day free migration is offered on its pricing page, and paid plans are billed in USD by contact band. Customers who run webinars or courses will not find those modules here.
Switch from GetResponse if your revenue comes from a web shop and you want shop-focused flows and SMS.
Profile-based billing for ecommerce data. Free is limited to 250 active profiles and 500 email sends a month, with $5 of mobile messages included. Reports, segments and flows draw on store data. The tool has no landing page funnel, webinar or course layer to match GetResponse.
Switch from GetResponse if you run a store and want segmentation driven by purchase history.
A publishing product: website, podcast and community come with every plan. Free allows up to 2,500 subscribers, Lite adds paid subscriptions at a 0% take rate, and branding removal needs Pro. It does not offer webinars or a full course product.
Switch from GetResponse if your list is a publication and you want a hosted site with paid tiers.
The lightest option here. The Starter plan is free for 2,500 subscribers and 10,000 emails a month, with its own branding and 30-day reports. Pro is shown from $12 a month billed yearly. There is no trial, and no funnels, webinars or course tools.
Switch from GetResponse if you only need to send campaigns and want the lowest running cost.
Sold per subscriber with a 14-day trial. Lite lists three automations, three landing pages and one list; Plus lists unlimited automations, pages and users. A done-for-you setup service is offered for a fee. Webinar hosting and a course creator are not part of the plans.
Switch from GetResponse if you want unlimited landing pages and automations without a webinar module.
Plans run Lite, Essentials, Premier and Enterprise, with Lite capped at 2,500 sends a month. Premier adds phone support and a website builder, while Enterprise brings multi-brand management and a dedicated account manager. A 30-day trial replaces a free plan, and there are no webinars.
Switch from GetResponse if you manage several brands and need locked templates and account roles.
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Marketing platform from Intuit with Free, Essentials, Standard and Premium. Free is limited to 250 contacts, Essentials limits flows to four steps, and Standard and Premium raise that to 200 flows. Sends are capped at 10, 12 and 15 times contacts. No webinar tool.
Switch from GetResponse if your team already knows its editor and wants a larger integration catalog.
A small-business sender priced by contact count. We could not load its pricing page with our tools, so plan names, caps and amounts are unconfirmed here. Check the vendor page and its trial terms before comparing it with GetResponse's bundle of funnels and webinars.
Switch from GetResponse if you want a conventional contact-priced sender and will verify its current plans.
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Stay with GetResponse if you run live or on-demand webinars, sell a course or paid newsletter from the same list, or already rely on its funnels and landing pages. The free account also keeps 500 contacts and 2,500 messages a month after the 14-day trial. Moving costs rebuild time, and a webinar business gains little from a plain sender.
GetResponse exports active contacts as CSV or XLSX from the Search contacts page, with tags, custom fields and scores selectable. Files are removed after 7 days. Automations, landing pages and webinars do not export that way, so plan to recreate them.
Cancelling a paid account turns off renewal at the end of the paid period, and the account stays active until then. The terms say no refunds are given for a period already charged. You must also stay within your list-size limit while the request is pending.
Yes, a CSV or XLSX export is available from Contacts, Search. The file can include email address, name, list, subscription details, score, tags and custom fields. Suppressed contacts are not exported, and generated files are deleted after 7 days.
Yes, but premium features run only for the first 14 days of the free trial. GetResponse's pricing page says no card is needed, and its help center caps the free account that remains at 500 contacts and 2,500 messages a month, with a GetResponse badge on every message. Paid Starter begins at €16 a month.
Generally no. The terms and the refund help page call the service pay-as-you-go and state that an already charged billing period is not refunded. Cancelling stops the next renewal, and the account runs to the end of the paid term.
Yes, the terms reserve the right to change the price list, applying it from a later billing period or on plan changes, with notice by email or on the website. A twelve-month plan avoids changes until it renews.
GetResponse lists Mailchimp, AWeber, ActiveCampaign, Constant Contact, MailerLite and Brevo as sources it migrates from. In the other direction, Kit, Omnisend and AWeber state free migration on their sites, which you should confirm covers automations.
Not inside a plain email tool. Webinar hosting is a GetResponse feature on Creator and Enterprise, and none of the alternatives listed here offer it as a plan feature, so a separate webinar service is needed.
Prices, limits and descriptions for GetResponse and each alternative were confirmed on vendor-owned pages on October 30, 2026. A later change on the vendor side will not show here.
Sebastiaan Smits, Founder, wrote, edited and fact-checked this page.
Founder of The Interregnum and of 2 Steps Ahead, an AI search visibility agency. Editorially responsible for every page here; research and drafting are AI-assisted. Last reviewed October 30, 2026.
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