01 / Platform fit

Find the email platform built for your revenue model.

Your best fit depends on what drives cost and complexity: profiles, sends, purchases, creator revenue, journeys, or extra channels.

Four-provider shortlist6 questionsFour fit profilesNo email gate

PROFILESSENDSJOURNEYSSTACK FIT

Question 1 of 6

Define the job your platform must do

What creates most of your revenue?

The business model shapes what customer data and automations are worth paying for.

Physical product ecommerceNewsletter, audience, or digital productsServices, B2B, or lead nurtureGeneral SMB campaigns

How large is your active list?

Use contacts you will actually email; suppressed and inactive profiles can still affect some plans.

Under 1,0001,000–10,00010,000–100,000100,000+

What should the plan economics prioritise?

Compare current plan definitions instead of assuming contacts, sends or automation are counted the same way.

Send volume and campaign frequencyHow active subscribers and contacts are countedA newsletter-first publishing modelMore advanced automation workflows

How sophisticated are your journeys?

Choose the hardest workflow, not the welcome email everyone can send.

Newsletters and simple sequencesBrowse, cart, replenishment, and product eventsTags, launches, courses, and paid audience flowsMulti-branch lifecycle and lead scoring

What audience signals matter most?

Choose the information you realistically expect to use when planning a message.

Forms, standard fields and campaign engagementProduct, purchase and ecommerce eventsInterests, tags, recommendations and content topicsWebsite events and connected-system activity

Which extra capability is most valuable?

Choose the capability that should influence your shortlist most.

SMS or transactional messaging alongside emailLanding pages, lead funnels and campaign journeysPaid newsletter, recommendations and monetizationCreator integrations and audience growth

FOUR SELECTED EMAIL PLATFORMS

Compare the workflow, not the logo.

Open each partner’s current plan and feature details before choosing. Partner links may earn a commission; the quiz score is not influenced by commission.

Creator-led email

KitCreator workflows · visual automations↗

Explore Kit for creator-led newsletters, audience tags, visual automations and launches connected to content or digital products.

Explore Kit

Small-business campaigns

AWeberCampaigns · forms · autoresponders↗

Compare AWeber for practical newsletters, signup forms, landing pages and automated follow-up for small businesses and service teams.

Explore AWeber

Automation and funnels

GetResponseVisual workflows · lead capture↗

Consider GetResponse when campaigns need to connect with segmentation, automation, landing pages and funnel workflows.

Explore GetResponse

Newsletter publishing

beehiivPublishing · recommendations · revenue↗

Look at beehiiv when the newsletter itself is the product and reader growth, recommendations and monetisation are central.

Explore beehiiv

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Official evidence

Check the details at the source.

Use official feature and pricing pages to validate what is available in your country and chosen plan. Features, limits and naming can change.

Keep the decision moving

Choose. Improve. Measure.

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01 / CHOOSE

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Find the email platform built for your revenue model.

Define the job your platform must do

What creates most of your revenue?

How large is your active list?

What should the plan economics prioritise?

How sophisticated are your journeys?

What audience signals matter most?

Which extra capability is most valuable?

Compare the workflow, not the logo.

Check the details at the source.

Choose. Improve. Measure.

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Find the email platform built for your revenue model.

Define the job your platform must do

What creates most of your revenue?

How large is your active list?

What should the plan economics prioritise?

How sophisticated are your journeys?

What audience signals matter most?

Which extra capability is most valuable?

Compare the workflow, not the logo.

Check the details at the source.

Choose. Improve. Measure.

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