Cheapest email marketing for a small business
A small business emailing 2,500 subscribers four times a month, with automations, signup forms for its website, and no email-tool branding in the emails its customers get. Every tool we track is priced at its cheapest plan that does all three at that list size, from each vendor's own pricing page. Ranked by price only, never paid.
For 2,500 subscribers, 4 emails a month each, the cheapest is Sender: Standard plan at $27/mo.
Scenario: 2,500 subscribers, 4 emails a month each (10,000 sends), monthly billing, must have Marketing automation, Signup forms & popups, Remove branding. Prices checked between 2026-11-01 and 2026-11-04.
Is there a free option?
No free plan covers this scenario with these features. If you can live with their branding in every email: Sender's free plan does the rest.
Not in this list
- ActiveCampaign: doesn't have Signup forms & popups, Remove branding
- beehiiv: doesn't have Signup forms & popups
- Brevo: doesn't have Signup forms & popups
- Buttondown: doesn't have Signup forms & popups
- EmailOctopus: doesn't have Signup forms & popups
- HubSpot Marketing Hub: doesn't have Signup forms & popups
- Kit: doesn't have Signup forms & popups
- Klaviyo: doesn't have Signup forms & popups; has only partial Remove branding
- Mailchimp: doesn't have Signup forms & popups
- Moosend: doesn't have Signup forms & popups, Remove branding
How the price is worked out
Each plan is priced at the tier that fits the list size and sending volume above, by the vendor's own contact and email limits. A feature counts only where the vendor states it fully on that plan; partial support doesn't count. Monthly billing; plans sold on yearly billing only are marked.
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