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The short version

• Good fit if you want email, landing pages, automations and (on the top self-serve plan) courses, webinars and paid newsletters in one account, and you send often. Every paid plan lists unlimited monthly email sends.
• Not a great fit if you want a free plan to run a real newsletter for months. After the first 14 days, the Free account can't schedule newsletters or run autoresponders and automations, and it caps you at 500 contacts.
• Paid newsletters ("premium newsletters") sit on the Creator plan, which is the most expensive self-serve tier.
• Prices depend on where you are. I saw US dollar prices from a US connection and euro prices from a European one. Check the pricing page from your own location.

Who GetResponse is for (and who it isn't for)

GetResponse describes its Creator plan as "everything you need to create, market, and monetize your knowledge": premium newsletters, a course creator, webinars and a website builder. That makes it most interesting for a creator who teaches and wants a newsletter, a lead-magnet page, a webinar and a course without stitching several tools together.

It's less of a match if your newsletter is the product and you mainly want a publication-style website with built-in growth loops. For that, read Kit vs Beehiiv and Beehiiv vs MailerLite. And if you just need a cheap, simple sender for a small list, the entry prices on my MailerLite guide are worth comparing first.

The Free account and the 14-day premium period

GetResponse's Free account needs no credit card. For the first 14 days you also get premium features. Per its help article "Can I try GetResponse before I buy?", the Free account lets you:

• add up to 500 contacts. Unconfirmed and removed contacts count toward that limit, and GetResponse says it can't be reset;
• send up to 2,500 newsletters a month;
• publish 1 landing page, and collect leads through forms into a queue that holds them for 32 days;
• use premium features for the first 14 days.

Every message sent from a Free account carries a GetResponse badge. The Free plan FAQ also says landing pages on Free accounts are limited to 1,000 unique visits in total, after which they go offline.

What stops after day 14 if you don't upgrade, according to that same help article:

• You can still send one-off newsletters, but you can't schedule them.
• Autoresponders, automation messages, RSS-to-email messages and webinar invitations stop sending, and existing workflows are switched off.
• No HTML messages, no predesigned email templates, no attachments and no message reports.
• Premium newsletters and courses become unavailable until you upgrade.
• You keep 1 published landing page and 1 active form or popup.
• Live chat and email support go away (the help center stays), and API keys are locked.

Two more details from GetResponse's US Terms of Service: you may create only one Free account, and a Free account that isn't used for 90 consecutive days is disabled (you then have 30 days to restore it through support).

Paid plans and how they scale by list size

GetResponse says pricing "scales with your contact list size, billing period, and selected plan," with list sizes from 1,000 to 100,000 contacts on the standard plans and custom Enterprise pricing above that. Paying yearly saves 18%. Here are the monthly-billing prices from the list-size selector on the pricing page, as shown to a US visitor on September 25, 2026:

Source: getresponse.com/pricing, US view, monthly billing, checked September 25, 2026. With yearly billing, the page showed $15.58, $48.38 and $56.58 a month for Starter, Marketer and Creator at 1,000 contacts. Prices are net of tax. When I loaded the same page from a European connection, it showed euro prices instead (for example Starter at EUR 16/mo for 1,000 contacts). GetResponse notes that prices may vary with exchange rates and that you'll be charged in USD or EUR. Treat these figures as a snapshot, not a quote.

What each plan adds

• Starter: unlimited sends, the visual and HTML email editors, RSS-to-email, a welcome email series, 1 custom automation workflow, unlimited landing pages, signup forms and popups, custom DKIM, and 3 users. The AI generators are limited to 3 uses. The comparison table marks tagging, contact scoring and A/B testing as not included.
• Marketer: adds unlimited automation workflows, tagging and scoring, A/B testing, "perfect timing", ecommerce tools, sales funnels, web push notifications, and 5 users.
• Creator: adds premium newsletters, a course creator, a website builder (5 active websites), webinars (up to 100 attendees), and PayPal and Stripe integrations for selling, with 0% transaction fees listed.
• Enterprise: custom pricing (adds a dedicated IP, transactional email and SMS).

Features that matter for newsletter creators

How premium (paid) newsletters work

According to GetResponse's premium newsletters help article, you create one under Tools → Premium Newsletters. It gets a page on your "Creator's profile", a contact list, and either a free option or a free-plus-paid option. With free-plus-paid, GetResponse splits subscribers into a paid segment and a free segment so you can choose who gets each issue. Payments go through Stripe. GetResponse says it adds no extra processing fees, but Stripe's standard fees apply. During the 14-day premium period you can create premium newsletters with free subscriptions only. The pricing FAQ says paid subscriptions need a paid plan, and the comparison table lists premium newsletters on Creator and Enterprise.

Deliverability notes from the official docs

• Use your own domain. GetResponse "strongly advises" sending from your own domain with DKIM and DMARC set up, and its help article on why Gmail, Yahoo or other free domains can't be used explains the Gmail/Yahoo sender rules behind that, including keeping spam complaints below 0.3%.
• Custom DKIM is optional but worth doing. Without it, GetResponse signs with its own key and some email clients show your address "via GetResponse-mail.com" (see DKIM setup).
• Automatic authentication for supported DNS providers adds a custom DKIM key, an SPF record and, if you don't already have one, a DMARC policy set to p=none (see automatic authentication).
• Double opt-in is off by default for web and API signups. You can turn it on per list in list settings (see subscription settings).

Downsides and watch-outs

• The Free account is an evaluation tool, not a home. No scheduling, no automations, a badge on every email and a 500-contact cap that counts removed contacts.
• Starter's single workflow. One custom automation workflow covers a welcome sequence, but not much more. You need Marketer for unlimited workflows and tags.
• Paid newsletters mean the top plan. At 1,000 contacts, Creator was $69/mo in the US view (monthly billing), compared with $19/mo for Starter.
• Some limits aren't worded the same everywhere. Besides the Free contact limit, the Creator plan card mentions "Up to 500 students" while the comparison table says "Up to 40,000". Confirm any limit that matters to you with GetResponse before you pay.
• Downgrades go through support. The pricing FAQ says upgrades are self-serve but downgrades (including annual to monthly) need a support request.

GetResponse vs Beehiiv, Kit and MailerLite

• vs Beehiiv: Beehiiv is built around newsletter publishing and growth. GetResponse is a broader marketing suite that adds webinars, courses and funnels. See Beehiiv vs MailerLite and Kit vs Beehiiv for how I frame the growth-first choice.
• vs Kit: both target creators who sell. Kit is known for creator automations and tagging (Kit vs Beehiiv). GetResponse puts tagging on Marketer and courses and webinars on Creator.
• vs MailerLite: MailerLite's paid newsletters start on its Comfort plan, "starting $12/month" per its pricing page. GetResponse's premium newsletters need Creator. MailerLite's Comfort caps monthly sends, while every GetResponse paid plan lists unlimited sends. Details are in my MailerLite guide.

Setup checklist: your first GetResponse newsletter

Based on the GetResponse help articles linked above, with menu names as documented on September 25, 2026.

1. Decide before day 14. Build your welcome workflow and forms during the premium period, then pick a plan before scheduling and automations switch off.
2. Add and authenticate your sending domain. Profile → Emails and domains, add your own-domain address, then Actions → Authenticate (automatic or manual DKIM, SPF and DMARC). Don't plan on sending from a Gmail address.
3. Create one list and decide on double opt-in. Contacts → Lists → Actions → Settings. Double opt-in is off by default.
4. Import only people who opted in. Contacts → Add contacts → import from a file. GetResponse says all imports are single opt-in, you must have permission, and role addresses aren't allowed (see importing contacts).
5. Publish one signup form or landing page that feeds that list, and link it from a page you control.
6. Build a short welcome series. On Starter this uses your one custom workflow, so keep it focused.
7. Send your first newsletter to yourself as a test, check the inbox preview, then schedule it (scheduling is a paid feature after day 14).
8. If you blog, add RSS-to-email. Tools → Email Marketing → RSS-to-email. GetResponse notes it spots new posts by title, and the first digest can include up to 30 posts.
9. If you'll charge, set up a premium newsletter on Creator and connect Stripe.

FAQ

Is GetResponse free?

There's a Free account (500 contacts, 2,500 newsletters a month, no card required), but premium features such as scheduling and automations only last for the first 14 days.

How much does GetResponse cost for a small newsletter?

In the US view on September 25, 2026, Starter was $19/mo for 1,000 contacts on monthly billing, and yearly billing saves 18%. Prices vary by region and currency, so check getresponse.com/pricing.

Can I run a paid newsletter on GetResponse?

Yes, with premium newsletters on the Creator plan (or Enterprise), with payments through Stripe.

Sources (checked September 25, 2026)

• https://www.getresponse.com/pricing: plans, list-size pricing, comparison table, FAQ
• https://www.getresponse.com/pricing/free: Free plan page and FAQ
• https://www.getresponse.com/help/can-i-try-getresponse-before-i-buy.html: Free account limits
• https://www.getresponse.com/legal/terms-us: Free account terms
• https://www.getresponse.com/help/what-are-premium-newsletters-and-how-to-create-them.html
• https://www.getresponse.com/help/how-do-i-create-rss-to-email.html
• https://www.getresponse.com/help/why-gmail-yahoo-or-any-free-domain-cannot-be-used-for-sending-with-getresponse.html
• https://www.getresponse.com/help/what-is-dkim-and-how-to-configure-it.html
• https://www.getresponse.com/help/how-to-automatically-authenticate-your-domain-in-getresponse.html
• https://www.getresponse.com/help/how-can-i-edit-the-subscription-settings-for-my-list.html
• https://www.getresponse.com/help/how-can-i-import-a-list-of-contacts.html

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