8 Best Flodesk Alternatives Tested in 2026

The reason most people came to Flodesk no longer exists for new accounts: on 2 December 2025 the flat rate was withdrawn, and pricing now climbs with your list like everyone else’s. Lite opens at $25 per month for 1,000 subscribers and reaches $72 per month at 10,000. The single price that made Flodesk worth choosing over a cheaper, more capable platform is gone, which means the comparison you made when you signed up is no longer the comparison you are in.

Two numbers explain why we score pricing value at 4.0 and automation at 4.5. Lite allows exactly 1 workflow automation; unlimited workflows begin on Pro. And the free plan cannot send email at all — it builds forms, landing pages and segments, and stops there. We priced and scored 8 alternatives against Flodesk’s current tiers, ranked them by our own overall rating, and named the one axis each of them wins on. Design is not one of those axes, and we say so.

Why look for a Flodesk alternative in 2026

The reasons changed on 2 December 2025, and most pages about this subject have not caught up.

The flat rate is gone, so the original argument is gone with it. Flodesk was chosen because one price covered any list size. New accounts now pay by subscriber count: Lite $25 per month at 1,000 subscribers and a ceiling of 25,000; Pro $28; Everything $54. Annual billing takes those to $19, $25 and $49. At 10,000 subscribers on annual billing, Lite is $72 per month and Everything is $137. That climb is steeper than most of the platforms below, and it is the single fact this page exists to point at.

One workflow. Automation scores 4.5, and the entry plan is the reason: Lite permits a single workflow automation. If you want a welcome sequence and an abandoned-browse nudge, you are on Pro. Five platforms below score above 6.0 on automation and three of those cost less than Flodesk Lite.

A free plan that cannot send email. Flodesk’s free tier has no subscriber limit and no sending. It is a forms and landing-page product. Five alternatives on this page have free plans that actually deliver mail, and one of them covers 10,000 subscribers.

What has not changed is what Flodesk is good at. The editor and template library are still why designers pick it, deliverability is a respectable 7.5, and nothing below reproduces the look without work. Small list, emails that sell on appearance: staying is defensible.

8 Flodesk alternatives at a glance

Ranked by SMTPedia overall score. Every platform here has a full review on this site, so every score is measured rather than invented for the comparison.

Scores are SMTPedia overall ratings out of 10, taken from each platform’s own review on this site. Deliverability bands are derived from our deliverability sub-score: High is 8.0 and above, Medium is 6.0 to 7.9, Low is below 6.0. Flodesk itself scores 6.4 overall and 7.5 on deliverability, placing it in the Medium band.

1. Brevo

Brevo

Bills emails sent instead of subscribers stored — the opposite of what Flodesk just became

7.7/10

Better for: a large list you mail occasionally

Flodesk now charges by list size; Brevo charges by emails sent. If you have 10,000 subscribers and mail them twice a month, that is 20,000 emails, which Brevo covers on Starter at $29 per month while Flodesk Lite bills $72 for the same list on annual billing. The larger and quieter your list, the wider that gap gets, and it is the cleanest arithmetic on this page. Brevo also scores 7.7 overall, the highest of the 42 platforms we have reviewed, with a pricing-value score of 8.5 against Flodesk’s 4.0.

Measure	Flodesk	Brevo
Billing unit	Subscribers stored	Emails sent
Cost at 10,000 subscribers	$72/mo on Lite	$29/mo at 20,000 emails
Pricing value score	4.0	8.5
Automation score	4.5	6.0
Free plan sends email	No	Yes, 300/day
Template design	The reason to stay	Functional, not distinctive

What you give up: the look. Flodesk’s editor and template library are what it sells, and Brevo’s are ordinary by comparison — rebuilding a Flodesk email here will not produce a Flodesk email. Deliverability is level at 7.5 on both, so there is no gain there either. And if you mail a small list very often, the arithmetic reverses: Brevo’s free tier caps at 300 emails per day, which one send to 1,000 people clears in under four days.

Migration
Easy
Half a day to two days
Subscribers and segments export as CSV and import cleanly. The single workflow you were allowed on Lite is quick to rebuild. Re-authenticate the sending domain, and budget the real time for templates, which do not travel.

$9/mo

Starter, 5,000 emails per month

Starter is $29 at 20,000 emails; Business is $69 at 20,000 and adds A/B testing and landing pages. The free plan stores up to 100,000 contacts and sends 300 emails per day.

Read our Brevo review

2. MailerLite

MailerLite

The closest like-for-like: design-led, cheaper, and ahead on deliverability and automation

7.4/10

Better for: the designer who wants the templates and the automation in one place

This is the substitution most Flodesk users are actually looking for. MailerLite is the other platform on this page with a builder people choose for aesthetic reasons, and it beats Flodesk on all three numbers that matter here: deliverability 8.0 against 7.5, automation 6.0 against 4.5, pricing value 8.0 against 4.0. Comfort is $19 per month at 1,000 subscribers and $33 at 2,500, against Flodesk Lite’s $25 at the same first tier — and unlike Lite, automations are not rationed to one.

Measure	Flodesk	MailerLite
Deliverability score	7.5	8.0
Automation score	4.5	6.0
Workflows on the entry plan	1	Not rationed
Pricing value score	4.0	8.0
Free plan sends email	No	Yes, 250 subs / 2,500 emails
Template library	Best on this page	Good, not the same

What you give up: a little of the look, and a much smaller free tier than you might expect. MailerLite cut its free plan in 2026 to 250 subscribers and 2,500 emails per month, down from 500 and 12,000 — a reduction of 80% in monthly send capacity. Its MCP support is partial rather than official, where Flodesk’s is also partial, so neither is ahead there. And the design gap is real: MailerLite’s templates are competent, and Flodesk’s are the product.

Migration
Easy
One to three days
The most straightforward move here. Subscribers, segments and forms all have direct equivalents. Expect to spend the time on templates rather than data, and re-authenticate the domain first.

$19/mo

Comfort, 1,000 subscribers

Comfort is $33 at 2,500 subscribers; Power runs $39 and $49 at the same two tiers. Free plan covers 250 subscribers and 2,500 emails per month.

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3. Sender

Sender

Automation 7.5 vs 4.5, included on a free plan, against deliverability 5.5 vs 7.5

7.3/10

Better for: someone who needs a second workflow and cannot justify a second price tier

The specific frustration Flodesk Lite creates is having one workflow and wanting two. Sender answers it on the free plan: 2,500 subscribers, 15,000 emails per month, automation included, and an automation score of 7.5 against Flodesk’s 4.5. That is the largest automation gap on this page achieved at zero cost. Paid plans start at $11 per month for 5,000 subscribers and $22 at 10,000, against Flodesk’s $72 at that same subscriber count.

What you give up: deliverability, by the widest margin here. Sender scores 5.5 against Flodesk’s 7.5 — the only entry on this page inside our Low band. More automation delivered to a worse inbox rate is not automatically progress, and for a list you sell to it is usually a step backwards. There is no official MCP server where Flodesk has partial support, and the builder is plain next to what you are leaving. Take this trade when the workflow limit is genuinely the blocker and your content is expected.

Migration
Easy
Half a day
CSV import, verify the domain, rebuild the workflow. Given the deliverability gap, move in stages: most engaged segment first, and watch the open rate before cutting the rest over.

$11/mo

Standard, 5,000 subscribers

Standard is $22 at 10,000 subscribers. The free plan covers 2,500 subscribers and 15,000 emails per month with automation included.

Read our Sender review

4. Klaviyo

Klaviyo

Automation 9.5 vs 4.5 and deliverability 8.0 vs 7.5, bought at a pricing-value score of 3.5

7.3/10

Better for: a shop selling physical products, not a studio selling services

Flodesk’s Everything plan adds checkout, sales pages and abandoned-cart automations at $54 per month, which is the company acknowledging that a share of its users are running shops. If that is you, Klaviyo does the same job far better: automation 9.5 against 4.5, deliverability 8.0 against 7.5, and flows that read your catalogue, carts and order history rather than approximating them. Pricing starts at $30 per month for 1,000 profiles, $100 at 5,000 and $150 at 10,000.

Measure	Flodesk	Klaviyo
Automation score	4.5	9.5
Deliverability score	7.5	8.0
Ecommerce data triggers	Abandoned cart on Everything	Catalogue, cart and order native
Cost at 10,000 subscribers	$72/mo on Lite	$150/mo
Pricing value score	4.0	3.5

What you give up: money, and the ability to lower the bill by tidying up. At 10,000 subscribers Klaviyo is $150 per month against Flodesk Lite’s $72, so this is the one move on this page that reliably costs more than staying. Klaviyo also meters active profiles rather than emails sent, and suppressed profiles keep counting for roughly 90 days, which means cleaning your list does not show up on the next invoice. Our pricing-value score of 3.5 is below Flodesk’s 4.0 — the only entry here where that is true.

Migration
Medium
One to two weeks
Subscribers import quickly; the value arrives only once the store integration has connected and historical orders have backfilled. Prune the list before importing rather than after, because of the suppression window.

$30/mo

Email plan, 1,000 active profiles

Rises to $100 at 5,000 profiles and $150 at 10,000. Free plan covers 250 active profiles and 500 emails per month. SMS is priced separately.

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5. Moosend

Moosend

Ahead on deliverability, support and automation at the same time, from $9 per month

7.2/10

Better for: the small business that wants the cheapest competent platform and nothing clever

Moosend is the least fashionable entry on this page and, on our numbers, the most efficient. It beats Flodesk on deliverability (8.0 against 7.5), on support (8.5 against 7.0) and on automation (6.5 against 4.5) simultaneously, and Pro starts at $9 per month for 500 contacts, or $7 billed annually. Unlimited email sends are included at every tier, so the bill tracks list size only. Nothing else here wins three axes at once for under $10.

Measure	Flodesk	Moosend
Deliverability score	7.5	8.0
Support score	7.0	8.5
Automation score	4.5	6.5
Entry price	$25/mo, 1,000 subs	$9/mo, 500 contacts
Free plan	Yes, but cannot send	None, 30-day trial

What you give up: the free tier and the design. Moosend has no permanent free plan at all, only a 30-day trial, so there is no fallback if the migration stalls — though Flodesk’s free plan cannot send email, which makes that a narrower loss than it sounds. There is no official MCP server where Flodesk has partial support. And the editor is a working tool rather than a reason to choose the product, which for a Flodesk user is the whole adjustment.

Migration
Easy
One to two days
Import contacts, verify the domain, rebuild the workflow and templates. The 30-day trial is long enough to run both in parallel for a full send cycle, which is the right way to use it.

$9/mo

Pro, 500 contacts, unlimited sends

Annual billing takes it to $7 per month. The curve rises to $315 at 50,000 contacts. No permanent free plan; evaluation is a 30-day trial with no card required.

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6. ActiveCampaign

ActiveCampaign

Automation 9.5 vs 4.5, the largest capability gap on this page

7.2/10

Better for: the business that has stopped being a one-person studio

If the single workflow on Flodesk Lite is not the problem — if the problem is that you now need lead scoring, branching conditions and a CRM that sales can use — this is the destination. Automation scores 9.5 against Flodesk’s 4.5, the widest gap on this page, and deliverability is 8.5 against 7.5. Starter is $15 per month billed annually for 1,000 contacts, or $19 month to month, which is below Flodesk Lite’s $25 at the same tier.

What you give up: simplicity, support and the safety net, and the first of those is the real cost. ActiveCampaign is the most complicated builder here, and support drops from Flodesk’s 7.0 to 6.5 exactly when you need it most. There is no free plan, only a 14-day trial, so a stalled migration is one you are already paying for. And a Flodesk user is trading the best-looking editor on this page for one built around logic rather than layout.

Migration
Medium
One to three weeks
Contacts and tags import without trouble. The time goes into learning the automation model and rebuilding templates, and 14 days is tight for both, so plan the work before the trial starts.

$15/mo

Starter, 1,000 contacts, billed annually

Month-to-month billing is $19. There is no free plan; evaluation is a 14-day trial.

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7. EmailOctopus

EmailOctopus

The flattest price curve here: $44.50 at 10,000 subscribers against Flodesk’s $72

7.1/10

Better for: a list that is still growing and a budget that is not

The complaint that brings people here is the climb, not the starting price, and this platform climbs slowest. EmailOctopus is $20 per month at 2,500 subscribers, $31.50 at 5,000 and $44.50 at 10,000, where Flodesk Lite reaches $72. It also carries the highest support score here, 9.0 against 7.0, and pricing value 8.5 against 4.0. The free plan covers 2,500 subscribers and 10,000 emails per month with EmailOctopus branding and three automations of up to five steps — three more than Flodesk’s free plan, which cannot send at all.

What you give up: automation and polish. At 4.0 against Flodesk’s 4.5, this is the only entry on this page that is worse at automation than what you are leaving, so it is the wrong destination if the one-workflow limit is your reason. Deliverability also slips from 7.5 to 7.0, there is no official MCP server, and the product is deliberately small: no CRM, no checkout, no sales pages. You are buying a flatter invoice, and that is all.

Migration
Easy
Half a day
A deliberately simple product, so the move is quick: CSV import, verify the domain, rebuild a short automation and the templates. The simplicity that limits it is what makes the migration cheap.

$20/mo

Pro, 2,500 subscribers

$31.50 at 5,000 subscribers and $44.50 at 10,000. Free plan covers 2,500 subscribers and 10,000 emails per month with EmailOctopus branding.

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8. Kit

Kit

Free up to 10,000 subscribers, the largest free tier of the 42 platforms we have reviewed

7.0/10

Better for: a creator who sells to the list rather than decorating it

Kit’s free plan carries up to 10,000 subscribers with unlimited broadcasts, forms and landing pages. That is the exact subscriber count at which Flodesk Lite bills $72 per month, and it is the largest free tier we have measured anywhere on this site. Kit is also built around selling — digital products, paid recommendations and sponsorships are part of the product rather than an upgrade — which is the axis Flodesk only reaches on its Everything plan at $54.

Measure	Flodesk	Kit
Free plan subscribers	Unlimited, but no sending	10,000, sending included
Cost at 10,000 subscribers	$72/mo on Lite	$0 on the free plan
Automation score	4.5	6.5
Official MCP server	Partial	Yes
Deliverability score	7.5	6.0

What you give up, and check the date on this: automations left the free plan in September 2026. The 10,000-subscriber tier is for broadcasts, forms and landing pages; visual automations and sequences now start on Creator at $39 per month for 1,000 subscribers, or $33 billed annually. So the free plan replaces Flodesk’s sending, not Flodesk Lite’s one workflow. Deliverability is also the second-lowest here at 6.0 against Flodesk’s 7.5, and Kit’s plain-text aesthetic is the opposite of what Flodesk sells — that is a deliberate choice by both products, and the reason this is a move some people regret.

Migration
Easy
One to two days
Subscribers, tags and forms import cleanly, and the free plan lets you run both in parallel indefinitely while you decide. Templates are the adjustment, not the obstacle: Kit largely does not use them.

$39/mo

Creator, 1,000 subscribers

Annual billing takes Creator to $33 per month. Pro is $79 monthly or $66 annually at the same tier. The free plan covers up to 10,000 subscribers without visual automations.

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