Creator Quick verdict
- Pick MailerLite if you want one low-cost home for a newsletter, a website with a blog, paid newsletters and digital products. Comfort is $19 a month (or $17.10 billed yearly) at up to 1,000 subscribers with 50 automations, and the Free plan keeps 3 automations after the trial. It’s our pick for an all-in-one creator toolkit.
- Pick GetResponse if you teach and want webinars and courses next to your email list, or you send a lot. Every paid plan lists unlimited monthly email sends and unlimited landing pages, Creator adds webinars (up to 100 attendees) and a course creator, and Starter is cheaper than MailerLite Comfort at some list sizes.
- The catch with each: GetResponse Starter allows just 1 custom automation workflow, and its Free account loses scheduling and automations after the first 14 days. MailerLite has no webinar tool, and its Free plan stops at 250 subscribers and 2,500 emails a month.
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MailerLite vs GetResponse side by side
| Dimension | MailerLite | GetResponse |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Up to 250 subscribers, 2,500 emails a month | Up to 500 contacts, 2,500 newsletters a month; premium features only for the first 14 days |
| Free trial | 14-day premium trial, no payment method needed (not all paid features, check in your account) | 14 days of premium features on every new Free account (not all paid features, check in your account) |
| Cheapest paid plan | Comfort from $12/month (500 subscribers) | Starter from $19/month (1,000 contacts, the smallest list size) |
| Monthly emails on paid plans | Comfort: 10× your tier’s ceiling. Power: unlimited (fair use) | Unlimited on Starter, Marketer and Creator |
| Automations | Visual builder on every plan. Free: 3 (5 steps). Comfort: 50 (100 steps). Power: unlimited, up to 100 steps each, with multiple triggers | Starter: 1 custom workflow. Marketer and Creator: unlimited workflows, plus tagging, scoring and abandoned-cart triggers |
| Landing pages | Free: 1. Comfort: 10. Power: unlimited. Custom domains from Comfort | Unlimited pages and visitors on every paid plan, with your own domain |
| Website builder | Free: 1 site. Comfort: 10. Power: unlimited. Blog section on every plan | Creator only: 5 active websites |
| Webinars | Not offered as a feature | Creator: live, on-demand and paid webinars, up to 100 attendees, 3 hours of recording storage |
| Paid newsletters, courses, products | Paid newsletters on Comfort and Power; digital products and bookings on every plan (1 / 5 / unlimited) | Creator: premium newsletters, a course creator and PayPal and Stripe selling, with 0% transaction fees listed |
| Seats | Free 2, Comfort 3, Power unlimited | Starter 3, Marketer 5, Creator 5 |
| Support | Free: live chat for the first 14 days, then community support. Comfort: 24/7 email. Power: adds 24/7 live chat | Email and chat support on every paid plan; no chat or email support on Free after day 14 |
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Prices at 500 to 10,000 subscribers
Both tools price paid plans by list size. MailerLite’s pricing page says annual billing saves 10%. GetResponse’s pricing page offers a “12-month prepay with 18% discount.” GetResponse’s list sizes start at 1,000 contacts, so a 500-subscriber list pays the 1,000-contact price.
| Subscribers | MailerLite Comfort | GetResponse Starter | MailerLite Power | GetResponse Marketer | GetResponse Creator |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 500 | $12 / $10.80 | $19 / $15.58* | $25 / $22.50 | $59 / $48.38* | $69 / $56.58* |
| 1,000 | $19 / $17.10 | $19 / $15.58 | $39 / $35.10 | $59 / $48.38 | $69 / $56.58 |
| 2,500 | $33 / $29.70 | $29 / $23.78 | $49 / $44.10 | $69 / $56.58 | $79 / $64.78 |
| 5,000 | $49 / $44.10 | $54 / $44.28 | $69 / $62.10 | $95 / $77.90 | $109 / $89.38 |
| 10,000 | $89 / $80.10 | $79 / $64.78 | $129 / $116.10 | $114 / $93.48 | $134 / $109.88 |
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Monthly billing, then the per-month price on yearly billing. *GetResponse’s smallest list size is 1,000 contacts. MailerLite says prices may be subject to applicable taxes; GetResponse says its prices are net amounts and local taxes may apply. GetResponse shows prices by location: these are the US dollar prices its pricing page served us, and a European connection has shown euro prices before. Checked on mailerlite.com/pricing and getresponse.com/pricing, October 11, 2026.
Reading the table, by our arithmetic:
- Entry plans on monthly billing: MailerLite Comfort is $7 a month cheaper at 500 subscribers and $5 cheaper at 5,000. They cost the same at 1,000 ($19). GetResponse Starter is $4 cheaper at 2,500 and $10 cheaper at 10,000.
- Entry plans on yearly billing: GetResponse’s bigger discount tips more sizes its way. Starter is cheaper at 1,000 ($186.96 a year against $205.20 for Comfort), 2,500 and 10,000 ($777.36 against $961.20). Comfort stays cheaper at 500 and, by 18 cents a month, at 5,000.
- If you need real automation: Starter’s single workflow is the catch. GetResponse’s unlimited workflows start on Marketer, which costs more than MailerLite Comfort (50 automations) at every size and more than MailerLite Power (unlimited automations) at 500 to 5,000. At 10,000, Marketer is $15 a month cheaper than Power.
- Sending volume: GetResponse lists unlimited sends on every paid plan. MailerLite Comfort allows 10× your tier’s ceiling (10,000 emails a month at the 1,000 tier, plenty for a weekly newsletter); Power is unlimited, subject to fair use.
Every MailerLite tier is in our MailerLite pricing guide, and every GetResponse plan is in our GetResponse guide.
Free plans compared
MailerLite Free covers up to 250 subscribers and 2,500 emails a month, with 3 automations (5 steps each), 1 website, 1 landing page, 1 digital product or booking, 3 signup forms and 2 seats. The MailerLite logo stays on, and once you pass 250 active subscribers, sending is locked until you upgrade or remove subscribers. MailerLite’s pricing page sets no time limit on Free. See our MailerLite free plan guide.
GetResponse Free covers up to 500 contacts and 2,500 newsletters a month, with a GetResponse badge on every message. Unconfirmed and removed contacts count toward the 500, and GetResponse’s help article says the limit can’t be reset. The bigger catch is the clock: premium features last only for the first 14 days. After that, its Free plan help article says you can still send newsletters, but you can’t schedule them, autoresponders and automation messages stop, existing workflows are switched off, you keep 1 published landing page and 1 active form, and chat and email support go away.
Which free plan fits? GetResponse Free holds twice as many contacts, but only for newsletters sent by hand. MailerLite Free is smaller, but a welcome automation keeps running after the trial.
Trials: MailerLite gives every new account a 14-day premium trial with no payment method needed; its trial help article says you can add up to 250 subscribers and send up to 2,500 emails during it. GetResponse’s 14 days of premium features run inside the Free account. Neither trial unlocks every paid feature, so check in your account.
Automation
MailerLite’s visual automation builder is on every plan: 3 active automations on Free (5 steps each), 50 on Comfort (up to 100 steps) and unlimited on Power, up to 100 steps each, with multiple triggers on Power. E-commerce triggers are on every plan, and RSS campaigns and campaign auto-resend start on Comfort.
GetResponse splits automation by plan. Starter includes welcome emails, autoresponder series, drip campaigns, click-and-open follow-ups, RSS-to-email and 1 custom automation workflow. Marketer and Creator unlock unlimited workflows plus contact tagging and scoring, abandoned-cart, purchase, visited-URL and event-based automations.
What that means: at the entry price, MailerLite Comfort gives you far more room to automate (50 automations against 1 workflow).
Landing pages and websites
This one goes to GetResponse on volume. Every GetResponse paid plan lists unlimited landing pages with unlimited visitors, and you can connect your own domain from Starter. MailerLite allows 1 landing page on Free, 10 on Comfort and unlimited on Power, with custom domains from Comfort.
For a full website, it flips: MailerLite’s website builder, with a blog section and SEO settings, is on every plan (1 site on Free, 10 on Comfort, unlimited on Power). GetResponse’s is on Creator only, with 5 active websites.
Webinars, courses and paid newsletters
Webinars are GetResponse’s clearest extra. Its Creator plan includes live, on-demand and paid webinars, webinar funnels, up to 100 attendees, 3 presenters and 3 hours of recording storage. MailerLite doesn’t offer webinar hosting; its pricing page lists webinars only as a learning resource under support.
Creator also adds a course creator, premium (paid) newsletters and PayPal and Stripe selling, with 0% transaction fees listed: list, sign-up page, webinar and course in one account.
MailerLite covers the selling side for less. Paid newsletters and recurring subscriptions run through Stripe from Comfort, and digital products and bookings are on every plan (1 on Free, 5 on Comfort, unlimited on Power). It has no course builder, though.
Creator fit
- Newsletter writer starting out: MailerLite. Free keeps a welcome automation running, and Comfort starts at $12 a month.
- Blogger or podcaster with a site: MailerLite, for a website with a blog on every plan. GetResponse’s website builder is Creator-only.
- Coach or course creator who runs webinars: GetResponse Creator.
- Heavy sender at 2,500 or 10,000 subscribers: GetResponse Starter, if 1 workflow is enough.
Where GetResponse pulls ahead
Credit where it’s due. GetResponse lists unlimited monthly sends and unlimited landing pages on its cheapest paid plan. Starter is cheaper than MailerLite Comfort at 2,500 and 10,000 subscribers, and its 18% yearly discount beats MailerLite’s 10%. Marketer and Creator include 5 users, against 3 on MailerLite Comfort (Power has unlimited seats). Webinars, a course builder, web push notifications and, from Marketer, a chat widget for your site have no MailerLite equivalent. If those matter to you, GetResponse earns its higher tiers.
Which should you choose?
Choose MailerLite if…
- You want your newsletter, website, blog, paid newsletter and digital products in one low-cost account.
- You want automations on a small budget (3 on Free, 50 on Comfort), or you’re under 1,000 subscribers.
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Choose GetResponse if…
- You run webinars or sell courses and want them next to your list.
- You send often and want unlimited sends and unlimited landing pages on the entry plan.
See GetResponse’s pricing page or our GetResponse guide.
FAQ
Is GetResponse cheaper than MailerLite?
Sometimes. On monthly billing, GetResponse Starter is cheaper than MailerLite Comfort at 2,500 and 10,000 subscribers, the same at 1,000, and pricier at 500 and 5,000. On yearly billing, Starter is also cheaper at 1,000. Starter allows only 1 custom automation workflow, against 50 automations on Comfort (checked October 11, 2026).
Does MailerLite have webinars?
No. MailerLite’s pricing page doesn’t list webinar hosting. GetResponse includes webinars on its Creator plan, up to 100 attendees.
Is GetResponse’s free plan free forever?
The account stays free, but premium features last only 14 days. After that, GetResponse Free can send newsletters to up to 500 contacts, but can’t schedule them or run automations.
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Sources (checked October 11, 2026)
- MailerLite pricing page: plans, prices by subscriber tier, comparison table, subscriber-counting and email-limit FAQ
- MailerLite help: what’s in the 14-day premium trial: trial limits (250 subscribers, 2,500 emails), no payment method
- MailerLite paid newsletters page: paid newsletter subscriptions through Stripe
- GetResponse pricing page: plan cards, list-size price data, yearly discount, plan comparison table and FAQ
- GetResponse Free plan page: 500 contacts, 2,500 newsletters a month, 14 days of premium features
- GetResponse help: trying GetResponse before you buy: Free account limits during and after the first 14 days
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