European Alternatives to Kit (ConvertKit)

Looking for a European alternative to Kit (formerly ConvertKit)? Kit Inc. is an Idaho corporation, its terms send most disputes to individual arbitration with a class action waiver (with an opt-out), and its terms say your data may be processed and stored in the United States.

Eleven European tools cover newsletters and creator email, from companies in Ireland, France, Poland, Lithuania, the Czech Republic, Germany, Spain, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, from free-plan creator tools to German and Dutch newsletter senders.

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11 European Alternatives to Kit (ConvertKit)

MailerLite

Free plan, landing pages, paid newsletters and digital products; EEA customers contract with MailerLite Limited, Dublin

#1 for replacing Kit (ConvertKit)
Ireland

Systeme.io

Funnels, courses, email and affiliates in one account, with a free plan for 2,000 contacts

#2 for replacing Kit (ConvertKit)
Ireland

GetResponse

Gdansk email platform whose Creator plan adds courses, webinars and paid newsletters

#3 for replacing Kit (ConvertKit)
Poland

Brevo

Paris email, SMS and CRM platform with a free plan of 300 emails a day

#4 for replacing Kit (ConvertKit)
France

Sender

Vilnius sender with a free plan of 2,500 subscribers and 15,000 emails a month

#5 for replacing Kit (ConvertKit)
Lithuania

EmailOctopus

Simple UK newsletter tool with a free plan of 2,500 subscribers and a single paid tier

#6 for replacing Kit (ConvertKit)
United Kingdom

Laposta

Dutch newsletter tool with a free plan for 2,000 contacts and ISO 27001 certification

#7 for replacing Kit (ConvertKit)
Netherlands

Ecomail

Prague email platform with automation, built for e-shops and small senders

#8 for replacing Kit (ConvertKit)
Czech Republic

rapidmail

Freiburg newsletter tool with 250+ free templates and free support

#9 for replacing Kit (ConvertKit)
Germany

CleverReach

Rastede newsletter tool with a free plan of 250 recipients and servers in Germany

#10 for replacing Kit (ConvertKit)
Germany

Acumbamail

Ciudad Real email and SMS platform with a free plan of 2,000 emails a month

#11 for replacing Kit (ConvertKit)
Spain

Key takeaways

  • Kit Inc. is an Idaho corporation; its terms use AAA arbitration with a class action waiver (with an opt-out) and its privacy policy says data is processed in the United States.
  • MailerLite is the closest creator-style tool: free plan, landing pages, paid newsletters and digital products, and for EEA customers a contract with MailerLite Limited in Dublin.
  • Systeme.io (ITACWT Limited, Dublin) bundles funnels, courses, email and affiliates, with a free plan for 2,000 contacts.
  • GetResponse (Gdansk) has a Creator plan with courses, webinars and paid newsletters, and a 14-day trial.
  • Brevo (Paris) has a free plan of 300 emails a day; Sender and EmailOctopus have free plans of 2,500 subscribers.
  • rapidmail, CleverReach, Laposta, Ecomail and Acumbamail are plainer newsletter senders from Germany, the Netherlands, the Czech Republic and Spain.

Why people leave Kit

Kit, formerly ConvertKit, is the email tool many creators reach for: forms and landing pages, tags and segments, visual automations, and a store for digital products and paid newsletters, all aimed at a single person or a small team. It has a free plan for up to 10,000 subscribers, and on the US pricing page we read, Creator is $33 a month for 1,000 subscribers ($390 billed yearly) and Pro is $66.

Kit is run by Kit Inc., which calls itself an Idaho corporation in its terms. Most disputes go to binding individual arbitration through the American Arbitration Association, with a class action and jury waiver and an opt-out described in the terms. Its privacy policy says information is processed and stored in the United States, and that Kit relies on the EU-US Data Privacy Framework and standard contractual clauses for transfers.

This page is about European tools that cover the same job: sending newsletters and automated sequences to an audience you own. Eleven qualify. Some are creator tools with landing pages and products, some are general newsletter senders, and the free plans differ a lot in size.

  • Your contract and your data go to the United States Kit Inc. is an Idaho corporation, its terms use AAA arbitration with a class action waiver (with an opt-out), and its privacy policy says data is stored in the United States. Kit does publish a data processing addendum and relies on the Data Privacy Framework for EU transfers. A European provider removes the transfer question entirely for the tools whose servers are in the EU, such as CleverReach.
  • The free plan is generous, the paid ladder is steep Kit's free plan reaches 10,000 subscribers, but automations, sequences, A/B tests and removing Kit branding start on Creator at $33 a month for 1,000 subscribers on the page we read. European senders offer free plans too, although smaller: MailerLite 250 subscribers, Sender 2,500, EmailOctopus 2,500, Systeme.io 2,000, Laposta 2,000 contacts.
  • Few European tools are built only for creators Kit is narrow on purpose. Among the eleven, MailerLite, GetResponse and Systeme.io come closest, with landing pages, products or courses next to email. The rest, such as rapidmail, CleverReach and Laposta, are general newsletter senders that suit a blog, a club or a small business just as well.
  • Language, support and invoices follow your region If your readers and your accountant are in Europe, a local contracting party means invoices with the right VAT treatment, support in your time zone, and a court in your own legal system. Several tools here, such as Laposta, rapidmail and Ecomail, are strongest in one language.

What you have to replace, not just match

List what Kit does for you now: forms, landing pages, sequences, tags, products, paid subscriptions, and integrations. Moving the subscriber list is easy, because every tool here imports a CSV. Moving automations and tag logic is slower, because each tool models it differently.

Before you send from a new tool, check how it handles consent: keep the date and source of each opt-in, import only people who signed up for you, and warm up sending volume over a few weeks. Run the old sequence and the new one in parallel for a short time, then redirect your forms.

The alternatives compared

European Kit alternatives, in the order this page ranks them, compared on headquarters, pricing and jurisdiction
PositionToolHeadquartersPricingJurisdiction
#1 MailerLite Vilnius, Lithuania Free (250 subscribers, 2,500 emails/month) / Comfort from €9.90/month billed yearly EU (Lithuania)
#2 Systeme.io Dublin, Ireland eu-eea
#3 GetResponse Gdansk, Poland Free (500 contacts) / from about €16/month; automation from €54 EU (Poland)
#4 Brevo Paris, France Free (300 emails/day, unlimited contacts) / from about €8/month EU (France)
#5 Sender Vilnius, Lithuania Free Forever: 2,500 subscribers, 15,000 emails/month / Standard from $6.30/month (500 subscribers, billed annually) / Professional from $10.50/month / Enterprise on request EU (Lithuania)
#7 Laposta Zutphen, Netherlands Free (2,000 contacts, 12,000 emails/month) / subscription from €210/year (up to 500 contacts); mail credits from €9; excl. 21% VAT EU (Netherlands)
#8 Ecomail Prague, Czech Republic Free (200 emails/month) / Profi 250 CZK/month (150 CZK billed annually), Marketer+ 300 CZK, CDP 2,400 CZK; pay-per-email credits from 1,600 CZK; excl. 21% VAT, billed in CZK or EUR EU (Czech Republic)
#9 rapidmail Freiburg, Germany From about €9/month EU (Germany)
#10 CleverReach Rastede, Germany Free tier / from about €15/month EU (Germany)
#11 Acumbamail Ciudad Real, Spain Free (250 subscribers, 2,000 emails/month) / Basic, Pro and Enterprise priced by volume, listed from €18, €50 and €157; 20% off with annual billing EU (Spain)

How each alternative compares to Kit

#1

MailerLite

the closest creator-style tool, with an Irish contracting entity for EEA customers

Vilnius, LithuaniaFree (250 subscribers, 2,500 emails/month) / Comfort from €9.90/month billed yearly#2 in Email Marketing

  • Which law reaches it. EU (Lithuania). Kit (ConvertKit) is run from the United States, so the CLOUD Act obliges the provider to hand over data on a valid order regardless of which country the servers are in.
  • Where the data sits. EU.
  • Source code. Closed source, as Kit (ConvertKit) is.
  • Independently checked. ISO/IEC 27001:2022.

Best for: Creators and small businesses who want landing pages, products and paid newsletters with a free start

MailerLite's terms name two entities. For the EEA, the UK and Switzerland the contracting party is MailerLite Limited, an Irish company at 88 Harcourt Street, Dublin. Everyone else contracts with MailerLite, Inc., a Delaware corporation. Governing law follows the billing address, and US customers fall under arbitration.

On its pricing page, the Free plan allows 250 subscribers and 2,500 monthly emails, with 1 landing page and 1 product. Comfort and Power are paid, with paid newsletters from Comfort, 5 products on Comfort and unlimited on Power. A 14-day trial of paid features needs no card.

Prices are shown in dollars on the page we read, so no amount is quoted here. The terms list no parent company.

What MailerLite does better than Kit

  • Irish contracting entity and law for EEA customers
  • Free plan with a landing page and a digital product
  • Paid newsletters and digital products
  • 14-day trial of paid features with no card

Where MailerLite is a step down from Kit

  • Free plan holds only 250 subscribers, far below Kit's 10,000
  • Paid newsletters need a paid plan
  • A US entity exists for customers outside the EEA, UK and Switzerland
  • Smaller creator community than Kit

Standout against Kit. It sells to EEA customers through an Irish company and still offers a free store for one product.

mailerlite.com Visit MailerLite
#2

Systeme.io

funnels, courses and email in one account

Dublin, Ireland

  • Which law reaches it. eu-eea. Kit (ConvertKit) is run from the United States, so the CLOUD Act obliges the provider to hand over data on a valid order regardless of which country the servers are in.

Best for: Creators who sell courses or run launches and want one tool for pages, checkout and email

Its terms of sale are issued by ITACWT Limited, an Irish company at 2 Cruise Park Rise, Tyrrelstown, Dublin 15, and are governed by Irish law.

The pricing page lists a free plan with up to 2,000 contacts, 3 sales funnels, 1 course and 1 blog, with unlimited emails. Paid tiers raise contacts and funnels, one adds webinar automation, and all plans advertise zero transaction fees, 24/7 support and affiliate management.

Prices appear in dollars on the page we read, so no amount is quoted. The email side is simpler than Kit's visual automations.

What Systeme.io does better than Kit

  • Sales funnels, courses and affiliates in the same account
  • Free plan with unlimited emails
  • Zero transaction fees stated on the pricing page
  • Irish entity and Irish law

Where Systeme.io is a step down from Kit

  • Email features are less deep than a dedicated tool
  • Terms of sale cover a "network" of sites, not just one product
  • Broader scope means more to learn
  • No paid newsletter feature described

Standout against Kit. A free plan includes three funnels and a course, not only email.

#3

GetResponse

email plus courses, webinars and paid newsletters from Gdansk

Gdansk, PolandFree (500 contacts) / from about €16/month; automation from €54#3 in Email Marketing

  • Which law reaches it. EU (Poland). Kit (ConvertKit) is run from the United States, so the CLOUD Act obliges the provider to hand over data on a valid order regardless of which country the servers are in.
  • Where the data sits. EU data centres.
  • Source code. Closed source, as Kit (ConvertKit) is.
  • Independently checked. GDPR.

Best for: Creators who also run webinars or sell online courses

GetResponse S.A. is a joint-stock company with its registered office at Grunwaldzka 413 in Gdansk (KRS 0000942075), according to its privacy policy.

Its pricing page lists Starter, Marketer, Creator and Enterprise. Starter has one automation workflow, Marketer adds unlimited automation and e-commerce tools, and Creator adds courses, webinars, a website builder and paid newsletters. A 14-day trial needs no card and includes courses, webinars and landing pages with limits.

Prices differ by country and billing, so no amount is quoted. It has no permanent free plan on that page.

What GetResponse does better than Kit

  • Webinars and courses in the same platform
  • Paid newsletters on the Creator plan
  • Polish company with a register number in its policy
  • Unlimited sends even on the entry plan

Where GetResponse is a step down from Kit

  • No permanent free plan
  • Entry plan limits automation to one workflow
  • More complex than Kit for a simple newsletter
  • Creator is the most expensive tier shown for 1,000 contacts

Standout against Kit. Webinars, courses and a website builder sit on the Creator plan.

getresponse.com Visit GetResponse
#4

Brevo

email, SMS and CRM with a daily-capped free plan

Paris, FranceFree (300 emails/day, unlimited contacts) / from about €8/month#1 in Email Marketing

  • Which law reaches it. EU (France). Kit (ConvertKit) is run from the United States, so the CLOUD Act obliges the provider to hand over data on a valid order regardless of which country the servers are in.
  • Where the data sits. EU.
  • Source code. Closed source, as Kit (ConvertKit) is.
  • Independently checked. GDPR.

Best for: Small businesses that mix newsletters with transactional email, SMS or a light CRM

Brevo is the trading name of Sendinblue SAS, registered with the Paris Trade and Companies Register under number 498 019 298, at 9-17 rue Salneuve in Paris.

The terms describe CRM, marketing and transactional email, SMS, WhatsApp, chatbot and appointment features. The pricing page offers a plan that is "free forever" with no card, capped at 300 emails a day once your account is approved.

It is built for businesses more than for solo creators, and it does not centre on products or paid newsletters.

What Brevo does better than Kit

  • French company with a register number in the terms
  • Free forever plan with no card
  • Email, SMS and WhatsApp from one provider
  • Transactional email included in the platform

Where Brevo is a step down from Kit

  • Daily cap of 300 emails on the free plan
  • Not built around creators or paid newsletters
  • Wide product range makes the interface busier
  • No landing-page store like Kit

Standout against Kit. It combines email, SMS, WhatsApp and a CRM in a French company.

brevo.com Visit Brevo
#5

Sender

a Lithuanian sender with a large free plan

Vilnius, LithuaniaFree Forever: 2,500 subscribers, 15,000 emails/month / Standard from $6.30/month (500 subscribers, billed annually) / Professional from $10.50/month / Enterprise on request#9 in Newsletter Platforms

  • Which law reaches it. EU (Lithuania). Kit (ConvertKit) is run from the United States, so the CLOUD Act obliges the provider to hand over data on a valid order regardless of which country the servers are in.
  • Source code. Closed source, as Kit (ConvertKit) is.

Best for: Small lists and shops that want a free start and automation

The terms say the service is owned and operated by UAB Sender.lt, located at Lvivo street 25 in Vilnius, Lithuania.

Its pricing page lists a Free Forever plan with up to 2,500 subscribers and 15,000 emails a month, a 14-day Professional trial, and paid Standard and Professional plans, plus pay-as-you-go sending. SMS is charged separately.

Paid prices are in dollars on the page we read, so no amount is quoted. It is more of an email and e-commerce tool than a creator tool.

What Sender does better than Kit

  • Free plan allows 2,500 subscribers and 15,000 emails a month
  • Pay-as-you-go option for occasional senders
  • Lithuanian company named in the terms
  • Built-in SMS option

Where Sender is a step down from Kit

  • Free plan is smaller than Kit's 10,000 subscribers
  • No digital product or paid newsletter store
  • Paid prices shown in dollars
  • Terms do not state a company number

Standout against Kit. The free plan allows up to 15,000 emails a month.

sender.net Visit Sender
#6

EmailOctopus

a deliberately simple UK newsletter tool

Best for: Writers and small lists who want plain sending and a low price

EmailOctopus is run by Three Hearts Digital Ltd, registered in England and Wales (number 09897211) at 86-90 Paul Street, London. The terms we read apply until 1 November 2026, after which a new version applies.

Its pricing page lists a free Starter plan with 2,500 subscribers, 10,000 emails a month, EmailOctopus branding, 1 landing page and 1 form, and a Pro plan billed yearly with unlimited subscribers, no branding and unlimited landing pages and forms. The prices are in dollars, so no amount is quoted.

The UK is outside the EU. We did not check who owns the company.

What EmailOctopus does better than Kit

  • Straightforward interface and one paid tier
  • Free plan with 2,500 subscribers
  • Unlimited landing pages and forms on Pro
  • Discount for nonprofits

Where EmailOctopus is a step down from Kit

  • The UK is outside the EU and the EEA
  • No products or paid newsletters
  • Free plan carries EmailOctopus branding
  • Fewer automation features than Kit

Standout against Kit. One free plan and one paid tier keep the choice short.

#7

Laposta

a Dutch newsletter tool with a roomy free plan

Zutphen, NetherlandsFree (2,000 contacts, 12,000 emails/month) / subscription from €210/year (up to 500 contacts); mail credits from €9; excl. 21% VAT

  • Which law reaches it. EU (Netherlands). Kit (ConvertKit) is run from the United States, so the CLOUD Act obliges the provider to hand over data on a valid order regardless of which country the servers are in.
  • Where the data sits. Netherlands — servers in a Dutch data centre, hosted by BIT B.V. (Ede) and TransIP B.V. (Leiden); delivery support by Postmastery B.V. (Amsterdam, data stored in the EU).
  • Source code. Closed source, as Kit (ConvertKit) is.
  • Independently checked. ISO 27001 (obtained 2018).

Best for: Dutch-speaking organisations, clubs and schools

Laposta B.V. is at Berkelkade 14 in Zutphen, according to its privacy statement. We did not read a KvK number.

Its site lists a free plan for up to 2,000 contacts and 12,000 emails a month with Laposta branding, a paid subscription from €210 a year that removes branding, and mail credits from €9 per newsletter. It reports ISO 27001 certification, automation workflows, an API and use by Dutch municipalities.

The interface is in Dutch and English. It has no store or paid newsletter feature.

What Laposta does better than Kit

  • Free plan for 2,000 contacts and 12,000 emails a month
  • Mail credits for occasional senders
  • ISO 27001 certification stated
  • Dutch company with Dutch support

Where Laposta is a step down from Kit

  • Free emails carry Laposta branding
  • No products or paid newsletters
  • Smaller automation toolbox than Kit
  • KvK number not read

Standout against Kit. Pay per newsletter with mail credits, no subscription needed.

laposta.nl Visit Laposta
#8

Ecomail

a Czech platform built for e-shops and automation

Prague, Czech RepublicFree (200 emails/month) / Profi 250 CZK/month (150 CZK billed annually), Marketer+ 300 CZK, CDP 2,400 CZK; pay-per-email credits from 1,600 CZK; excl. 21% VAT, billed in CZK or EUR

  • Which law reaches it. EU (Czech Republic). Kit (ConvertKit) is run from the United States, so the CLOUD Act obliges the provider to hand over data on a valid order regardless of which country the servers are in.
  • Where the data sits. Germany, on Amazon Web Services (primary servers in AWS eu-central-1, Frankfurt); vendor states data is kept in the EU but may also be located in the US (AWS listed under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework).
  • Source code. Closed source, as Kit (ConvertKit) is.

Best for: E-commerce and small businesses in Central Europe

Ecomail's terms are issued by ECOMAIL.CZ, s.r.o. (IČO 027 62 943) at Na příkopě 388/1 in Prague, registered with the Municipal Court in Prague, file C 223183.

We could not read its pricing in text, so no free plan or amount is stated here. It focuses on automation and e-commerce integrations more than on creator features.

Check the language of the interface and support before relying on it.

What Ecomail does better than Kit

  • Czech company with IČO and court file in its terms
  • Automation and e-commerce focus
  • Register number and court file stated in the terms
  • EU contracting party

Where Ecomail is a step down from Kit

  • Pricing could not be verified
  • No creator products or paid newsletters
  • No creator features such as landing-page products described
  • Free plan not verified

Standout against Kit. Its terms name the company number and the court file.

ecomail.cz Visit Ecomail
#9

rapidmail

a German newsletter sender with free support

Freiburg, GermanyFrom about €9/month#6 in Email Marketing

  • Which law reaches it. EU (Germany). Kit (ConvertKit) is run from the United States, so the CLOUD Act obliges the provider to hand over data on a valid order regardless of which country the servers are in.
  • Where the data sits. Germany.
  • Source code. Closed source, as Kit (ConvertKit) is.
  • Independently checked. GDPR.

Best for: German-speaking small businesses and clubs that want a simple newsletter

The imprint shows registration at Handelsregister Freiburg i.Br., HRB 706983, with a German VAT number, in Freiburg. The company name itself did not appear in the text we read.

The site lists 250+ free templates, free support, shop integrations and a Shopware 6 plugin, and says the software is fully GDPR compliant. Prices were not in the page text, so none are quoted.

It is a plain newsletter tool and does not sell products or paid newsletters.

What rapidmail does better than Kit

  • Register entry visible on the imprint
  • Free support described on the site
  • Many templates included
  • Shop integrations for German shops

Where rapidmail is a step down from Kit

  • No prices verified here
  • No store or paid newsletters
  • German-first site
  • Fewer creator features than Kit

Standout against Kit. Support is free for every customer according to its site.

rapidmail.com Visit rapidmail
#10

CleverReach

German servers and a small free plan

Rastede, GermanyFree tier / from about €15/month#5 in Email Marketing

  • Which law reaches it. EU (Germany). Kit (ConvertKit) is run from the United States, so the CLOUD Act obliges the provider to hand over data on a valid order regardless of which country the servers are in.
  • Where the data sits. Germany.
  • Source code. Closed source, as Kit (ConvertKit) is.
  • Independently checked. GDPR.

Best for: Senders who want EU hosting and a compliance-minded tool

CleverReach GmbH & Co. KG is based at Schafjückenweg 2 in Rastede, entered at Amtsgericht Oldenburg, HRA 4020, represented by CRASH Verwaltungs GmbH (HRB 210079).

Its site lists a free plan limited to 1,000 emails a month for 250 recipients, a one-month Pro trial, drag-and-drop editing, automation, segmentation, A/B tests and 40+ integrations. It says data is stored on German and EU servers.

It does not offer a store, courses or paid newsletters.

What CleverReach does better than Kit

  • Data stored on servers in Germany and the EU, by its own statement
  • One-month Pro trial
  • Register entries named on the imprint
  • Wide set of shop and CMS integrations

Where CleverReach is a step down from Kit

  • Free plan is only 250 recipients
  • No products or paid newsletters
  • Less creator-focused than Kit
  • Pricing scales with recipient count

Standout against Kit. Servers are stated to be in Germany and the EU.

cleverreach.com Visit CleverReach
#11

Acumbamail

email and SMS from Spain with a monthly free allowance

Ciudad Real, SpainFree (250 subscribers, 2,000 emails/month) / Basic, Pro and Enterprise priced by volume, listed from €18, €50 and €157; 20% off with annual billing

  • Which law reaches it. EU (Spain). Kit (ConvertKit) is run from the United States, so the CLOUD Act obliges the provider to hand over data on a valid order regardless of which country the servers are in.
  • Where the data sits. Spain — vendor states all infrastructure is hosted in a data centre in Spain (operator not named), with no international transfers.
  • Source code. Closed source, as Kit (ConvertKit) is.
  • Independently checked. ENS (Esquema Nacional de Seguridad); the data centre holds ISO 9001, ISO 27001 and ISO 22301.

Best for: Small senders and agencies who also need SMS or white-label options

Its licence agreement is between the client and Acumbamail, S.L.U., registered at Avenida del Rey Santo 3D in Ciudad Real, Spain (CIF B13538590).

The homepage lists email campaigns, SMS, a landing page builder, surveys and white-label options for agencies, and a free plan of 2,000 emails a month. Pricing is on a separate page that we did not read in text, so no amount is quoted.

Support is in Spanish and English, with a Spanish phone number.

What Acumbamail does better than Kit

  • Free plan with a monthly email allowance
  • SMS and surveys in the same tool
  • White-label option for agencies
  • Spanish S.L.U. with CIF in the terms

Where Acumbamail is a step down from Kit

  • Free plan counts emails sent, not subscribers
  • No products or paid newsletters
  • Pricing not verified here
  • Less known outside Spain

Standout against Kit. It pairs email with SMS and agency white-labelling.

acumbamail.com Visit Acumbamail

What actually breaks when you switch

Automations and tag logic do not move. Subscribers import as a CSV, but each tool models sequences differently, so rebuild your welcome sequence and test it with your own address before pointing a form at it.

Check what the free plan really includes. MailerLite's free plan holds 250 subscribers on the page we read, Brevo caps at 300 emails a day, and several tools add their own branding to free emails.

Sender reputation starts again. Warm up volume over a few weeks, authenticate your domain with SPF and DKIM, and keep your consent records, because a new sending system has no history with mailbox providers.

Which of these is closest to Kit?

MailerLite is the closest in shape: forms and landing pages, automation, digital products and paid newsletters, plus a free plan. Its pricing page restricts paid newsletters to the Comfort and Power plans, so you cannot test that on the free plan.

GetResponse and Systeme.io go further than Kit in one direction. They add courses, webinars or sales funnels in the same account, which Kit does not.

Which can I start with for free?

MailerLite, Systeme.io, Sender, EmailOctopus, Laposta, CleverReach, Acumbamail and Brevo all describe a free plan on their own sites. GetResponse offers a 14-day trial without a card instead.

The limits differ: Sender and EmailOctopus allow 2,500 subscribers, Systeme.io and Laposta 2,000 contacts, CleverReach 250 recipients, MailerLite 250 subscribers on the page we read, and Brevo caps sending at 300 emails a day.

Can I sell digital products or paid newsletters?

MailerLite lists digital products on all plans, with 1 product on Free, and paid newsletters on Comfort and Power. GetResponse puts paid newsletters on Creator, and Systeme.io sells products and courses through funnels with no transaction fees according to its pricing page.

The tools without a store, including rapidmail, CleverReach, Laposta and Acumbamail, send email only; you would pair them with a separate payment tool.

Does the contract really matter for a newsletter?

It matters for where subscriber data is stored and which court decides a dispute. Kit Inc. processes data in the United States and relies on a transfer mechanism; the European tools here are contracted in the EU, the UK or Ireland, and for many the servers are in the EU too.

For a hobby list it is minor. For a business newsletter with customer data, it is part of the compliance picture.

Which one to pick

If you want the nearest thing to Kit, with landing pages, products and paid newsletters, MailerLite is the first to try, and EEA customers contract with an Irish company. If you sell courses or run launches, look at Systeme.io or GetResponse. If you only need to send a newsletter, Sender, EmailOctopus, Laposta and Brevo have free plans.

Choose rapidmail, CleverReach or Ecomail if a German, Czech or EU-hosted sender matters more than creator features, and Acumbamail if you also want SMS.

Be realistic about the gap. Kit's free plan is far larger than any of these, and its creator community and integrations are deeper. Switch if you want a European contracting party and EU data handling, and stay if a free list of several thousand subscribers is what keeps your newsletter alive.

Frequently Asked Questions

MailerLite is the closest for creators who want landing pages, products and paid newsletters, and it has a free plan. Systeme.io suits those who want funnels and courses in the same account, and GetResponse those who want webinars. For plain newsletters, Brevo, Sender and rapidmail are simpler.

No. Kit Inc. describes itself as an Idaho corporation in its terms of service. Most disputes go to binding individual arbitration with a class action waiver, and its privacy policy says information is processed and stored in the United States.

Kit has a free plan for up to 10,000 subscribers. On the US pricing page, Creator was $33 a month for 1,000 subscribers ($390 billed yearly) and Pro $66 a month, with a limited first-year discount on Pro until 7 November 2026. Plans scale with subscriber count, and a 14-day free trial needs no card.

Yes. ConvertKit rebranded as Kit, and the product now lives at kit.com. Its terms are issued by Kit Inc.

MailerLite's terms name MailerLite Limited, an Irish company at 88 Harcourt Street in Dublin, for customers in the EEA, the UK and Switzerland, and MailerLite, Inc., a Delaware corporation, for all other regions. The terms say governing law follows the entity for your billing address, so Irish law for EEA customers.

We could not confirm that. Its terms of sale name ITACWT Limited, a company incorporated under Irish law, at 2 Cruise Park Rise, Tyrrelstown, Dublin 15, and say the conditions are governed by Irish law. Its tool page on this site lists Ireland.

GetResponse lists Starter, Marketer, Creator and Enterprise plans. Creator adds courses, webinars, a website builder and paid newsletters, and a 14-day trial with no card includes courses, webinars and landing pages with limits. GetResponse S.A. is registered in Gdansk under KRS 0000942075.

It is a UK company: Three Hearts Digital Ltd is registered in England and Wales, number 09897211, with an office in London. The UK is outside the EU but has its own adequacy status for EU data transfers. We did not check who owns it.

CleverReach says data is stored on servers in Germany and the EU, Laposta describes Dutch hosting, and Acumbamail points to Spain. For the others, check each tool's subprocessor list; we did not verify hosting for every tool on this page.

Yes, in practice. Every tool here accepts a CSV upload of subscribers. Tags, sequences and automations do not transfer, so plan to rebuild them, and keep your consent records with the list.

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