beehiiv vs Hana Newsletters

beehiiv

The monetisation stack is what separates it from a plain email tool: an ad network that sells your inventory for you, paid subscriptions with no platform cut, digital products and a referral engine, all in the same account. The free tier is real at 2,500 subscribers with unlimited sends, but it withholds the money-making features, and paid plans now scale with list size, so the bill climbs as the audience grows.

Pros

• +Free tier up to 2,500 subscribers with unlimited sends
• +Built-in ad network, paid subscriptions, digital products and referral program
• +Public API, send API and an MCP server for integrations
• +No commission on paid subscription or digital product revenue beyond Stripe's fee

Cons

• −Automations, the ad network and paid subscriptions are all withheld from the free plan
• −Paid plans are priced by subscriber band, so cost rises steadily with the list
• −Removing beehiiv branding needs Pro, which starts at $95 a month billed yearly

Hana Newsletters

Hana Newsletters looks useful for a team that already gathers material from several documents each week and wants a templated way to turn that into a newsletter, but we could not get past the login wall to confirm current feature depth firsthand. Treat the pricing and feature claims here as secondhand until verified inside the app.

Pros

• +Free starting plan exists before any payment
• +Purpose-built for compiling multi-source content into a newsletter format
• +Template-based layout reduces manual formatting per issue

Cons

• −Marketing domain redirects straight to a login form, blocking pre-signup evaluation
• −No company name or location disclosed on reachable pages
• −No price published by the vendor; figures in circulation come from directories

Is beehiiv cheaper than Hana Newsletters?

beehiiv starts at $49/mo. Hana Newsletters has a free tier; what its paid plans cost is not confirmed by us yet.

Does beehiiv or Hana Newsletters have a free tier?

Both: beehiiv has a free tier, and Hana Newsletters has a free tier.

Which has a public API, beehiiv or Hana Newsletters?

beehiiv ships a public API, as of our last verification. A public API for Hana Newsletters is not confirmed by us — check its developer docs before you plan an integration.