HeyNews
Verified Oct 14, 2026 ActiveLearns a newsletter's past voice, curates stories from hundreds of sources, and drafts the next issue.
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Pricing
- Pricing model
- Paid
- Paid options from
- $39/mo
- Billing
- Monthly
Hobbyist $39/month (5 issues), Starter $99 (15), Pro $299 (45) and Team $499, billed monthly; annual billing saves 30%. The trial ends after 14 days or 5 generated issues and the card is charged on day 14 unless cancelled; no permanent free plan.
Use tool ↗About HeyNews
HeyNews targets people who already run a newsletter and want the draft written for them: it studies previous issues to match tone and structure, pulls candidate stories from sources you pick, including through a Chrome extension, and produces a publish-ready draft rather than a bare outline. Each publication gets up to seven AI writers and twelve months of story history, and drafts flow into common newsletter platforms or into HeyNews's own hosting. Plans are sized by issues per month, from five on Hobbyist to the Team tier for agencies running several newsletters. It is operated by HeyNews LLC, a Wyoming company whose team works from Izmir, Turkey.
- Platforms
- Web
- API
- Not confirmed
- Last verified
- Oct 14, 2026
Verified sources
- Pricing page, updated 10 October 2026: Hobbyist $39/mo, Starter $99/mo, Pro $299/mo, Team $499/mo; annual billing saves 30%; trial ends after 14 days or 5 issues, card charged on day 14 (15 October 2026)heynews.co ↗
- About page: HeyNews is operated by HeyNews LLC, registered in Wyoming, United States, with the team working from Izmir, Turkey (15 October 2026)heynews.co ↗
- Terms of service are between the user and HeyNews LLC, organised under the laws of Wyoming, and add a newsletter hosting addendum (15 October 2026)heynews.co ↗
Is HeyNews legit?
We don’t label tools safe or unsafe. Below are the records we checked ourselves, each with the date we read it.
- TLS certificate
- Issued by Google Trust Services, valid until Jan 8, 2027Seen in our own connection to the site on Oct 14, 2026
- Last checked
- Oct 14, 2026The site answered
- Operated by
- HeyNews LLC, United StatesOur research, card verified Oct 15, 2026
Pros & cons of HeyNews
HeyNews is narrower than a general writing assistant - it is specifically for people who already publish a newsletter and want the weekly draft done from curated sources in their existing voice. The catch is there is no permanent free tier, only a short trial, and pricing jumps steeply between tiers ($39 to $499/month) based on volume.
Pros
- trains its drafting on a publication's own past issues rather than a generic tone
- curates candidate stories from many sources instead of just generating text from a prompt
- produces a full publish-ready draft, not just bullet points
Cons
- no permanent free tier, only a 14-day or 5-issue trial
- pricing tiers jump sharply by volume, from $39 to $499 per month
- the trial takes a card and bills automatically on day 14 unless cancelled
Best for
- newsletter operators who already have back issues for the AI to learn from
- publishers who want story curation, not just a writing tool
Not for
- anyone starting a newsletter from zero with no back catalog to train the voice model
- budget-conscious solo writers, given the $39/month floor and no lasting free tier
Watch out: Check what counts as one 'issue' against the trial's five-issue cap before relying on it to fully evaluate the tool.
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