GetResponse Alternatives (2026): 8 Picks, 6 Free Plans

EmailOctopus keeps things light. Its own pricing page describes a free plan with up to 2,500 subscribers and 10,000 emails a month, and its facts page says the free plan has no time limit and needs no credit card. Free accounts get 3 automations, 1 landing page and 1 form, which is enough for a basic welcome sequence and a signup page.

The trade-off is range. There is no CRM, no webinar tool and no funnel builder, so it replaces GetResponse only if your use is mostly newsletters and simple automation. The vendor also notes that free emails carry EmailOctopus branding and that free reports are kept for 30 days. Some older EmailOctopus blog posts quote different allowances, so treat the pricing page as the source of truth.

Skip it if you need webinars, deep segmentation or a sales pipeline in the same account.

systeme.io is closest to GetResponse when you use GetResponse for funnels and courses as well as email. The vendor says the free plan includes up to 2,000 contacts, 3 sales funnels, 1 blog, 1 course with up to 500 students and 1 affiliate program, and that email sending is unlimited. That is a lot of surface area for a free account.

The catch sits in the automation limits: the vendor lists 1 automation rule and 1 email campaign on free, so serious sequences need a paid plan. If you go over the contact cap, the vendor says forms and payments stop working and emails and new automations pause. Our [systeme.io review](/work/systeme-io-review/) and [systeme.io pricing guide](/work/systeme-io-pricing/) cover the plan structure in more detail.

Skip it if you want a dedicated, deep email tool with advanced segmentation rather than an all-in-one suite.

Brevo's free plan works differently from most. According to its help center, you can store up to 100,000 contacts but send 300 emails a day, with unused sends not rolling over. The help center also says up to 2,000 unique contacts can enter active automations, and that a campaign to more than 300 recipients sends only 300 on the scheduled day, with the rest requiring a manual requeue.

That daily cap makes Brevo awkward for big one-time newsletters but comfortable for a large list that gets small, steady sends, or for transactional messages. Free accounts also get a Sent with Brevo sticker, a single user and basic statistics, and the vendor lists A/B testing as excluded.

Skip it if you send one large newsletter to your whole list at once.

MailerLite suits people who find GetResponse crowded. Its free plan help page lists up to 250 active subscribers and 2,500 emails a month, plus 3 active automations of up to 5 steps each, 3 forms, 1 landing page, 1 website and 2 user seats.

The subscriber cap is the issue: MailerLite says that going past 250 pauses sending, automations and new signups until you upgrade. The vendor has changed its free tier before, so check the current limits before you migrate a list.

Skip it if your list already exceeds a few hundred contacts and you want to stay on a free plan.

Mailchimp's help center currently puts the Free plan at up to 250 contacts and 500 sends a month, with a daily limit of 250. That is smaller than several alternatives here, so it works better as a starter account than as a long-term free home.

You will see older numbers online. A legacy Mailchimp page describes a free plan allowing 12,000 emails a month and 2,000 contacts, but the page is old and the current help center figures are the ones that apply to new accounts. Mailchimp says that if you pass 250 contacts, sending live and test emails is put on hold until you upgrade or reduce your contacts.

Skip it if your main goal is a large free allowance.

ActiveCampaign is the pick when your problem is automation rather than newsletters. The vendor lists a library of more than 950 automation recipes, a visual builder, and a CRM on every tier. It also says Starter is capped at 5 actions per automation, with unlimited actions on Pro and higher.

The CRM base covers contact profiles, custom fields and tags, while pipeline management and 1:1 sales email are described as add-ons. Its help center and pricing page use different plan names, so read the live pricing page before comparing tiers. The vendor offers a 14-day trial with no card required.

Skip it if you want a permanent free plan or a simple newsletter tool.

Kit is the one to look at if your audience is bigger than the free limits of other tools but your automation needs are light. Its pricing page lists a free plan for up to 10,000 subscribers with unlimited landing pages, and its help center says free users get tagging, unlimited broadcasts and A/B testing.

Sequences are where free stops. Kit's help center puts email sequences, visual automations and rules on the Creator and Creator Pro plans. That is a real difference from GetResponse, where automation is central. Older third-party pages describe a different free offer, so rely on the current help center.

Skip it if you need automated sequences and funnels without paying.

Constant Contact is a traditional small-business email tool. The vendor's pricing pages describe Lite, Standard and Premium plans, a 30-day trial with no credit card, and monthly send caps of 10 times your contacts on Lite, 12 times on Standard and 24 times on Premium. Extra sends are billed rather than blocked.

Feature depth rises with the tier. Lite lists one automation template, Standard lists three plus subject line A/B testing and 10 custom segments, and Premium lists unlimited custom automations and segments. Regional plans differ outside the US, so check your market's pricing page.

Skip it if you want a free plan or advanced automation without moving to a higher tier.