Campaign Monitor raised all plan prices about 7-10%
List prices rose across every contact tier between the March 12 and May 12, 2026 page captures: Lite at 10,000 contacts went from $109 to $117/mo, at 500 from $12 to $13, at 50,000 from $369 to $397; Essentials 10k $169 to $182, Premier 10k $279 to $300.
What changed
- Price increase, 7%, May 2026
- At 10k subs: $109 → $117 a month ($96 more a year)
- Before: Lite $109/mo, Essentials $169/mo, Premier $279/mo (10,000 contacts, monthly)
- After: Lite $117/mo, Essentials $182/mo, Premier $300/mo (10,000 contacts, monthly)
Cheaper alternatives to Campaign Monitor
At 10k subs, Campaign Monitor costs $117/mo. 8 newsletter platforms cost less:
- Sendy + SES: $4.30/mo (Self-hosted, SES à la carte at $0.10 per 1k)
- MailCheap: $39/mo (Plan for one issue a week (~4.3 emails per subscriber))
- Flodesk: $72/mo (Lite plan (Pro above 25k))
- Buttondown: $79/mo (Base plan, no add-ons)
- Bento: $79/mo (Marketing Platform)
- MailerLite: $89/mo (Comfort plan)
- Ghost(Pro): $105/mo (Starter (Publisher above 1k))
- Mailchimp: $110/mo (Essentials (Standard above 50k))
Campaign Monitor alternatives: 8 cheaper newsletter platforms compared, at every size.
Sources
Every price and change for Campaign Monitor: Campaign Monitor.