Free GetResponse alternatives
GetResponse runs a 14-day trial rather than a free tier, and its $19 Starter plan allows exactly one automation workflow. Those two facts together are what send people looking.
Permanent free plans below, ranked by what you can actually ship on — with attention to how many automations each one allows, since that's the constraint you're escaping.
The limit that bites first
GetResponse's row is here for reference. Read the third column for the automation limits, since that's what Starter rations.
| Provider | Free tier | What stops you first | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sender | 2,500 subscribers and 15,000 emails a month, with automation included | Volume, eventually. Automation, landing pages and forms are all included | Permanent |
| Kit (formerly ConvertKit) | Up to 10,000 subscribers with one basic visual automation | One basic visual automation — sequences are the paid product | Permanent |
| Email Bump | 5,000 contacts and 5,000 emails a month | A 'Powered by Email Bump' badge on marketing footers. No daily cap; domains and seats unlimited | Permanent |
| EmailOctopus | 2,500 subscribers and 10,000 emails a month, with EmailOctopus branding | EmailOctopus branding on every send, 30-day reports, 1 user, 1 form | Permanent |
| Brevo | 300 emails a day, forever, with contact storage into the tens of thousands | 300 a day is a hard daily wall that doesn't roll over | Permanent |
| Zoho Campaigns | 2,000 contacts, 6,000 emails a month and 5 users | Volume — but 5 users, where most free plans allow one | Permanent |
| MailerLite | 250 subscribers and 2,500 emails a month, 2 seats, 3 automations | 250 subscribers and 3 active automations | Permanent |
| Mailchimp | 250 contacts and 500 sends a month, capped at 250 a day, 1 seat | 250 a day, which bites before the 500-a-month limit does | Permanent |
| Benchmark Email | 500 contacts and 2,500 sends a month, 1 user, 1 domain | 500 contacts, 1 user and 1 sending domain | Permanent |
| CleverReach | 250 recipients and 1,000 emails a month, permanently | 250 recipients and 1,000 emails a month | Permanent |
| Moosend | None — a 30-day trial with no credit card | There isn't one — a 30-day trial with no credit card | None |
| GetResponse | None — a 14-day trial with feature limits | There isn't one — a 14-day trial with feature limits | None |
| AWeber | None — a 14-day trial with no subscriber limit | There isn't one — a 14-day trial | None |
| Constant Contact | None — a free trial | There isn't one — a trial, then a card | None |
| listmonk, Mautic, Keila, Sendy | Free or one-time licence | The software costs nothing; your sending provider and your time still do | Self-hosted |
From each vendor's own pricing page. Free tiers change more often than paid ones — check before you commit a launch to one.
One workflow, then $59/mo
GetResponse Starter is $19/mo with unlimited sending — which is genuinely generous — and exactly one automation workflow. So a welcome sequence uses your entire allowance, and the second idea costs $59/mo on Marketer.
That's the jump most people are actually pricing when they search this. Sender includes workflows on its free plan. Email Bump includes unlimited flows on its free plan. MailerLite Comfort allows 50 for $12/mo.
Do you use the webinars?
GetResponse bundles webinars, course hosting and a website builder, and nothing else on this page does. If you run webinars, that bundle is the reason to be there and replacing it means buying a second and third subscription.
If you've never run one, you're paying for modules you don't open — and unlimited sending, which GetResponse does well, is available elsewhere for less.
How to read these, after one workflow
Automation allowance, since that's what Starter rations. GetResponse gives one workflow at $19/mo. Sender includes workflows free, Email Bump includes unlimited flows free, and MailerLite Comfort gives 50 for $12/mo.
Send limits, since GetResponse doesn't have them. You're used to unlimited sending. Several free plans below cap monthly volume or apply a daily ceiling, so check that column carefully — it's a step down from what you have.
Landing pages, which GetResponse includes. If your signup flow lives there, note that Sender, MailerLite, EmailOctopus and Flodesk all include landing pages while Email Bump has none.
GetResponse alternatives, asked and answered
Does GetResponse have a free plan?
No — a 14-day trial with feature limits, including 1,000 landing page visits and restricted automation. Brevo, MailerLite, Mailchimp, Kit, Sender, EmailOctopus and Email Bump all run permanent free tiers.
How many automations does GetResponse Starter allow?
One workflow. Unlimited workflows arrive on Marketer at $59/mo, which is three times the Starter price.
For comparison, Email Bump allows unlimited flows on its free plan and MailerLite Comfort allows 50 at $12/mo.
What is the best free GetResponse alternative?
Sender, for automation on a free plan — 2,500 subscribers and 15,000 monthly emails with workflows. Kit, for a large free subscriber count. Email Bump, for unlimited flows plus a transactional API on 5,000 contacts.
If unlimited sending is what you valued, Moosend and MailerLite Power both offer it on paid plans, and CleverReach offers it from $15/mo.
5,000 contacts and every feature, free
Flows with triggers, waits and branches on the free plan, plus live segments, campaigns, SMTP and a transactional API on the same key.