Detailed comparison across 10 dimensions
Winner: Beehiiv
Beehiiv clearly comes out ahead of Substack on Staquest's weighted six-dimension score. Both offer a free tier. Beehiiv's paid plans start at $43/mo.
| Overview | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | hybrid | hybrid |
| Company | Substack | Beehiiv |
| Free Tier | ||
| Has API | ||
| Open Source | ||
| Trending | Stable | Stable |
| Industries | Marketing | MarketingAI & Machine Learning |
| Categories | email-marketing | email-marketing |
| Website | Visit | Visit |
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| Feature | substack | beehiiv |
|---|---|---|
| Ability To Enable Paid Subscriptions | ||
| 0% Take Rate On Paid Subscriptions | ||
| Basic Analytics | ||
| Ad Network | ||
| Email And Web Distribution | ||
| Advanced Website Analytics | ||
| Subscriber List Management | ||
| Ai Website Designer | ||
| Unlimited Newsletter Publishing | ||
| Api Access (Excluding Send Api) | ||
| Audio Newsletters | ||
| Beehiiv Mcp | ||
| Boosts Network | ||
| Campaign Analytics | ||
| Concierge Onboarding | ||
| Custom Domains | ||
| Custom Newsletters | ||
| Custom Podcasts | ||
| Custom Publication Limits | ||
| Custom Website | ||
| Dedicated Account Manager | ||
| Dedicated Ip Addresses | ||
| Deliverability Reports | ||
| Digital Products | ||
| Digital Products (Appointments) | ||
| Dynamic Content | ||
| Email Automations | ||
| Everything On Launch | ||
| Everything On Max | ||
| Everything On Scale |
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On Staquest's weighted six-dimension scoring, Beehiiv comes out ahead overall, though Substack can be the better fit depending on your priorities — see the dimension-by-dimension breakdown above.
Both Substack and Beehiiv offer a free tier.
Substack scores higher on pricing value in Staquest's analysis. It is the highest-weighted dimension in this comparison.
Beehiiv exposes a public API. The feature comparison and dimension scores above cover the full breakdown.
