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Moosend vs GetResponse: minimal budget or an all-in-one suite
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Different briefs. Moosend is the budget pick: low entry pricing, unlimited sends on every plan, and the automation basics covered, with nothing bundled you would not use. GetResponse is the all-in-one: email plus webinars, courses and multi-list management in one subscription, at a higher price for the breadth. If the goal is a lean, cheap newsletter, Moosend; if you want one suite to replace several tools, GetResponse.
Our pick for most readersMoosend
The default when the brief is spend as little as possible: entry pricing that undercuts the suites, unlimited sends on every plan, and the automation basics covered. You forgo webinars, courses and multi-list breadth.
From $9/mo · paid plans onlyTry MoosendPick it ifGetResponse
Worth the higher bill when you need the suite: webinars, courses and multi-list management under one subscription, so you replace several tools at once instead of just sending email cheaply.
From €16/mo · paid plans onlyTry GetResponseMinimal bill against a bundled suite
| At a glance | Moosend | GetResponse |
|---|---|---|
| Positioning | Budget-priced email marketing with unlimited sends and the automation basics covered. | Automation, webinars, courses and multi-list management under one subscription. |
| Billing unit | per contact | per contact |
| Free plan | paid plans only | paid plans only |
| Plans | Pro: $48/mo at 5,000 contacts | Starter: €48/mo at 5,000 contacts Marketer: €82/mo at 5,000 contacts Creator: €94/mo at 5,000 contacts |
| Entry price | from $9/mo | from €16/mo |
| Billing notes | Priced by contacts with unlimited email sends; annual billing saves 20%. No permanent free plan: a 30-day trial covers up to 1,000 contacts. | Priced by list size with unlimited sends on paid plans; annual billing saves about 18%. The list-size selector starts at 1,000 contacts. |
Amounts come from each provider's official pricing page and can change: the official Moosend pricing page · the official GetResponse pricing page.
The value gap is the whole story. Moosend strips the offer to email and automation, prices it low and never caps your sends, so a cost-conscious team gets a capable newsletter without paying for modules it will not open. GetResponse bundles webinars, online courses and multi-list management into one subscription, which costs more but replaces several separate tools if you genuinely need them. Moosend has no permanent free plan (it runs a trial); GetResponse has no free plan either, so both decisions come down to paid value. Line up your real requirements against each price in the cost calculator before the breadth tempts you into overbuying.
What the budget actually buys
Moosend covers the essentials well: campaign editor, signup forms, segmentation and automation workflows for a welcome series or a simple funnel, with unlimited sends removing any volume anxiety. See email on a budget for where it lands against peers. What it does not do is webinars, native course selling or juggling many separate brand lists with suite-level tooling. For most teams sending a newsletter and a few automations, none of that is missed. The question is honest: are you buying a mailer, or a marketing department in a box? If the former, paying suite prices is waste.
When the suite earns its price
GetResponse justifies the higher bill in specific shapes. A coaching or training business that sells courses and runs webinars can do it inside the platform rather than paying a webinar tool and a course host on top. An operator managing several brands gets multi-list structure under one login; see running multiple brands. Its automation is capable, though not as deep as an automation specialist. If those modules map to real needs, the bundle is cheaper than assembling equivalents. If they do not, you are paying for shelf space. Decide by listing the tools GetResponse would actually retire for you, then price the difference.
Who should pick which
- Lowest possible bill for a newsletter: Moosend, with unlimited sends and lean pricing.
- Selling webinars or courses: GetResponse, which bundles both natively.
- Managing several brands under one login: GetResponse, for multi-list breadth.
- Unsure the extras earn their keep: price both in the calculator and count only the tools you would actually replace.
The same newsletter and the same welcome sequence
| The same brief | Moosend | GetResponse |
|---|---|---|
| What the bill follows | contacts stored | contacts stored |
| Cheapest plan that covers the brief | Pro at 5,000 contacts $48/mo | Starter at 5,000 contacts €48/mo |
| Monthly sends included | unlimited | unlimited |
| Headroom after the brief | no ceiling published | no ceiling published |
The brief, identical on every comparison here: a list of 5,000 contacts, one newsletter to everyone each week (21,650 sends a month) and the same three email welcome sequence for 200 new subscribers (600 sends), so 22,250 sends in all. Prices and allowances are read from each provider's published ladder. Where an allowance is not published we say so rather than estimate it.
The two providers publish in different currencies (EUR and USD), so the two amounts above are not directly comparable. The cost calculator converts them to one currency before ranking.
What the two products actually look like
What we checked, and where it comes from
Moosend
- No permanent free plan: a 30-day trial with unlimited sends up to 1,000 contacts, no card required. Source: the official Moosend pricing page
- There is no 2,500-contact tier; the ladder goes 2,000 then 3,000. Source: the official Moosend pricing page
- Exceeding the contact limit requires an upgrade; no automatic overage charge is described. Source: the official Moosend pricing page
- Pro is also sold on six-month billing at 15% off; annual billing is 20% off. Source: the official Moosend pricing page
GetResponse
- No permanent full free plan: a 14-day trial, after which a limited free account keeps a GetResponse badge on emails. Source: the official GetResponse pricing page
- Sending is unlimited on paid plans; pricing follows list size from 1,000 contacts up. Source: the official GetResponse pricing page
- Each list is treated independently for billing: an address on several lists counts once per list (help example: 4 people on 3 lists = 8 contacts). Source: www.getresponse.com/help/how-does-getresponse-pricing-work.html
- Each list carries its own From address, opt-in settings, confirmation email and language. Source: www.getresponse.com/help/how-do-i-create-a-new-contact-list.html
- Newsletters are deduplicated across lists at send time: one copy per address. Source: www.getresponse.com/help/i-have-the-same-contact-on-more-than-one-list-will-they-get-my-message-several-times.html
- Automation treats the same person on different lists as separate contacts; the Unique contacts filter stops repeat runs. Source: www.getresponse.com/help/how-can-i-filter-out-duplicate-contacts-in-a-workflow.html
How to read this: every capability above is taken from the provider's own published pages, and each line names where it came from. We have not run a paid side by side test of these two platforms, so nothing on this page is presented as a test result. The hands on protocols we do publish, and their limits, are on the tests page. Where a provider does not publish something, we say so instead of estimating it.
Questions people also ask
Is Moosend missing anything a small team needs?
Rarely, for straightforward sending. It covers campaigns, forms, segmentation and automation with unlimited sends. What it lacks is suite extras like webinars, course selling and heavy multi-list management, which most single-brand newsletters never touch.
Does GetResponse's price make sense over Moosend?
Only if you use the bundle. If webinars, courses or multi-list management would otherwise be separate paid tools, GetResponse consolidating them can beat Moosend plus add-ons. If you just send a newsletter, you are paying for modules you will not open.
Do either have a free plan?
Neither runs a permanent free plan. Moosend offers a trial and GetResponse a trial window, so validate the features you care about during that period and price the outcome in the calculator.