Looking for a Kit (ConvertKit) alternative?
IGSendMail is the affordable Kit (ConvertKit) alternative for businesses that want unlimited contacts, high inbox deliverability, and AI-powered tools — from $19/mo, up to 84% cheaper than Kit (ConvertKit), with a step-by-step guide for switching.
Switching from Kit (ConvertKit)? Get the step-by-step migration guide
Why businesses switch from Kit (ConvertKit) to IGSendMail
Full business suite, not just newsletters
Unlimited contacts on every paid plan
Kit (ConvertKit) charges more as your list grows — and often bills you for unsubscribed and duplicate contacts. IGSendMail never charges per contact.
Up to 84% lower cost
At 10,000 subscribers Kit (ConvertKit) runs about $119/mo. The same on IGSendMail is $19/mo — roughly $1,200 saved a year.
high inbox deliverability, built in
SPF, DKIM and DMARC records written for you, automatic bounce and complaint suppression, and built-in list verification keep your campaigns out of spam — tools Kit (ConvertKit) charges extra for or leaves out.
Switch in an afternoon
A step-by-step guide for moving from Kit (ConvertKit): contacts, unsubscribes, templates and automations. Keep Kit (ConvertKit) running until your first send, and if you get stuck, we answer by email.
IGSendMail vs Kit (ConvertKit): side-by-side
Everything you'd pay extra for with Kit (ConvertKit) is included by default.
| Feature | IGSendMail | Kit (ConvertKit) |
|---|---|---|
| Unlimited Subscribers | ||
| Starting Price | $0 (free plan) | $25/mo (1K subs) |
| Monthly Email Sends (10K subs) | 100,000 | Unlimited |
| Drag-and-Drop Automation | ||
| A/B Testing | ||
| 65+ Email Templates | Limited | |
| Deliverability Tools | Basic | |
| Built-in Email Verification | Up to 50K/mo | |
| API Access | ||
| White-Label | ||
| Advanced Analytics | ||
| Click Heatmaps | ||
| GDPR Compliance | ||
| Priority Support |
At 10,000 subscribers, Kit (ConvertKit) costs about $119/mo vs $19/mo on IGSendMail — that's $1,200 saved per year.
What Kit (ConvertKit) and IGSendMail cost by list size
| Contacts | Kit (ConvertKit) | IGSendMail |
|---|---|---|
| 1,000 | $29/mo | $19/mo |
| 5,000 | $79/mo | $19/mo |
| 10,000 | $119/mo | $19/mo |
| 25,000 | $199/mo | $49/mo |
| 50,000 | $379/mo | $49/mo |
| 100,000 | $679/mo | $99/mo |
Kit (ConvertKit) prices are its published monthly list prices at each contact tier. IGSendMail prices by monthly sends, not contacts; the plan shown covers a list of that size at roughly four sends per contact a month. Heavier senders move up a plan, lighter senders may not need to.
Switching from Kit (ConvertKit) is easy
Most people are done in an afternoon. Here's the whole process, and if you get stuck, we answer by email.
1. Export from Kit (ConvertKit)
Download your contacts as a CSV and your templates as HTML from Kit (ConvertKit).
2. Import to IGSendMail
Upload your list, map your fields, and import your unsubscribes so they stay suppressed. Paste in your templates.
3. Authenticate & send
The app writes your SPF, DKIM and DMARC records for you to publish. Then start with your most engaged contacts.
Why people look for a Kit (ConvertKit) alternative
Kit is built for creators — newsletters, courses, paid subscriptions — and its tagging model suits people who sell to an audience rather than manage a customer list. Sends are unlimited, the automation sequences are clean, and commerce is built in. The people who leave are usually businesses that were never quite its audience: a company that wants designed emails rather than plain text, or anyone whose list has grown to the point where per-subscriber pricing hurts.
That last one is the common thread. Kit is expensive per contact at scale — around $119 a month at 10,000 subscribers and about $379 at 50,000 — and the template library is limited by design, because Kit's philosophy favours plain, personal email over designed campaigns. If your emails need to look like a brand, you end up fighting the tool.
How the pricing compares
At 1,000 subscribers Kit is about $29 a month against $19 on IGSendMail. At 10,000 it is around $119 against $19. At 50,000 subscribers Kit is roughly $379 and IGSendMail's Pro plan is $49; at 100,000 it is about $679 against $99.
IGSendMail does not charge for contacts. Every paid plan includes unlimited subscribers and you pay for the emails you send: Starter is $19 a month for 50,000 sends, Pro is $49 for 200,000 and Business is $99 for 500,000, with extra sends from $5 per 10,000 and unused packs carrying over. The free plan covers 2,500 contacts and 3,000 sends a month.
Kit includes unlimited sends, as IGSendMail's plans effectively do for most senders, so the contact count is the comparison. Under about 1,000 subscribers Kit's entry pricing is competitive. Above that, IGSendMail is cheaper at every list size, and by 10,000 subscribers the difference is a hundred dollars a month.
What carries over when you switch
Your list comes across as a CSV export with every field, tag and custom value intact, and duplicates and invalid addresses are caught by built-in verification on import. Templates export as HTML from most platforms and import straight into the drag-and-drop editor, or you can start from the 65+ responsive templates that ship with every plan.
Automations do not export from any platform as a file, so a welcome series or an abandoned-cart flow is rebuilt rather than moved. That is usually an afternoon's work for a handful of sequences, and it is the part of a migration worth planning for. The step-by-step migration guide covers each part, and if you get stuck, the support team answers by email.
Sending domain authentication is the one thing that must happen before the first send. SPF, DKIM and DMARC records for your domain are generated inside the app; add them at your DNS host and the platform verifies them. Bounces, complaints and unsubscribes are processed automatically from that point on.
When Kit is still the better choice
If you sell paid newsletters, digital products or courses directly to your list, Kit's built-in commerce is a real product that IGSendMail does not offer; you would need a separate checkout. Its creator network and recommendation features are unique to it. Stay if your income comes from the audience itself; move if you are a business using email to sell something else.
ConvertKit is now Kit — what that means for your search
ConvertKit rebranded to Kit in 2025, so the same email marketing platform now shows up under both names depending on where you look. If you're comparing ConvertKit alternatives, you're comparing alternatives to Kit — same company, same subscriber-based pricing, new name on the invoice.
Where Kit and IGSendMail solve different problems
Both are marketing automation platforms at heart, but built for different jobs. Kit built its platform around individual creators: newsletters, a built-in Creator Network for cross-promotion, and tools for selling digital products and building landing pages without leaving the app. If your business runs on that creator-commerce model — courses, memberships, paid communities — Kit's all-in-one approach has real advantages, and IGSendMail doesn't try to compete there. We don't sell digital products or build landing pages.
IGSendMail is built around a different priority: sending a lot of email reliably, whether that's a welcome series, an abandoned-cart campaign, or a one-off email campaign to your whole list — without a per-subscriber bill that climbs every time your list grows. That shows up in the feature set above — a visual drag-and-drop workflow builder for automation, a subject line testing tool, abandoned cart recovery for WooCommerce stores, click heatmaps, and advanced reporting. Kit's automation covers a solo creator's welcome sequence well; it gets harder to justify once you need advanced branching and email verification in the same platform instead of stitched together with add-ons.
Worth naming honestly: Kit has expanded into SMS marketing and push notifications as it grew past email-only. IGSendMail doesn't send SMS or push today — the platform is deliberately focused on getting email automation, deliverability, and reporting right, which is what's reflected in the comparison table above. If omnichannel messaging beyond email is a hard requirement, that's a real point in Kit's favor.
For a small business or growing team moving past a solo-creator newsletter, that trade-off usually runs the other way: one platform for email marketing, automation, and verification — with unlimited contacts on every paid plan — tends to matter more day to day than Kit's creator-specific extras.
Is there a free version of ConvertKit (Kit)?
Yes — Kit has kept a free newsletter plan through its rebrand, with a subscriber cap and fewer automation and reporting features than its paid tiers. That cap has moved more than once, so check Kit's current pricing page for the exact number rather than relying on an old screenshot.
IGSendMail's free plan covers up to 2,500 contacts with no time limit, and every paid plan — starting at $19/mo — removes the per-contact ceiling entirely instead of just raising it. You keep unlimited contacts whether your list is at 10,000 or 100,000.
How Kit compares to the other alternatives people consider
If you're weighing more than one option, here's the short, honest version — none of this is a substitute for testing a tool against your own use case:
- Mailchimp vs Kit — Mailchimp's automation is broadly comparable, but its per-contact pricing tends to climb faster than Kit's as a list grows. See the Mailchimp alternative breakdown for the numbers.
- MailerLite vs Kit — MailerLite is usually the cheaper of the two on a small list; Kit's edge is the deeper creator-monetization tooling MailerLite doesn't build for. Details on the MailerLite alternative page.
- Flodesk vs Kit — Flodesk charges a flat rate regardless of subscriber count instead of Kit's tiered pricing, which some solo creators prefer, though its automation and analytics are lighter than Kit's.
None of the three combine unlimited contacts with automation and deliverability tools the way IGSendMail's paid plans do — that gap is specifically what we built to fill. See what's included or check current pricing before you switch.
At a glance
IGSendMail at a glance, for Kit (ConvertKit) users
- 01IGSendMail is a US-based, veteran-owned email marketing platform founded in 2020.
- 02The free plan includes up to 2,500 contacts and 3,000 emails a month.
- 03Paid plans are Starter at $19/month (50,000 sends), Pro at $49/month (200,000 sends) and Business at $99/month (500,000 sends). Enterprise is $497/month for 2,000,000 sends.
- 04Every paid plan includes unlimited contacts. Pricing is based on monthly sends, and unsubscribed contacts are never billed.
- 05Annual billing saves about 20%: Starter is $180 a year.
- 06A REST API and webhooks are included on paid plans; IGSendMail is for marketing email, not transactional email such as password resets.
- 07The email builder ships with 65+ responsive templates, a drag-and-drop editor and a visual automation builder.
- 08Switching is self-serve: step-by-step migration guides cover contacts, unsubscribes, templates and automations, and support answers migration questions by email.
- 09GDPR, CAN-SPAM and CASL tooling is built in: double opt-in, consent management and one-click unsubscribe.
- 10White-label branding for agencies comes with Pro, Business and Enterprise, from $49/month.
Figures current as of September 2026. Full plan details on the pricing page.
Kit (ConvertKit) alternative — FAQs
Can I import my templates from Kit (ConvertKit)?
Templates Kit (ConvertKit) lets you export as HTML can be pasted straight into a new IGSendMail template. Drag-and-drop templates usually can't be exported from any platform, so those are rebuilt in the editor, which typically takes 15 to 60 minutes each. The step-by-step migration guide covers both.
Will I lose my subscriber data?
No. Export your list as a CSV from Kit (ConvertKit), then import it into IGSendMail and map each column to a field, so names, tags and custom data come across. Import your unsubscribes and bounces too, so they stay suppressed. The step-by-step migration guide walks through each step.
How long does migration take?
Contacts and unsubscribes take about 15 minutes. Templates and automations depend on how many you have; most people finish in an afternoon. Keep your old account running until your first send so there's no gap, and if you get stuck, the support team answers by email.
Is IGSendMail really cheaper than Kit (ConvertKit)?
Yes. IGSendMail offers unlimited contacts on every paid plan starting at $19/mo. Use our pricing calculator above to see exactly how much you'll save.
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Last updated June 2026
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