beehiiv forces $139/mo upgrade, dev with 6k list switches to $29/mo MailCheap
marclou · x · 2026-11-01
marclou (419K followers) complains that beehiiv is forcing him onto the $139/mo plan in 10 days despite having only 6k subscribers and sending 24-25k emails a month. He wants good deliverability, agent-native sending via Claude, and plain text. In the thread he points to MailCheap at $29/mo with public live deliverability stats.
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