Alternatives

Best Listmonk alternatives in 2026

Data compiled by Toolradar Updated November 1, 2026 How we rate

Cite this list: Toolradar, best Listmonk alternatives 2026, toolradar.com/alternatives/listmonk

8 direct alternatives to Listmonk, compared on pricing, features, and best-for use cases. Pick the right replacement without the marketing fluff.

Quick answer

ActiveCampaign is the top alternative to Listmonk on our list, followed by Mailchimp and Brevo.
4 of the 8 alternatives have a free plan, starting with Mailchimp.
Highest rated: Brevo, 4.6 out of 5 from 6,219 ratings, Sep 2026.

Publications that cover the tools tracked here

8 alternatives
4 with a free plan

ActiveCampaign
#1 Top pick
Autonomous marketing platform with AI-powered email, SMS, and WhatsApp automation.
Starting price
From $15 /mo
Cheapest paid plan, monthly, as of November 2026
4.5 /5 across G2 and Capterra · 17,363 ratings, Sep 2026
Our take
Best overall
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Mailchimp
#2
Grow your business with email, SMS, and AI marketing
Starting price
From $13 /mo
Cheapest paid plan, monthly, as of November 2026
3.9 /5 across Trustpilot, G2 and Capterra · 31,997 ratings, Sep 2026
Our take
Best free tier
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Brevo
#3
All-in-one marketing platform for email, SMS, and customer engagement
Starting price
From $9 /mo
Cheapest paid plan, monthly, as of November 2026
4.6 /5 across G2 and Capterra · 6,219 ratings, Sep 2026
Our take
Highest rated
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Listmonk vs 8 alternatives

Listmonk and its alternatives compared on starting price (cheapest paid plan, monthly, as of November 2026), free plan and average user rating.
Tool	Starting price (Nov 2026)	Free plan	Rating
Listmonk Compared tool	Price: Free	Free plan: Yes	n/a
ActiveCampaign	Price: $15/mo	Free plan: No	4.5 out of 5, from 17,363 ratings across G2 and Capterra (17,363)
Mailchimp	Price: $13/mo	Free plan: Yes	3.9 out of 5, from 31,997 ratings across Trustpilot, G2 and Capterra (31,997)
Brevo	Price: $9/mo	Free plan: Yes	4.6 out of 5, from 6,219 ratings across G2 and Capterra (6,219)
Constant Contact	Price: $12/mo	Free plan: No	4.2 out of 5, from 10,413 ratings across G2 and Capterra (10,413)
Klaviyo	Price: $20/mo	Free plan: Yes	4.6 out of 5, from 1,901 ratings across G2 and Capterra (1,901)
Getresponse	Price: $13/mo	Free plan: No	4.3 out of 5, from 1,141 ratings on G2 (1,141)
Aweber	Price: $15/mo	Free plan: No	4.3 out of 5, from 973 ratings across G2 and Capterra (973)
ConvertKit	Price: $33/mo	Free plan: Yes	4.5 out of 5, from 480 ratings across G2 and Capterra (480)

Why people consider alternatives to Listmonk

Listmonk is a free and open-source self-hosted solution for managing newsletters, mailing lists, and transactional emails.

Teams most often switch away when one of these starts to bite:

A feature or quota ceiling that a paid specialist covers and this free tool does not.
Missing integrations with the rest of your stack.
Performance or scale limits as your needs grow.
A specific feature gap you have hit in email marketing.

The 8 alternatives below cover the same core job (email marketing) with different trade-offs.

See full Listmonk review Best email marketing tools How we rank

Listmonk by the numbers

Listmonk compared with 110 Email Marketing tools on Toolradar, as of Oct 2026
Metric	Listmonk	Peer median	Position (1 is best)
Free plan	Yes	58% have one	n/a
Listed as an alternative to	1 tool	2	#60 of 110 (joint)
Compare-page visits, last 30 days	23 visits	37	#17 of 20 tools with 20+ compare-page visits

Listed as an alternative to: #58 on 2026-10-16 to #60 on 2026-10-31 (rank among 110 tools, 1 is best).

Each position is counted among the tools that have data for that row, as noted under it. All Email Marketing data · How we compute this. Advertising and placement fees are not inputs to any position. Visit counts include visits from every source.

Cite this: Toolradar, “Listmonk by the numbers”, Oct 2026.

Email Marketing leaderboards from Toolradar data

Toolradar ranks Email Marketing tools on one measure at a time, only where at least 8 tools have data. As of Oct 2026.

CSV

Lowest entry price, plans with no stated unit

Cheapest standard paid plan per month (annual prices divided by 12), read on vendor pages and compared only with tools priced on the same basis.

Counted among 51 tools with no stated price unit, verified price.

Lowest entry price, plans with no stated unit, Email Marketing tools on Toolradar, as of Oct 2026
#	Tool	Entry plan
1	LadderFlow	$1.58/mo, billed yearly
2	Mailercloud Email API Platform	$7/mo, billed yearly
2	Moosend	$7/mo, billed monthly
4	Keila	$8.56/mo, billed monthly
5	Brevo	$9/mo, billed monthly

A position exists only when at least 8 tools have data for that metric. 51 of 110 Email Marketing tools have a verified price; the others publish none we could read (often "contact sales"). Advertising and placement fees are not inputs to any position. Visit counts include visits from every source. How we compute this. Cite this: Toolradar, “Email Marketing leaderboards”, Oct 2026. Data licensed CC BY 4.0. All Email Marketing statistics.

8 alternatives to Listmonk

Ranked by G2 and Capterra ratings, media mentions, and editor review, plus how directly they replace Listmonk.

Frequently asked questions

What is the best alternative to Listmonk?

Based on real-signal scoring (G2 and Capterra ratings, media mentions, and editorial review), the top alternatives to Listmonk are ActiveCampaign, Mailchimp, Brevo. Each solves the same core job with different trade-offs on pricing, features, and integrations.

Is there a free alternative to Listmonk?

Listmonk is already 100% free. There is no other fully free alternative in this list. ActiveCampaign is freemium (free tier plus paid plans), not 100% free.

Why do people look for Listmonk alternatives?

Common reasons teams switch away from Listmonk even though it is free: missing integrations with the rest of their stack, performance or scale limits, or a specific feature gap in email marketing. The alternatives on this page solve the same core problem with a different feature set.

Side-by-side comparisons

In-depth comparison pages for Listmonk versus each alternative.

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Top 3 alternatives to Listmonk

ActiveCampaign

Mailchimp

Brevo