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Best match
Nothing fully fits that combination. Here is the closest, and what it would actually cost you.
EmailOctopus Cheapest way to run a plain list
Its free plan covers 2,500 subscribers, which fits a list of under 250. That is 10 times the list you have now, so there is room before you pay anything. Its free plan can run an automated welcome sequence. Most cannot. Start free on EmailOctopus Runner up: Sender
8 ruled out, and whybeehiiv Its free plan cannot run a welcome sequence. Automations need the Scale plan.Kit Its free plan cannot run a welcome sequence. Sequences need the Creator plan.ActiveCampaign No free plan, and you said free only.AWeber No free plan, and you said free only.Constant Contact No free plan, and you said free only.Flodesk No free plan, and you said free only.GetResponse No free plan, and you said free only.Moosend No free plan, and you said free only.What actually changes if you move Every move is a trade. These are the real ones, worked out from each platform's own published figures, including what you give up.
Moving fromKit toOmnisend
You gain ✓ A welcome sequence that runs on the free plan, so new subscribers hear from you straight away✓ Cancelling drops you to the free plan instead of deleting your listYou give up × 9,750 free subscriber places, so the bill starts sooner× Built-in checkout, so your course needs a separate payment toolMoving frombeehiiv toMailerLite
You gain ✓ A welcome sequence that runs on the free plan, so new subscribers hear from you straight away✓ Selling your course from the same place you email peopleYou give up × 2,250 free subscriber places, so the bill starts soonerMoving fromEmailOctopus toGetResponse
You gain ✓ Cancelling drops you to the free plan instead of deleting your list✓ Automation that can branch, rather than one sequence for everyoneYou give up × Automated welcome emails, which now need a paid plan× 2,500 free subscriber places, so the bill starts soonerMoving fromGetResponse toEmailOctopus
You gain ✓ A welcome sequence that runs on the free plan, so new subscribers hear from you straight away✓ 2,500 more subscribers before you pay anythingYou give up × A harder exit: their terms cut off access to your contacts when you cancel× Automation that can branch, so anything that sends different emails depending on what someone did has to be rebuilt simplerMoving fromMailerLite toGetResponse
You gain ✓ Cancelling drops you to the free plan instead of deleting your list✓ Automation that can branch, rather than one sequence for everyoneYou give up × Automated welcome emails, which now need a paid plan× 250 free subscriber places, so the bill starts sooner
How it decides Four inputs: your list size, your budget, whether you need an automated welcome sequence, and what you sell.
1 Rules out anything that cannot do what you said you need, and names the reason. 2 Scores what is left on how well the free plan covers your list, whether it automates, and what you sell. 3 Writes the reasons from each platform's own recorded figures, so an explanation can never drift from the data.