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GetResponse

Capable all-rounder, but nothing is free

Strong automation and landing pages in one place. We could not confirm any permanent free plan, only a trial.

4.3G21,141 reviews4.3Trustpilot1,029 reviews

Is GetResponse right for you?

Where you sellConnects directly to Teachable and Podia. Not to Kajabi and Thinkific, so those would need Zapier in between. Weighing it against the others that connect? Best email marketing for Teachable sorts every platform here into direct, Zapier only, and no connection found.

Use GetResponse if

  • Your course already earns enough that a monthly bill from day one is not the problem.
  • You write to your people regularly, not just when you have something to sell.
  • You have outgrown "send everyone the same five emails" and want different people to get different things.
  • You want to be able to change your mind later without losing anything.

Don't use GetResponse if

See GetResponse pricingHow we test. Figures checked 9 September 2026.

The details that decide it

The things that bite six months in, read off GetResponse's own pages. Where we could not read a page reliably, the row is left out rather than guessed at.

Works with where you sellintegrations
Lists direct integrations with Teachable and Podia in its own integration pages. Kajabi and Thinkific, despite appearing in the same directory, are both routed through Zapier rather than connected directly, which the coursePlatforms record above now reflects. Source
Getting your people inmigration
Free and done for you: after signing up you fill in a survey and book a call, and their team moves your contacts, tags, custom fields, email templates, automation flows and custom DKIM and DMARC records. No plan minimum is stated for the general offer. Source
What else it costs
No permanent free plan, only a 14-day free trial that reverts to a badge-branded free account afterward, with the GetResponse badge on every message until you upgrade. Sends are unlimited on every paid plan; the entry Starter plan is instead capped at one custom automation workflow. Selling through the Creator and Enterprise plans carries no stated transaction fee. Source
Getting your list back outEasy to leave
More lenient than most on this list. Their terms say a deactivated account, with its data and contacts, can be restored within 30 days for a free account or 120 days for a paid one. Their privacy policy adds that a paid account's data is then held for a further 120 days in backups only before final deletion, so a paying customer has roughly eight months before anything is unrecoverable. That protection is weaker for termination for cause, such as a breach of terms. Source

What other people scored GetResponse

Not our scores. These are the public ratings on two review sites that have no connection to us, read on 6 September 2026. Each one links to the page it came from, so you can check it and read the reviews there.

Both sites landed on exactly the same score, from two different sets of reviewers, which is about as settled as a score gets.

We do not average these into one number. A blend would be our figure wearing someone else's authority, and it would hide it when two sets of customers disagree. Scores move, so treat the date above as the age of the reading, not a promise about today.

GetResponse, answered

Does GetResponse have a free plan?
Not one we could confirm. Their pricing page showed 14-day trial only when we checked on 9 September 2026. The cheapest paid plan is Starter at €16/mo.
Can GetResponse send an automated welcome sequence on the free plan?
No. No permanent free plan confirmed. If an automated welcome sequence is the thing you need on day one, MailerLite allows it free.
What does GetResponse cost once the free plan runs out?
The entry paid plan is Starter at €16/mo, 1,000 contacts; priced to us in euros. Prices on every platform here move with list size, so treat that as the floor rather than the bill.
What is the catch with GetResponse?
We could not confirm a permanent free plan on their pricing page, only a 14-day trial.

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