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The most generous free plan we found

2,500 free subscribers, 15,000 free emails a month, and automation included at no cost. Almost nobody offers all three.

4.7G2278 reviews4.9Trustpilot1,421 reviews

Is Sender right for you?

Where you sellNone of the four course platforms appears in their integrations directory, so connecting one means routing it through Zapier, a separate subscription.

Use Sender if

  • You are starting out and want new subscribers to get a welcome email automatically, without paying for it yet.
  • You already have a list of up to 2,500 people and do not want to pay to email them.
  • You write to your people regularly, not just when you have something to sell.
  • You want to be able to change your mind later without losing anything.

Don't use Sender if

  • You sell through Teachable, Kajabi, Podia or Thinkific and want the two joined up without paying for Zapier as well. None of those four appear in their integrations directory. Kit lists all four directly.

Start free on SenderHow we test. Figures checked 9 September 2026.

The details that decide it

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

Getting your people inmigration
Done-for-you migration is free, but only on an annual plan with 20,000 or more subscribers. Below that you import it yourself. Source
Do the emails actually arrive?deliverability
Claims deliverability "up to 99%". Their own figure, on their own features page. Source
What else it costs
No transaction fee on sales, and no charge for unsubscribed contacts. Each subscriber tier carries its own monthly send cap. Source
Getting your list back outEasy to leave
The friendliest exit terms we found. Cancelling drops you to the free plan instead of deleting anything: their help page says subscribers, campaigns, automations, forms and reports are all retained. Source

What other people scored Sender

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 land within 0.2 of a point of each other, so the two sets of reviewers broadly agree.

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.

Sender, answered

Does Sender have a free plan?
Yes. Sender's free plan covers 2,500 subscribers and 15,000 emails/mo. We read this off their pricing page on 9 September 2026.
Can Sender send an automated welcome sequence on the free plan?
Yes. Email automation is listed on the free plan. That matters more than it sounds: most free plans let you broadcast but will not automate, so a new subscriber gets nothing until you sit down and write to them.
What does Sender cost once the free plan runs out?
The entry paid plan is Standard at $9/mo, billed yearly at up to 500 subscribers; a 30%-off first-year promo brings the first year to $6.30/mo, renewing at $9/mo-equivalent (about $108/yr) after that. Prices on every platform here move with list size, so treat that as the floor rather than the bill.
What is the catch with Sender?
A smaller name with a smaller integration list. Check it connects to your course platform before you commit.

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