Tirada vs beehiiv
beehiiv pricing as published on 17 October 2026beehiiv gets more expensive as your list grows, whether your subscribers open or not. Tirada charges for the emails you send. Neither takes a cut of your paid subscriptions.
How each one charges
beehiiv has a free plan up to 2,500 subscribers as long as you don't charge your readers. Above that, or as soon as you want to monetise, you pay by subscriber tier, in dollars. Tirada has a fixed plan (€5, €15 or €25 a month) and emails come in packs of 10,000 at €2. A subscriber who never opens costs you the same on beehiiv as one who reads everything; on Tirada they cost the emails you send them.
In numbers
Monthly price with one send a week, about 4.33 emails per subscriber:
| Subscribers | beehiiv | Tirada Lite | Tirada Pro |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1,000 | $59 (≈ €54) | €5.87 | €25.87 |
| 10,000 | $139 (≈ €128) | €13.66 | €33.66 |
| 50,000 | $299 (≈ €275) | €48.30 | €68.30 |
| 100,000 | $469 (≈ €431) | €91.60 | €111.60 |
| 250,000 | $999 (≈ €919) | €221.50 | €241.50 |
beehiiv: the tier that covers that many subscribers, as published on 17 October 2026, at €0.92 per dollar. With 1,000 subscribers and nobody paying you fit in its free plan; the $59 applies if you monetise. Above 250,000, beehiiv quotes a custom price. Tirada: plan plus €2 per 10,000 emails, excluding VAT.
When beehiiv is cheaper
Under 2,500 subscribers with a free newsletter, beehiiv's free plan beats every Tirada plan. If you send several times a week, run the numbers with your frequency: Tirada charges per email, so a daily send multiplies what you spend on packs by seven. The calculator on the home page does it for you.
Everything else
You can import your list from beehiiv and Tirada gives you a report of what got in and what didn't. You send from your own domain for €2 more a month, subscription money goes to your Stripe account, and you can take your subscribers, writing and data with you whenever you want. Servers are in Finland and email goes out from Sweden.
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