PRICING BREAKDOWN · 2026

GetResponse pricing

Every GetResponse plan and price band in one place: what Starter, Marketer and Creator really cost in 2026 as your list grows, and the two billing rules that quietly inflate the bill.

Every number on this page comes from our full GetResponse review, pricing verified June 2026. GetResponse prices by contact-list size, so each figure below names the list size it applies to.

The short answer

GetResponse costs $19 per month on the Starter plan at 1,000 contacts, $59 on Marketer and $69 on Creator, and every paid plan is priced by the size of your contact list. At a realistic 10,000-contact list, Starter is about $79 per month and Marketer is $169, roughly $2,028 per year on monthly billing. You can pay monthly, annually for about 18 percent off, or every two years for roughly 30 percent off, and there is a permanent free plan for up to 500 contacts. The quote-only Enterprise tier, formerly called MAX, has been reported by one published source to start around $1,099 per month for lists above 100,000 contacts.

The sticker is not the bill. GetResponse charges on your peak contact count in a billing cycle, counts the same person on two lists twice, and splits its best features across three separate tiers, so the plan you need is usually one step above the plan you priced. Our review scores GetResponse 8.3 and calls the pricing model the single thing keeping an otherwise excellent all-in-one out of the top tier of our best email marketing software ranking. This page is the cost math, line by line.

Plans and limits in 2026

GetResponse sells four plans: Starter, Marketer, Creator, and the quote-only Enterprise. The prices below are monthly billing at 1,000 contacts; scale them up using the contact-count table further down. Every paid plan, including the $19 Starter, comes with 24/7 live chat support.

Plan	Monthly (1,000 contacts)	What you get
Starter	$19	Unlimited sends, AI email and landing-page generators, autoresponders, signup forms and popups, exactly one automation workflow
Marketer	$59	Unlimited automation workflows, segmentation, tagging, abandoned-cart recovery, prebuilt funnels with promo codes, unlimited web push
Creator	$69	Everything a course seller needs: built-in live and on-demand webinars, website builder, online-course creator for up to 500 students
Enterprise	Custom	Formerly MAX: dedicated sending IP, SSO, SMS, mobile push, transactional email, AI product recommendations, unlimited users, dedicated CX manager

Read the gating carefully, because you cannot get the whole suite on one mid-range plan. Serious automation and funnels live on Marketer. Webinars, the website builder and the course creator live on Creator. SMS and transactional email live on Enterprise. You pick the tier that holds the tool you came for. The free plan, which is permanent, covers 500 contacts and 2,500 sends a month plus one landing page capped at 1,000 monthly visitors and basic forms; a separate 14-day trial gives full premium access with no credit card required.

The billing rules that inflate the bill

Two billing mechanics are the most common source of surprise invoices in GetResponse reviews, and neither is obvious on the pricing page:

Hidden cost	What actually happens
Peak-contact billing	You are billed on your peak contact count during a cycle, not your average. Import a list, run one campaign, prune it back down, and the spike can still bump you into a higher price band for the entire cycle
Duplicate counting	The same contact stored on more than one list is counted more than once. A subscriber on your newsletter list and your customer list is two contacts on the meter
Starter automation cap	Starter allows exactly one automation workflow. The moment you need a second, you are on Marketer, which is $59 instead of $19 at 1,000 contacts
Tier-split features	Webinars and courses are Creator-only, SMS and transactional email are Enterprise-only, so the “all-in-one” is really three tiers deep

Independent reviewers on Capterra and elsewhere flag the first two repeatedly, and together they are why a GetResponse account can cost more than any table on this page suggests. If you import and prune large lists as part of your workflow, this pricing model actively works against you.

What you will really pay: three realistic setups

The 1,000-contact course creator: about $56 to $69 per month

On Creator you get email, funnels, the website builder, the course tool for up to 500 students and built-in webinars in one subscription: $69 per month on monthly billing, or around $56 per month on annual billing, which is 56 × 12 = $672 a year. Replacing a separate webinar platform and course host alone can cover that, so this is the one setup where the all-in-one math works in your favor.

The 10,000-contact small business: $169 per month, or $88 annual

This is the scenario that exposes the pricing. Marketer at 10,000 contacts is $169 per month, which is 169 × 12 = $2,028 per year on monthly billing. Prepay annually and the effective rate drops to roughly $88 per month, about $1,056 per year. The automation and funnels you want live on this tier, so you cannot fall back to Starter and its single workflow.

The 50,000-contact scaling sender: $299 to $499 per month

At 50,000 contacts Starter is $299 per month and Marketer is $499, which is 299 × 12 = $3,588 to 499 × 12 = $5,988 per year. Peak-contact billing bites hardest here: a single large import can bump the whole cycle. Senders at this size are exactly the ones who start pricing out send-volume-based rivals, or who take an Enterprise quote for a dedicated IP.

Monthly vs annual: the prepay math

Plan and list size	Monthly ×12	Annual effective	You save
Marketer, 1,000	$708	~$48/mo (~$576/yr)	~$132/yr
Marketer, 10,000	$2,028	~$88/mo (~$1,056/yr)	~$972/yr
Creator, 10,000	—	~$101/mo (~$1,212/yr)	—

GetResponse’s stated discount structure is about 18 percent off for annual billing and roughly 30 percent off for a two-year commitment, and as the 10,000-contact Marketer row shows, the gap between the monthly sticker and the effective annual rate can be far larger than the headline percentage at real list sizes. The sensible order of operations: free plan first, then the 14-day trial, then monthly billing until you trust the tool, then the prepay once your list size is stable, because a prepaid year plus a peak-billing spike is an expensive combination.

GetResponse cost at scale: 1,000 to 100,000 contacts

Because every plan is priced per contact, the number you sign up at is not the number you live with for long. Here is the full climb for the two plans most buyers actually use, on monthly billing:

Contacts	Starter	Marketer
1,000	$19/mo	$59/mo
2,500	~$29/mo	$79/mo
5,000	~$54/mo	$99/mo
10,000	~$79/mo	$169/mo
25,000	$169/mo	$299/mo
50,000	$299/mo	$499/mo
100,000	$499/mo	$699/mo

From $19 to $499 on Starter, and $59 to $699 on Marketer, is a 26x and 12x climb respectively across the range, which is why the entry price tells you almost nothing about what GetResponse will cost you in year two. Creator runs about $101 per month at 10,000 contacts on annual billing, roughly $1,212 per year. Above 100,000 contacts you are in Enterprise quote territory.

Is it worth it? GetResponse vs the alternatives on price

Tool	Pricing model	Trade-off vs GetResponse
GetResponse	Per contact, peak-count billing	Webinars, funnels and courses in one tool; costs climb fast
ActiveCampaign	Per contact	Deeper automation and higher deliverability, no webinars
Brevo	Per send volume	Cheaper at scale, includes SMS, fewer built-in tools
MailerLite	Per subscriber	Cheaper with top-tier deliverability, fewer bundled features

The pattern from our full review is consistent: rivals beat GetResponse on price, deliverability or simplicity one at a time, but none of them match its webinar-plus-course-plus-funnel bundle in a single subscription. If automation depth is your priority, see the numbers in our ActiveCampaign pricing breakdown. If you want to stop paying for stored contacts entirely, Brevo charges by send volume instead. And if you mainly want clean, cheap email, our MailerLite pricing page is the value comparison people reach for most.

How to pay less for GetResponse

• Prepay if your list is stable: annual billing takes about 18 percent off and two-year billing roughly 30 percent; at 10,000 contacts on Marketer, the effective annual rate of ~$88 versus the $169 monthly sticker is ~$972 a year kept.
• Start at $0: the permanent free plan covers 500 contacts and 2,500 sends a month, and the separate 14-day trial unlocks everything with no credit card, so you never need to pay just to evaluate.
• Deduplicate your lists: the same person on two lists is billed as two contacts, so consolidating lists into tags and segments directly shrinks the meter.
• Time your imports: billing is on peak contact count per cycle, so prune before you import, not after, or the spike prices the whole period.
• Stay on Starter if one workflow is enough: at 1,000 contacts that is $19 instead of $59, and you still get unlimited sends, AI generators and 24/7 live chat.
• Buy the tier for the tool you came for: Creator only pays off if you will actually use the webinars, website builder or course tools; if you just need email and automation, Marketer is the ceiling.

FAQ

How much does GetResponse cost in 2026?

From $19 per month on Starter at 1,000 contacts, $59 on Marketer and $69 on Creator, scaling with list size to $499, $699 and beyond at 100,000 contacts. A realistic 10,000-contact list on Marketer is $169 per month, about $2,028 per year, or roughly $88 per month prepaid annually. Enterprise is quote-only.

Does GetResponse have a free plan?

Yes, and it is permanent with no time limit. The free plan covers 500 contacts and 2,500 email sends a month, plus one landing page with a 1,000-monthly-visitor cap and basic forms. There is also a separate 14-day free trial with full premium access and no credit card required.

What is the cheapest GetResponse plan?

Starter at $19 per month for 1,000 contacts. It includes unlimited sends, AI email and landing-page generators, landing pages, forms and popups, and 24/7 live chat, but exactly one automation workflow. Unlimited automation starts on Marketer at $59.

How much does GetResponse cost for 10,000 contacts?

About $79 per month on Starter, $169 on Marketer (about $2,028 per year on monthly billing, or roughly $88 per month prepaid annually), and about $101 per month on Creator with annual billing, roughly $1,212 per year.

Why is my GetResponse bill higher than the plan price?

Two billing rules: pricing is based on your peak contact count during a billing cycle, not your average, and the same contact stored on more than one list is counted more than once. A temporary import spike can bump you into a higher band for the whole cycle even if you prune the list afterward.

Does GetResponse offer a free trial?

Yes, 14 days with full premium access and no credit card required, separate from the permanent free plan. Use it to confirm the features you are buying for actually sit on the tier you plan to purchase, because they are split across Marketer, Creator and Enterprise.

How much does GetResponse Enterprise (formerly MAX) cost?

It is quote-only and sold through a demo. One published source put its starting point at around $1,099 per month for lists above 100,000 contacts. It adds a dedicated sending IP, SSO, SMS, mobile push, transactional email, AI product recommendations, unlimited users and a dedicated customer experience manager.

Which GetResponse plan includes webinars?

Creator, at $69 per month for 1,000 contacts, which also carries the website builder and the online-course creator for up to 500 students. Webinars are not available on Starter or Marketer, so if webinars are the reason you are buying, Creator is your floor.

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