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Flodesk
Email marketing built around design
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What Flodesk is
Template-led newsletters for creators and small brands who care how the email looks, priced by active subscriber count.
Flodesk's Lite plan has read $25 a month on every one of the 3 times we have checked this page, from Aug 2026 to Sept 2026. It has not moved while we have been looking. See the source
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Free trial
Free trial available
Trial length and card requirement are set by the vendor.
Discount
24% off — $19/mo instead of $25/mo
Both prices read from flodesk.com on 2026-09-21. Lite plan. Billed for 12 months up front.
Flodesk alternatives
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Where Flodesk sits on price
Entry prices across Newsletters & Publishing, cheapest first.
- Buttondown$9*
- EmailOctopus$9
- Paragraph$16
- Ghost$18
- Flodesk$25
- Curated$39
- beehiiv$49
- Newslet$69
7 of these 8 prices were read from the vendor's own pricing page; the rest are marked * and are indicative. The median is taken across the 6 verified prices in Newsletters & Publishing. 2 more tools in this category do not publish an entry price and are not plotted.
Flodesk pricing questions
- How much does Flodesk cost?
- Flodesk starts at $25 a month on its Lite plan, billed monthly. That figure was read from flodesk.com's own pricing page on 21 September 2026.
- Does Flodesk have a free plan?
- No ongoing free plan. Flodesk offers a free trial, after which a paid plan is required.
- Is Flodesk cheaper if you pay annually?
- Yes — 24% cheaper. Paying for twelve months up front takes the entry plan from $25 a month to $19 a month. Both figures were read from the same pricing page in one visit, so the saving is arithmetic rather than a claim.
- What is Flodesk used for?
- Template-led newsletters for creators and small brands who care how the email looks, priced by active subscriber count. People mainly use it to send a newsletter, run an email campaign, grow an audience, build an email list.
- What are the best alternatives to Flodesk?
- The closest alternatives in the same category are Substack, beehiiv, Ghost, Newslet. Ghost starts lower at $18 a month. Substack and beehiiv publish a free plan.