Substack vs Kit

Looking for a new home for your newsletter? Kit is the email-first operating system for creators that can host, grow, and monetize your newsletter—and help you grow your business.

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Why professional newsletter creators love Kit

With a fast growing and established newsletter, it’s time to graduate from Substack. Kit is the platform that helps you turn your newsletter into a full-time business with powerful features that are easy to use.

Build a sustainable newsletter business

Professional newsletters deserve professional tools. Kit helps you maximize revenue with lower transaction fees and diverse monetization options, while giving you the deep audience insights needed to grow strategically.

Keep more of your earnings

Kit has a transaction fee of 3.5% + $0.30 (including credit card fees), much lower than Substack—even if you’re on one of our paid plans. Better yet, selling a paid newsletter is not the only product offering you can have. From digital downloads to sponsorships, you can sell directly on Kit.

In-depth subscriber management

With a fast growing newsletter, you need better insights on where your subscribers are coming from, how engaged they are, and what else they might be interested in. Kit’s tagging and segmentation allows you to slice and dice your list for perfectly organized content sending.

Make every edition count

Your newsletter deserves your full attention. Kit handles the details—from subscriber journeys to design flexibility—so you can concentrate on creating content that keeps your audience coming back for more.

Automate your relationship with subscribers

Introduce yourself to your new subscribers with automated welcome emails. Celebrate their subscription anniversary with you. Reactivate old subscribers or clean your list. Have it all working for you in the background while you work on your next newsletter edition.

Amazing writing and design experience

As a newsletter creator, you spend most of your time writing. Kit’s email editor gives you the most seamless writing experience without sacrificing design elements. Whether you send plain-text or designed newsletters—the choice is yours.

Dylan Redekop

Not only was I impressed by the deliverability improvement...my open rates have consistently been 50% and over.

Dylan Redekop

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Still not sure if Kit is right for you? Have specific questions you want answered? Our team will answer your questions and help you make the most out of Kit.

We’ll move you to Kit—for free

Ready to make the switch, but feel stuck? Our migration team can help import your subscribers, rebuild your landing pages, and bring your content over at no charge. Let us get you ready to tap into all the features you need to grow your newsletter.

Kit Creator Plan
Substack
Free email subscribers
Up to 1,000 subscribers
Unlimited
Monthly subscription
$29/month
Transaction
0.6%
10%
Credit card processing fees
2.9% + 30¢
2.9% + 30¢
Digital products
Paid newsletters
Digital downloads
Coaching
Subscriptions
Event sales
Sponsorships
Paid newsletters
Email templates
10+
Segmentation
Advanced
Automations
Unlimited, multi-step
Newsletter feed
Recommendations
Paid recommendations

See why creators make the switch to Kit

My open rates are up 6-8% on average since I switched from Substack to Kit.

Sahil Bloom
Sahil Bloomsahilbloom.com

Moving to Kit helped me improve my open rates from 5% to 20% (and even up to 45% for a certain list segment).

Jan Koch
Jan Koch

Kit has everything I want and more at a significantly lower prices than I was paying.

Melissa Monte
Melissa Montemindlove.com

We'll move your current setup to Kit—for free

Ready to make the switch, but feel stuck? Our migration team can help import your subscribers, rebuild your landing pages, and bring your content over at no charge. Let us get you ready to tap into all the features you need to grow your newsletter.

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