# Switching from beehiiv, eyes open

> Switch from beehiiv: export subscribers to CSV, rebuild forms and archive here, and be honest about the growth engine that doesn't port. Dated pricing inside.

Canonical: https://emailfast.dev/alternatives/beehiiv

## What moves, what doesn't

Two lists, stated up front.

**Comes with you:** your subscriber list (CSV export from beehiiv → screened CSV
import here, unsubscribes first as suppressions), your archive content (by hand),
your domain, your voice.

**Stays behind:** boosts, the recommendation network, the ad network, and every
reader who arrives through them. That machinery is beehiiv's genuine achievement
and it is not exportable. If it's driving most of your growth today, that fact
belongs in your decision — not in the fine print.

## The move, in order

1. **Export subscribers** from beehiiv as CSV — and export your unsubscribes.
2. **Import unsubscribes as suppressions first**, so a reader who opted out there
   can never hear from you here by accident.
3. **Import the subscriber CSV.** Every address passes a hygiene screen on the way
   in; the skip report tells you exactly what didn't land and why.
4. **Stand the publication back up.** Public archive, RSS, and hosted signup forms
   are on every plan, and the forms confirm consent properly: hosted signup forms with double opt-in through our own delivery path, so every subscriber carries verifiable proof of consent.
5. **Test the first issue dry** before anything real goes out: sandbox keys (ef_sandbox_…) that run the real pipeline dry: real validation, real rendering, real events, a hosted capture inbox — and no email leaves.

Realistic total: the list moves in an hour; the publication rebuild is an
afternoon; replacing network-driven growth is the long project, and no platform —
us included — can compress it for you.

## What beehiiv publishes at your volume

The axis to watch: beehiiv bills monthly by **subscriber count** — the bill rises
as your list grows, emailed or not. Email Fast bills **sending** and never bills
subscribers.

| Contacts | Price / month | Published as |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1,000 | $49 | Scale (Max tier also captured) |
| 5,000 | $89 | Scale (Max tier also captured) |
| 10,000 | $109 | Scale (Max tier also captured) |
| 25,000 | $169 | Scale (Max tier also captured) |
| 50,000 | $249 | Scale (Max tier also captured) |
| 100,000 | $329 | Scale (Max tier also captured) |

**Detail:** Monthly-billing prices ('Billed monthly' toggle; default annual toggle shows ~12% less, e.g. $43/mo at 1k). Unlimited email sends on all plans. Launch (free) covers up to 2,500 subscribers. Slider stops: 1k/2.5k/5k/10k/25k/50k/75k/100k/100k+; 2,500 = $69, 75,000 = $289. Above 100k = Enterprise custom. Max tier at same stops: $109/$149(2.5k)/$169/$219/$289/$379/$419(75k)/$459.

Figures verified 2026-08-29 on [the beehiiv pricing page](https://www.beehiiv.com/pricing), promo and intro discounts excluded — method and corrections via the [claims methodology](/legal/claims-methodology).

Price a growing list honestly — the same cadence at
[10,000 subscribers](/compare/pricing-calculator?sends=40000&contacts=10000),
[25,000](/compare/pricing-calculator?sends=100000&contacts=25000), and
[100,000](/compare/pricing-calculator?sends=400000&contacts=100000) — and watch
which axis your bill follows.

## Where Email Fast stands

| Plan | Price / month | Emails included | Overage per 1,000 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Free | $0 | 2,500 | — |
| Starter | $9.90 | 20,000 | $0.90 |
| Creator | $39 | 100,000 | $0.65 |
| Growth | $79 | 300,000 | $0.55 |
| Scale | $249 | 1,500,000 | $0.35 |

Our stake, declared: we make Email Fast, and these are the launch prices already published on our [pricing page](/pricing) — during early access they may be refined before general availability, and self-serve checkout opens at GA. Contacts and subscribers are never billed, at any list size.

## Where beehiiv wins

From our own pricing survey, their side stated plainly — Newsletter-growth machine: built-in recommendation network, boosts, and ad network for monetization, 0% take rate on paid subscriptions (Scale+), plus website/podcast hosting bundled.

Honest additions: if you're pre-revenue and growth-hungry, a network that actively
sends you readers can be worth more than infrastructure you own. And their bundled
website and podcast hosting genuinely reduce tool sprawl for a solo operation. The
full comparison: [beehiiv vs Email Fast](/compare/beehiiv-alternative).

## Next

- [The publishing kit](/features/newsletters) — archive, RSS, forms, and sending
- [Also looking at Substack](/alternatives/substack) or [Mailchimp](/alternatives/mailchimp)?
- [Suspended by your current platform?](/alternatives/suspended) Read that first.
- [Apply for early access](/early-access) — migration help is part of onboarding

*beehiiv is a trademark of its owner; Email Fast is not affiliated with or endorsed by them. beehiiv facts were verified on their public pages on the dates shown — corrections: [hello@emailfast.dev](/contact).*

## Do my beehiiv boosts, recommendations, and ad revenue come across?

No. Those are beehiiv's network, not your data — leaving means leaving them, and pretending otherwise would be the exact kind of claim this site refuses to make. If network-driven growth is carrying your list right now, weigh that honestly before you move.

## What actually transfers?

Your subscribers (CSV export → screened import here), your content (by hand), and your sending reputation habits. The publishing kit on this side — public archive, RSS, hosted signup forms with confirmed opt-in — is on every plan, rebuilt in an afternoon.

## Can I run paid subscriptions?

The platform is built for it — reader billing through Stripe — but it opens with general availability, not today. If paid subscriptions are your primary revenue right now, time your move around that, and we'd rather tell you so than find out you discovered it mid-migration.

## Who actually sends beehiiv's email?

Their status page lists SendGrid components — it's a common pattern in the genre: beehiiv, Buttondown, and Substack each rent their delivery from bigger senders — beehiiv's status page lists SendGrid components, Buttondown's subprocessor list names Mailgun and Postmark, and Substack's own public pages name Mailgun (each verified July 2026). Here, Email Fast runs its own mail transfer agent, warmup engine, reputation breaker, and per-tenant fair queue — we run these ourselves, with no upstream ESP reselling us your delivery.