ActiveCampaign
Marketing automation and CRMMarketing automation and CRM with GBP prices (billed yearly)
- Paid from
- £13/month (Starter, 1,000 contacts)
- Hosting
- Cloud
Substack
Free newsletter publishing; Substack keeps 10% of paid-subscription revenue
Last verified:
Substack is a hosted publishing platform for newsletters, podcasts and paid subscriptions. It's free to publish; when readers pay, Substack keeps 10% of the revenue and card fees come off too.
Key facts
| Runs as | Cloud |
|---|---|
| Free plan | Free to publish (no list-size limit stated) |
| Paid plans from | 10% of paid-subscription revenue “Writers keep 90% of their revenue minus credit card fees.” |
| Paid newsletters | Yes, 10% platform fee |
| Hosting | Cloud |
Sources: substack.com/going-paid, checked 22 Oct 2026. “Runs as” is from this listing. Blank means we haven't found it in official docs yet, not that it's unsupported.
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