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Comparison · Email Marketing · weekly run Nov 2

beehiiv vs MailPoet

Which one do AI engines recommend, and how do they differ on price, fit and features?

The short answer

beehiiv is the stronger AI pick in Email Marketing: it has a visibility score of 3.3 versus 0.3 for MailPoet, and ranks ahead in 100% of the answers that name both.

Choose beehiiv if…

You want the brand AI engines rank higher (3.3 vs 0.3)
You need SOC 2 Type 2 coverage
You prefer a larger, established vendor (51–200 employees)
Flat tiers pricing suits your budget better than usage-based

Choose MailPoet if…

You need GDPR compliant (vendor claim) coverage
Usage-based pricing suits your budget better than flat tiers

AI visibility side by side

Latest weekly run · Nov 2

Metric	beehiiv	MailPoet
Visibility score	3.3%	0.3%
Change vs last week	New	New
Rank in Email Marketing	#21	#41
Share of voice	1.9%	0.2%
Mentions this run	9	1
Positive in AI answers	56%	—

The stronger value in each row is marked with a ✓.

Visibility score trend

Weekly runs over the last 60 days

beehiiv 0pp · MailPoet 0pp over 0 weekly runs.

Engine by engine

beehiiv leads on 3 of 3 engines

ChatGPT

1.9%

AI Mode

5.2%

Perplexity

2.8%

0.9%

beehiivMailPoet

Head to head in AI answers

1 engine answers name both brands

1beehiiv ranked higher

0MailPoet ranked higher

Prompt	Engine	beehiiv	MailPoet
Which Email Marketing tools offer annual discounts?	Perplexity	#9	#10

Features, pricing & fit

Dimension	beehiiv	MailPoet
Pricing model	Flat tiers	Usage-based
Entry price	Free; paid from $49 / mo	Contact sales
Free plan	Yes	Yes
Deployment	Cloud	WordPress plugin, hosted on the customer's own WordPress site. Sending runs through the MailPoet Sending Service, the host, or a third-party SMTP provider.
Compliance	SOC 2 Type 2	GDPR compliant (vendor claim)
Support	Human support on Lite plan, 24/7 priority support on Pro plan, Concierge onboarding and customer success manager on Enterprise plan	WordPress forums, MailPoet Knowledge Base, Priority email support on paid plans, Support by email or from the WordPress admin
Founded	2021	2011
Headquarters	New York City, NY	Marseille, France
Employees	51–200	11–50
Funding	Angel	—
Best for	Creators, publishers and small businesses that want newsletters, websites, podcasts and monetization on one platform.	Bloggers, small businesses and WooCommerce stores that run their email marketing from WordPress.