Kit

Kit

Kit (formerly ConvertKit)
SendGrid

SendGrid

Twilio SendGrid
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About

Kit, formerly known as ConvertKit, is an email-first operating system designed for creators aiming to build valuable businesses. It offers a comprehensive suite of tools, including email marketing, automation, landing pages, and audience management, enabling creators to effectively connect with their audiences and monetize their content. With features like the Creator Network for cross-promotion and an app store for seamless integrations, Kit streamlines business operations for creators across various platforms. Notable users include authors, podcasters, and entrepreneurs who leverage Kit to grow their subscriber base and enhance engagement. The platform provides scalable pricing plans, including a free tier for up to 10,000 subscribers, supporting creators at every stage of their journey.

About

Email is the backbone of your customer engagement. The Twilio SendGrid Email API is the email service trusted by developers and marketers for time-savings, scalability, and delivery expertise. Our flexible Email API and proprietary Mail Transfer Agent (MTA), intuitive console, powerful features, and email experts make it easy to ensure all your email gets delivered in seconds and without interruption. Monitor engagement data and optimize deliverability with our Deliverability Insights dashboard. Whether you’re sending 100 emails or 100 billion, SendGrid is built to scale. Integrate with our RESTful APIs and SMTP in minutes, with sample code libraries available in 7 languages, interactive docs, templates, and more.

Platforms Supported

Windows Not Supported
Mac Not Supported
Linux Not Supported
Cloud Supported
On-Premises Not Supported
iPhone Not Supported
iPad Not Supported
Android Not Supported
Chromebook Not Supported

Platforms Supported

Windows Not Supported
Mac Not Supported
Linux Not Supported
Cloud Supported
On-Premises Not Supported
iPhone Not Supported
iPad Not Supported
Android Not Supported
Chromebook Not Supported

Audience

Online creators that need a powerful email marketing platform for creators

Audience

Companies of all sizes searching for an email API to deliver an exceptional email experience

Support

Phone Support Not Supported
24/7 Live Support Not Supported
Online Supported

Support

Phone Support Supported
24/7 Live Support Supported
Online Supported

API

Offers API Not Supported

API

Offers API Supported

Screenshots and Videos

Screenshots and Videos

Pricing

$9 per month
Free Version Supported
Free Trial Supported

Pricing

$19.95 per month
Free - $0/mo for 100 emails/day forever
Essentials - starting at $19.95/mo
Pro - starting at $89.95/mo
Premier - custom pricing
Free Version Supported
Free Trial Supported

Reviews/Ratings

Overall 4.5 / 5
ease 4.2 / 5
features 4.8 / 5
design 4.5 / 5
support 4.5 / 5

Reviews/Ratings

Overall 3.9 / 5
ease 4.0 / 5
features 3.9 / 5
design 4.1 / 5
support 3.9 / 5

Pros & Cons from Real Users

Pros

  • One of the only large newsletter service providers who offer you the ability to use their physical address as your own. They will then virtually scan and email you anything you receive. A nice way to protect your privacy without paying for an additional service or PO Box. Once you're a paid user, it has some powerful tools for automating your email campaigns.
  • ConvertKit is a great, affordable alternative to the pricier programs such as Mailchimp, offering a way to connect with my readers.
  • Convertkit is a very productive email marketing tool. This platform is my favorite choice to connect with my clients. Analytics and reports are informative. It offers a quick campaign building.
  • This is a great program to use for automations and drip email campaigns. When you connect to your store it works great!

Cons

  • This is a very expensive service. ConvertKit costs even more than Mailchimp and far more than MailerLite. I know I said they give you a free virtual mail service above, but having your own PO Box would still come out cheaper. The interface is fairly difficult to learn how to use--much harder than MailerLite, for example.
  • Sadly, it doesn't offer as many bells and whistles as Mailchimp, but for the price, it's well worth it.
  • It worked great for me. Nothing to share about cons.
  • There's nothing that I dislike about it. Really like it.

Pros & Cons from Real Users

Pros

  • Ok, thanks for the opportunity, be honest, these are my feedback after useing, please check below. first pro: 80% successful rate to find right email. second pro: most of time input first name and family name with company website, i can find right email.
  • Emails actually get delivered unlike some other email marketing services and transactional email services we were using prior to SendGrid.
  • Almost nothing. The system is too barebones, can't put emojis in emails, very little actual customization, other platforms are much better.
  • I did like that the software was easy to use. It had a very user-friendly interface and made things easy to navigate through. Uploading contacts was a streamlined process.
  • Sendgrid allows our company to send updates to a vast array of consumers through email. The credentials built through Sendgrid software allow our emails to not end up in the Junk Folder.

Cons

  • First con: if a person has many job positions at different companies, you only can obtain the first company information and existing person emails. Second con: it can't link with more social channels, like Twitter or Instagram and can't grab email in pictures and PDF files, also many information shows in Google but can't be found here. Third con: RocketReach can find the right email but usually GetEmail can't. Fourth con: the cost is high for monthly, and can't get free credits most of times. That's all the cons I found, i have been using this tool for more than one and a half years, anyway, thank you very much, hope your team can improve and do better.
  • No cons for our use cases. Does everything we need it to do.
  • First of all the service didn't work. The campaigns wouldn't be sent at all and I had to call customer support. EVERY TIME. And it would take time, hours DAYS, every time. So we lost a lot in proper campaign timing, leads would get cold. We lost ROI there.
  • I didn't like that their shared IP still got bad ratings. I used a few of their competitors before this, and was getting much better open rates using the same emails on the other platforms.
  • I needed a lot of help setting up my account. It would be helpful to have a more user-friendly set up.

Training

Documentation Supported
Webinars Supported
Live Online Supported
In Person Not Supported

Training

Documentation Supported
Webinars Supported
Live Online Supported
In Person Not Supported

Company Information

Kit (formerly ConvertKit)
Founded: 2013
United States
kit.com

Company Information

Twilio SendGrid
Founded: 2009
United States
sendgrid.com/en-us

Alternatives

Alternatives

SMTP.com

SMTP.com

Ziff Davis

Categories

Bulk Email Supported
Creator Economy Supported
Email Marketing Supported
Email Newsletter Supported

Categories

Bulk Email Supported
Email APIs Supported
Email Management Supported
Email Marketing Supported
Email Testing Supported
Email Tracking Supported
Email Verification Supported
SMTP Supported

Email Marketing Features

A/B Testing Supported
Artificial Intelligence Not Supported
Auto-Responders Supported
CAN SPAM Compliance Supported
Customer Surveys Not Supported
Drip Campaigns Supported
Dynamic Content Supported
Event Triggered Email Supported
Image Library Not Supported
Landing Pages/Web Forms Supported
Mailing List Management Supported
Mobile Optimized Emails Supported
Reporting/Analytics Supported
Subscriber Management Not Supported
Template Management Supported
WYSIWYG Email Editor Supported

Marketing Automation Features

A/B Testing Not Supported
Analytics / ROI Tracking Not Supported
Artificial Intelligence Not Supported
Content / Blogging Platform Not Supported
Customizable CTAs Supported
Drip Campaigns Supported
Dynamic Content Supported
Landing Pages / Web Forms Not Supported
Lead Scoring Not Supported
Sales Intelligence Not Supported
Search Marketing Not Supported
Segmentation Supported
Social Marketing Not Supported
Website Visitor Tracking Not Supported

Email Marketing Features

A/B Testing Not Supported
Artificial Intelligence Not Supported
Auto-Responders Supported
CAN SPAM Compliance Supported
Customer Surveys Supported
Drip Campaigns Not Supported
Dynamic Content Supported
Event Triggered Email Supported
Image Library Not Supported
Landing Pages/Web Forms Supported
Mailing List Management Supported
Mobile Optimized Emails Supported
Reporting/Analytics Supported
Subscriber Management Supported
Template Management Supported
WYSIWYG Email Editor Supported

Marketing Automation Features

A/B Testing Supported
Analytics / ROI Tracking Supported
Artificial Intelligence Supported
Content / Blogging Platform Supported
Customizable CTAs Supported
Drip Campaigns Supported
Dynamic Content Supported
Landing Pages / Web Forms Supported
Lead Scoring Supported
Sales Intelligence Not Supported
Search Marketing Supported
Segmentation Supported
Social Marketing Not Supported
Website Visitor Tracking Supported

Email Management Features

Data Recovery Supported
Email Archiving Not Supported
Email Deletion Not Supported
Email Discovery Not Supported
Email Monitoring Supported
Email Recall Not Supported
Queue Manager Supported
Response Management Supported
Routing Supported
Shared Inboxes Not Supported
Signature Management Supported
Spam Blocker Not Supported
Whitelisting / Blacklisting Supported

Email Template Design Features

A/B Testing Not Supported
Code From Scratch Not Supported
Drag & Drop Editing Supported
Image Library Not Supported
Import HTML Code Not Supported
Mobile-Friendly / Responsive Supported
Potential Issue Identification Not Supported
Premade Templates Supported
Proofing Not Supported
Reporting / Analytics Supported
Text Editor Supported
Theme Editor Supported

Email Testing Features

A/B Testing Supported
Accessibility Testing Supported
Deliverability Rates Supported
DMARC Analytics Supported
HTML Validation Supported
Improvement Recommendations Supported
IP Blacklist Checking Supported
Pre-Send Email Testing Supported
Preview Across Browsers & Devices Supported
Reporting / Analytics Supported
Sender Reputation Scoring Supported
Spam Testing Supported

Email Tracking Features

A/B Testing Supported
Audience Segmentation Supported
Campaign Management Supported
Event-Based Notifications Supported
Location Tracking Supported
Team Management Supported

Email Verification Features

Bulk Email Verification Supported
Catch-all Server Detection Supported
Disposable Email Detection Supported
Domain Check Supported
Mail Server Validation Supported
Single Email Verification Supported
Spam Trap Detection Supported
Syntax Check Supported

Transactional Email Features

A/B Testing Supported
Contact Database Not Supported
Dynamic Content Supported
Email Monitoring Supported
Mailing List Management Not Supported
Reporting/Analytics Supported
Spam Check Not Supported
Template Management Supported

eCommerce Marketing Features

AB Testing Not Supported
Abandoned Cart Email Not Supported
Analytics / ROI Tracking Not Supported
Customer Data Profiles Not Supported
Dynamic Content Not Supported
Email Marketing Supported
Email Personalization Supported
Facebook Ads Not Supported
Google Ads Not Supported
Product Recommendations Not Supported
Push Notifications Not Supported
Retargeting Not Supported
Search Marketing Not Supported
Segmentation Not Supported
Signup Forms & Popups Not Supported
SMS Marketing Not Supported
Social Marketing Not Supported
Triggered Emails Supported
Website Visitor Tracking Not Supported

Integrations

AccessOwl Supported
Activepieces Supported
Axis LMS Supported
Connectio.io Supported
ConvertPlus Supported
Flows Supported
Gravity Forms Supported
Interact Supported
MailOptin Supported
Ninja Popups Supported
Pipedream Supported
Raklet Supported
Rekomi Supported
StayFi Supported
Taxi for Email Supported
Thrive Theme Builder Supported
Wufoo Supported
YesInsights Supported
n8n Supported
validTo Supported

Integrations

AccessOwl Supported
Activepieces Supported
Axis LMS Supported
Connectio.io Supported
ConvertPlus Supported
Flows Supported
Gravity Forms Supported
Interact Supported
MailOptin Supported
Ninja Popups Supported
Pipedream Supported
Raklet Supported
Rekomi Supported
StayFi Supported
Taxi for Email Supported
Thrive Theme Builder Supported
Wufoo Supported
YesInsights Supported
n8n Supported
validTo Supported
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