Sendy vs beehiiv

Sendy is a self hosted email newsletter application that lets you send trackable emails via Amazon Simple Email Service (SES).

Beehiiv is a newsletter platform built by the early Morning Brew team. It features all the tools you need for growth and monetization on the same platform without the need for any coding or integrations. Their aim is to bring the growth tools used by the most successful newsletters to everyone.

Feature Comparison

Sendy and beehiiv both have great feature sets so the right tool for you really depends on your needs.

Features	Sendy	beehiiv
💸 Paid Subscriptions Accept paid subscriptions	❌	✅
➗ Segmentation Create segments of subscribers	✅	✅
🤖 Automation Automate actions based on behaviors	✅	✅
📩 Embeddable Forms Embeddable subscription forms	❌	✅
📄 Landing Pages Create landing pages for your newsletter	❌	❌
🔌 3rd Party Integrations Connect to other services	✅	✅
🖊️ Visual Editor Drag and drop email editor	✅	✅
📝 Markdown Editor Write emails in markdown	❌	❌
👩‍💻 HTML Design emails with HTML text	✅	✅
⚒️ API Integrate with the platform's API	❌	❌
📈 Analytics Get data on your emails' performance	✅	✅
🌍 Custom Domain Use a custom domain for your page	✅	✅
🗣️ Referrals Setup a referral program	❌	✅
💽 Self Hosting Host on your own server	✅	❌
📢 Recommendations Recommend and be recommended by other newsletters	❌	✅