Userlist vs Substack

Userlist is an email marketing platform built specifically for SaaS. Track customer data as complex as you need. Onboard, engage, and nurture customers and marketing leads — under one roof.

Substack helps anyone set up a blog and email newsletter and publish directly to their audience and get paid through subscriptions. No tech knowledge is required. It’s free to get started on Substack. If you turn on paid subscriptions, Substack will keep a 10% cut of revenues.

Price Comparison

Userlist costs $149/month for up to 10K subscribers.

Substack is free to use but takes a 10% cut of paid subscriptions.

Feature Comparison

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

Features	Userlist	Substack
💸 Paid Subscriptions Accept paid subscriptions	❌	✅
➗ Segmentation Create segments of subscribers	✅	❌
🤖 Automation Automate actions based on behaviours	✅	❌
📩 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 Set up a referral programme	❌	✅
💽 Self Hosting Host on your own server	❌	❌
📢 Recommendations Recommend and be recommended by other newsletters	❌	✅