Affiliate disclosure

NewsletterBench is funded by affiliate commissions. Some platforms pay a share of what referred customers pay them. You pay the same price, and some programs give referred users a discount.

Status

• beehiiv: beehiiv Partner Program (via Dub): not active yet (links go to the official site without tracking)
• Kit: Kit affiliate program (via PartnerStack): not active yet (links go to the official site without tracking)
• systeme.io: systeme.io affiliate program: active
• Substack: none (no affiliate relationship): no affiliate link
• MailerLite: none (no affiliate relationship): no affiliate link
• Buttondown: none (no affiliate relationship): no affiliate link

Published program terms (for transparency)

• beehiiv: 50% of referred revenue for 12 months (higher tiers up to 60%), 60-day first-click cookie. Source: https://www.beehiiv.com/partners
• Kit: 50% for a referred customer's first 12 months; +10–20% recurring after with Bronze+ status. Source: https://kit.com/affiliate
• systeme.io: 60% recurring for the customer's lifetime. Source: https://help.systeme.io/article/162-how-the-systeme-io-affiliate-program-works

Because these commissions are large and recurring, we hold ourselves to a simple rule: facts first, sources on every row, and we keep platforms that pay us nothing in every comparison. Active affiliate links carry rel="sponsored".