The short answer
- Moving from Kit (ConvertKit) Creator to beehiiv (free tier) saves $418 in the first year, after setup and upkeep time (Stackcut's model: modeled, not measured).
- beehiiv's official migration guide moves 2 kinds of data in full and 3 partly; 6 things stay behind. What moves
- 2 public accounts of making this switch: 2 switched. Read them
- Switching help: Free self-serve migration from Kit: CSV subscriber import preserving tags and custom fields, a content importer that pulls the archive from your Kit site URL, and a paid-subscriber importer for external Standard Stripe accounts; a migration guide and Experts Directory support the move. beehiiv.com
What Kit (ConvertKit) and beehiiv cost
List prices from each vendor's pricing page, as stored in the Stackcut catalog. Each price links its source.
| Plan | Billed monthly | Billed yearly (per month) | What you get |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kit (ConvertKit) Creator | $39/mo | $32.50/mo | 1,000-subscriber tier ($390 billed yearly); unlimited visual automations and sequences; 2 users |
| Kit (ConvertKit) Pro | $79/mo | $65.83/mo | 1,000-subscriber tier ($790 billed yearly); unlimited users |
| beehiiv Lite | $49/mo | $49/mo | 1,000-subscriber tier: $49/mo billed yearly; plan up to 100,000 subscribers; 2 team seats; paid subscriptions with a 0% take rate |
| beehiiv Pro | $95/mo | $95/mo | 1,000-subscriber tier: $95/mo billed yearly; plan up to 250,000 subscribers; 10 team seats; removes beehiiv branding; ad monetization |
- Kit (ConvertKit) free plan: Newsletter (free): up to 10,000 subscribers, unlimited broadcasts, landing pages and forms, 1 user; no visual automations or automated sequences kit.com
- beehiiv free plan: Free: up to 2,500 subscribers, 1 team seat, unlimited email sends beehiiv.com
Moving from Kit (ConvertKit) to beehiiv
What beehiiv's importer carries over, what it leaves behind, and any help it offers switchers.
To beehiiv
Official guide beehiiv.com · Tools: beehiiv CSV subscriber import, beehiiv Content Import (Kit), beehiiv paid-subscriber import (external Stripe), beehiiv Experts Directory
Moves: Subscribers (confirmed list) (full); Tags (full); Custom fields (partial); Original subscription dates (partial); Newsletter archive content (partial). beehiiv.com
Doesn't move: Paid subscriptions; Automations and sequences; Paid subscriptions when Kit uses Stripe Express (Kit does not expose customer, payment-method or subscription data); Paywall settings (re-added manually post by post); Original subscription dates (import date is used by default). beehiiv.com
Watch out for:
- Export download links expire after five days beehiiv.com
- Paywalled Kit posts must be temporarily public for content import, then re-paywalled manually beehiiv.com
- Deleting a Kit subscription product cancels all active subscriptions at end of cycle; Kit has no pro-rated or bulk refunds beehiiv.com
Switching help: Free self-serve migration from Kit: CSV subscriber import preserving tags and custom fields, a content importer that pulls the archive from your Kit site URL, and a paid-subscriber importer for external Standard Stripe accounts; a migration guide and Experts Directory support the move. beehiiv.com
From each destination's own migration docs and switching pages, plus community write-ups where no official guide exists, each checked against its page. Confirm terms on the linked page before you rely on an offer.
People who moved from Kit (ConvertKit) to beehiiv
2 public accounts of leaving Kit (ConvertKit): 2 switched. Summaries are ours; each links the original, and each was checked against its page before it appeared here.
In January 2026 the team migrated an 8,000-person list from Kit to beehiiv. The data move was flawless, but Gmail stripped sender reputation: three weeks in Promotions, 1,200 subscribers lost, then recovery. A later 4-month dual-platform test favored beehiiv for newsletter monetization; Kit is retained for a product-launch funnel. StackCrisp
Short switcher testimonial published on beehiiv's own Kit comparison page: the operator of multiple newsletters reports beehiiv is far easier for writing and metrics than Kit. Vendor-published and unverifiable beyond the quote. beehiiv
FAQ
Is beehiiv cheaper than Kit (ConvertKit)?
Modeled, not measured: moving from Kit (ConvertKit) Creator to beehiiv (free tier) saves $418 in the first year, after setup and upkeep time at $50/hour. It depends on your plan, seats and usage. the math
Can I move my Kit (ConvertKit) data to beehiiv?
beehiiv's official guide moves: Subscribers (confirmed list); Tags; Custom fields; Original subscription dates; Newsletter archive content. It doesn't move: Paid subscriptions; Automations and sequences; Automations and sequences; Paid subscriptions when Kit uses Stripe Express (Kit does not expose customer, payment-method or subscription data). beehiiv.com
Does beehiiv help people switch from Kit (ConvertKit)?
Free self-serve migration from Kit: CSV subscriber import preserving tags and custom fields, a content importer that pulls the archive from your Kit site URL, and a paid-subscriber importer for external Standard Stripe accounts; a migration guide and Experts Directory support the move. beehiiv.com
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