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Can MailerLite’s documented free plan hold 1,000 active subscribers?
The documented Free offer allows 250 subscribers and 2,500 monthly emails. Separate list capacity from monthly volume and same-day sending restrictions.
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- 2026-10-10
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- VendorClue editorial
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At a glance
The short answer
MailerLite’s documented Free offer cannot hold a list of 1,000 active subscribers: the captured pricing page allows up to 250 subscribers. Its separate allowance of 2,500 monthly emails does not increase that list capacity. Check the subscriber ceiling before considering how many messages you plan to send.
Contacts and sends measure different things
Subscriber capacity describes the list size an account can hold under the plan’s counting rules. Monthly emails describe sending volume over a month. Daily and per-campaign restrictions govern when that volume can be used. One allowance does not establish another.
For example, 250 subscribers × 10 complete sends = 2,500 emails. That arithmetic illustrates the monthly allowance. It does not show that ten sends on one day are permitted, or that automation sends and all stored contact types count in the same way.
Choose a plan for the whole active list
For 1,000 active subscribers, first find an offer whose subscriber capacity covers the whole list. Then confirm monthly volume, daily or per-campaign restrictions, automation usage and account eligibility for your intended schedule. Sending in batches does not increase this Free offer’s subscriber ceiling; multiple accounts or list manipulation are not established solutions to its account limits.
Check whether inactive or unsubscribed contacts affect the plan’s count before choosing a tier. An unknown daily cap is neither zero nor unlimited. It does not prevent the narrower conclusion that a 250-subscriber allowance cannot accommodate 1,000 active subscribers.
This evidence does not establish a complete paid price for the 1,000-subscriber scenario or compare all free email services. Obtain a current eligible paid offer or another independently supported plan, then compare the same list size and sending schedule. A missing price stays unknown.
Evidence and limits
This guide uses MailerLite’s official pricing page captured on 10 October 2026, with AI-assisted editorial preparation. No account-eligibility, delivery or same-day sending test was performed. Daily and per-campaign restrictions, contact-counting details and the paid scenario price remain unconfirmed; the conclusion is limited to the documented Free offer’s subscriber capacity.
See the MailerLite factual profile for its documented limits and source evidence.
MailerLite: official documentation · Evidence: documentation · Oct 10, 2026