GetResponse vs AWeber: two list-size price ladders, one SaaS question

Monthly price by list size

These are the monthly-billing prices from each vendor's pricing page, read on 7 October 2026 with GetResponse set to each list size in turn and AWeber's tier table read in full. The comparable pairs are GetResponse Starter with AWeber Lite, and GetResponse Marketer with AWeber Plus.

Sources: getresponse.com/pricing and aweber.com/pricing.htm. GetResponse also lists a Creator plan at $69 for 1,000 contacts (webinars, website builder, course creator) and a custom-priced Enterprise plan; AWeber's page adds a Done For You setup option, which I have left out of the ladder. GetResponse says its prices are net amounts, so local taxes come on top.

Where the ladders cross

At the automation tier AWeber Plus is cheaper than GetResponse Marketer by $14 at 1,000 contacts and by $5 at 5,000. Between 5,000 and 10,000 the order flips, and at 10,000 Marketer is $21 cheaper ($114 against $135), at 25,000 it is $35 cheaper and at 50,000 it is $41 cheaper. At the entry tier GetResponse is cheaper throughout, by $6 up to 5,000 contacts and by $76 at 50,000.

Annual billing narrows or reverses some of this. GetResponse takes 18% off a twelve-month plan, so Marketer at 5,000 contacts is $77.90 a month, or $934.80 a year. AWeber's annual column at 5,000 and 10,000 subscribers is ten times the monthly price, so Plus at 5,000 is $900 a year. Annual billing therefore puts AWeber Plus ahead by $34.80 at 5,000 contacts, where the monthly ladder had them $5 apart. At 10,000 contacts GetResponse Marketer is $1,121.76 a year against AWeber Plus at $1,350.

The send cap changes the maths for SaaS

AWeber's plan table lists "email sends" of 10 times subscriber volume on Lite and 12 times on Plus. At 2,500 subscribers that is 25,000 and 30,000 sends a month. A newsletter at weekly frequency uses about 10,000, which fits easily. A trial-to-paid sequence is different: a list of 2,500 people in onboarding, each receiving 15 emails in a month, needs 37,500 sends, which is over the Plus cap. GetResponse lists unlimited monthly sends on all four plans, so the same sequence does not change your plan. If your list is mostly active trials and recent customers, check your expected sends per contact before you compare the ladders.

Automation limits that matter for trial, upgrade and cancel flows

• GetResponse Starter includes a welcome series and one custom automation workflow. Contact tagging, contact scoring, visited-URL automation, event-based automation and purchase automation are marked available only from Marketer up.
• GetResponse Marketer lists unlimited workflows and five users, which is where a trial-ending, payment-failed and win-back set of flows becomes possible.
• AWeber Lite allows 3 automations, one list, one saved custom segment and 3 users. One saved segment is a hard stop for a SaaS that segments by plan, trial state and last login.
• AWeber Plus removes those limits: unlimited lists, automations, segments and users.

On connecting to billing events, the two differ. GetResponse's integration list names Stripe, with a tick on Marketer, Creator and Enterprise but not Starter, plus Zapier, Salesforce and an API on all four plans. Its separate transactional block, triggered emails and a transactional API, is ticked only for Enterprise, so a receipt or password-reset style message is not what Marketer is for. AWeber's table names Facebook, PayPal, WordPress, Shopify and WooCommerce, and its footer links a developer API at labs.aweber.com. It does not name Stripe, Paddle or Lemon Squeezy. So the working pattern for AWeber is: your backend or a middleware tool adds or tags the subscriber when a billing webhook fires, and a tag-triggered automation sends the message. Ask AWeber's sales team in writing whether that route is available on the plan you are buying.

Trials, billing terms and what you can learn from them

Both offer a 14-day trial. GetResponse's pricing page says no credit card is required, and its FAQ says trial landing pages are limited to 1,000 unique visitors a month, with A/B testing reserved for paid plans. So a trial tells you how the editor and automation builder feel, not how the platform behaves at your traffic. Use it to build the one flow you care about, a trial-ending sequence for example, and to find out whether a tag or an event can start it. AWeber's trial starts from the Plus or Lite button after you set its subscriber slider, so choose the tier that matches your real list.

Billing terms differ in a way that affects flexibility. GetResponse says moving from an annual plan to monthly billing or downgrading means contacting its customer success team on live chat, while upgrades happen immediately from the Billing page. Prepaying a year at either vendor saves money, 18% at GetResponse and two months at AWeber for lists of 1,000 and above, but it locks you in at a list size you may outgrow or shrink below. If your list is volatile, pay monthly for the first quarter.

Who should choose which

• GetResponse Starter fits a newsletter-only list where you want unlimited sends and one welcome flow and nothing event-driven.
• GetResponse Marketer fits a SaaS list above 5,000 contacts with frequent lifecycle mail, because there is no send cap and the price falls below AWeber Plus from 10,000.
• AWeber Plus fits a small list, up to 5,000 contacts, with a weekly cadence, unlimited users and automations, and priority support at a lower monthly price.
• AWeber Lite fits a hobby list. One list and one saved segment stop most SaaS use.

Moving between them

1. Export contacts with tags, custom fields, signup dates and each person's consent status.
2. Import unsubscribed people as unsubscribed so they are not mailed again.
3. Rebuild forms and automations and keep the old sending domain's DNS records until the new one has sent cleanly for a week.
4. Send the first live automation to a small slice, then widen it.

Related reading: Mailchimp vs GetResponse, Brevo vs GetResponse, ActiveCampaign vs GetResponse, the email marketing category and the comparison index.