MailPoet
Worth it
Confidence: Medium
Buy it if your site runs WordPress and you want cheap, native newsletters and WooCommerce emails . the free tier covers small lists.
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Comparison
MailPoet vs Newsletter Glue
MailPoet lands on Worth it, and Newsletter Glue lands on Depends.
Newsletter Glue
Depends
Confidence: Medium
Buy if you run a WordPress-based publisher or newsroom and want newsletters built like blog posts.
| Compare | MailPoet | Newsletter Glue |
|---|---|---|
| Verdict | Worth it | Depends |
| Best for | WordPress site owners | WordPress publishers and newsrooms |
| Who it's not for | Non-WordPress sites . the plugin is useless there | Small creators . $120/mo annual is overkill |
| Privacy | Multiple CVEs on record, including a 2014 flaw mass-exploited in the wild; patch promptly.⁸ | No known public vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.16 |
| Support quality | Trustpilot 1.6/5; complaint threads on Reddit | No public support evidence found |
| Public sentiment | Users praise the WordPress-native simplicity and price, but support and deliverability draw frequent complaints. | Public user feedback is sparse; one customer story reports doubled conversions and 10x traffic after migrating from Substack to WordPress. |
| Biggest gotcha | Support quality is the dominant Trustpilot complaint² | Pricing changed multiple times: $149-$249/yr licenses, then $120/mo annual. Confirm current terms before buying.13 |
Pick MailPoet when
- WordPress site owners
- WooCommerce stores
- Budget newsletter senders
- Blog post notification emails
When MailPoet is not a fit
- Non-WordPress sites . the plugin is useless there
- Teams needing advanced marketing automation
- Anyone unwilling to patch plugin vulnerabilities promptly
- Very large lists needing dedicated deliverability management
Pick Newsletter Glue when
- WordPress publishers and newsrooms
- Teams sending newsletters as WP posts
- Writers leaving Substack for their own site
- Publishers on HubSpot or Omeda
When Newsletter Glue is not a fit
- Small creators . $120/mo annual is overkill
- Non-WordPress sites . it's a WP plugin
- Anyone wanting a free starter newsletter
- Buyers wary of post-acquisition churn
Sources
- MailPoet . WordPress.org plugin pagewordpress.orgreview
- MailPoet Trustpilot reviewstrustpilot.comreview
- MailPoet G2 reviewsg2.comreview
- MailPoet AppSumo reviewsappsumo.comreview
- MailPoet vs. Mailchimp (free tier detail)formidableforms.comreview
- MailPoet plans and limits explainedkb.mailpoet.comofficial
- MailPoet pricingaccount.mailpoet.comofficial
- CVE-2024-10103 . NVDnvd.nist.govsecurity
- CVE-2024-12743 . WPScanwpscan.comsecurity
- MailPoet vulnerability exploited in the wild . Sucuriblog.sucuri.netsecurity
- MailPoet revenue estimate . GetLatkagetlatka.comnews
- Compare - Newsletter Glue blogblog.newsletterglue.comofficial
- New focus and pricingblog.newsletterglue.comofficial
- Introducing our new pricing plansblog.newsletterglue.comofficial
- Newsletter Glue has a new owner.blog.newsletterglue.comofficial
- Security pageblog.newsletterglue.comsecurity