--- title: SendFox canonical: https://saasranked.com/software/sendfox/ category: Newsletter Platforms points: 62 rank: 6 of 12 facts_checked: 2026-10-09 --- # SendFox Creator email tool with a free plan for 1,000 contacts and Stripe paid newsletters on Pro. 62 points out of 100. #6 of 12 newsletter platforms. Vendor: SendFox. Website: https://sendfox.com/ - The free plan covers 1,000 contacts and 3,000 emails a month [1][2]. - Pro starts at $19 a month, or $190 a year ($15.83 a month), for 5,000 contacts and 100,000 emails [3]. - SendFox takes no cut of paid-newsletter revenue; only Stripe's processing fees apply, and it needs Pro [4]. - Contacts export to CSV on every plan, including Free [5]. - API access needs the Lifetime plan ($29 one-time) or Pro, formerly Empire [1][8][10]. Verdict: SendFox suits creators who want to start free and pay no SendFox fee on paid newsletters, with tags, plus own-domain sending and CSV export on every plan [4][5][6][7]. A weekly send to 1,000 subscribers is about 4,400 emails, above the free cap of 3,000, so Pro at $15.83 a month applies [1][3]. The catch: it describes no ad network or subject-line tests, and A/B testing covers automation emails only [10][11]. Best for: Creators who want a free start and no fee on paid newsletters. ## Points | Criterion | Line | Value | Points | Note | |---|---|---|---|---| | Earning | Paid subscriptions | Yes | 8/8 | Pro lets readers pay a monthly subscription through your own Stripe account [4][12]. | | Earning | Fee on paid subscriptions | 0 | 10/10 | Help article: SendFox takes no cut; Stripe's own processing fees apply [4]. | | Earning | Built-in sponsorship or ad network | Not published | 0/4 | Not published on the vendor's pricing page, FAQ or changelog [1][6][11]. | | Earning | Sell digital products | Not published | 0/3 | Not published; the paid-newsletters article covers monthly subscriptions only and sends one-off sales to support [4]. | | Your list | Export your subscriber list | Yes | 8/8 | Export all contacts or a single list to CSV, on every plan including Free [5]. | | Your list | Import subscribers | Yes | 5/5 | Upload a CSV, paste contacts, or import from Mailchimp, Kit or Google [6]. | | Your list | Website on your own domain | Not published | 0/7 | Not published for a newsletter site; the Pro features article lists custom domains for Smart Pages (landing pages) only [10]. | | Your list | Send from your own domain | Yes | 5/5 | Three CNAME records validate your domain, include DKIM, and then emails send from your own address, on every plan [7]. | | Your list | Open source | Not published | 0/3 | Not published on the vendor's FAQ or pricing page [6][1]. | | Your list | Public API | Yes | 4/4 | REST API with contacts, lists, campaigns and automations; its docs say it needs a Lifetime or Empire (now Pro) plan [8][10]. | | Growth | Recommendation network | Not published | 0/6 | A public newsletter directory exists, but no feature for publications to recommend each other is described [2][6]. | | Growth | Referral program | Not published | 0/4 | Free plan lists 'referrals' without explaining them; no reader-referral tool is documented [2]. | | Growth | Send to a tag or segment | Yes | 5/5 | Tags group contacts, and you can send to or skip a tag when you build an email [6]. | | Growth | Automated email sequences | Yes | 4/4 | An automation can hold several emails with waits between them, started when a contact joins a list [9]. | | Growth | Subscriber source reports | Not published | 0/4 | Not published; the home page shows opens, clicks and contact growth only [2]. | | Growth | Subject-line A/B tests | Not published | 0/3 | Pro lists A/B testing for automation emails only; no campaign subject-line test is described [10][11]. | | Price | Free plan | Yes | 8/8 | Free plan: 1,000 contacts and 3,000 emails a month, no card [1]. | | Price | Cost at 1,000 subscribers | $15.83/mo | 5/9 | Pro 1, $190 billed yearly. Free allows 3,000 emails a month, under a weekly send of about 4,400 [1][3]. | ## Plans | Plan | Price | Per month (USD) | |---|---|---| | Free | Free [1] | $0 | | Pro 1 (annual) | $190/year [3] | $15.83 | | Lifetime | $29 one-time [1] | - | Annual billing is ten months for twelve [3]. Pro was previously called the Empire Add-On [10]. ## Strengths - No SendFox fee on paid newsletters; Stripe's processing fees apply [4]. - Contacts export to CSV on every plan, including Free [5]. - Sending from your own domain is available on every plan, with DKIM included in the DNS records [7]. - Tags let you send to or skip a group of contacts [6]. - Multi-email automations with waits are available, with one on the free plan [9]. ## Limits - The free plan allows 3,000 emails a month, below a weekly send to 1,000 subscribers [1]. - Paid newsletters need Pro and are monthly only, with no annual option [4]. - API access needs the Lifetime plan or Pro (formerly Empire), not Free [1][8][10]. - A/B testing is described only for automation emails [10]. - The free plan allows one automation, one form and one Smart Page [1][9]. ## Vendor claims (not scored) - SendFox says its Pro plan sends from IP addresses kept apart from Free and Lifetime traffic [10]. ## Sources 1. 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