BeeFree Startup Deals & Discounts

Beefree's application-based Startup Program is aimed at SaaS companies that embed the SDK, not at marketers who want to design their own emails. Beefree's page says it gives 90% off for 12 months on the Core or Superpowers plan, plus dedicated support, optional co-marketing and, on Superpowers, the Template Catalog API. Enterprise is excluded. The discounted amount is due in full once you are approved and select a plan.

Who generally qualifies: a startup founded less than 3 years ago that has raised under $5M in total funding. Beefree reviews each application and says it often makes exceptions for companies near those lines.

Against the listed offers. Our listing shows $10,000 in credits and, separately, 2 months free on an annual plan and 20% off any plan. Beefree's page describes a percentage off a plan, not a credit balance. Our catalog also carries a separate Beefree SDK entry with $10k credits.

Beside other email programs in our catalog. Mailchimp lists 14 days free plus 15% off annual plans, Brevo lists 75% off its annual Starter and Standard plans, and MailJet lists 6 months free on Premium. Those are sending platforms with their own editors. Beefree sells the editor alone, so the deals do not substitute for each other.

Fits: a SaaS startup that wants customers to build emails or pages inside its product. Core supports 800 users and 50,000 CSAPI calls a month, and the discount brings it to $100 a month for the first year.

Fits: a team that also needs templates. Core plus the Template Catalog API costs $3,200 for the first discounted year, so Superpowers at $3,000 is $200 cheaper and adds unlimited users.

Fits: a marketer designing emails for one company. That need is RGE Studio, not the startup program. Its Starter plan is $0 with 10 designs and 6 exports a month, and Professional is $25 a month billed yearly.

Skip: a company that cannot absorb the price jump. After 12 months the plan is billed at the full rate, 12 times the discounted Core bill.

Skip: a company older than 3 years or past $5M raised, unless Beefree makes an exception.

Skip: a team that only needs to send newsletters. An ESP with a built-in editor may be all you need, since Beefree does not send mail.

Beefree SDK pricing page, per month: Free $0 (10 users, 50GB of data traffic), Essentials $400 (100 users), Core $1,200 (800 users, 50,000 CSAPI calls), Superpowers $3,000 (unlimited users, 250,000 CSAPI calls) and Enterprise on request.

Startup math. The startup page quotes Core at $100 a month and Superpowers at $250 with the discount, or $1,200 and $3,000 for a year. That discounted amount is due in full once you are approved and select a plan, so a year is paid at the start, not monthly. At the pricing-page list prices, 90% off would be $120 and $300 a month, so the startup page implies base prices of $1,000 and $2,500 that the pricing page does not show. At list, 90% off is worth $12,960 on Core and $32,400 on Superpowers over 12 months. The discount does not apply to the Template Catalog API, which costs $2,000 a year on Core.

RGE Studio (the email builder): Starter $0; Professional $30 a month or $25 billed yearly; Business $160 or $134. The yearly rate saves $60 on Professional and $312 on Business.