Ghost

Substack

Write, publish and charge for a newsletter without standing up your own stack.

8.2Marketing·Email marketing

beehiiv

Newsletter stack with a built-in ad network, boosts and a clean editor.

8.5Marketing·Email marketing

HubSpot

CRM plus marketing, sales and service hubs used as the default SMB stack.

8.4Marketing·CRM

Semrush

All-in SEO suite — keywords, rank tracking, site audit and content tools.

8.5Marketing·SEO

Kit

Creator email (ex-ConvertKit) — sequences, recommendations and paid newsletters.

8.4Marketing·Email marketing

Mailchimp

Email and automation platform that still owns a lot of SMB newsletters.

7.8Marketing·Email marketing

Customer.io

Behavioral messaging — email, push and in-app from a segment-aware canvas.

8.4Marketing·Email marketing

Twenty

The open alternative to Salesforce, designed for AI-native CRM.

8.2Marketing·CRM