GetResponse
EU-based all-in-one: email, webinars, courses and funnels
GetResponse is a Polish all-in-one marketing platform combining email, automation, landing pages, webinars and courses, with data stored in the EU. The free plan covers 500 contacts and the Starter tier costs $19 per month for 1,000. It suits businesses that want several tools in one subscription.
Pricing verified on 10 August 2026 · Entry last reviewed 10 August 2026
GetResponse at a glance
Features
- Yes: Paid subscriptions
- No: Referral program
- Yes: Landing pages
- Yes: Custom domain
- Yes: API
- Yes: A/B testing
Data and compliance
- Yes: EU hosting
- Yes: GDPR DPA
- Yes: List export
What GetResponse is
GetResponse has spent two decades adding things. What started as an autoresponder is now email marketing plus landing pages, plus webinars, plus a website builder, plus a course platform, plus ecommerce features, all under one subscription.
Whether that is a strength depends entirely on how many of those you would otherwise buy. If you run webinars and sell a course, the bundle is a genuine saving. If you only send email, you are paying for a suite and using a corner of it.
The other distinguishing fact is geographic: GetResponse is Polish, stores data in the EU by default, and localises its interface further than anyone else here.
Pricing
The free plan covers 500 contacts with GetResponse branding and reduced limits. Starter is $19 a month at 1,000 contacts, dropping to about $15.58 on annual billing.
The jump from Starter to Marketer is steep (roughly triple) and it is where unlimited automation workflows and advanced segmentation live. Read the tier boundaries before committing, because the entry price buys a single automation workflow.
What it does well
- Webinars and courses included, which are expensive as separate subscriptions
- EU data storage by default from an EU-headquartered company
- Seven interface languages, the broadest localisation in this comparison
- A real free plan, unlike ActiveCampaign or Constant Contact
Where it falls short
- The suite is only good value if you use several parts of it
- Starter allows just one automation workflow, so real automation means Marketer
- The interface carries two decades of accumulated features and shows it
- Nothing for newsletter creators: no referrals, no sponsorship marketplace
Who GetResponse is for
A good fit
Businesses that would otherwise pay for an email tool, a webinar tool and a course platform separately.
- Businesses running webinars as a sales channel, since hosting is included rather than a separate subscription
- Course creators who want the course platform and the email list in the same product
- European companies, since GetResponse is Polish and stores data in the EU by default
- Non-English teams: the interface ships in seven languages, the widest here
Not a fit
You only need email, in which case you are paying for a suite you will not open.
- You only need to send email and will never touch webinars or courses , use MailerLite instead
- Your budget is tight at small list sizes , use EmailOctopus instead
- The newsletter is the product and you want sponsorships and referrals , use Beehiiv instead
Alternatives to GetResponse
ActiveCampaign
Deep marketing automation with a CRM and EU data centres
$15/mo · Free plan: NoMailerLite
Simple EU-hosted email marketing for small businesses
$12/mo · Free plan: 250 subscribers, 2,500 emails/monthBrevo
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$9/mo · Free plan: Unlimited contacts, 300 emails/dayGetResponse FAQ
Is GetResponse free?
Yes, with a 500-contact limit. The free plan carries GetResponse branding and restricts automation and landing page traffic, and a 14-day trial of the premium features runs alongside it.
How much does GetResponse cost?
Starter is $19 per month for 1,000 contacts on monthly billing, or about $15.58 with annual billing. Marketer and Creator sit well above that, and prices rise with contact count.
Does GetResponse store data in the EU?
Yes. GetResponse is headquartered in Poland and stores data in Europe by default, with a signable DPA. For EU businesses that removes the international transfer question entirely.
Is the webinar feature actually usable?
Yes, and it is the main reason to choose GetResponse. Standalone webinar tools cost a similar amount on their own, so if you run webinars regularly the bundle genuinely saves money.
GetResponse or ActiveCampaign?
ActiveCampaign has the deeper automation builder. GetResponse is cheaper, has a free plan, stores data in the EU and bundles webinars and courses. Pick on whether you need automation depth or breadth of tooling.
Whichever platform you pick
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