A free beehiiv money calculator that adds up paid subscriptions, Ad Network earnings and Boosts, then takes out Stripe's fees and your beehiiv plan.
5.0(1 rating)Enter your subscribers, opens and Boosts to see what your beehiiv newsletter earns a month and a year, after Stripe's fees and your plan.
Your numbers
Paid subscriptions
Paid subscriptions need the Scale plan or higher. beehiiv takes no share; the fees are Stripe's 2.9% + $0.30 per payment for US cards, and other cards can cost more.
Ad Network
The Ad Network needs the Scale plan or higher and pays by unique opens (CPM) or unique clicks (CPC). beehiiv doesn't publish its rates, so use the CPM your own reports show.
Boosts
Enter the price the offer shows you: beehiiv's 20% is already taken out, so an advertiser paying $2.50 pays you $2. Only subscribers who pass verification count.
Your plan
Launch is free up to 2,500 subscribers. Paid yearly, Scale is $43 a month at 1,000 subscribers and $96 at 10,000.
What you'd earn
Enter your numbers to see what you'd earn.
Where these numbers come from
This free beehiiv money calculator adds up what your newsletter earns on beehiiv: paid subscriptions, the Ad Network and Boosts.
It takes out Stripe's fees and what your beehiiv plan costs, so the total is what you keep.
Here's how beehiiv pays you, a worked example, and when beehiiv costs less than Substack.
What is a beehiiv money calculator?
A beehiiv money calculator turns your subscribers, prices and ad numbers into what your newsletter earns a month and a year.
beehiiv takes no share of paid subscriptions, so the math is simpler than on most platforms: Stripe's fee per payment, and your plan.
Who is the beehiiv money calculator for?
It's for writers running a newsletter on beehiiv, or thinking about it:
- Substack money calculator – writers choosing between Substack and beehiiv.
- Email marketing software finder – anyone comparing newsletter platforms.
- Subject line tester – writers who want more opens, which the Ad Network pays for.
- Lead magnet generator – writers growing the free list that pays for everything else.
- How to make money online – anyone weighing a newsletter against other ways to earn.
It runs in your browser, and nothing you enter leaves your device.
How to use the beehiiv money calculator
How beehiiv pays you
From beehiiv's own pages:
| Way to earn | What beehiiv takes |
|---|---|
| Paid subscriptions | Nothing: Stripe's 2.9% + $0.30 per payment |
| Ad Network | Its share isn't published; you're paid by unique opens (CPM) or unique clicks (CPC) |
| Boosts | 20% of what the advertiser pays, already taken out of the price you see |
Paid subscriptions and the Ad Network need the Scale plan or higher. Launch is free up to 2,500 subscribers.
Ad Network money for a month arrives on the 20th of the next month.
What beehiiv costs
beehiiv charges a plan instead of a share of your sales. Paid yearly, Scale costs $43 a month at 1,000 subscribers, $78 at 5,000 and $96 at 10,000. Max costs $96 a month at 1,000 subscribers.
An example
5,000 subscribers, 4% paying $10 a month or $100 a year with 30% on yearly plans, 10,000 unique opens at a $15 CPM, 60 subscribers sent through Boosts at $2 each, on Scale:
| Line | A month |
|---|---|
| 200 paid subscribers, after Stripe | $1,801 |
| Ad Network at a $15 CPM | $150 |
| Boosts | $120 |
| Scale plan | −$78 |
| You keep | $1,993 |
That's about $23,921 a year, before your own taxes. The $15 CPM is only an example: beehiiv doesn't publish its rates, so use the one your own Ad Network reports show.
beehiiv or Substack?
Substack is free until you charge, then keeps 10% of every paid subscription. beehiiv keeps none, and charges its plan instead.
With 5,000 subscribers on Scale at $78 a month, beehiiv costs less once your paid subscriptions pass about $780 a month. The Substack money calculator shows the same numbers on Substack.
beehiiv Money Calculator FAQs
Questions about the beehiiv money calculator? Here's what to know.
A beehiiv money calculator works out what your newsletter earns from paid subscriptions, the Ad Network and Boosts, after Stripe's fees and your plan.
No, beehiiv takes no share of paid subscriptions.
Stripe charges 2.9% + $0.30 per payment.
It pays by unique opens (CPM) or unique clicks (CPC), on the 20th of each month for the month before.
beehiiv doesn't publish its rates or its share, so use the CPM your own reports show.
Each offer sets its own price per subscriber, and beehiiv keeps 20% of what the advertiser pays.
A $2.50 offer pays you $2 for each verified subscriber you send.
Paid subscriptions and the Ad Network need the Scale plan or higher.
Launch is free up to 2,500 subscribers.
With 5,000 subscribers, beehiiv's Scale plan costs less than Substack's 10% once paid subscriptions pass about $780 a month.
Yes, it's free, with no sign-up.
Your numbers are saved in your browser, so they're there when you come back.
Nothing you enter is sent to navid.me.
I did. I'm Navid Moazzez, and I made the beehiiv money calculator as one of my free tools on navid.me.
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Navid Moazzez
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Navid Moazzez helps creators and founders master AI and build their own AI Operating System (AI OS) to automate their business and life.
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