Choose a freelancer
Best when interviews, research, a particular writer, or a custom editorial relationship are central to the work.
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Honest side-by-side guides for choosing Mailiac, a freelancer, an agency, email software, a template, or a do-it-yourself workflow.
These guides explain where Mailiac fits, where a freelancer or agency can be stronger, and what work still remains with you after each choice.
Start with the bottleneck
The best option depends on which work is actually missing.
Mailiac is focused newsletter production. A freelancer can bring a particular voice, research process, and human relationship. A full-service agency can own strategy and operations across the email channel. Email software supplies the sending infrastructure.
These guides compare the starting process, deliverable, ongoing management, price structure, and limits—not a cherry-picked feature list.
Fast decision lens
Choose an agency
Best when segmentation, automations, deliverability, platform operations, testing, and reporting need an owner.
Compare full-service scopeChoose Mailiac
Best when the platform exists but a useful, designed newsletter still needs to be created every week.
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Compare the workflows side by side
How these comparisons are written
Mailiac facts are checked against the current product and pricing pages. Third-party providers are described by workflow and possible scope because individual freelancers and agencies set their own rates, deliverables, and terms. Each detailed page includes explicit reasons to choose the alternative.
Next step
Make your next newsletter the one that actually gets sent.
Mailiac is $299/month for businesses that want a weekly written newsletter they can review, revise with specific prompts, export as HTML, and send from their own email platform.
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