Pricing

Klaviyo Pricing Explained: What You Actually Pay (and When)

Klaviyo's pricing is contact-based and honestly easier to predict than most email platforms. Here's the breakdown — what's free, what's paid, and whether it's worth it for your stage.

The free plan

Klaviyo's free plan isn't a trial that expires. It's the full product, capped at 250 contacts and 500 email sends per month. For a brand-new store, this is genuinely enough to set up your core flows and start earning revenue from email before you pay a dollar.

Paid tiers by contact count

Approximate pricing — Klaviyo updates tiers periodically. Always confirm on their pricing page.

Contacts
Price
Email sends
Notes
Up to 250
Free
500 sends/month
Full automation + segmentation
501 – 1,000
~$20/month
10,000 sends
Most stores start paying here
1,001 – 2,500
~$45/month
25,000 sends
2,501 – 5,000
~$100/month
50,000 sends
5,001 – 10,000
~$150/month
100,000 sends
10,001 – 25,000
~$400/month
250,000 sends

Is it worth it?

Short answer: yes, if you're running an e-commerce store and email is a revenue channel (it should be).

The math is straightforward. A typical Shopify store with 1,000 contacts paying ~$20/month for Klaviyo will, with the 5 core flows running, generate somewhere between $1,000 and $5,000 per month in attributed email revenue. The platform pays for itself in the first abandoned-cart recovery of the month.

The reason Klaviyo can charge a premium over generic tools like Mailchimp is the revenue attribution. You see, in the dashboard, exactly how much each flow and campaign earned. That visibility makes optimisation possible — and optimisation is where the compounding happens.

If you're below 250 contacts, there's no decision to make. The free plan is genuinely free and includes everything you need to start.

Start on the free plan today

No credit card. Full access to flows and segmentation. Upgrade only when your list grows past 250 contacts.