Alternative to Flodesk: Hyax
Flodesk has beautiful email templates but now charges by subscriber count. Hyax has beautiful email AND a full website, blog, courses, products, community, help desk, and AI, for $29/mo flat.
Pricing at a glance
Flodesk Pro starts at $28/mo for 1K subscribers and scales to $689+/mo. Their Everything plan with checkout starts at $54/mo. Hyax is $29/mo flat with email, website, blog, courses, products, community, help desk, and AI.
Hyax email cost (optional)
Assumes ~40,000 sends/mo (4 sends to your full list per month). Pick one, /pricing for Resend vs plan caps.
Flodesk: Pro plan, monthly billing. Prices scale by subscriber count. Everything plan with e-commerce starts at $54/mo. Verify on flodesk.com.
Hyax:Starter plan ($29/mo). Monthly billing, flat pricing, unlimited contacts, 0% platform fees. Does not include raw Resend charges when you use your own API key for unlimited sending. See pricing for email limits and plan caps.
Showing the Starter subscription only ($29/mo). About 40,000 sends/mo is above Starter's included platform sending, so this comparison does not include the email cost of that workload.
Flodesk vs Hyax: Feature comparison
| Feature | Hyax | Flodesk |
|---|---|---|
| Content & Publishing | ||
| Blog / Website | Included | Not included |
| AI Writing Assistant | Included | Not included |
| Brand-trained AI | Included | Not included |
| Custom Domain | Included | Landing pages only |
| SEO Optimization | Included | Not included |
| Lighthouse 85+ Score | Included | Not included |
| Email Marketing | ||
| Email Newsletters | Included | Included |
| Email Automations | Included | Included |
| Behavioral Segmentation | Included | Partial |
| A/B Testing | Included | Partial |
| Email Sequences | Included | Included |
| Unlimited Sends | Included | Included |
| Monetization | ||
| Digital Products | Included | Everything plan ($54+/mo) |
| Paid Subscriptions | Included | Everything plan ($54+/mo) |
| Courses | Included | Not included |
| 0% Platform Fees | Included | Included |
| Community / Memberships | Included | Not included |
| Platform & Tools | ||
| Analytics Dashboard | Included | Partial |
| API Access | Included | Not included |
| Link in Bio | Included | Link in bio page |
| Help Desk / Knowledge Base | Included | Not included |
| Visual Workflow Builder | Included | Partial |
| Live Chat Widget | Included | Not included |
| Pricing Model | ||
| Flat Pricing | Included | Subscriber-based |
| Unlimited Subscribers | Included | Up to 255K |
| No Transaction Fees | Included | Included |
Why switch from Flodesk to Hyax
Platform, not just email
Flodesk is email and landing pages. Hyax is a full platform, website, blog, courses, products, community, help desk, and AI writing.
Brand-trained AI writing
Flodesk has no AI writing tools. Hyax writes newsletters, articles, and campaign copy in your brand voice with built-in SEO.
Courses, products, and memberships
Flodesk\u2019s Everything plan starts at $54/mo and scales with subscribers. Hyax has courses, digital products, memberships, and community for $29/mo flat.
Ready to switch from Flodesk?
Import your content and subscribers. Start building on Hyax today.