Lanternbee vs Kit

Lanternbee as a Kit alternative

An email tool for creators, with simple selling built in. Its prices and features sit next to Lanternbee’s below, including where Kit does better.

Not open yet. We’re letting authors in from the waitlist, a few at a time.

What Kit is

Kit, once called ConvertKit, is a newsletter tool. Kit Commerce lets you sell ebooks, downloads and paid newsletters to your subscribers.

Who it suits

Authors whose newsletter is the centre of everything, who sell a few ebooks to their list.

What Kit costs

US prices, checked against the sources at the bottom of this page.

Plan	Price	Fee on sales
Free	Free. Up to 10,000 subscribers	3.5% + 30¢ per sale, card fees included
Creator	US$33 a month. For 1,000 subscribers; US$390 billed yearly	3.5% + 30¢ per sale, card fees included

Kit and Lanternbee side by side

Kit and Lanternbee, feature by feature
What you need	Kit	Lanternbee
One book in several formats	Not listed	Yes. Ebook, audiobook, paperback and hardback live on one book page.
Bundles and box sets	NoNot yet; one product can hold several files.	Yes. Readers who own book one pay less for the rest.
Ebook and audiobook delivery	PartlyDigital products land in the buyer’s inbox.	Yes. Download links by email, and a reader library.
Send to Kindle	Not listed	Yes, from the reader library.
Print on demand for books	NoDigital products only.	Partly. Printed formats are set up for BookVault or Lulu; sending orders to the printer is being built.
Your reader list	YesIt is an email tool first.	Yes. Every buyer lands on your reader list, with tags.
Your own domain	YesYour own domain for product and landing pages.	Yes. yourname.lanternbee.shop or shop.yourname.com.
Monthly cost	Free: Free. Up to 10,000 subscribersCreator: US$33 a month. For 1,000 subscribers; US$390 billed yearly	Free: nothing a month. Author: US$39 a month, or US$29 paid yearly.
Fee on sales	Free: 3.5% + 30¢ per sale, card fees includedCreator: 3.5% + 30¢ per sale, card fees included	None, on every plan.

Kit prices in US dollars. “Not listed” means we could not find it on Kit’s own pages or in the sources below, so check with them. Rows we could not check at all are left out. Card fees apply everywhere; on Lanternbee they are Stripe’s, with nothing added.

What Kit does better

Fair reasons to stay where you are.

Newsletters. Sequences, automations, landing pages and sign-up forms are what Kit is for.
Paid newsletters with gated content.
A free plan for up to 10,000 subscribers.

Moving from Kit

There’s no importer for Kit. Moving by hand takes these steps.

Keep Kit for your newsletter. Lanternbee does not replace it.
Add your books on Lanternbee and link to them from your emails.
Lanternbee does not connect to Kit yet. It connects to MailerLite and Klaviyo, so for now add Lanternbee buyers to Kit by downloading your reader list.

Questions about Kit and Lanternbee

Do I need Kit if I use Lanternbee?

Lanternbee has its own reader list, newsletters and automated emails, so some authors won’t. If Kit runs your sequences and landing pages, keep it.

Does Lanternbee sync buyers to Kit?

Not yet. Lanternbee sends new buyers to MailerLite or Klaviyo. For Kit, download your reader list from Lanternbee and add it to Kit.

What does Kit charge on sales?

3.5% plus 30¢ per sale on every plan, with card processing included. On Lanternbee there is no fee on any plan, only Stripe’s card fees.