EarnDraft vs Kit (ConvertKit): Product or Platform?
Kit — the email platform still searched as ConvertKit — delivers your message; EarnDraft creates the thing worth delivering. This page is for creators deciding which to buy first.
Prices checked September 2026 — sources linked below.
The Quick Verdict
No list and nothing to give away? EarnDraft first. List going but nothing to sell or trade? EarnDraft first too. Running campaigns against a catalog? That is Kit's home turf.
Choose EarnDraft if…
- You have no lead magnet — nothing to trade for an email address yet.
- You want a book to sell: chapters, cover, files, and a live page.
- Your list growth is stalled for lack of a signup reward, not tooling.
- You want KDP disclosure answers handled for AI-assisted books.
Choose Kit if…
- You already send regularly and need automations, sequences, and tagging.
- You want unlimited landing pages, forms, and broadcasts that scale with you.
- You sell digital products and want checkout plus email in one place.
- You need deliverability reporting and subscriber scoring at scale.
What each path costs
Kit prices subscribers; EarnDraft prices finished books.
EarnDraft
Preview the whole book free. Pay only when you finish, download, or sell.
Free to startno card required
- Free preview — watch chapters stream
- Pay only to finish, download, or sell
- Commercial license included
- PDF + EPUB + DOCX exports + live book page
- KDP disclosure answers pre-filled
Kit
Free to 10,000 subscribers; paid tiers unlock automations.
Free / from $33/moat 1,000 subscribers
- Free $0 to 10,000 subscribers
- Creator $33/mo, Pro $66/mo (1k subs)
- Unlimited landing pages, forms, broadcasts
- Automations, sequences, built-in commerce
Checked September 2026. Confirm at checkout — prices change.
Checked September 2026. Kit figures from kit.com/pricing (Free $0 to 10,000 subscribers; Creator $33/mo and Pro $66/mo at 1,000 subscribers; unlimited landing pages, forms, and broadcasts; visual automations and sequences on paid tiers). Kit is the current brand for the platform long known as ConvertKit (see kit.com/resources/blog/convertkit-is-now-kit). EarnDraft Pro is $29/mo: free to preview, pay to finish.
Two different philosophies
One makes the asset. The other monetizes the attention.
EarnDraft: idea → signup reward
You bring one sentence. EarnDraft drafts chapters, renders a cover, exports PDF and DOCX, and publishes a live page with disclosure answers pre-filled. The output is the reason someone joins your list.
Kit: subscribers → revenue
You bring (or build) an audience. Kit captures it with forms and landing pages, nurtures it with automations and sequences, and monetizes it with broadcasts and built-in digital-product sales. The output is the machine your magnet feeds.
EarnDraft vs Kit: full comparison
Make the signup reward your list is missing
Create
One sentence to 5-chapter draft
EarnDraft
in minutesKit
needs your bookEmail automations + sequences
EarnDraft
we make the magnetKit
visual builderTagging + segmentation
EarnDraft
no list toolsKit
built inLanding pages + forms
EarnDraft
live book pageKit
unlimited
Design & files
Designed cover included
EarnDraft
renders liveKit
emails, not booksPDF + DOCX out of the box
EarnDraft
both formatsKit
no book filesBuilt-in digital-product sales
EarnDraft
files + pageKit
checkout built in
Sell & license
Live book page included
EarnDraft
share + sellKit
landing pagesCommercial license included
EarnDraft
keep earningsKit
platform termsKDP disclosure handling
EarnDraft
pre-filled answersKit
not a book tool
Workflow
Free preview, no card
EarnDraft
watch it buildKit
free to 10k subsHuman interviews + voice
EarnDraft
AI draftKit
email tool
Which tool fits your writing goals?
EarnDraft fits when…
Your signup form offers nothing — or a vague promise of updates. A finished magnet with a cover converts; a promise does not.
You want a small product to sell between launches: one sentence in, a priced PDF with a live page out.
Kit fits when…
You publish to a list weekly and need the machine: automations, sequences, tagging, deliverability reporting, and subscriber scoring.
You already have magnets and products and the bottleneck is purely sending, segmenting, and selling at scale.
EarnDraft vs Kit: questions
Most creators end up with both, bought in order. EarnDraft makes the signup reward; Kit captures the signup and sells to the list. Neither replaces the other — a book tool cannot send sequences and an email tool cannot write chapters.
Write the magnet, then send it — in that order
Free to start · No credit card · You own the output