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EarnDraft vs Kit

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.

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Prices checked September 2026 — sources linked below.

By EarnDraft Team · 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 an editable book and supported exports, then review KDP's requirements yourself.

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.
Make the signup reward your list is missing

What each path costs

Kit prices subscribers; EarnDraft prices finished books.

EarnDraft

Start with a limited AI trial and an editable book. A monthly subscription provides more AI usage.

Free to startno card required

  • Start with 100 free credits. No card required.
  • $29.00/month for 300 credits. Unused credits roll over and remain yours after cancellation.
  • An active monthly subscription includes commercial usage rights under our Terms. Review the grant and AI-output limits before selling your work.
  • PDF exports are available for every book type; EPUB and DOCX are available for written books.
  • Review AI-assisted content before sharing
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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.

Check Kit pricing

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: $29.00/month for 300 credits. Unused credits roll over and remain yours after cancellation. Manual work and exporting saved content use no AI allowance.

Two different philosophies

One makes the asset. The other monetizes the attention.

EarnDraft: idea → signup reward

Create and edit a book, then publish an edition to share with readers. Drafting and generated artwork use the shared allowance; publication and delivery have their own settings.

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

  • Editable draft alongside chat

    EarnDraft

    in minutes

    Kit

    needs your book

  • Email automations + sequences

    EarnDraft

    we make the magnet

    Kit

    visual builder

  • Tagging + segmentation

    EarnDraft

    no list tools

    Kit

    built in

  • Landing pages + forms

    EarnDraft

    live book page

    Kit

    unlimited

Design & files

  • Designed cover included

    EarnDraft

    Create or upload artwork

    Kit

    emails, not books

  • PDF + DOCX out of the box

    EarnDraft

    Exports follow the book format

    Kit

    no book files

  • Built-in digital-product sales

    EarnDraft

    files + page

    Kit

    checkout built in

Sell & license

  • Live book page included

    EarnDraft

    share + sell

    Kit

    landing pages

  • Commercial rights under our Terms

    EarnDraft

    Monthly grant under Terms

    Kit

    platform terms

  • KDP disclosure handling

    EarnDraft

    Author reviews retailer requirements

    Kit

    not a book tool

Workflow

  • Free preview, no card

    EarnDraft

    watch it build

    Kit

    free to 10k subs

  • Human interviews + voice

    EarnDraft

    AI draft

    Kit

    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.

Written by the EarnDraft team · How we write and check our guides

Write the magnet, then send it — in that order

Free to start · No credit card · Review before publishing

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