Changelog

Why We're Changing

As LiteStartup grows from an email tool into a full build & growth platform, we wanted pricing that's as simple and transparent as the product itself. No hidden fees, no per-contact charges, no surprises.

New Plan Structure

We now offer two plans — Free and Pro. That's it.

Free Plan — $0/month

Perfect for hobbyists, evaluators, and side projects.

• 5,000 emails/month with 200/day send limit
• 1 GB storage & 1 GB bandwidth
• 100 AI generations/month + 20 AI Agent sessions
• 3,000 contacts, 1 domain, 20 mailboxes, 3 team members
• 30-day data retention
• All core products included: Workmail, Email Marketing, Transactional Email, Website, Blog, Live Chat, Help Desk, Docs, Changelog
• When you hit a limit, usage pauses until next month

Pro Plan — $20/month (or $200/year — save $40)

For startups, SaaS companies, and growing businesses.

• 50,000 emails/month with no daily limit
• 20 GB storage & 10 GB bandwidth
• 400 AI generations/month + 80 AI Agent sessions
• Unlimited contacts & team members, 10 domains, 200 mailboxes
• 100-day data retention
• Everything in Free plus: SEO Automation, Marketing Automation, Warm-up, AI Content Assistant, AI Agent, AI Stack, Advanced analytics, Remove branding
• Priority support with 12-hour response time

Pay-as-You-Go Overages (Pro Only)

Hit your Pro quota? No problem — usage continues at published unit prices, deducted from your balance.

Balance System

• Top up anytime — minimum $5
• Balance never expires and is shared across your team
• Non-refundable — use it at your own pace

What's NOT Changing

• No per-contact fees — ever. Free includes 3,000, Pro is unlimited.
• No long-term contracts — cancel monthly plans anytime, yearly plans billed annually with discount.
• All core products included in every plan — Workmail, Email Marketing, Transactional Email, Website, Blog, Live Chat, Help Desk, Docs, Changelog.
• PayPal accepted. Stripe (credit/debit cards) coming soon.

Existing Users

We value our early adopters:

• Existing Free users who activate a domain within 7 days of this announcement keep 10,000 emails/month — permanently.
• Existing Pro users continue at $20/month with the new Pro quotas.
• New users get the new pricing immediately.

Check your account page for a Grandfathered badge if you qualify.

FAQ

Q: What happens when I exceed my quota?
On Free, usage pauses until next month. On Pro, overages are deducted from your balance at unit prices.

Q: How much does email overage cost?
$0.40 per 1,000 emails. Sending 10,000 extra emails costs $4.00.

Q: Can I switch plans anytime?
Yes. Changes take effect immediately and billing is prorated.

Why This Matters

Email deliverability is the #1 factor that determines whether your emails actually reach your audience. A single spike in bounces or spam complaints can damage your sender reputation for weeks.

Our new smart protection system works behind the scenes to keep your deliverability healthy — so you can focus on writing great emails instead of worrying about technical details.

What's New

Real-time Deliverability Monitoring

• Live Dashboard — See your deliverability rate, bounce rate, and complaint rate at a glance from the Analytics page
• Time Range Filters — View stats for Today, Yesterday, Last 7 Days, or Last 30 Days
• Threshold Alerts — Visual warnings when your bounce rate exceeds 2.5% or complaint rate exceeds 0.05%, with critical alerts at 5% and 0.1%

Email Health Card (Home)

• At-a-Glance Status — See your sending status (Normal, Warning, or Restricted) right on your dashboard
• Today's Stats — Emails sent today, current deliverability rate, and daily sending limit
• Quick Tooltip — Click the status badge to understand why your status changed and what to do

Smart Sender Protection

• Automatic Reputation Scoring — Each sender email address gets a health score based on recent sending history
• Bounce & Complaint Tracking — We automatically track bounces and complaints per sender to catch problems early
• Sender Status Management — Senders with high bounce/complaint rates are automatically paused to protect your domain reputation
• Gradual Recovery — Paused senders are placed on probation with reduced limits, then gradually restored as metrics improve

Recipient Protection

• Smart Suppression — Invalid and complaining recipients are automatically suppressed across your account
• Hard Bounce Prevention — Emails that hard bounce are never sent to the same address again
• Complaint Handling — Recipients who mark your email as spam are immediately suppressed

Sending Rate Management

• Adaptive Limits — Your daily sending limit grows automatically as your reputation improves
• Trust Tiers — New accounts start with conservative limits that increase as you build a positive sending history
• Per-Sender Controls — Individual sender addresses have independent rate limits to prevent any single sender from causing issues

Expected Results

With these protections in place, you can expect:

• 95%+ deliverability rate for well-maintained contact lists
• Near-zero complaint rates through automatic suppression
• Faster warm-up with guided sending limits that grow with your reputation
• Early warning before any deliverability issues become critical

Tips for Best Results

1. Clean your contact list — Remove inactive subscribers regularly
2. Use double opt-in — Ensure contacts actually want your emails
3. Monitor your dashboard — Check the Email Health card daily
4. Act on warnings — If you see a Warning status, review your recent campaigns for issues
5. Respect the limits — Sending limits exist to protect your reputation; don't try to work around them

New Features

SEO Automation

• AI Topic Generation — Automatically generate blog topic ideas based on your product and audience, with one-click approve or reject
• AI Article Writing — Turn approved topics into full blog posts, ready to publish on your site
• Auto-publish Pipeline — Schedule daily content generation and publishing on autopilot
• Performance Tracking — Monitor article performance and let the AI learn what works best
• XML Sitemap — Auto-generated sitemap for better search engine indexing

Marketing Automation

• Cold Outreach Campaigns — Create targeted email campaigns with AI-personalized content for each prospect
• Campaign Types — General, Product Outreach, Partnership, Link Building, Recruitment, or Event Invitation
• Smart Follow-ups — Automatic multi-stage follow-ups with configurable intervals
• Tag-based Import — Import prospects from your contacts by tag, with automatic deduplication
• Send History — Track daily sending stats including initial emails and follow-ups
• Reply Scoring — AI analyzes prospect replies to help you prioritize responses

What's New in V2

LiteStartup has been rebuilt around two core missions: Build and Grow.

We started as a lightweight email and application platform for startups. Now, with AI at the center of everything, we help you build products faster and grow your business smarter — all from one dashboard.

Build

• Smart Email — AI-assisted composing, replying, and translating right inside your inbox
• Applications — Website, blog, docs, changelog, and live chat — everything you need to ship and support your product
• AI Stack — A growing toolkit of AI-powered utilities (starting with Image to Text, more coming soon)

Grow

• SEO Automation — AI generates blog topics and articles on autopilot, helping you rank without the manual grind
• Marketing Automation — Personalized cold outreach with smart follow-ups, powered by AI
• Email Warm-up — Protect your sender reputation and land in the inbox, not the spam folder

AI Everywhere

• AI Agent — Your personal assistant for quick data lookups, account insights, and platform navigation
• AI Chat Sidebar — Draft, improve, and translate emails with a conversational AI panel
• AI Stack — Dedicated space for AI tools that save you time every day

Our Mission

Help startups and solo founders spend less, build faster, and work smarter — with AI doing the heavy lifting.

New Features

• Automated Warm-up Plans — Automatically created when adding a new domain email with warm-up enabled
• Three Strategies — Conservative (45 days), Moderate (30 days), and Aggressive (21 days) warm-up strategies
• Health Monitoring — Real-time health score tracking based on delivery, bounce, and complaint rates
• Auto-pause Safety — Plans automatically pause when bounce or complaint rates exceed thresholds
• Daily Volume Scheduling — Gradual volume increase with per-day planned and actual send tracking
• Seed Account System — Managed seed accounts for warm-up email delivery
• Admin Dashboard — Dedicated admin panel for monitoring and managing all warm-up plans

Improvements

• Domain email creation page now includes warm-up strategy selection for paid users
• Mobile-optimized warm-up list with card layout and detail page with compact stats
• Warm-up does not affect transactional email sending

Technical

• Three new database tables: mail_warmup_plans, mail_warmup_schedules, mail_warmup_emails
• Cron-based daily schedule execution with SES integration
• Paid plan gating for warm-up features