HeyNews
AI newsletter writing tool
Publish-Ready Newsletter Drafts in Your Voice, Written in Five Minutes
HeyNews is an AI newsletter publishing platform that learns a writer's style from past issues, monitors RSS feeds, Reddit, social media, and blogs for relevant stories, and produces fully drafted, publish-ready newsletter issues in minutes instead of hours.
The tool trains separate AI Writers per publication or edition, so a Monday deep-dive and a Friday link roundup each keep their own tone, structure, and editorial signature. Native API integrations with beehiiv and Kit (ConvertKit) pull in archive issues for voice training, while any other ESP – Substack, Buttondown, Ghost, Mailchimp, Medium – can be connected via a public archive URL. Built by a growth engineer and a novelist with 15+ years in newsletter operations, HeyNews replaces the 10-hour research-and-draft workflow without replacing the editorial voice behind it.
Pricing
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- Starter: $49.50/month (with 50% off launch discount, regular $99/month) – 10 issues per month, 5 AI Chat revisions per draft, 1 publication, voice training, Chrome extension, source curation, 14-day free trial
- Pro: $149.50/month (with 50% off launch discount, regular $299/month) – 30 issues per month, 20 AI Chat revisions per draft, 2 publications, multiple AI Writers per account, all ESP and archive integrations – recommended for 20+ issues/month
- Team: $249.50/month (with 50% off launch discount, regular $499/month) – 60 issues per month, unlimited AI Chat revisions, 5 publications, separate AI Writers for multiple brands, agency-ready
- Add-ons: Unlimited revisions at $50/month or $420/year, issue packs from $6.63 per issue, and extra publication packs from ~$46 per publication
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Tool Summary
| Value Rating | ★★★ (3/5) |
| Price Tier | Free Trial |
| Cost | $$$$ (4/5) |
| Category | AI Email Marketing Tools |
Features
- AI Voice Training - Reads past newsletters and learns the writer's phrases, tone, and structure. Drafts keep getting sharper with every refinement and revision.
- Multiple AI Writers per Account - Create separate AI Writers for different editions (Monday deep dive, Friday link roundup) or different brands. Each one trains independently.
- Smart Content Curation - Monitors RSS feeds, Reddit, blogs, and social media around the clock. Stories are ranked by a relevance score so the best material is waiting when it's time to write.
- One-Click Newsletter Generation - Generate a complete newsletter or work section by section. Chat with the AI to tweak draft, add hot takes, change tone, or try different subject lines.
- Native beehiiv and Kit Integrations - Connect via API in seconds to import past issues, train voice profiles, and sync drafts. No migration overhead.
- Archive URL Support for Any ESP - Works with Substack, Buttondown, Ghost, Mailchimp, Medium, or any platform with a public archive URL. The AI learns from there.
- Chrome Browser Extension - Save articles from any webpage directly into HeyNews so the curation pool grows with the writer's actual reading habits.
- In-Editor Image Search - Search and drop images into newsletters without leaving the editor.
- Multi-Publication Workspace - Run up to 10 publications from one account, each with its own AI Writers, sources, timezone, and language. Nothing bleeds between them.
- Source Sync Frequency Control - Configurable 6+ hour sync intervals across hundreds of sources, including RSS, Reddit, social media, and blogs.
- Free Growth Audit on Signup - Each new subscriber receives a $99-value growth audit covering newsletter strategy, list health, and conversion opportunities.
- Product Hunt and BetaList Featured - Validated by the newsletter creator community with featured listings and 600+ issues already published through the platform.
Common Use Cases
- Cut weekly newsletter production from hours per day to minutes by automating research, source monitoring, and first-draft writing.
- Run a curation-heavy newsletter that pulls from hundreds of RSS feeds, subreddits, and blogs without manually visiting each one.
- Scale from a weekly newsletter to a daily or 4x-weekly cadence without sacrificing voice or hiring a writer.
- Manage multiple brand newsletters or client publications from a single workspace with separate AI Writers.
- Maintain a consistent editorial voice across newsletters even as cadence and volume increase.
- Use a unified workflow for both curation and drafting instead of bouncing between feed readers, note apps, and the newsletter platform.
- Launch a new niche newsletter without spending weeks building a content pipeline from scratch.
- Generate publish-ready drafts that need only light editing, then hand off to beehiiv or Kit with one click.
Pros ✅
- Voice training that actually sounds like the writer, not a generic AI assistant
- Native API integrations with beehiiv and Kit handle voice training and publishing in minutes
- Monitors hundreds of sources across RSS, Reddit, social media, and blogs in one workspace
- Multiple AI Writers per account let one creator run several distinct newsletters or editions
- 14-day free trial with 5 issues for testing the full workflow before committing
- Free $99 Growth Audit on signup adds real value beyond the software itself
- Built by operators with 15+ years in newsletter and growth marketing, not generic SaaS founders
- Customer case studies show real results (TWISM doubled revenue, 65Nation cut production from 1 hour to 5 minutes)
- Affiliate program available through Partnero (commission rate confirmed on registration)
Cons ❌
- No free-forever tier — only a 14-day trial, then $49.50/month minimum (during launch discount)
- Starter plan caps at 10 issues/month and just 5 AI revisions per draft, which gets tight for active newsletters
- Unlimited revisions require a $50/month add-on or moving up to the Team plan
- No public API documentation or Model Context Protocol (MCP) support for connecting HeyNews to external AI agents
- Pricing climbs quickly — Pro at $149.50/month is meaningfully higher than competing newsletter-writing tools
- Launch discount tied to WELCOME50 code through June 30, after which prices return to $99 / $299 / $499 per month

