These days there are a number of powerful tools that will help you build and manage email newsletters with ease. If your needs are simple, you'll probably be fine with whichever tool you choose. But say at some point you decide you really want a particular feature, you might end up having to switch services – which is a nuisance.

Before you go blindly jumping into one of the big email newsletter tools, have a think about what special requirements and priorities you may have. In this roundup we've tried to outline the particular strengths of each service so you can pick the right one the first time around.

We've included some pricing information, but it's only a very rough guide as each email newsletter tool offers multiple plans.