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Buttondown
Indie writers and developers who want a minimal, owner-operated newsletter tool
Prices verified API available100 free contacts
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Pricing by list size
Monthly USD500 contacts$9/mo
1,000 contacts$9/mo
5,000 contacts$29/mo
10,000 contacts$79/mo
25,000 contacts$239/mo
Free up to 100 subscribers.
Base newsletter price with no optional add-ons. 25,000 subscribers cost $239/month. Sending allowance is at most one full-list email per day. Official pricing source
Core capabilities
- Automation
- Available
- Landing pages
- Not included
- A/B testing
- Not included
- API
- Available
- Transactional email
- Not included
- E-commerce integrations
- Not included
- Sending limits
- Base pricing allows at most one email per day to your full subscriber list; higher frequency requires a custom quote.
- Support
Where it fits
- Markdown-first, minimal, fast
- Run by a tiny team with famously personal support
- Paid subscriptions and RSS-to-email available as paid add-ons
Tradeoffs
- Minimal by design — no drag-and-drop editor or deep automation
- Small free tier (100 subscribers)
- Not a fit for marketing teams
Questions about Buttondown
Who should use Buttondown?
Writers and developers who want to write in Markdown, own their list, and skip marketing-suite complexity.
Does Buttondown support paid newsletters?
Yes — paid subscriptions via Stripe are available as a paid add-on to the base newsletter price.