Buttondown review
Buttondown is a newsletter platform: Newsletter platform with a markdown or rich text editor, hosted archives, custom sending domains, automations and an API.
Data checked Oct 14, 2026 against the vendors' own pages. How we verify
- Score
- Not ranked
- Coverage (2 of 8 criteria)
- 25%
Buttondown has a public API.
Buttondown is not ranked among newsletter platforms yet: only 25% of the scorecard weight (2 of 8 criteria) has verified data, under the 60% we require.
Buttondown at a glance
- Public API
- Yes source, Oct 14, 2026
How Buttondown scores
Score
Not ranked
Partial score 100/100
Coverage 25%
2 of 8 criteria. Ranked at 60% or more.
Not ranked: insufficient verified data: 2 of 8 criteria, 25% of the weight (needs 60%)
Entry price
Excluded
Weight –No published data: left out, the other criteria are re-weighted.
Free plan or trial
Excluded
Weight –No published data: left out, the other criteria are re-weighted.
Pricing transparency
Excluded
Weight –No published data: left out, the other criteria are re-weighted.
Verified features
100/100
Weight 60%6 of 9 tracked features verified: paid subscriptions, automations / sequences, custom domain, segmentation and tags, newsletter website, open and click analytics source
API, integrations and export
100/100
Weight 40%public API source
Cost at 1,000 subscriberscategory criterion
Excluded
Weight –No published data: left out, the other criteria are re-weighted.
Free plan limitscategory criterion
Excluded
Weight –No published data: left out, the other criteria are re-weighted.
Paid subscriptionscategory criterion
Excluded
Weight –No published data: left out, the other criteria are re-weighted.
Buttondown features
- Paid subscriptions
- Yes source, Oct 14, 2026
- Automations / sequences
- Yes source, Oct 14, 2026
- Custom domain
- Yes source, Oct 14, 2026
- Segmentation and tags
- Yes source, Oct 14, 2026
- Newsletter website
- Yes source, Oct 14, 2026
- Open and click analytics
- Yes source, Oct 14, 2026
7 more details we track are not published by the vendor or not verified yet (shown as – in tables). How we verify
Buttondown alternatives
| # | Tool | Score | Coverage | From, billed monthly | From, billed yearly | Free plan | Integrations | Public API | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Flodesk | 98/100 | 75%5 of 8 criteria | Free | Free | Yes | – | Yes | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 2 |  Sender | 98/100 | 85%6 of 8 criteria | Not offered | $9/mo | Yes, 2,500 subscribers | – | Yes | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 3 |  Brevo | 98/100 | 75%5 of 8 criteria | $9/mo | Not offered | Yes | 150 | Yes | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 4 |  notifuse | 93/100 | 85%6 of 8 criteria | $16/mo | $24.17/mo | Yes, unlimited emails per month | – | Yes | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 5 |  EmailOctopus | 92/100 | 85%6 of 8 criteria | Not offered | $9/mo | Yes, 2,500 subscribers | 1,000 | Yes | Oct 14, 2026 |
Each value links the vendor page it was read from (hover for the check date). Coverage is the share of the scorecard's weight with verified data, and "N of M criteria" how many criteria the score is based on; a tool is ranked at 60% or more.
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Questions, answered from the data
Does Buttondown have an API?
Yes, a public API is documented (checked Oct 14, 2026).
How does Buttondown score?
Buttondown is not ranked among newsletter platforms yet: only 25% of the scorecard weight (2 of 8 criteria) has verified data, under the 60% we require.
What are the best Buttondown alternatives?
By our scorecard the top-ranked alternatives are Flodesk (98/100), Sender (98/100) and Brevo (98/100).