Buttondown

Founded 2017

Send newsletters and manage subscribers with Markdown formatting and built-in automation

Pricing model

Free trial, Paid

Rating

★ Highly Positive

Time to value

Less than 5 minutes

You can use Buttondown to write, design, and send email newsletters directly to your subscribers. It supports Markdown editing, custom domains, and automated email sequences to keep your audience engaged. You can run paid subscriptions without paying transaction fees to the service, track open rates and click metrics through clear analytics, and manage multiple team members without per-seat charges. It also provides a clean API that allows developers to connect their email list to external websites, webhooks, and third-party publishing workflows easily.

What Buttondown does

Draft newsletter issues in MarkdownSchedule email broadcasts to subscriber segmentsSet up paid membership tiersImport subscriber lists from CSV filesConfigure custom sending domains and DNS recordsTrack email deliverability and click-through ratesBuild custom email workflows using the APIWrite newsletters using Markdown syntaxSend emails without paying platform fees on paid subscriber revenueCollaborate with team members without per-seat chargesAutomate emails and drip sequences based on reader behaviorConnect directly to external software using a comprehensive REST APIPublish updates directly from your email client without logging inHost newsletters on custom domains with built-in deliverability checks