Buttondown vs. Mailerlite

Mailerlite is very similar to Buttondown in a lot of ways ¬– it's a tool explicitly tailored for simpler use cases and smaller businesses.

But Mailerlite lacks a handful of features that Buttondown offers, and it doesn't have the same level of polish or simplicity. Take it from this guy on Reddit:

I looked at a lot of services and landed on MailerLite. Months have gone by and there are so many problems: no syntax highlighting for code, so stuck with writing my own HTML emails, I can't separate people by cohort to get accurate statistics; I can't publish the emails online. content is stuck but I would actually like to refer previous emails in my newsletter as references to previous lessons.

Krister Viirsaar

Conversely, Buttondown's got great archives out of the box, and it's got a great API that lets you do a lot of things with your newsletter.

Buttondown is the better option if you're looking for a tool that lets you start quickly, easily, and for free — and grows as your newsletter grows. Not only that, we're more affordable:

	Mailerlite	Buttondown
Scheduling	Mailerlite	Buttondown
Web archive	Mailerlite	Buttondown
Send from custom domain	Mailerlite	Buttondown
Privacy-first	Mailerlite —	Buttondown
Write in Markdown	Mailerlite —	Buttondown
CSS	Mailerlite	Buttondown
Concierge migration	Mailerlite —	Buttondown
Tags	Mailerlite	Buttondown
Metadata	Mailerlite	Buttondown
Run by humans	Mailerlite —	Buttondown
First-party API	Mailerlite	Buttondown
Paid subscriptions	Mailerlite	Buttondown
Analytics	Mailerlite	Buttondown
Comments	Mailerlite —	Buttondown
RSS-to-email	Mailerlite	Buttondown
Surveys	Mailerlite	Buttondown
Attachments	Mailerlite	Buttondown
Integrations	Mailerlite	Buttondown
Host on custom domain	Mailerlite —	Buttondown
Send from Gmail (or wherever)	Mailerlite —	Buttondown
Multiple newsletters	Mailerlite —	Buttondown
Webhooks	Mailerlite	Buttondown
Automations	Mailerlite	Buttondown
Teams	Mailerlite	Buttondown
Remove Buttondown branding	Mailerlite —	Buttondown
Dedicated IP	Mailerlite —	Buttondown
A/B Testing	Mailerlite	Buttondown —

Scheduling

Mailerlite

Buttondown

Web archive

Mailerlite

Buttondown

Send from custom domain

Mailerlite

Buttondown

Privacy-first

Mailerlite

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Buttondown

Write in Markdown

Mailerlite

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Buttondown

CSS

Mailerlite

Buttondown

Concierge migration

Mailerlite

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Buttondown

Buttondown vs. Mailerlite

Buttondown offers the crucial features that MailerLite lacks to get your newsletter off the ground.

Pricing comparison: Buttondown vs. Mailerlite

Feature comparison: Buttondown vs. Mailerlite