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 ViirsaarConversely, 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: