Buttondown moved to tiers and cut its free plan
Per-1,000 pricing replaced by tiers (a 10k list went from about $45 to $79) and the free plan dropped from 1,000 to 100 subscribers.
What changed
- Price increase, 76%, May 13, 2022
- At 10k subs: $45 → $79 a month ($408 more a year)
- Before: First 1k free, then $5/mo per 1k subscribers
- After: Tiers at $9 / $29 / $79; free up to 100
- Existing customers: partially
Cheaper alternatives to Buttondown
At 10k subs, Buttondown costs $79/mo. 3 newsletter platforms cost less:
- Sendy + SES: $4.30/mo (Self-hosted, SES à la carte at $0.10 per 1k)
- MailCheap: $39/mo (Plan for one issue a week (~4.3 emails per subscriber))
- Flodesk: $72/mo (Lite plan (Pro above 25k))
Buttondown alternatives: 3 cheaper newsletter platforms compared, at every size.
Sources
Every price and change for Buttondown: Buttondown.