Buttondown vs listmonk

Buttondown takes a minimalist approach to newsletter creation. It's great for personal newsletters where you don't need a bunch of fancy features. It also supports paid subscriptions and third-party integrations to make your life easier.

listmonk is a free and open source newsletter and mailing list manager with Performance and features packed into a single binary.

Feature Comparison

Buttondown and listmonk both have great feature sets so the right tool for you really depends on your needs.

Features	Buttondown	listmonk
💸 Paid Subscriptions Accept paid subscriptions	✅	❌
➗ Segmentation Create segments of subscribers	✅	✅
🤖 Automation Automate actions based on behaviors	✅	❌
📩 Embeddable Forms Embeddable subscription forms	✅	❌
📄 Landing Pages Create landing pages for your newsletter	❌	❌
🔌 3rd Party Integrations Connect to other services	✅	❌
🖊️ Visual Editor Drag and drop email editor	✅	✅
📝 Markdown Editor Write emails in markdown	✅	✅
👩‍💻 HTML Design emails with HTML text	✅	✅
⚒️ API Integrate with the platform's API	✅	❌
📈 Analytics Get data on your emails' performance	✅	✅
🌍 Custom Domain Use a custom domain for your page	✅	❌
🗣️ Referrals Setup a referral program	❌	❌
💽 Self Hosting Host on your own server	❌	✅
📢 Recommendations Recommend and be recommended by other newsletters	❌	❌