LetterBucket vs EmailOctopus

If you are serious about your Newsletter, try LetterBucket. It’s beautifully simple, like Notion, but made for email. Write with a clean, distraction-free editor. Publish once and auto-post to your own site. No clutter, no complexity. Just a smooth, elegant way to create and grow your newsletter without the busywork.

Email Octopus is a full-featured email platform that lets you create landing pages, signup forms, and create beautiful emails. It has a generous free plan and you can even use your own Amazon SES account.

Feature Comparison

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

Features	LetterBucket	EmailOctopus
💸 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	❌