EmailOctopus is a complex, powerful tool, but it lacks some of the most important features that you need when you're building a newsletter.
Buttondown is a more light-weight tool that gives you the same ease of use as EmailOctopus, as well as support for features like:
Feature | Buttondown | EmailOctopus |
Free for your first hundred subscribers | ||
Archives | ||
Embeddable widget | ||
Analytics | ||
Markdown support | ||
Drag and drop image uploading | ||
Email scheduling | ||
Free RSS support | ||
Clean, usable design | ||
Smart embeds | ||
Autosaving | ||
First-party API | ||
Paid subscriptions | ||
Third-party integrations | ||
Privacy-first | ||
Multiple newsletters | ||
'Pay what you want' mode | ||
Discussion threads |