TinyLetter's been around for a long time, but let's be honest — the tool has lots of bugs and is missing the features you need to easily create a great newsletter.
I feel comfortable saying that because I literally created Buttondown because I was fed up with TinyLetter. Simple tasks like cleaning up Markdown, checking links, resizing images, and making sure the email looked right was a huge hassle. It took me away from doing the fun part: writing a great newsletter.
Buttondown solves those pain points – and more.
Feature | Buttondown | Tinyletter |
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 |
I used to use Tinyletter, but now I use Buttondown. The experience is much better.
Why Buttondown and not, say, Mailchimp or TinyLetter? One reason is that, as you’ll see in a moment, Buttondown is simple.