Buttondown alternatives

At a glance

We list 15 other email marketing tools as alternatives to Buttondown: ActiveCampaign, beehiiv, Brevo, Elastic Email, Kit, Klaviyo, Loops, Mailchimp, MailerLite, Mailjet, Mailtrap, Omnisend, Plunk, Resend and SendGrid.
beehiiv, Brevo, Elastic Email, Kit, Klaviyo, Loops, Mailchimp, Mailjet, Mailtrap, Omnisend, Plunk and Resend have a free plan.
ActiveCampaign, beehiiv, Brevo, Elastic Email, Klaviyo, Mailchimp, Mailjet and Omnisend work with Shopify, as Buttondown does.
ActiveCampaign, beehiiv and Mailchimp work with Stripe, as Buttondown does.

From each tool's own website and from published reviews. Each tool's page says when its facts were checked.

15 alternatives

Listed alphabetically. A tool is ranked by its reviews once it has 3.

ActiveCampaign
Marketing automation for any business
No reviews yet
Choose it over Buttondown for: integration with Salesforce, Zapier or Slack; SOC 2, HIPAA or SSO.
Free trial
14 days
Platforms
API
Integrations shared with Buttondown
Stripe, WordPress, Shopify
Main features
Active Intelligence, Marketing automation, Email marketing
Security and compliance
SOC 2, GDPR, HIPAA, SSO
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beehiiv
Create, grow, and monetize your newsletter with easy-to-use newsletter tools
No reviews yet
Choose it over Buttondown for: integration with Zapier; SSO.
Free plan
Yes
Plans
Free: $0, Enterprise: Custom (as of October 19, 2026)
Free trial
Yes
Platforms
API
Integrations shared with Buttondown
Stripe, Shopify
Main features
Newsletter editor, Ad network, Paid subscriptions
Security and compliance
SSO
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Brevo
One AI-powered customer platform for all your marketing and sales needs
No reviews yet
Choose it over Buttondown for: integration with WooCommerce, Salesforce or HubSpot; ISO 27001 or SSO.
Free plan
Yes
Platforms
API
Integrations shared with Buttondown
WordPress, Shopify
Main features
Marketing automation, Transactional messaging, SMS marketing
Security and compliance
ISO 27001, GDPR, SSO
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Elastic Email
Email API and SMTP for scalable email infrastructure
No reviews yet
Choose it over Buttondown for: integration with Zapier, WordPress Sender or HubSpot; SSO.
Free plan
Yes
Paid plans from
Starter, $19 per month for up to 50,000 emails (as of October 23, 2026)
Platforms
API
Integrations shared with Buttondown
Shopify
Main features
Email API and SMTP Relay, Webhooks, Inbound routing
Security and compliance
GDPR, SSO
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Kit
The email platform for creator business owners, formerly ConvertKit
No reviews yet
Choose it over Buttondown for: integration with SparkLoop.
Free plan
Yes
Plans
Free: $0 (as of October 20, 2026)
Free trial
14 days
Integrations shared with Buttondown
None in common
Main features
Visual automations, Landing pages and forms, Email designer
Security and compliance
GDPR
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Klaviyo
AI-first B2C CRM that unifies marketing and service across email, SMS, WhatsApp and more
No reviews yet
Choose it over Buttondown for: SOC 2.
Free plan
Yes
Platforms
API
Integrations shared with Buttondown
Shopify
Main features
Email marketing, SMS and WhatsApp marketing, Segmentation
Security and compliance
SOC 2, GDPR
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Loops
Email platform for SaaS teams to send marketing, lifecycle and transactional email from one product
No reviews yet
Choose it over Buttondown for: integration with Supabase or PostHog; SOC 2.
Free plan
Yes
Platforms
API
Integrations shared with Buttondown
Webflow
Main features
Lifecycle workflows, Transactional email, Audience segments
Security and compliance
SOC 2
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Mailchimp
Email and SMS marketing platform that uses real-time behavior data and AI to convert more customers
No reviews yet
Choose it over Buttondown for: integration with WooCommerce, Canva or Zapier.
Free plan
Yes
Platforms
API
Integrations shared with Buttondown
Stripe, Shopify
Main features
Email marketing, SMS marketing, Marketing automations
Security and compliance
GDPR
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MailerLite
Digital marketing tools to grow your audience faster and drive revenue smarter
No reviews yet
No checked fact sets it apart from Buttondown yet.
Platforms
API
Main features
Email campaigns, Automations, Websites
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Mailjet
Email marketing software that's built for devs and loved by marketers
No reviews yet
Choose it over Buttondown for: integration with WooCommerce, HubSpot or Google Cloud; SOC 2 or ISO 27001.
Free plan
Yes
Paid plans from
Starter, $9 per month for 8,000 emails (as of October 23, 2026)
Platforms
API
Integrations shared with Buttondown
WordPress, Shopify
Main features
Email API, SMTP Relay, Webhooks
Security and compliance
SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR
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Mailtrap
Modern email delivery for developer and product teams
No reviews yet
Choose it over Buttondown for: SMTP; integration with Supabase; SOC 2, ISO 27001 or SSO.
Free plan
Yes
Paid plans from
Basic, $15 per month for 10,000 emails (as of October 20, 2026)
Platforms
API, SMTP
Integrations shared with Buttondown
None in common
Main features
Email API and SMTP, Email Sandbox, Email Marketing
Security and compliance
SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, SSO
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Omnisend
Helps ecommerce brands grow with email & SMS marketing for Shopify, WooCommerce, and more
No reviews yet
Choose it over Buttondown for: integration with WooCommerce.
Free plan
Yes
Integrations shared with Buttondown
Shopify
Main features
Email marketing, SMS, Web push notifications
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Plunk
Transactional email, marketing campaigns, and automated workflows, all against one contact list
No reviews yet
Choose it over Buttondown for: SMTP.
Free plan
Yes
Plans
Pay as you grow: $0.001 (as of October 20, 2026)
Platforms
API, SMTP
Main features
Transactional email, Dynamic segments, MCP server
Security and compliance
GDPR
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Resend
Email for developers
No reviews yet
Choose it over Buttondown for: SMTP; integration with Auth0, Kinde or PostHog; SOC 2 or SSO.
Free plan
Yes
Paid plans from
Pro, $20 per month for 50,000 emails (as of October 20, 2026)
Platforms
API, SMTP
Integrations shared with Buttondown
None in common
Main features
Transactional emails, Marketing emails, Inbound emails
Security and compliance
SOC 2, GDPR, SSO
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SendGrid
Create, send, and manage emails at scale through RESTful APIs or SMTP relay
No reviews yet
Choose it over Buttondown for: SMTP; integration with Microsoft Azure, Google or Amazon Marketplace; SOC 2 or SSO.
Paid plans from
Essentials, $19.95 per month, starting price, for 50,000 to 100,000 emails (as of October 20, 2026)
Free trial
60 days
Platforms
API, SMTP
Integrations shared with Buttondown
None in common
Main features
Email API, SMTP relay, Dynamic email templates
Security and compliance
SOC 2, GDPR, SSO
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At a glance

We list 15 other email marketing tools as alternatives to Buttondown: ActiveCampaign, beehiiv, Brevo, Elastic Email, Kit, Klaviyo, Loops, Mailchimp, MailerLite, Mailjet, Mailtrap, Omnisend, Plunk, Resend and SendGrid.

beehiiv, Brevo, Elastic Email, Kit, Klaviyo, Loops, Mailchimp, Mailjet, Mailtrap, Omnisend, Plunk and Resend have a free plan.

ActiveCampaign, beehiiv, Brevo, Elastic Email, Klaviyo, Mailchimp, Mailjet and Omnisend work with Shopify, as Buttondown does.

ActiveCampaign, beehiiv and Mailchimp work with Stripe, as Buttondown does.

From each tool's own website and from published reviews. Each tool's page says when its facts were checked.