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Buttondown

Simple, privacy-first newsletter tool with 50% off for nonprofits.

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Strong choiceLean, privacy-first newsletter tool with 50% off for nonprofits, best for simple newsletters.

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Price

Free plan available

Nonprofit offer

Yes

Available in

🌍Anywhere

Suits

Volunteer-run · Small

50% discount on your plan for registered nonprofits (501(c)(3) or your country's equivalent).

Email Buttondown with proof of registry and they will apply the discount.

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Great for

Small nonprofits with a text-focused newsletter
Teams that value privacy and low cost
Technical staff comfortable with markdown or APIs
50% nonprofit discount
Pay only for active subscribers
Independent and focused on simple email

Watch out for

Teams wanting polished drag-and-drop design
Organisations needing fundraising integrations out of the box
Add-ons raise the cost
Minimal design tools
Smaller integration library

Problems it solves

“We need a really cheap newsletter tool for our tiny charity”“We want to send plain text updates to supporters”“We want an email tool that respects subscriber privacy”“How do I get a nonprofit discount for newsletter software”

About Buttondown+

Buttondown is an independent, privacy-focused newsletter platform with a plain, markdown-friendly editor. It charges only for active subscribers and lets you add extras like automations and segmentation as you need them. It publishes a 50% nonprofit discount.

Pricing: Free for your first 100 subscribers. Beyond that, price scales with active subscribers, and extras such as tagging and segmentation, paid subscriptions and analytics are sold as monthly add-ons (US$9 to US$79 each). The base price per list size could not be read from the page, so the starting price is blank.

Key features+

Markdown and rich text editorCustom sending domainHosted newsletter archivesTagging and segmentation (add-on)Automations (add-on)API access

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Data & privacy+

Positions itself as privacy-first; hosting details and GDPR claims were not confirmed during this research.

How sure are we?+

Partly confirmed on the vendor's pages; some details from reputable secondary sources. Prices and nonprofit programs change often, so check with Buttondown before you commit. Rankings on Nonprofit Tools are never for sale.

Sources · last checked 2026-10-02