# Buttondown pricing (2026): plans, cost, and compliance

**Entry price:** $0 (free)/mo (Free). Among the 8 newsletter platforms we track it is the cheapest; median entry $0/mo.
**Domain:** buttondown.com
**Free tier:** Yes
**Compliance:** HIPAA Not published · SOC 2 Not published · GDPR Not published
**Integrations:** Zapier, Stripe, RSS, WordPress
**Best for:** developer-writers; Markdown enthusiasts; small independent newsletters; privacy-conscious publishers

## Plans

| Plan | Monthly | Annual | Billing | Notes | Source |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Free | $0 | — | flat | Up to 100 subscribers. Includes rich text and Markdown editor, custom domain sending, hosted newsletter archives. No add-ons included. | buttondown.com |
| Paid (subscriber-based, add-ons à la carte) | Quote-only | — | flat | Base cost scales with active subscriber count above 100 (interactive calculator on the pricing page — no single published flat price). Add-ons priced separately: tagging/segmentation, paid subscriptions, comments, analytics, RSS-to-email, sponsorships, attachments each +$9/mo; custom domain archives, multiple newsletters, automations each +$29/mo; whitelabeling, teams each +$79/mo. 50% nonprofit discount. One email/day to full list included; higher frequency requires custom plan. | buttondown.com |

**Key features:** Modular à la carte pricing — pay only for features you use; 0% revenue cut on paid subscriptions (vs Substack's 10%); Markdown-first editor with developer-friendly API; Privacy-first — no tracking pixels by default.

**Plan limits:** 100 subscribers on free tier; 1 email/day to full list on standard paid plans; Paid base price is calculator-driven (no single published flat price).

Sources: 1 · Last verified 2026-06-18
Provenance: Fetched buttondown.com/pricing on 2026-06-18. Confirmed modular à la carte model: free base (first 100 subscribers) + subscriber-based base pricing via interactive calculator + per-feature add-ons (+$9 / +$29 / +$79 per month). No fixed named paid tiers are published, so the paid plan is recorded with monthlyUsd=null (NULL beats a guess).
Canonical: https://frontdeskreview.com/software/newsletter-platforms/buttondown/
Cite: Per The Front Desk Review, Buttondown's entry plan was $0 (free)/mo as of 2026-06-18 — https://frontdeskreview.com/software/newsletter-platforms/buttondown/
License: CC BY 4.0. Price history: https://frontdeskreview.com/data/price-history.jsonl