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Buttondown vs Plunk

See how their public offers line up before you choose your own position. Prices stay in the currency, billing schedule, and charged unit each vendor publishes.

USD · US · source: buttondown.com

Plan Pricing Charged by Offer type
Free Plan — Free for first 100 subscribers
Free

Absolutely nothing for your first 100 subscribers

Flat Standalone · Free

USD · US · source: www.useplunk.com

Plan Pricing Charged by Offer type
Free — Free
Free

Free forever 1,000 emails per month

Flat · 1,000 emails / mo Standalone · Free
Paid — Pay as you grow Highlighted
$0.001 per email

$0.001 per email

Usage · $0.001 per email Standalone · Usage based

What each plan includes

Feature names follow each vendor’s own pricing page, so verify the wording before treating them as exact equivalents.

Buttondown

Free Plan — Free for first 100 subscribers

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Rich text or markdown editor

Included

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Send from a custom domain

Included

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Hosted newsletter archives

Included

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Privacy-first

Included

Plunk

Free — Free

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Emails per month

1,000 emails

Included

Highlights

Credit card required

No

Included

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Transactional emails

Included

Highlights

Workflow automation

Included

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Campaign broadcasts

Included

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Custom domains

Included

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Click & open tracking

Included

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Unlimited contacts

Included

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Plunk branding on emails

Included

Paid — Pay as you grow

Highlights

Emails per month

Unlimited emails

Included

Highlights

Plunk branding on emails

No

Excluded

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Monthly spend cap

Yes

Included

How their prices changed

Each dated row shows the public prices observed when that vendor’s pricing page changed.

Buttondown

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    • Free Plan — Free for first 100 subscribers: Free

Plunk

  1. Source
    • Free — Free: Free
    • Paid — Pay as you grow: $0.001 per email