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Buttondown vs Mailchimp
Pricing, founders, indie status and curated alternatives compared from our directory — all data points sourced from each tool's public site or press materials.
Mailchimp
Email marketing for small businesses, now owned by Intuit.
Newsletters & EmailFreemium · $13/mo
At a glanceButtondownMailchimp
- Pricing
- $9/mo
- $13/mo
- Pricing model
- Freemium
- Freemium
- Founded
- —
- 2001
- Location
- USA
- Atlanta, USA
- Bootstrapped
- Yes
- —
- Open source
- —
- —
- Category
- —
- Newsletters & Email
- Indie alternatives
- 0
- 6
- Founders
- Justin Duke
- Ben Chestnut, Dan Kurzius
Key differences
Pricing
Buttondown starts cheaper at $9/mo; Mailchimp starts at $13/mo.
Funding
Buttondown is bootstrapped; Mailchimp is venture-backed.
Indie alternatives
Buttondown has 0 curated indie alternatives in our directory; Mailchimp has 6.
Differences are derived directly from the data on each tool's page. Empty fields mean we haven't verified a value yet — never that one tool lacks the capability.
Founders of Mailchimp
- Dan KurziusCo-founder
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