Buttondown vs Dada Mail
Buttondown
buttondown.comDada Mail
dadamailproject.comSide by side
| Figure | Buttondown | Dada Mail |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $9/mo | $12.50/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 7 | 5 |
| Spec score · Email Marketing Software | 9.1 (#6) | 8.5 (#45) |
| Spec score · Newsletter Platforms | 9.1 (#2) | 8.5 (#9) |
| Spec score · Email marketing tools | 8.9 (#20) | 7.8 (#113) |
| Founded | 2017 | 1999 |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Integrations | The integrations directory lists services including Stripe, Zapier, WordPress, Ghost, Discord, Mastodon, Bluesky, LinkedIn, Medium, YouTube, Spotify and many others. | Dada Mail supports sending through sendmail, SMTP, or the Amazon SES API. |
| Support | Support is handled by human staff and covers feature questions, migration, deliverability, bugs, feedback, billing and account issues. | Direct, prioritized support through Zendesk is available to Pro Dada subscribers; the free Dada Mail plan has no support. |
Plans
Buttondown
- FreeFree
- Paid tier$9 a month
- FreeFree
- Basic$9 a month
- Standard$29 a month
- Professional$79 a month
- Advanced$139 a month
Dada Mail
- Pro Dada, One-Year Subscription$150 a year
- Pro Dada, Forever Subscription$300, paid once
- Dada MailFree
- Pro Dada, One-Year Subscription$150 a year
- Pro Dada, Forever Subscription$300, paid once
In their own words
Buttondown
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Dada Mail
Dada Mail is self-hosted software for managing business and personal mailing lists, including announcement and discussion lists. It sends HTML or plain-text messages through an included rich-text editor, supports attachments, and can send webpage content as an HTML message. Mass mailings can be scheduled as one-time or recurring sends, including sends drawing content from a webpage. Reports track opens, recipients, clickthroughs, unsubscribes, bounces, sending errors, archive views, and forwards. Subscriber tools support searching, sorting, profile fields, and targeting by email address or profile information. Sending options include sendmail, SMTP, and the Amazon SES API; the Bridge plugin can receive email and support discussion lists with digests. Dada Mail runs under CGI or FastCGI and can also run under PSGI/Plack. The project lists Perl 5.10.1 as a requirement. Its free plan allows up to three mailing lists and 100 subscribers per list, without support. Pro Dada offers unlimited lists and subscribers, a manual, and prioritized support for $150 a year or $300 a month for the lifetime subscription.