Alternatives to Substack

10 alternatives

  1. 1Newsletter Platforms

    Letterhead

    Newsletter Platforms

    Letterhead is a newsletter platform designed for publishers and media companies, enabling creation and distribution of email newsletters with built-in monetization tools.

    Content DistributionEmail Marketing
  2. 2Newsletter Platforms

    Paragraph

    Newsletter Platforms

    Web3 native newsletter and publishing platform that lets creators mint posts, gate with tokens, and monetize with crypto.

    Free planFree trialTiered plansPublishing PlatformsContent Performance Analysis
  3. 3Newsletter Platforms

    mailcheap

    Newsletter Platforms

    Newsletters where you pay for the emails you send, not for dormant subscribers, at a fraction of the price of beehiiv and the like. Open source: self-host it, or use mailcheap.ai.

    PriceUsage-based

  4. 4Newsletter Platforms

    Curated

    Newsletter Platforms

    Newsletter publishing platform from Revue's creators used by curators to share links, notes, and sponsorships to subscribers.

    Free planFree trialPublishing PlatformsEmployee Newsletter Platforms

    Price$99+ / month

  5. 5Newsletter Platforms, Marketing Automation

    Listmonk

    Newsletter Platforms

    Listmonk is a free, open-source newsletter and mailing list manager with a modern dashboard, templating, bounce processing, and analytics for self-hosted email campaigns.

    Free planFree trialCampaign Performance AnalyticsBusiness Intelligence (BI)
  6. 6Newsletter Platforms, Marketing Automation

    Buttondown

    Newsletter Platforms

    Buttondown is a minimalist newsletter tool for writers that provides Markdown-based authoring, subscriber management, analytics, and paid newsletter support without unnecessary complexity.

    Free planFree trialGDPRTiered plansCustomer AnalyticsBusiness Intelligence (BI)
  7. 7Newsletter Platforms

    Mailbrew

    Newsletter Platforms

    Newsletter platform that lets users assemble personalized daily digests from sources like Twitter, Reddit, and RSS feeds.

    Content aggregation from multiple sourcesCustomizable digest frequency and schedulingEmail digest delivery

    Price$5+ / month

  8. 8Newsletter Platforms

    Pointer

    Newsletter Platforms

    AI newsletter platform for technical content creators with audience growth tools

    SOC 2ISO 27001GDPRHIPAAEmail MarketingCreator Economy Platforms
  9. 9Newsletter Platforms

    Paperboy

    Creator Economy Platforms

    Email-based social media platform for creators to share and monetize newsletters.

    Newsletter PlatformsEmail Marketing

    Price$15+ / month

    Starting price: below the category median.
  10. 10Newsletter Platforms

    Lighthouse Newsletter

    Newsletter Platforms

    Newsletter growth and monetization platform used by independent writers to scale publications and sell sponsorships.

    Product-Led Growth PlatformsCreator Monetization

    Price$29+ / month