Buttondown for Academia

Why faculty, staff & students love using Buttondown for running their newsletter

Research groups, campus departments, and academic institutions have unique needs when it comes to email. Unfortunately, most email tools are designed with a different set of use cases in mind.

Your team needs a tool that doesn't focus on marketing or conversion, but instead on privacy, security, and collaboration. Buttondown is designed with that in mind: it's never been easier to confidently and safely communicate with your team.

What makes Buttondown great for academia

  • Teams and collaborators — Let graduate students draft emails while faculty approve them, or give department admins access without sharing passwords.
  • Surveys — Collect feedback on seminars, gather RSVPs for events, or poll your department on scheduling.
  • Archives — Give new students and faculty a searchable history of past announcements and updates.
  • Privacy-first analytics — Track engagement without the surveillance. Or turn tracking off entirely — your choice.

If you're running a conference or symposium, Buttondown handles that too. And for research groups with open source projects, we offer additional discounts.

(P.S. — Buttondown is half off for academic institutions.)

Buttondown is the last email platform you’ll switch to.
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