About Astro Send
AstroSend is a newsletter product that does the research and first draft of each issue. The publisher describes what the audience cares about and lists trusted sources, and AstroSend finds timely stories, writes concise summaries and assembles a ready-to-edit issue. After the first send, a new draft is prepared on a chosen day every week.
Content blocks can include news, events, guides, jobs, social posts, YouTube, stocks and ads. Drafting and sending can also be driven in plain language from MCP clients such as Claude Code, Cursor or Codex, using tools that curate content, draft an issue and schedule it. Delivery and engagement reporting shows delivered, open and click rates for each issue.
For revenue, AstroSend bundles sponsorship inventory management, paid newsletters, digital products and courses, and says it handles checkout, delivery and payouts so publishers keep all of the revenue. It is a hosted commercial service where a first issue can be built and previewed before paying, and the site lists plans starting at $20 per month when sending.
Key features
- Researches stories and drafts weekly issues
- Mixed content blocks for news, events and jobs
- MCP tools for drafting and scheduling
- Sponsorship slot management
- Paid newsletters, products and courses
- Delivery, open and click reporting
Good fit for
- →Running a curated industry newsletter
- →Selling sponsorships in a newsletter
- Tags
- newsletter
- email-marketing
- ai-writing
- sponsorships
- paid-newsletters
- mcp
- curation
Astro Send: questions and answers
- What is Astro Send used for?
- Astro Send is a newsletter platform that researches stories for your niche, drafts each weekly issue for review, and includes sponsorship, paid newsletter and product sales tools. It is a good fit for running a curated industry newsletter and selling sponsorships in a newsletter.
- How much does Astro Send cost?
- Astro Send is a paid product with no free plan. Build and preview a first issue before paying; plans start at $20 per month when you send.
- Is Astro Send open source?
- No. Astro Send is proprietary (closed-source) software and can't be self-hosted. In the Email Marketing category, open-source options include Listmonk, BillionMail and Notifuse.
- What are some alternatives to Astro Send?
- Astro Send competes with beehiiv, Buttondown and Substack.
Open-source alternatives to Astro Send
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Listmonk
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AGPL-3.0vs Mailchimp★ 24k
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AGPL-3.0vs SendGrid★ 5.5k
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Kit (ConvertKit)
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