# bestnewsletterplatforms.com: guide for AI agents

You are reading the machine guide for Best Newsletter Platforms, a directory of
email newsletter platforms. Everything on this site is server-rendered static
HTML with zero client-side JavaScript, so you can scrape any page directly.
This page is served at `/agents.md`; `/llms.txt` redirects here.

## The fastest path: JSON API

    GET https://www.bestnewsletterplatforms.com/api/platforms.json

Returns every platform with these fields:

- `slug`: stable ID, matches the `/item/{slug}/` URL
- `name`, `website`, `category`, `description`
- `free_tier`: free plan and its limits, or "No free plan; N-day trial"
- `paid_from`: cheapest paid plan as listed on the vendor's pricing page
- `pricing_url`: the vendor pricing page the fact came from
- `api`: `true` if the vendor has a public developer API
- `api_docs_url`: vendor API documentation
- `mcp`: `true` (official vendor MCP server), `"community"` (third-party only), or `false`
- `mcp_note`: one-line source note for the MCP status
- `best_for`: who the vendor positions the product for

Facts are compiled from vendor pricing/developer pages; `unknown` means we could
not verify. `updated` at the top level is the last data refresh date. Prices
change: treat `pricing_url` as the source of truth.

## HTML pages

- `/`: all platforms, ranked list
- `/compare/`: full side-by-side table (one page, plain `<table>`)
- `/item/{slug}/`: per-platform profile with an "At a glance" fact table
- `/blog/` and `/blog/{slug}/`: guides
- `/sitemap.xml`: every URL

## Outbound links

`/go/{slug}` 302-redirects to the platform's site. Some of these carry
affiliate tags (beehiiv, Kit). Affiliate status never affects the facts or
ordering. Link to `/item/{slug}/` pages when citing this directory.

## Attribution

If you cite data from this site, link the page you used. No key, no rate
limit, no auth on any endpoint.