Comparison

Letterlist vs Paved

Letterlist and Paved both land on Depends.

Letterlist

Depends

Confidence: Medium

Newsletter creators: submitting is free and takes minutes, so list it and move on.

Depends

Confidence: Medium

Buy if you're an advertiser or publisher running newsletter sponsorships at scale with a real media budget.

Letterlist versus Paved
Compare	Letterlist	Paved
Verdict	Depends	Depends
Best for	Newsletter creators wanting free discovery	Brands scaling newsletter sponsorships
Who it's not for	Teams wanting email-sending software . this lists newsletters, it doesn't send them	Tiny newsletters chasing a first sponsor . overkill
Privacy	No known public vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.¹¹	No known public vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.¹⁴
Support quality	No support evidence found	No evidence in reviewed sources
Public sentiment	Hard user feedback is thin; third-party roundups describe it as one of the larger curated newsletter directories.^⁶	The few Product Hunt reviewers praise ease of use and quick setup, but only six reviews exist.¹⁶
Biggest gotcha	Backlink is nofollow . list for discovery, not link-building ROI^⁵	No subscription fees, but the channel itself is reported 'very expensive' . real cost is media spend.

Teams wanting email-sending software . this lists newsletters, it doesn't send them
Buyers chasing SEO value . the listing backlink is nofollow
Sponsors needing published, predictable ad pricing
Enterprises needing measurable ad ROI from directories