Best for
Best for marketing teams that want interactive AMP emails, where forms and surveys run inside the inbox, backed by AI drafting and automation.
- Small and mid-sized
- Enterprise
Email Marketing Comparison
Mailmodo vs. Mautic
At a glance
At a glance
Best for
Best for teams that need marketing automation without a per-contact bill, and have someone able to run a PHP application.
- Small and mid-sized
- Enterprise
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Full Comparison
| Criterion | Mailmodo | Mautic |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | From $149 / month Lite plan, billed annually, for 500 contacts and 2,000 email credits per month; higher plans add contacts and credits. | Free and open source if self-hosted; managed hosting from €247.50 / month The software carries no licence cost, but the server and the email sending provider are your own. Managed hosting through the official partner Dropsolid starts at €247.50 per month billed annually, or €275 per month billed quarterly. |
| Free trial | Free trial available | 14-day trial of the hosted offering, no credit card required |
| Commercial use | Not stated | Yes, GPL v3 |
| API | Yes, an API, with integrations for Zapier, HubSpot, Customer.io and Clevertap | Yes, a REST API plus an in-app marketplace of community plugins and themes |
| Hosting | Cloud (SaaS) | Self-hosted on your own infrastructure, or managed hosting through certified partners |
| Made in | United States | Not stated |
| Campaign types | Yes, email newsletters and bulk campaigns, AMP interactive emails, and transactional email | Email campaigns and newsletters alongside SMS, push notifications and WhatsApp, plus landing pages and forms that embed in a site or open as a popup |
| Automation and journeys | Yes, email sequences and prebuilt automation templates | Yes, a drag-and-drop campaign builder for multi-step journeys from capture through to conversion |
| Segmentation and personalisation | Yes, contact segmentation, with AI segment generation | Yes, contact segmentation driven by behaviour and engagement tracking, with customisable point-based lead scoring to prioritise contacts |
| Templates and editor | Yes, a drag-and-drop editor with AI template and subject-line generation and a brand kit | Yes, a drag-and-drop email builder with personalisation and A/B testing, plus a landing page builder and a form builder; community themes come through the marketplace |
| Deliverability and testing | Yes, a managed deliverability service: Mailmodo monitors its own sending IPs, keeps bulk and transactional mail on separate sending streams, provides its own high-reputation SMTP, and its in-house experts run a deliverability audit of email health, performance and domain reputation, then plan domain warm-up and safe volume increases | Sending runs through a provider you supply, not one bundled with the product. SMTP is the default transport, configured as a DSN, and since version 5 the Symfony Mailer transports add SendGrid, Amazon SES and others by Composer; a SparkPost plugin is available from the Mautic Marketplace. The documentation warns that the Symfony transports do not support batch sending or the bounce-management callbacks the dedicated plugins handle |
| Ecommerce and CRM data | Yes, integrations with HubSpot, Customer.io and Clevertap for CRM data | Contacts, companies and lead scoring are native, and CRM, ecommerce and SMS systems connect through marketplace plugins or webhooks rather than shipping preconfigured |
| Integrations and API | Yes, an API, plus integrations for Zapier, HubSpot, Customer.io and Clevertap | Yes, a REST API for contacts, campaigns and data transfer, webhooks, and an in-app marketplace of community plugins |
| AI features | stated Yes | No |
| Deployment | Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based | more entries On-premise, Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based |
| Support | more entries Email helpdesk, Chat, Phone | Community forum |
| Onboarding | Documentation and knowledge base | Documentation and knowledge base |
| Company size | Small and mid-sized, Enterprise | Small and mid-sized, Enterprise |
| Integrations | more entries HubSpot, Customer.io, Clevertap, Zapier, Make, Google Sheets, Mailchimp, Shopify, Segment, Mixpanel, Twilio, Zoom, Google Calendar, Intercom, Zendesk, MoEngage, WebEngage | SMTP, SendGrid, Amazon SES, SparkPost |
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The short version
Key Differences
- Starting price Mailmodo From $149 / month Mautic Free and open source if self-hosted; managed hosting from €247.50 / month
- Free trial Mailmodo Free trial available Mautic 14-day trial of the hosted offering, no credit card required
- Deployment Mailmodo Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based Mautic On-premise, Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based
- Hosting Mailmodo Cloud (SaaS) Mautic Self-hosted on your own infrastructure, or managed hosting through certified partners
- Support Mailmodo Email helpdesk, Chat, Phone Mautic Community forum
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The trade-offs
Strengths and Limitations
Mailmodo
Strengths
- AMP interactive emails with forms, surveys and carts inside the inbox
- AI generates templates, subject lines and segments
- Email sequences and prebuilt automation templates
- Integrations for HubSpot, Customer.io, Clevertap and Zapier
Limitations
- Higher entry price than most email tools, from $149 per month
- Plans start at 500 contacts
Mautic
Strengths
- No licence cost and no per-contact fee, so list growth does not change the bill
- Self-hosting keeps contact data in a jurisdiction you pick
- Campaign builder, email builder, landing pages, forms and lead scoring are all in the core product
- REST API, webhooks and an in-app marketplace for extending it
Limitations
- You supply and pay for the email sending provider separately
- Running and patching a PHP application is your responsibility unless you buy managed hosting
- Support is community forums and Slack; paid support comes only through partners
- Symfony Mailer transports do not batch-send or handle bounce callbacks
Plans
Pricing
Mailmodo
- Lite From $149 / month Billed annually; 500 contacts, 2,000 email credits per month and one team member.
- Pro From $199 / month Billed annually; 500 contacts, 3,000 email credits per month and three team members.
- Max Not stated Unlimited email credits and five team members, quoted by sales.
Mautic
- Self-hosted €0 The open source application under the GPL v3 licence. No licence cost; the server and the email sending provider are your own.
- Mautic Essential €247.50 Per month billed annually, or €275 per month billed quarterly. Managed shared hosting through Dropsolid, up to 50,000 emails per month and 50,000 contacts.
- Mautic Professional €1,237 Per month. Dedicated hosting, up to 3 million contacts, with a dedicated support manager.
- Mautic Enterprise Custom Quoted by the vendor. Dedicated infrastructure, up to 6 million emails per month, enterprise-grade security.
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Mautic
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Where this comes from
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Mailmodo https://www.mailmodo.com · checked against the official source on 2026-08-22
Mautic https://www.mautic.org · no check date recorded yet
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