Mautic vs. Sender

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

Sender

Best for

Best for small businesses that want email and SMS together on a budget, with a generous free plan and pricing that scales with the list.

Freelancers
Small and mid-sized
Enterprise

Cataleo does not name a winner. Both statements come from the vendors themselves.

Full Comparison

Criterion	Mautic	Sender
Starting price	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.	From $7 / month Standard plan for up to 1,000 subscribers and 12,000 emails per month; the price scales with the subscriber count. A Free Forever plan covers up to 2,500 subscribers and 15,000 emails per month.
Free trial	14-day trial of the hosted offering, no credit card required	Free Forever plan for up to 2,500 subscribers and 15,000 emails per month, with Sender branding
Commercial use	Yes, GPL v3	Not stated
API	Yes, a REST API plus an in-app marketplace of community plugins and themes	Not stated
Hosting	Self-hosted on your own infrastructure, or managed hosting through certified partners	Cloud (SaaS)
Campaign types	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	Yes, email newsletters and campaigns, plus SMS on paid plans and transactional email, with A/B testing
Automation and journeys	Yes, a drag-and-drop campaign builder for multi-step journeys from capture through to conversion	Yes, unlimited marketing automation
Segmentation and personalisation	Yes, contact segmentation driven by behaviour and engagement tracking, with customisable point-based lead scoring to prioritise contacts	Yes, unlimited segmentation for targeted messaging
Templates and editor	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	Yes, a drag-and-drop builder with 1,600+ mobile-responsive templates and a custom HTML editor
Deliverability and testing	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	Yes, with 24/7 IP monitoring and sender-reputation tracking, plus A/B testing for subject lines, content and send times
Ecommerce and 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	Yes, integrations for Shopify, WooCommerce, PrestaShop and WordPress
Integrations and API	Yes, a REST API for contacts, campaigns and data transfer, webhooks, and an in-app marketplace of community plugins	Yes, integrations including WordPress, WooCommerce, Shopify, PrestaShop and Zapier
Deployment	more entries On-premise, Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based	Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based
Support	Community forum	more entries Chat, 24/7
Onboarding	Documentation and knowledge base	Not stated
Company size	Small and mid-sized, Enterprise	more entries Freelancers, Small and mid-sized, Enterprise
Integrations	SMTP, SendGrid, Amazon SES, SparkPost	more entries WordPress, WooCommerce, Shopify, PrestaShop, Zapier

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The short version

Key Differences

Starting price Mautic Free and open source if self-hosted; managed hosting from €247.50 / month Sender From $7 / month
Free trial Mautic 14-day trial of the hosted offering, no credit card required Sender Free Forever plan for up to 2,500 subscribers and 15,000 emails per month, with Sender branding
Deployment Mautic On-premise, Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based Sender Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based
Company size Mautic Small and mid-sized, Enterprise Sender Freelancers, Small and mid-sized, Enterprise
Hosting Mautic Self-hosted on your own infrastructure, or managed hosting through certified partners Sender Cloud (SaaS)

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The trade-offs

Strengths and Limitations

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

Sender

Strengths

Free plan for up to 2,500 subscribers and 15,000 emails per month
Email plus SMS from paid plans, with unlimited automation and segmentation
1,600+ responsive templates and a drag-and-drop builder
Ecommerce integrations for Shopify, WooCommerce and PrestaShop

Limitations

The free plan carries Sender branding
SMS is only available on paid plans

Plans

Pricing

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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Sender

Free $0 / month Up to 2,500 subscribers and 15,000 emails per month, with Sender branding.
Standard From $7 / month Up to 1,000 subscribers and 12,000 emails per month; removes branding and adds SMS and A/B testing. Scales with subscriber count.
Professional From $14 / month Up to 1,000 subscribers and 24,000 emails per month; adds advanced automation, more seats and priority support. Scales with subscriber count.
Enterprise Not stated Unlimited emails, a dedicated success manager, SSO and phone support, quoted by sales.

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What users say

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Mautic

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Sender

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Value for money: Not rated yet
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Where this comes from

Mautic https://www.mautic.org · no check date recorded yet

Sender https://www.sender.net · checked against the official source on 2026-08-22

This table lists factual criteria taken from information the vendors publish themselves. For how we put it together, see the methodology.