listmonk vs Mautic vs SendPortal

Side by side, as alternatives to beehiiv. Rows that differ are highlighted; the strongest value in a row is marked. Unknown means no source yet.

listmonkknadh/listmonk

Mauticmautic/mautic

SendPortalmettle/sendportal

beehiivpaid product

Cost and coverage

Price

$0 software; you run it

See pricing page source ↗

Subscriber lists and segments

Partly

Yes

Campaign editor and templates

Partly

Yes

Automations and drip sequences

Partly

Yes

Signup forms and landing pages

Partly

Yes

Open and click analytics

Partly

Yes

Paid subscriptions and newsletter website

Yes

Jobs covered

3 of 6 jobs

4 of 6 jobs

3 of 6 jobs

All 6

Popularity and activity (from GitHub)

Stars

23,886Top

10,815

2,178

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Gain this week

Unknown

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Signal

Building history

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Commits / 4 wk

129

152Top

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Latest release

v7.0.0-beta.1 · 2026-10-20Top

7.2.1 · 2026-09-23

v4.0.0 · 2026-10-12

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Commits / 12 wk

195

967

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People committing / 12 mo

32+

74+

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Issues opened / closed, 30 days

29 / 68

98 / 28

0 / 0

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Facts, with sources on each project page

Runs on my machine?Differs

Self-hosted binary or Docker Compose with PostgreSQL

Self-hosted on a VPS or dedicated server; paid hosting also offered

Self-hosted Laravel application

Hosted by the vendor

Code licenceDiffers

AGPL-3.0 (copyleft)

GPL-3.0-or-later (copyleft)

MIT

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Model weights licence

No separate model weights

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Commercial useDiffers

Yes under AGPL-3.0 copyleft terms; no paid edition or feature gating

Yes under GPL-3.0 copyleft terms; no feature-gated edition

Yes, MIT

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Paid services needed?Differs

App is free; you need an SMTP server or sending service such as Amazon SES to deliver mail

Software is free; you need an email transport such as SMTP, Amazon SES or SendGrid to send

App is free; needs an email service such as Amazon SES, Postmark, SendGrid, Mailgun, Mailjet, Postal or SMTP

Subscription

HardwareDiffers

Light; a production instance sent 7M+ emails using a fraction of one core and 57 MB peak RAM

VPS or dedicated server; PHP 8.2+ (Mautic 7), MySQL 5.7+ or MariaDB 10.2+; no RAM figure given

No hardware figures; needs PHP 8.3+ and MySQL 5.7+ or PostgreSQL 10+

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Operating systemsDiffers

Binaries for Linux, macOS (Darwin), Windows and the BSDs; Docker image

Server with Apache, Nginx or IIS, PHP and MySQL/MariaDB; host OS not specified

Any server with PHP 8.3+, Composer, a web server and MySQL or PostgreSQL; host OS not listed

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Setup effortDiffers

Easy; download binary or docker compose up, plus a PostgreSQL database

Medium; install with Composer or the release zip and a web installer, plus a web server and database

Medium; git clone, composer install, configure a web server and database

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Stars over time

Switch to Growth % to compare projects of different sizes fairly.

listmonk
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Tracked daily since 16 Oct 2026. Dashed history: estimated from public records of when people starred the repo. Lines connect observations only; gaps contain no measured points.

Growth % starts at each project's first observed point in the shown range. Zero-star starts are unavailable.

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listmonk vs Mautic vs SendPortal (as alternatives to beehiiv)
Figures from RepoQuarry, 21 Oct 2026. Sources: https://repoquarry.dev/compare?ids=listmonk,mautic,sendportal&product=beehiiv

beehiiv: See pricing page
listmonk: free software; does 3 of 6 beehiiv jobs
Mautic: free software; does 4 of 6 beehiiv jobs
SendPortal: free software; does 3 of 6 beehiiv jobs

- listmonk: 23,886 GitHub stars, 195 commits in 12 weeks, licence AGPL-3.0 (copyleft)
- Mautic: 10,815 GitHub stars, 967 commits in 12 weeks, licence GPL-3.0-or-later (copyleft)
- SendPortal: 2,178 GitHub stars, 2 commits in 12 weeks, licence MIT

Where they differ:
- Runs on my machine?: listmonk Self-hosted binary or Docker Compose with PostgreSQL; Mautic Self-hosted on a VPS or dedicated server; paid hosting also offered; SendPortal Self-hosted Laravel application
- Code licence: listmonk AGPL-3.0 (copyleft); Mautic GPL-3.0-or-later (copyleft); SendPortal MIT
- Commercial use: listmonk Yes under AGPL-3.0 copyleft terms; no paid edition or feature gating; Mautic Yes under GPL-3.0 copyleft terms; no feature-gated edition; SendPortal Yes, MIT
- Paid services needed?: listmonk App is free; you need an SMTP server or sending service such as Amazon SES to deliver mail; Mautic Software is free; you need an email transport such as SMTP, Amazon SES or SendGrid to send; SendPortal App is free; needs an email service such as Amazon SES, Postmark, SendGrid, Mailgun, Mailjet, Postal or SMTP
- Hardware: listmonk Light; a production instance sent 7M+ emails using a fraction of one core and 57 MB peak RAM; Mautic VPS or dedicated server; PHP 8.2+ (Mautic 7), MySQL 5.7+ or MariaDB 10.2+; no RAM figure given; SendPortal No hardware figures; needs PHP 8.3+ and MySQL 5.7+ or PostgreSQL 10+
- Operating systems: listmonk Binaries for Linux, macOS (Darwin), Windows and the BSDs; Docker image; Mautic Server with Apache, Nginx or IIS, PHP and MySQL/MariaDB; host OS not specified; SendPortal Any server with PHP 8.3+, Composer, a web server and MySQL or PostgreSQL; host OS not listed
- Setup effort: listmonk Easy; download binary or docker compose up, plus a PostgreSQL database; Mautic Medium; install with Composer or the release zip and a web installer, plus a web server and database; SendPortal Medium; git clone, composer install, configure a web server and database

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