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Mailcheap vs Mautic vs Plunk

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.

Mailcheapmarclou/mailcheap
Mauticmautic/mautic
Plunkuseplunk/plunk
beehiivpaid product
Cost and coverage
Price
$0 software; you run it
$0 software; you run it
$0 software; you run it
See pricing page source ↗
Subscriber lists and segments
Partial: Partly
Partial: Partly
Partial: Partly
Confirmed: Yes
Campaign editor and templates
No: No
Partial: Partly
Partial: Partly
Confirmed: Yes
Automations and drip sequences
No: No
Partial: Partly
Partial: Partly
Confirmed: Yes
Signup forms and landing pages
No: No
Partial: Partly
No: No
Confirmed: Yes
Open and click analytics
No: No
No: No
No: No
Confirmed: Yes
Paid subscriptions and newsletter website
No: No
No: No
No: No
Confirmed: Yes
Jobs covered
1 of 6 jobs
4 of 6 jobs
3 of 6 jobs
All 6
Popularity and activity (from GitHub)
Stars
1,275
10,815Top
5,535
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Gain this week
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
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Signal
Building history
Building history
Building history
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Commits / 4 wk
75
152Top
48
—
Latest release
Unknown
7.2.1 · 2026-09-23
v0.16.0 · 2026-10-08Top
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Commits / 12 wk
75
967
139
—
People committing / 12 mo
1
74+
42
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Issues opened / closed, 30 days
0 / 0
98 / 28
5 / 4
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Facts, with sources on each project page
Runs on my machine?Differs
Confirmed: Self-hosted on Vercel or any Node.js 22+ host
Confirmed: Self-hosted on a VPS or dedicated server; paid hosting also offered
Confirmed: Self-hosted with Docker Compose, or hosted Plunk
Hosted by the vendor
Code licenceDiffers
Partial: AGPL-3.0
Partial: GPL-3.0-or-later (copyleft)
Partial: AGPL-3.0 (copyleft)
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Model weights licenceDiffers
Confirmed: No bundled weights; AI agents connect through its MCP server
Confirmed: No separate model weights
Confirmed: No separate model weights
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Commercial useDiffers
Partial: Yes, AGPL-3.0; you must share your source if you offer a modified version over a network
Partial: Yes under GPL-3.0 copyleft terms; no feature-gated edition
Partial: Yes under AGPL-3.0 copyleft terms
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Paid services needed?Differs
No: Needs Amazon SES or PostShiba for sending, both paid; MongoDB, QStash and hosting have free tiers
Partial: Software is free; you need an email transport such as SMTP, Amazon SES or SendGrid to send
No: Self-hosting requires an AWS SES account for sending
Subscription
HardwareDiffers
Unknown: Not checked yet
Partial: VPS or dedicated server; PHP 8.2+ (Mautic 7), MySQL 5.7+ or MariaDB 10.2+; no RAM figure given
Unknown: Not documented
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Operating systemsDiffers
Partial: Deployment requires Node.js 22+ hosting. No explicit Windows/macOS/Linux server support matrix was verified.
Partial: Server with Apache, Nginx or IIS, PHP and MySQL/MariaDB; host OS not specified
Partial: Any host with Docker and Docker Compose; host OS not listed
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Setup effortDiffers
Partial: Medium; deploy to Vercel or a Node.js host, then set up MongoDB, SES or PostShiba, QStash and DNS
Confirmed: Medium; install with Composer or the release zip and a web installer, plus a web server and database
Confirmed: Medium; Docker Compose plus AWS SES setup and DNS for app, api and other subdomains
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Stars over time

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

  • Mailcheap
  • Mautic
  • Plunk
10,8150 2025-10-272026-10-21 Tracked daily begins 2026-10-16Mailcheap, 2026-10-05: 774 stars, estimated from public star recordsMailcheap, 2026-10-12: 1,237 stars, estimated from public star recordsMailcheap, 2026-10-17: 1,184 stars, trackedMailcheap, 2026-10-18: 1,223 stars, trackedMailcheap, 2026-10-19: 1,237 stars, trackedMailcheap, 2026-10-20: 1,258 stars, trackedMailcheap, 2026-10-21: 1,275 stars, trackedMautic, 2025-10-27: 10,046 stars, estimated from public star recordsMautic, 2025-11-03: 10,055 stars, estimated from public star recordsMautic, 2025-11-10: 10,067 stars, estimated from public star recordsMautic, 2025-11-17: 10,070 stars, estimated from public star recordsMautic, 2025-11-24: 10,079 stars, estimated from public star recordsMautic, 2025-12-01: 10,089 stars, estimated from public star recordsMautic, 2025-12-08: 10,100 stars, estimated from public star recordsMautic, 2025-12-15: 10,116 stars, estimated from public star recordsMautic, 2025-12-22: 10,129 stars, estimated from public star recordsMautic, 2025-12-29: 10,140 stars, estimated from public star recordsMautic, 2026-01-05: 10,151 stars, estimated from public star recordsMautic, 2026-01-12: 10,162 stars, estimated from public star recordsMautic, 2026-01-19: 10,190 stars, estimated from public star recordsMautic, 2026-01-26: 10,199 stars, estimated from public star recordsMautic, 2026-02-02: 10,216 stars, estimated from public star recordsMautic, 2026-02-09: 10,231 stars, estimated from public star recordsMautic, 2026-02-16: 10,246 stars, estimated from public star recordsMautic, 2026-02-23: 10,255 stars, estimated from public star recordsMautic, 2026-03-02: 10,263 stars, estimated from public star recordsMautic, 2026-03-09: 10,269 stars, estimated from public star recordsMautic, 2026-03-16: 10,273 stars, estimated from public star recordsMautic, 2026-03-23: 10,280 stars, estimated from public star recordsMautic, 2026-03-30: 10,284 stars, estimated from public star recordsMautic, 2026-04-06: 10,291 stars, estimated from public star recordsMautic, 2026-04-13: 10,296 stars, estimated from public star recordsMautic, 2026-04-20: 10,300 stars, estimated from public star recordsMautic, 2026-04-27: 10,308 stars, estimated from public star recordsMautic, 2026-05-04: 10,318 stars, estimated from public star recordsMautic, 2026-05-11: 10,323 stars, estimated from public star recordsMautic, 2026-05-18: 10,328 stars, estimated from public star recordsMautic, 2026-05-25: 10,333 stars, estimated from public star recordsMautic, 2026-06-01: 10,335 stars, estimated from public star recordsMautic, 2026-06-08: 10,338 stars, estimated from public star recordsMautic, 2026-06-22: 10,339 stars, estimated from public star recordsMautic, 2026-08-10: 10,342 stars, estimated from public star recordsMautic, 2026-08-17: 10,343 stars, estimated from public star recordsMautic, 2026-08-31: 10,365 stars, estimated from public star recordsMautic, 2026-09-07: 10,421 stars, estimated from public star recordsMautic, 2026-09-14: 10,469 stars, estimated from public star recordsMautic, 2026-09-21: 10,512 stars, estimated from public star recordsMautic, 2026-09-28: 10,670 stars, estimated from public star recordsMautic, 2026-10-05: 10,741 stars, estimated from public star recordsMautic, 2026-10-12: 10,794 stars, estimated from public star recordsMautic, 2026-10-16: 10,779 stars, trackedMautic, 2026-10-17: 10,786 stars, trackedMautic, 2026-10-18: 10,790 stars, trackedMautic, 2026-10-19: 10,794 stars, trackedMautic, 2026-10-20: 10,805 stars, trackedMautic, 2026-10-21: 10,815 stars, trackedPlunk, 2026-10-16: 5,524 stars, trackedPlunk, 2026-10-17: 5,524 stars, trackedPlunk, 2026-10-18: 5,524 stars, trackedPlunk, 2026-10-19: 5,524 stars, trackedPlunk, 2026-10-20: 5,529 stars, trackedPlunk, 2026-10-21: 5,535 stars, tracked
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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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