Mautic vs Plunk vs Keila

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.

Mauticmautic/mautic

Plunkuseplunk/plunk

Keilapentacent/keila

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

4 of 6 jobs

3 of 6 jobs

4 of 6 jobs

All 6

Popularity and activity (from GitHub)

Stars

10,815Top

5,535

2,239

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Gain this week

Unknown

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Signal

Building history

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Commits / 4 wk

152Top

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Latest release

7.2.1 · 2026-09-23

v0.16.0 · 2026-10-08Top

0.30.3 · 2026-09-06

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Commits / 12 wk

967

139

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People committing / 12 mo

74+

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Issues opened / closed, 30 days

98 / 28

5 / 4

3 / 2

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Facts, with sources on each project page

Runs on my machine?Differs

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

Self-hosted with Docker Compose, or hosted Plunk

Self-hosted Docker image, or hosted Keila Cloud

Hosted by the vendor

Code licenceDiffers

GPL-3.0-or-later (copyleft)

AGPL-3.0 (copyleft)

AGPL-3.0-or-later (copyleft); logo and extra/ directory excluded

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Model weights licence

No separate model weights

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Commercial useDiffers

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

Yes under AGPL-3.0 copyleft terms

Yes under AGPL-3.0 copyleft terms; self-hosted version is not feature-gated in the README

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Paid services needed?Differs

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

Self-hosting requires an AWS SES account for sending

Your own inbox over SMTP works for small lists; larger lists need a sending service

Subscription

HardwareDiffers

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

Not documented

Not documented; needs a container engine and PostgreSQL

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Operating systemsDiffers

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

Any host with Docker and Docker Compose; host OS not listed

Any host running a container engine; host OS support not listed

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Setup effortDiffers

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

Medium; Docker Compose plus AWS SES setup and DNS for app, api and other subdomains

Medium; Docker image or sample Docker Compose file, plus PostgreSQL

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Stars over time

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

beehiiv: See pricing page
Mautic: free software; does 4 of 6 beehiiv jobs
Plunk: free software; does 3 of 6 beehiiv jobs
Keila: free software; does 4 of 6 beehiiv jobs

- Mautic: 10,815 GitHub stars, 967 commits in 12 weeks, licence GPL-3.0-or-later (copyleft)
- Plunk: 5,535 GitHub stars, 139 commits in 12 weeks, licence AGPL-3.0 (copyleft)
- Keila: 2,239 GitHub stars, 25 commits in 12 weeks, licence AGPL-3.0-or-later (copyleft); logo and extra/ directory excluded

Where they differ:
- Runs on my machine?: Mautic Self-hosted on a VPS or dedicated server; paid hosting also offered; Plunk Self-hosted with Docker Compose, or hosted Plunk; Keila Self-hosted Docker image, or hosted Keila Cloud
- Code licence: Mautic GPL-3.0-or-later (copyleft); Plunk AGPL-3.0 (copyleft); Keila AGPL-3.0-or-later (copyleft); logo and extra/ directory excluded
- Commercial use: Mautic Yes under GPL-3.0 copyleft terms; no feature-gated edition; Plunk Yes under AGPL-3.0 copyleft terms; Keila Yes under AGPL-3.0 copyleft terms; self-hosted version is not feature-gated in the README
- Paid services needed?: Mautic Software is free; you need an email transport such as SMTP, Amazon SES or SendGrid to send; Plunk Self-hosting requires an AWS SES account for sending; Keila Your own inbox over SMTP works for small lists; larger lists need a sending service
- Hardware: Mautic VPS or dedicated server; PHP 8.2+ (Mautic 7), MySQL 5.7+ or MariaDB 10.2+; no RAM figure given; Plunk Not documented; Keila Not documented; needs a container engine and PostgreSQL
- Operating systems: Mautic Server with Apache, Nginx or IIS, PHP and MySQL/MariaDB; host OS not specified; Plunk Any host with Docker and Docker Compose; host OS not listed; Keila Any host running a container engine; host OS support not listed
- Setup effort: Mautic Medium; install with Composer or the release zip and a web installer, plus a web server and database; Plunk Medium; Docker Compose plus AWS SES setup and DNS for app, api and other subdomains; Keila Medium; Docker image or sample Docker Compose file, plus PostgreSQL

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