SendPortal 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.

SendPortalmettle/sendportal

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

3 of 6 jobs

4 of 6 jobs

All 6

Popularity and activity (from GitHub)

Stars

2,178

5,535Top

2,239

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Gain this week

Unknown

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Signal

Building history

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Commits / 4 wk

48Top

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Latest release

v4.0.0 · 2026-10-12Top

v0.16.0 · 2026-10-08

0.30.3 · 2026-09-06

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Commits / 12 wk

139

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People committing / 12 mo

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Issues opened / closed, 30 days

0 / 0

5 / 4

3 / 2

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Facts, with sources on each project page

Runs on my machine?Differs

Self-hosted Laravel application

Self-hosted with Docker Compose, or hosted Plunk

Self-hosted Docker image, or hosted Keila Cloud

Hosted by the vendor

Code licenceDiffers

MIT

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, MIT

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

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

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

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

Not documented

Not documented; needs a container engine and PostgreSQL

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Operating systemsDiffers

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

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; git clone, composer install, configure 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.

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

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

- SendPortal: 2,178 GitHub stars, 2 commits in 12 weeks, licence MIT
- 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?: SendPortal Self-hosted Laravel application; Plunk Self-hosted with Docker Compose, or hosted Plunk; Keila Self-hosted Docker image, or hosted Keila Cloud
- Code licence: SendPortal MIT; Plunk AGPL-3.0 (copyleft); Keila AGPL-3.0-or-later (copyleft); logo and extra/ directory excluded
- Commercial use: SendPortal Yes, MIT; 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?: SendPortal App is free; needs an email service such as Amazon SES, Postmark, SendGrid, Mailgun, Mailjet, Postal or SMTP; 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: SendPortal No hardware figures; needs PHP 8.3+ and MySQL 5.7+ or PostgreSQL 10+; Plunk Not documented; Keila Not documented; needs a container engine and PostgreSQL
- Operating systems: SendPortal Any server with PHP 8.3+, Composer, a web server and MySQL or PostgreSQL; host OS not listed; 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: SendPortal Medium; git clone, composer install, configure 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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