Email and newsletters
Brevo alternatives
2 open-source projects that already do this job. Free to use - not free to run, which is what the numbers on the right are for.
The projects
mautic/mautic★10,301 GitHub starslicence unclearOpen-source marketing automation platform for email campaigns, contacts, segments, and basic workflows.Open on GitHub ↗Mailtrain-org/mailtrain★5,743 GitHub starsGPL-3.0 licenceSelf-hosted newsletter application for managing subscribers, composing HTML campaigns, and sending via SMTP/API.Open on GitHub ↗
What you give up either way
- Built-in multichannel channels: managed SMS, WhatsApp, push, mobile wallet
- Aura AI features (AI content, send-time optimization, AI Data Analyst)
- 150+ one-click integrations catalogue
- Deliverability team and dedicated IP management included in plan
- Enterprise features: multi-account management, dedicated SSO/SAML, custom loyalty engine, phone/support SLAs
An open-source project doing the core job proves a replacement is possible. It does not prove it matches Brevo, and it does not prove anyone has run it for a month. How we decide.