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ActiveTrail vs Mailtrain

ActiveTrail

activetrail.com

Mailtrain

github.com

Side by side

FigureActiveTrailMailtrain
Price from$9/moFree
Free plan—Yes
Free trialYes—
Open source——
WebYesYes
Linux—Yes
iOSYes—
AndroidYes—
APIYesYes
Self-hosted—Yes
Plans published71
Spec score · Email Marketing Software9.2 (#3)8.2 (#73)
Spec score · Email marketing tools9.1 (#11)8.2 (#74)
Free planNoYes
ProductActiveTrail is a cloud based marketing platform for email campaigns and automated customer journeys across email, SMS, WhatsApp and push notifications.Mailtrain is a self-hosted newsletter application built on Node.js and MySQL or MariaDB.
SecurityActiveTrail states that its information security management system complies with ISO 27001.The project says its separate trusted, sandbox, and public endpoints help avoid XSS attacks in multi-user settings.

Plans

ActiveTrail

  • SMS package$0.11, paid once
  • Basic$9 a month
  • Plus$14 a month
  • Premium$351 a month
  • BasicPrice not published
  • PlusPrice not published
  • PremiumPrice not published

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Mailtrain

  • Mailtrain v2Free

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In their own words

ActiveTrail

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Mailtrain

Mailtrain is a free, self-hosted newsletter application built on Node.js and MySQL or MariaDB. It manages subscriber lists, segmentation, and custom fields, and supports triggered and RSS campaign automation. Email templates include MJML-based templates, while custom reports provide reporting capabilities. Multiple users can work with granular permissions and flexible sharing, and hierarchical namespaces support organization across larger setups. Mailtrain includes Zone-MTA for mail delivery and separates trusted, sandbox, and public endpoints to help avoid XSS attacks in multi-user settings. Its Docker configuration supports LDAP authentication and CAS, with an optional API access-token setting. Mailtrain v2 is distributed under the GPL-V3.0 license and is listed at free. Deployment options include Docker Compose and direct installation on CentOS 7 or Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. Version 2 requires Node.js 14 or later and MySQL 8 or later, or MariaDB 10 or later; the recommended minimum hardware is 2 vCPU and 4096 MB RAM. Docker users should set ADMIN_PASSWORD because the default is test.

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