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Campaign Monitor vs Mailtrain

Campaign Monitor

campaignmonitor.com

Mailtrain

github.com

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FigureCampaign MonitorMailtrain
Price from—Free
Free plan—Yes
Free trialYes—
Open source——
WebYesYes
Linux—Yes
APIYesYes
Self-hosted—Yes
Plans published71
Spec score · Email Marketing Software8.9 (#11)8.2 (#73)
Spec score · Email marketing tools9.0 (#14)8.2 (#74)
APIThe REST API covers accounts, campaigns, clients, journeys, lists, segments, subscribers, templates, transactional email and webhooks.The Docker configuration has an optional setting for an API access token.
DeploymentThe product is presented as an online service with account sign-up and login; the reviewed pages provide no self-hosted installation option.The project documents deployment with Docker Compose and direct installation on CentOS 7 or Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.
Free planNoYes

Plans

Campaign Monitor

  • Free trialPrice not published
  • LitePrice not published
  • EssentialsPrice not published
  • PremierPrice not published
  • Lite$12 a month
  • Essentials$29 a month
  • Premier$159 a month

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Mailtrain

  • Mailtrain v2Free

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Campaign Monitor

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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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