Citadel vs listmonk
Citadel
citadel.org
listmonk
listmonk.appSide by side
| Figure | Citadel | listmonk |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | Yes |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 2 |
| Spec score · Mailing List Management Software | 8.3 (#4) | 8.7 (#1) |
| Architecture | Citadel uses a rooms-based architecture for organizing collaboration features. | The application uses a Go backend, a Vue/Buefy frontend and PostgreSQL as its only runtime database dependency. |
| Authentication | Citadel can authenticate users through its own database, host-system accounts, or LDAP including Microsoft Active Directory schemas. | The product includes OIDC single sign-on, granular roles and permissions, and API tokens. |
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In their own words
listmonk
listmonk is a free, open-source, self-hosted manager for newsletters and one-way mailing lists. It supports single- and double-opt-in subscriber lists, SQL-expression segmentation and management of millions of subscribers. Built-in analytics cover campaign performance, bounces and top links. Email templates can use Go expressions and functions, and can be built with a drag-and-drop editor, WYSIWYG editor, Markdown, HTML or plain text. For campaign delivery, listmonk runs multithreaded email queues across multiple SMTP connections and supports throughput and sliding-window rate limits. Its API sends transactional messages from predefined templates, including through messenger interfaces for email, SMS and WhatsApp. Campaign messages can also go as JSON to messenger web services for delivery through services such as SMS or FCM. Dashboard features are available through REST-like HTTP APIs using JSON, with BasicAuth or authorization tokens. Authentication includes OIDC single sign-on, and user and list roles support granular permissions. The software offers binaries for Linux, macOS, Windows and other operating systems, plus a Docker image. Running listmonk requires PostgreSQL version 12 or later.