E-goi vs Mailtrain

E-goi is a web-based email marketing service from E-goi, founded in 1999 and headquartered in Matosinhos, Portugal. Listed tools include email automation, audience segmentation, landing pages and A/B testing. Its free plan supports up to 500 subscribers. Base costs $11.75 per month for 500 contacts with unlimited email and push sends; extra contacts are available. Pro costs $44.75 per month for 2,500 contacts with the same unlimited sending terms. GoSend uses prepaid email packs starting at €6 for 10,000 sends and has no contact limit. The 5001 plan lists 5,001 contacts and 15,000 emails per month, with no price shown. Corporate provides tailored contact and sending limits, strategic consulting, priority support, custom solutions, advanced tracking and enhanced security, also without a listed price. E-goi lists a 14-day trial. The service runs on the web.

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.