Side by side
Elastic Email vs Mailtrain
Both stand on email marketing tools. Which one you can start free with, which one lets you read the code, and what each costs once you pay.
Free plan Web
Elastic Email brings campaign automation, audience organization, landing pages, and testing into one web service. Its Free plan provides a starting point, while paid plans begin at $29/mo and have the listed limits.
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Mailtrain provides list management, campaign automation, reporting, and multi-user controls in a self-hosted package. Account for its runtime and hardware requirements, and set ADMIN_PASSWORD when using Docker.
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| Elastic Email | Mailtrain | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | Not published | Not published |
| Runs on | Web | API, Linux, Self-hosted, Web |
| Lowest paid plan | Starter: $29 a month | Free or on request |
| Plans published | 3 | 1 |
| Maker | Not published | Not published |
| Website | elasticemail.com | github.com |
| On email marketing tools | #24 of 187 | #20 of 187 |
Elastic Email: what it does well
- Free plan available
- Email automation included
- Audience segmentation tools
- Landing pages and A/B testing
- 12 native integrations
What to know first
- Free plan limits 1,000 contacts
- Free plan allows 3,000 emails monthly
- Starter and Pro list identical limits
- Web access only
Mailtrain: what it does well
- Supports subscriber segmentation and custom fields
- Automates triggered and RSS campaigns
- Includes Zone-MTA for mail delivery setup
- Free under the GPL-V3.0 license
What to know first
- Requires Node.js 14 or later
- Requires MySQL 8 or later, or MariaDB 10 or later
- Recommended minimum is 2 vCPU and 4096 MB RAM
- Docker users should change the default password
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