Dovecot vs Mautic
A side-by-side comparison of two self-hosted mail servers options
— licensing, setup difficulty, resource needs, and what each one
replaces.
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Feature Dovecot Mautic Category Mail Servers Mail Servers License MIT GPL-3.0 Language C PHP Setup difficulty Hard Hard Min. RAM 128 MB 2,048 MB Deployment docker, bare-metal, source docker, bare-metal, source GitHub stars ★ 1,233 ★ 10,305 First released 2002 2014 Replaces Microsoft Exchange HubSpot, Marketo, Mailchimp
Why pick each one
Choose Dovecot if… Very efficient and reliable Industry standard Dovecot details Choose Mautic if… Full marketing automation suite Large community Mautic details
Frequently asked questions Is Dovecot or Mautic better? Neither is universally better. Mautic has the larger community; both share a hard setup difficulty, so the decision comes down to features and licensing.
Are Dovecot and Mautic free and open-source? Yes. Dovecot is licensed under MIT and Mautic under GPL-3.0. Both can be self-hosted at no software cost.
Can I run Dovecot and Mautic with Docker? Dovecot: yes. Mautic: yes.