Keila vs Mautic
A side-by-side comparison of two self-hosted mail servers options
— licensing, setup difficulty, resource needs, and what each one
replaces.
Not the right match-up?
Compare Keila with
choose an app… listmonk Docker Mailserver Mailspring Postal MailHog Mail-in-a-Box Stalwart Mail Server mailcow Mailpit Mailtrain SendPortal
Compare Mautic with
choose an app… Twenty Monica Krayin listmonk Docker Mailserver Mailspring Postal MailHog Mail-in-a-Box Stalwart Mail Server mailcow Mailpit Mailpile Mailu Roundcube Himalaya SimpleLogin MailCatcher Maddy Mail Server Mox Mailtrain SuiteCRM Haraka AnonAddy RainLoop imapsync Erxes smtp4dev NeoMutt Modoboa aerc EspoCRM Frappe CRM Dittofeed Rspamd emailwiz SendPortal WildDuck Mailvelope iRedMail YetiForce CRM Cypht SnappyMail Forward Email Cuttlefish DebOps swaks parsedmarc PostfixAdmin Dovecot FluentCRM Self-Hosted Apache James Nextcloud Mail chasquid Sup Betterbird imapfilter OpenTrashmail notmuch Sieve Editor meli phpList Exim alot alps OroCRM Tracardi Lieer Cyrus IMAP OfflineIMAP Larch OpenSMTPD Postfix ViMbAdmin Chatmail Mailman isync MailWhale Afterlogic WebMail Lite afew Apache SpamAssassin Sympa Simple NixOS Mailserver msmtp fdm DragonFly Mail Agent Vtiger CRM Claws Mail Fetchmail HyperKitty piler Postorius Nullmailer getmail6 OpenDMARC OpenDKIM bogofilter Schleuder Dovecot Pigeonhole DKIMpy Milter mpop Courier Mail Server Afterlogic DAV b1gMail Dovel EmailRelay Inboxen Sendmail Sendy SquirrelMail
Feature Keila Mautic Category Mail Servers Mail Servers License AGPL-3.0 GPL-3.0 Language Elixir PHP Setup difficulty Easy Hard Min. RAM 512 MB 2,048 MB Deployment docker, source docker, bare-metal, source GitHub stars ★ 2,181 ★ 10,305 First released 2021 2014 Replaces Mailchimp, Sendinblue HubSpot, Marketo, Mailchimp
Why pick each one
Choose Keila if… Released under the AGPL-3.0 license Easy to set up — beginner-friendly First-class Docker support for quick deployment Active community (2.2k GitHub stars) Keila details Choose Mautic if… Full marketing automation suite Large community Mautic details
Frequently asked questions Is Keila or Mautic better? Neither is universally better. Mautic has the larger community, while Keila is simpler to set up (easy difficulty). Choose based on the comparison table above and your own setup.
Are Keila and Mautic free and open-source? Yes. Keila is licensed under AGPL-3.0 and Mautic under GPL-3.0. Both can be self-hosted at no software cost.
Can I run Keila and Mautic with Docker? Keila: yes. Mautic: yes.