Mautic vs Modoboa
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 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 aerc EspoCRM Frappe CRM Dittofeed Rspamd Keila 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
Compare Modoboa with
choose an app… 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 Haraka AnonAddy RainLoop imapsync smtp4dev NeoMutt emailwiz iRedMail Cozy PostfixAdmin Nextcloud Groupware chasquid EGroupware Group-Office Tine
Feature Mautic Modoboa Category Mail Servers Mail Servers License GPL-3.0 ISC Language PHP Python Setup difficulty Hard Medium Min. RAM 2,048 MB 2,048 MB Deployment docker, bare-metal, source docker, bare-metal GitHub stars ★ 10,305 ★ 3,530 First released 2014 2010 Replaces HubSpot, Marketo, Mailchimp Google Workspace, cPanel Email
Why pick each one
Choose Mautic if… Full marketing automation suite Large community Mautic details Choose Modoboa if… Friendly management interface Good monitoring features Modoboa details
Frequently asked questions Is Mautic or Modoboa better? Neither is universally better. Mautic has the larger community, while Modoboa is simpler to set up (medium difficulty). Choose based on the comparison table above and your own setup.
Are Mautic and Modoboa free and open-source? Yes. Mautic is licensed under GPL-3.0 and Modoboa under ISC. Both can be self-hosted at no software cost.
Can I run Mautic and Modoboa with Docker? Mautic: yes. Modoboa: yes.