Mautic vs Sympa
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
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Compare Sympa with
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Feature Mautic Sympa Category Mail Servers Mail Servers License GPL-3.0 GPL-2.0 Language PHP Perl Setup difficulty Hard Hard Min. RAM 2,048 MB 1,024 MB Deployment docker, bare-metal, source docker, bare-metal, source GitHub stars ★ 10,305 ★ 310 First released 2014 1997 Replaces HubSpot, Marketo, Mailchimp Google Groups
Why pick each one
Choose Mautic if… Full marketing automation suite Large community Mautic details Choose Sympa if… Handles very large list deployments Mature and feature-rich Sympa details
Frequently asked questions Is Mautic or Sympa 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 Mautic and Sympa free and open-source? Yes. Mautic is licensed under GPL-3.0 and Sympa under GPL-2.0. Both can be self-hosted at no software cost.
Can I run Mautic and Sympa with Docker? Mautic: yes. Sympa: yes.