Mautic vs SuiteCRM
A side-by-side comparison of two self-hosted apps from related categories
— 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 Haraka AnonAddy RainLoop imapsync Erxes smtp4dev NeoMutt Modoboa 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 SuiteCRM with
choose an app… Twenty Odoo Community ERPNext Monica Krayin Snipe-IT Worktile ERP Frappe HR Dolibarr InvenTree Open Source Point of Sale Erxes Bigcapital Fat Free CRM EspoCRM Frappe CRM InvoicePlane Shelf Asset Management Spoolman pretix metasfresh Django-CRM Paymenter Corteza YetiForce CRM Part-DB FluentCRM Self-Hosted CiviCRM OroCRM Tracardi Vtiger CRM OpenCRX Rukovoditel
Feature Mautic SuiteCRM Category Mail Servers CRM & Business Apps License GPL-3.0 AGPL-3.0 Language PHP PHP Setup difficulty Hard Medium Min. RAM 2,048 MB 2,048 MB Deployment docker, bare-metal, source docker, bare-metal GitHub stars ★ 10,305 ★ 5,637 First released 2014 2013 Replaces HubSpot, Marketo, Mailchimp Salesforce, HubSpot
Why pick each one
Choose Mautic if… Full marketing automation suite Large community Mautic details Choose SuiteCRM if… Feature-complete CRM Free and open source Mature SuiteCRM details
Frequently asked questions Is Mautic or SuiteCRM better? Neither is universally better. Mautic has the larger community, while SuiteCRM is simpler to set up (medium difficulty). Choose based on the comparison table above and your own setup.
Are Mautic and SuiteCRM free and open-source? Yes. Mautic is licensed under GPL-3.0 and SuiteCRM under AGPL-3.0. Both can be self-hosted at no software cost.
Can I run Mautic and SuiteCRM with Docker? Mautic: yes. SuiteCRM: yes.