Alternatives · Email Marketing
SendPortal alternatives
As of Nov 13, 2026, the highest-graded SendPortal alternative is Mautic (2.4 GPA). It's also the best free one.
SendPortal compared with 5 alternatives: listmonk, Mailcoach, Sendy, MailWizz and Mautic.
SendPortal is free to use. 2 of the 5 alternatives are free or have a free plan. One more offers a free trial.
Listings checked up to Nov 13, 2026 · Where the facts come from
At a glance
Price against what you get
SendPortal has no paid plan and scores 2.0 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. None of the 4 alternatives on this chart both scores higher and starts lower.
Mailcoach, MailWizz and Mautic score higher without starting lower.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
How each one differs from SendPortal
listmonk
Free self-hosted newsletter and mailing list manager
- listmonk is free.
- listmonk also covers transactional email.
- listmonk does not cover templates, which SendPortal does.
Suits: Developers and teams comfortable running their own server
Mailcoach
Email campaigns priced by emails sent, hosted or self-hosted
- Mailcoach starts at $9.99 per month with 2,000 emails, plus $0.002 per extra email.
- Mailcoach has no free plan, only a free trial, unlike SendPortal.
- Mailcoach also covers marketing automation.
- Mailcoach does not cover templates, which SendPortal does.
Suits: Senders with a large list who email it only occasionally
Sendy
Self-hosted newsletter app that sends through Amazon SES
- Sendy starts at $69 one-time purchase, for one domain.
- Sendy has no free plan, unlike SendPortal.
- Sendy can be bought with a one-time purchase.
- Sendy also covers marketing automation.
- Sendy does not cover templates, which SendPortal does.
Suits: Publishers with large lists who want to stop paying per subscriber
MailWizz
Self-hosted email marketing software sold as a license
- MailWizz starts at $59 per year (Regular license); lifetime license $79 once.
- MailWizz has no free plan, unlike SendPortal.
- MailWizz can be bought with a one-time purchase.
- MailWizz also covers marketing automation.
Suits: Teams that can run a PHP application and want one flat license instead of per-subscriber fees
Mautic
Open source marketing automation you can self-host
- Mautic starts at €247.50 per month, billed annually (€275 billed quarterly).
- Mautic also covers marketing automation.
- Mautic does not cover templates, which SendPortal does.
Suits: Teams that want marketing automation without per-contact software fees
Limits worth knowing in SendPortal
- You install and maintain it yourself; version 4 needs PHP 8.3 or newer, Composer, and MySQL 5.7+ or PostgreSQL 10+.
- The pages describe campaigns, segments and tracking; they do not list automation workflows or drag-and-drop editing.
- It has no sending infrastructure of its own, so deliverability depends on the email service you connect.
- The vendor's pages name no paid support plan.
Common questions
What are the alternatives to SendPortal?
The alternatives to SendPortal in this directory are listmonk, Mailcoach, Sendy, MailWizz and Mautic. Each one has a side-by-side comparison with SendPortal.
Is there a free alternative to SendPortal?
Yes. listmonk is free to use. Mautic has a free plan alongside paid ones.
When were these prices checked?
Each listing shows its own date. On this page they run from Oct 17, 2026 to Nov 13, 2026. Vendors change prices without notice, so confirm on their site before you buy.