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AcelleMail vs Mautic

AcelleMail vs Mautic — self-hosted email marketing, two architectures

Side-by-side comparison of AcelleMail (one-time $80 license, plugin SDK, multi-tenant SaaS layer) and Mautic (GPLv3, marketing-automation platform). Pricing, system requirements, sending drivers, automation, integrations, and a step-by-step migration guide.

Auf einen Blick AcelleMail Mautic
License model Commercial license — $80 Regular / $199 Extended on CodeCanyon. Full PHP source included; modifications stay private. GPLv3 (free software, per the LICENSE.txt file in the github.com/mautic/mautic repository).
Hosting Self-hosted on Linux + PHP 8.1+ + MySQL/MariaDB. ~512 MB RAM minimum. Self-hosted on PHP + MySQL/MariaDB, OR the paid "Mautic Hosting" managed service (mautic.org lists a 14-day free trial).
Stack PHP 8.1+ (Laravel-based), MySQL ≥ 5.7 / MariaDB ≥ 10.3, optional Redis cache. PHP 7.2+ (Mautic 3.0) up to PHP 8.4 (Mautic 7.0), MySQL ≥ 5.7 or MariaDB ≥ 10.2; required PHP extensions xml, mysql, imap, zip, intl, curl, gd, mbstring, bcmath; npm required from Mautic 5.0 onwards (per mautic.org/mautic-requirements).
Sending integrations 8 built-in drivers — Amazon SES, SendGrid, SparkPost, Mailgun, Elastic Email, Blastengine, Gmail relay, generic SMTP — plus plugin SDK for additional vendors. Mailer transports include SMTP, Amazon SES, Sendgrid, Mailgun, and others via Symfony Mailer / Mautic's transport configuration. Additional providers via community plugins.
Automation builder Visual workflow builder (Automation2) with trigger / wait / condition / send / segment-update nodes. Included on every license. Visual campaign builder with action / decision / condition / source nodes; one of Mautic's primary product surfaces.
Multi-tenancy / SaaS Extended License ($199) ships a multi-tenant layer — customer accounts, plans, 6 payment gateways, dunning, white-label. Single-instance install. Multi-tenant deployments require running multiple instances; not bundled in core.
Plugin SDK 4-pattern Hook system (REGISTRY, EVENT, FILTER, BEHAVIOR). Plugins live under storage/app/plugins/. See Plugin SDK. Symfony bundle-based plugin system; community plugins distributed via Mautic's extension docs and third-party marketplaces.
Funktionsparität

Funktion-für-Funktion-Vergleich

Rund 30 Attribute in 7 Kategorien gegliedert, aus AcelleMail v4.2 und der öffentlichen Funktionsdokumentation von Mailchimp entnommen. Jedes lässt sich anhand der zitierten Quelle überprüfen.

Email creation

Funktion AcelleMail Mautic Hinweise
Drag-and-drop email builder Both ship visual block editors with mobile preview.
100+ pre-built templates AcelleMail bundles a starter template gallery. Mautic ships a default template library; additional themes via community marketplaces.
Full HTML editor Both let you edit raw HTML/CSS for emails.
Spintax / dynamic content AcelleMail includes spintax + per-subscriber merge fields. Mautic supports dynamic content blocks based on contact attributes.
A/B testing Both support subject-line and content split tests.
Multi-language campaigns Both support contact language attributes and translated email variants.

Lists & segmentation

Funktion AcelleMail Mautic Hinweise
Unlimited contacts Both tools impose no software-side cap. Mautic's homepage advertises "Unlimited contacts" verbatim.
Multiple segments / lists Both support unlimited lists and dynamic segments.
Advanced segmentation (any-condition) Both provide visual segment builders over contact fields, behavior, tags, and date logic.
Tags Both support tag-style contact labeling.
Embeddable signup forms Both generate embeddable signup forms.
Double opt-in Both include double opt-in flows.
Bulk import (CSV) Both support CSV mass import. AcelleMail also supports XLSX and direct DB seed.

Automation

Funktion AcelleMail Mautic Hinweise
Trigger-based workflows Both ship trigger-event automation models.
Visual multi-step campaign builder Both ship visual multi-step builders. Mautic's campaign builder is one of its primary product surfaces; AcelleMail uses Automation2 for the same role.
Lead scoring Mautic includes contact point scoring as a core feature. AcelleMail does not include lead scoring in core; comparable behavior can be implemented via plugin or external scoring service.
Landing pages Mautic's homepage advertises a "page builder (drag-and-drop)" for landing pages. AcelleMail focuses on email + signup forms; landing pages are typically built on a separate CMS.
RSS-to-email AcelleMail can pull RSS feeds into scheduled campaigns. Mautic supports RSS-driven content via its segment + campaign engine.
Behavioral triggers (clicks/opens/page views) AcelleMail triggers on engagement events (open, click). Mautic triggers on email events plus tracked page views via its on-page tracking script.

Deliverability

Funktion AcelleMail Mautic Hinweise
SPF / DKIM / DMARC tooling AcelleMail surfaces SPF/DKIM/DMARC record generation in the sending-server config. Mautic relies on the configured mail transport for DKIM signing.
Custom sending domain (return path) AcelleMail supports custom return-path on every license. Mautic inherits return-path from the configured Symfony Mailer transport.
Multiple sending services Both support multiple transports. AcelleMail ships 8 native drivers; Mautic uses Symfony Mailer transports (SMTP, SES, SendGrid, Mailgun) plus community plugins.
IP warmup configuration AcelleMail supports daily/hourly send caps per sending server. Mautic supports email throttling at the campaign level.
Click maps + spam scoring AcelleMail provides click heatmaps and SpamAssassin-style scoring on each campaign. Mautic provides email reports + click counts; SpamAssassin scoring is not in core.
Bounce / complaint webhook ingestion Both ingest bounce events. AcelleMail has webhook handlers for SES/SendGrid/Mailgun (see app/SendingServers/Webhooks/). Mautic ingests bounces via its monitored mailbox feature plus webhook plugins for major transports.

Integrations

Funktion AcelleMail Mautic Hinweise
REST API AcelleMail's REST API is documented at /api. Mautic ships an extensive REST API documented at developer.mautic.org.
Webhooks Both emit outbound event webhooks for the standard subscriber/campaign events.
WordPress / WooCommerce sync AcelleMail provides an official WordPress / WooCommerce plugin. Mautic integrations with WordPress are available via community plugins.
Zapier / Make / n8n Both are reachable from Zapier / Make / n8n via REST API; Mautic has first-party listings on multiple automation platforms.
CRM integrations (Salesforce/HubSpot) Mautic ships native plugins for several CRM platforms via its Symfony bundle architecture. AcelleMail integrates with CRMs via REST API or webhooks.
Custom plugin SDK AcelleMail ships a four-pattern Hook system (REGISTRY, EVENT, FILTER, BEHAVIOR) — see Plugin SDK. Mautic uses a Symfony bundle-based plugin system.

SaaS / multi-tenancy

Funktion AcelleMail Mautic Hinweise
Multi-tenant workspaces AcelleMail Extended ($199) ships a reseller layer with customer accounts, plans, and billing. Mautic is delivered as a single-tenant install; multi-tenant operation typically requires running multiple instances.
Subscription plans + payment gateways AcelleMail bundles 6 payment gateways (Stripe, PayPal, Braintree, Razorpay, Paystack, Offline) for resellers. Mautic does not include billing or subscription primitives in core.
White-label / remove vendor branding AcelleMail Extended removes branding for reseller use. Mautic's "Mautic" trademark is held by the Mautic project of the Open Source Collective; the admin UI is brandable via theme overrides.
Reseller billing / dunning AcelleMail's Cashier package covers subscriptions, prorated upgrades, and dunning. Mautic does not provide subscription billing in core.

Operations

Funktion AcelleMail Mautic Hinweise
PHP version supported AcelleMail requires PHP 8.1+. Mautic supports PHP 7.2+ (Mautic 3.0) up to PHP 8.4 (Mautic 7.0) per mautic.org/mautic-requirements.
Database — relational Both run on MySQL/MariaDB. Mautic minimum is MySQL 5.7 / MariaDB 10.2; AcelleMail recommends MySQL 5.7+ / MariaDB 10.3+.
Cron / background workers Both rely on system cron entries to run scheduled jobs and campaign workers.
Required PHP extensions AcelleMail requires the standard Laravel set (mbstring, openssl, pdo, tokenizer, xml, ctype, json, bcmath). Mautic requires xml, mysql, imap, zip, intl, curl, gd, mbstring, bcmath plus npm from 5.0 onwards.
Localization (UI translations) AcelleMail ships 18 locales out of the box. Mautic supports an extensive translation layer maintained by its community.

Cost & ownership

Funktion AcelleMail Mautic Hinweise
License cost AcelleMail Regular is $80 one-time; Extended is $199 (commercial, includes lifetime point/minor updates + 6 months support). Mautic Community is GPLv3 — free of license fee.
Managed hosting from the project AcelleMail does not offer first-party hosting. mautic.org lists a paid "Mautic Hosting" managed service with a 14-day free trial.
Lifetime updates AcelleMail license includes lifetime point + minor releases. Mautic Community releases publicly on GitHub; users pull updates.
Data export ownership Both run on a database you control — full SQL access, CSV export, and REST API.
Source code visibility AcelleMail ships full unencrypted PHP source under a CodeCanyon Regular/Extended license. Mautic Community source is on GitHub under GPLv3.
Gesamtbetriebskosten

3-Jahres-Kosten in drei realen Szenarien

Both AcelleMail and Mautic are self-hosted PHP applications, so running cost is dominated by VPS + sending service rather than license. AcelleMail figures use the verifiable $80 license + small VPS + Amazon SES at $0.10 per 1,000 emails. Mautic Community figures use the same VPS / sending budget without a license cost. Mautic Hosting (the paid managed service) is priced separately at mautic.org and is not included in these numbers.

Small business — 1,000 contacts, 4× sends/month

Mautic — Mautic Community (GPLv3) + small VPS + SMTP $5–10/mo VPS + $0.40/mo SES (4,000 sends × $0.0001)
$0 license + $180–360 VPS + $14 SES = $194–374 total
AcelleMail — AcelleMail Regular License + small VPS + SES $5/mo VPS + $0.40/mo SES (4,000 sends × $0.0001)
$80 license + $180 VPS + $14 SES = $268 total

Running costs are similar. Mautic's required PHP extensions (imap, intl, gd, etc.) and npm dependency from Mautic 5.0+ may push toward a slightly larger VPS at this volume.

Growing newsletter — 10,000 contacts, 80,000 sends/month

Mautic — Mautic Community + $10–20 VPS + SES $10–20/mo VPS + $8/mo SES (80,000 × $0.0001)
$0 license + $360–720 VPS + $288 SES = $648–1,008 total
AcelleMail — AcelleMail Regular License + $10 VPS + SES $10/mo VPS + $8/mo SES (80,000 × $0.0001)
$80 license + $360 VPS + $288 SES = $722 total

Operating cost is comparable. The $80 license is the main software-side delta; choice between the two is feature breadth (Mautic ships lead scoring + landing pages; AcelleMail ships multi-tenant SaaS layer in Extended).

Agency / SaaS — 50,000 contacts, 400,000 sends/month, 50 client tenants

Mautic — Mautic Community + $20+ VPS + SES, 50 instances OR custom multi-tenant build Single instance: $20+ VPS + $40 SES = $60+. Multi-tenant requires either separate Mautic instances (50 × $5–10 VPS + ops overhead) or a custom routing layer.
50 instances ≈ $0 license + $9,000+ VPS + $1,440 SES = $10,440+ total (plus ops time per tenant).
AcelleMail — AcelleMail Extended License ($199) + $20 VPS + SES (multi-tenant on a single instance) $20/mo VPS + $40/mo SES (400,000 × $0.0001) — covers all 50 tenants on one install.
$199 license + $720 VPS + $1,440 SES = $2,359 total

AcelleMail Extended ships a multi-tenant SaaS layer (customer accounts, plans, 6 payment gateways, dunning) in core. Mautic Community is single-tenant; multi-tenant deployments typically run multiple instances.

Migrations-Leitfaden

Mautic → AcelleMail in sieben Schritten

Die meisten Teams schließen den Umstieg innerhalb einer Woche ab. Das technische Setup dauert einen halben Tag; zeitintensiv ist der Wiederaufbau mehrstufiger Automatisierungen und Vorlagen.

  1. 1. Export from Mautic

    Mautic's admin UI exports contacts via Contacts → Export as CSV (filtered by segment). The full data set including custom fields and tags is reachable via Mautic's REST API at GET /api/contacts. Email content can be retrieved per-asset via GET /api/emails. Campaign / segment definitions can be inspected via the API for migration planning.
  2. 2. Get AcelleMail

    Buy the Regular License — $80 on CodeCanyon. Download the ZIP, upload to your server, run the web installer (5 minutes — sets DB, admin user, cron). PHP 8.1+, MySQL ≥ 5.7 or MariaDB ≥ 10.3, ~512 MB RAM minimum. The installation guide walks through cPanel, DigitalOcean, AWS, and Docker.
  3. 3. Configure your sending service

    In Sending Servers → Add, pick Amazon SES (recommended — cheapest), SendGrid, Mailgun, SparkPost, Postmark, Elastic Email, or any SMTP. Paste your API key. AcelleMail handles SPF/DKIM record generation and DKIM signing. Run the test-send to confirm. The 8 built-in drivers live in app/SendingServers/Drivers/Vendors/; additional vendors via the plugin SDK.
  4. 4. Import contacts + custom fields

    In Lists → Create List, recreate the custom-field schema from your Mautic install (Mautic custom fields map to AcelleMail subscriber custom fields one-to-one). Use Import → Upload CSV and map columns. Tags map directly. Preserve consent timestamps as a custom date field. For lists over 100k, use the chunked import or seed via the REST API.
  5. 5. Recreate emails, segments, and campaigns

    For email content, paste your Mautic HTML into AcelleMail's template editor. Token syntax differs: Mautic uses {contactfield=firstname}; AcelleMail uses {{ subscriber.first_name }} Twig-style. For segments, AcelleMail's segment builder supports the same condition primitives (field equality, behavior, dates, tags). For campaigns, rebuild Mautic campaign-builder flows in AcelleMail Automation2 — the node primitives (action, decision, condition, source) map across.
  6. 6. Move tracking, lead scoring, and CRM hooks

    Mautic's on-page tracking script and lead scoring are not directly equivalent in AcelleMail's core. If lead scoring is critical, options are: (a) keep Mautic running for tracking + scoring while AcelleMail handles email send, syncing contact state via REST API; or (b) rebuild scoring as a custom plugin on AcelleMail using the Hook system. CRM integrations move via API: AcelleMail emits webhooks for the standard subscriber events that your CRM can consume.
  7. 7. Test deliverability + cut over

    Send a test campaign to GlockApps or Mail-Tester (free). Aim for 9.5/10. Send your next live campaign from AcelleMail in parallel for one cycle, watch open/click rates against your prior baseline, then turn off the Mautic install. Most teams cut over inside a week for email-only migrations; plan 2–3 weeks if lead scoring + tracking are being rebuilt.
Operative Eignung

Wann Self-Hosting nicht passt

Selbstgehostetes E-Mail-Marketing ist ein Tradeoff: geringere Kosten und volle Datenhoheit im Gegenzug zu operativer Verantwortung. In den folgenden Situationen kann ein verwaltetes SaaS die bessere Wahl sein.

  • You need full marketing-automation breadth (lead scoring, landing pages, on-page tracking)

    Mautic ships lead scoring, landing pages, and an on-page tracking script as core features. AcelleMail focuses on email + automation flows; landing pages and lead scoring are not in core. If those features are central to your stack, Mautic's default feature set covers them without additional plugins.

  • You don't want to operate a server

    AcelleMail is self-hosted; that means a $5–20/mo VPS, a domain, DNS records (SPF/DKIM/DMARC), occasional PHP / DB upgrades. Teams without infrastructure capacity may prefer Mautic Hosting (the project's paid managed service, with a 14-day free trial listed on mautic.org) or a managed AcelleMail-as-a-service offering from a third party.

  • Your project requires GPL software

    Some organizations have a software policy that requires copyleft licenses. Mautic Community is GPLv3 and satisfies that requirement; AcelleMail is distributed under a CodeCanyon Regular/Extended commercial license that does not impose GPL-style copyleft.

  • Brand recognition matters for client-facing work

    Mautic is a well-known name in the open-source marketing-automation space; some agency / freelance client conversations are easier with that vendor name on the project plan. AcelleMail Extended's white-label mode answers most of this for resellers, but the brand value of established names is real for some buyers.

Kosten nach Anwendungsfall

Drei Käufersituationen

Die Kostenzahlen kombinieren die verifizierten Einstiegspreise mit kalkulator-basierten Spannen, sofern verfügbar. Vergleichen Sie die Zahlen; die richtige Wahl hängt davon ab, wie gut Ihr Team die oben genannten operativen Tradeoffs schultert.

  • SaaS team — product newsletter + transactional

    Situation: 8,000 trial signups + 2,000 paid customers, weekly product newsletter, 4-step onboarding drip, billing notifications.

    Mautic-Kosten: Mautic Community + $10/mo VPS + $2/mo SES + ops time for cron/queue tuning. Onboarding drip is built as a Mautic campaign with email + decision + delay nodes.

    AcelleMail-Kosten: $80 once + $10/mo DigitalOcean droplet + ~$2/mo SES. Onboarding drip is a single visual workflow in Automation2; transactional sends share the same REST API.

  • Marketing agency — 50 client lists

    Situation: Email service for 50 small-business clients, average 2,000 subscribers each, monthly newsletter + occasional promo.

    Mautic-Kosten: Mautic Community: 50 instances (~$10/mo each VPS) ≈ $500/mo + ops time per tenant, OR a custom routing layer on a single instance. SaaS billing primitives are not included.

    AcelleMail-Kosten: $199 Extended License once + $40/mo VPS + ~$30/mo SES total across all clients on one install. Built-in SaaS layer: per-client login, plans, dunning, 6 payment gateways.

  • Mid-market with full marketing automation

    Situation: 50,000 contacts, weekly campaigns, lead scoring driving SDR alerts, on-page tracking, CRM sync to Salesforce.

    Mautic-Kosten: Mautic Community + $20–40/mo VPS + ~$40/mo SES + ops time. Lead scoring + on-page tracking + CRM sync are core Mautic features.

    AcelleMail-Kosten: $80 license + $20/mo VPS + ~$40/mo SES + plugin development cost or external scoring service. AcelleMail covers the email + automation portion; lead scoring + tracking would be added externally or via custom plugin.

Operator-Deep-Dives

Für den Operator, der die Migration durchführt

Klicken Sie auf eine Überschrift, um einen technischen Deep-Dive aufzuklappen. Gleicher Inhalt wie die Marketing-Seite oben — hier eingeklappt, damit die Seite schnell überfliegbar bleibt, aber jederzeit verfügbar für die Person, die die eigentliche Arbeit macht.

Vollständige Mautic → AcelleMail-Migration — jeder Schritt im Detail

Der oben behandelte 7-Schritte-Leitfaden, mit jedem Schritt für den Operator ausgeklappt. Gesamtdauer: ~½ Tag technisches Setup, danach 1–5 Tage für den Wiederaufbau von Vorlagen & Automatisierungen, je nach Listenkomplexität.

  1. 1. Export from Mautic. Mautic's admin UI exports contacts via Contacts → Export as CSV (filtered by segment). The full data set including custom fields and tags is reachable via Mautic's REST API at GET /api/contacts. Email content can be retrieved per-asset via GET /api/emails. Campaign / segment definitions can be inspected via the API for migration planning.
  2. 2. Get AcelleMail. Buy the Regular License — $80 on CodeCanyon. Download the ZIP, upload to your server, run the web installer (5 minutes — sets DB, admin user, cron). PHP 8.1+, MySQL ≥ 5.7 or MariaDB ≥ 10.3, ~512 MB RAM minimum. The installation guide walks through cPanel, DigitalOcean, AWS, and Docker.
  3. 3. Configure your sending service. In Sending Servers → Add, pick Amazon SES (recommended — cheapest), SendGrid, Mailgun, SparkPost, Postmark, Elastic Email, or any SMTP. Paste your API key. AcelleMail handles SPF/DKIM record generation and DKIM signing. Run the test-send to confirm. The 8 built-in drivers live in app/SendingServers/Drivers/Vendors/; additional vendors via the plugin SDK.
  4. 4. Import contacts + custom fields. In Lists → Create List, recreate the custom-field schema from your Mautic install (Mautic custom fields map to AcelleMail subscriber custom fields one-to-one). Use Import → Upload CSV and map columns. Tags map directly. Preserve consent timestamps as a custom date field. For lists over 100k, use the chunked import or seed via the REST API.
  5. 5. Recreate emails, segments, and campaigns. For email content, paste your Mautic HTML into AcelleMail's template editor. Token syntax differs: Mautic uses {contactfield=firstname}; AcelleMail uses {{ subscriber.first_name }} Twig-style. For segments, AcelleMail's segment builder supports the same condition primitives (field equality, behavior, dates, tags). For campaigns, rebuild Mautic campaign-builder flows in AcelleMail Automation2 — the node primitives (action, decision, condition, source) map across.
  6. 6. Move tracking, lead scoring, and CRM hooks. Mautic's on-page tracking script and lead scoring are not directly equivalent in AcelleMail's core. If lead scoring is critical, options are: (a) keep Mautic running for tracking + scoring while AcelleMail handles email send, syncing contact state via REST API; or (b) rebuild scoring as a custom plugin on AcelleMail using the Hook system. CRM integrations move via API: AcelleMail emits webhooks for the standard subscriber events that your CRM can consume.
  7. 7. Test deliverability + cut over. Send a test campaign to GlockApps or Mail-Tester (free). Aim for 9.5/10. Send your next live campaign from AcelleMail in parallel for one cycle, watch open/click rates against your prior baseline, then turn off the Mautic install. Most teams cut over inside a week for email-only migrations; plan 2–3 weeks if lead scoring + tracking are being rebuilt.
Detailvergleich pro Funktion — wo sich die zwei Produkte unterscheiden + Workarounds

Die obige Side-by-Side-Tabelle zeigt die Funktionsparität; hier finden Sie den Hintergrundkontext zu jeder Zeile mit nicht-trivialer Anmerkung — nützlich, wenn eine Plattform "teilweise" abdeckt und Sie den Workaround brauchen.

Email creation

  • 100+ pre-built templates: AcelleMail bundles a starter template gallery. Mautic ships a default template library; additional themes via community marketplaces.

Automation

  • Lead scoring: Mautic includes contact point scoring as a core feature. AcelleMail does not include lead scoring in core; comparable behavior can be implemented via plugin or external scoring service.
  • Landing pages: Mautic's homepage advertises a "page builder (drag-and-drop)" for landing pages. AcelleMail focuses on email + signup forms; landing pages are typically built on a separate CMS.
  • RSS-to-email: AcelleMail can pull RSS feeds into scheduled campaigns. Mautic supports RSS-driven content via its segment + campaign engine.
  • Behavioral triggers (clicks/opens/page views): AcelleMail triggers on engagement events (open, click). Mautic triggers on email events plus tracked page views via its on-page tracking script.

Deliverability

  • SPF / DKIM / DMARC tooling: AcelleMail surfaces SPF/DKIM/DMARC record generation in the sending-server config. Mautic relies on the configured mail transport for DKIM signing.
  • Custom sending domain (return path): AcelleMail supports custom return-path on every license. Mautic inherits return-path from the configured Symfony Mailer transport.
  • IP warmup configuration: AcelleMail supports daily/hourly send caps per sending server. Mautic supports email throttling at the campaign level.
  • Click maps + spam scoring: AcelleMail provides click heatmaps and SpamAssassin-style scoring on each campaign. Mautic provides email reports + click counts; SpamAssassin scoring is not in core.

Integrations

  • WordPress / WooCommerce sync: AcelleMail provides an official WordPress / WooCommerce plugin. Mautic integrations with WordPress are available via community plugins.
  • CRM integrations (Salesforce/HubSpot): Mautic ships native plugins for several CRM platforms via its Symfony bundle architecture. AcelleMail integrates with CRMs via REST API or webhooks.

SaaS / multi-tenancy

  • Multi-tenant workspaces: AcelleMail Extended ($199) ships a reseller layer with customer accounts, plans, and billing. Mautic is delivered as a single-tenant install; multi-tenant operation typically requires running multiple instances.
  • Subscription plans + payment gateways: AcelleMail bundles 6 payment gateways (Stripe, PayPal, Braintree, Razorpay, Paystack, Offline) for resellers. Mautic does not include billing or subscription primitives in core.
  • White-label / remove vendor branding: AcelleMail Extended removes branding for reseller use. Mautic's "Mautic" trademark is held by the Mautic project of the Open Source Collective; the admin UI is brandable via theme overrides.
  • Reseller billing / dunning: AcelleMail's Cashier package covers subscriptions, prorated upgrades, and dunning. Mautic does not provide subscription billing in core.

Operations

  • PHP version supported: AcelleMail requires PHP 8.1+. Mautic supports PHP 7.2+ (Mautic 3.0) up to PHP 8.4 (Mautic 7.0) per mautic.org/mautic-requirements.
  • Required PHP extensions: AcelleMail requires the standard Laravel set (mbstring, openssl, pdo, tokenizer, xml, ctype, json, bcmath). Mautic requires xml, mysql, imap, zip, intl, curl, gd, mbstring, bcmath plus npm from 5.0 onwards.

Cost & ownership

  • License cost: AcelleMail Regular is $80 one-time; Extended is $199 (commercial, includes lifetime point/minor updates + 6 months support). Mautic Community is GPLv3 — free of license fee.
  • Managed hosting from the project: AcelleMail does not offer first-party hosting. mautic.org lists a paid "Mautic Hosting" managed service with a 14-day free trial.
Kostenvergleich at scale — drei Käufersituationen nebeneinander

Die TCO-Karte oben zeigt die Einstiegszahlen; diese Ansicht stellt alle drei Käufersituationen übereinander, sodass Sie die nächstliegende Übereinstimmung mit Ihrem Kontaktvolumen und Ihrer Sendefrequenz auswählen können.

SaaS team — product newsletter + transactional

  • Situation: 8,000 trial signups + 2,000 paid customers, weekly product newsletter, 4-step onboarding drip, billing notifications.
  • Mautic-Kosten: Mautic Community + $10/mo VPS + $2/mo SES + ops time for cron/queue tuning. Onboarding drip is built as a Mautic campaign with email + decision + delay nodes.
  • AcelleMail-Kosten: $80 once + $10/mo DigitalOcean droplet + ~$2/mo SES. Onboarding drip is a single visual workflow in Automation2; transactional sends share the same REST API.

Marketing agency — 50 client lists

  • Situation: Email service for 50 small-business clients, average 2,000 subscribers each, monthly newsletter + occasional promo.
  • Mautic-Kosten: Mautic Community: 50 instances (~$10/mo each VPS) ≈ $500/mo + ops time per tenant, OR a custom routing layer on a single instance. SaaS billing primitives are not included.
  • AcelleMail-Kosten: $199 Extended License once + $40/mo VPS + ~$30/mo SES total across all clients on one install. Built-in SaaS layer: per-client login, plans, dunning, 6 payment gateways.

Mid-market with full marketing automation

  • Situation: 50,000 contacts, weekly campaigns, lead scoring driving SDR alerts, on-page tracking, CRM sync to Salesforce.
  • Mautic-Kosten: Mautic Community + $20–40/mo VPS + ~$40/mo SES + ops time. Lead scoring + on-page tracking + CRM sync are core Mautic features.
  • AcelleMail-Kosten: $80 license + $20/mo VPS + ~$40/mo SES + plugin development cost or external scoring service. AcelleMail covers the email + automation portion; lead scoring + tracking would be added externally or via custom plugin.

Nutzen Sie den Kostenersparnisrechner für eine individuelle Zahl auf Basis Ihrer exakten Abonnentenzahl und Sendefrequenz.

Ehrliche Gegenpositionierung — typische Einwände gegen den Wechsel

Vier Einwände, die jeder Operator vor einer Migration weg von Mautic oder einem beliebigen SaaS abwägt. Ohne Schönfärberei beantwortet — das sind reale Tradeoffs, und die richtige Wahl hängt von Ihrem Team ab.

1. "Der Wechsel kostet mehr, als er spart."

Ehrliche Einschätzung: Bei Listen unter ~500 Kontakten kann die kostenlose oder Einstiegsstufe von Mautic günstiger sein als der Betrieb eines VPS für 5–10 $/Monat plus der AcelleMail-Lizenz — noch bevor man die Operator-Zeit einrechnet. Der Break-even liegt typischerweise zwischen 1.000 und 5.000 Kontakten. Rechnen Sie Ihre eigenen Zahlen mit dem Kostenrechner durch, bevor Sie entscheiden.

2. "Self-Hosting wird die Zustellbarkeit ruinieren."

Stimmt, wenn Sie einen selbstverwalteten MTA ohne Warm-up betreiben. Stimmt NICHT, wenn AcelleMail über einen verwalteten Sendedienst weiterleitet (Amazon SES, SendGrid, Mailgun, Postmark) — diese Anbieter pflegen die IP-Reputation; AcelleMail orchestriert lediglich Kampagnen und Tracking. Mit diesem Setup ist Inbox-Placement-Parität zu Mautic die Regel, nicht die Ausnahme.

3. "Mein Team hat keine Zeit, noch ein Tool zu lernen."

Berechtigtes Anliegen. Die AcelleMail-Oberfläche spiegelt etablierte Muster wider (Kampagnen-Builder, Audience-Listen, Automation-Flows), sodass die meisten Mautic-Nutzer ab Tag eins produktiv sind. Die eigentliche Zeitsenke ist der Wiederaufbau mehrstufiger Automatisierungen und Vorlagenbibliotheken — planen Sie je nach Komplexität 1–5 Tage ein, keine Wochen.

4. "Was, wenn AcelleMail nicht mehr weiterentwickelt wird?"

Self-Hosting dreht das Risiko um: Sie besitzen eine unbefristete Kopie des Quellcodes. Keine Preisänderung, Abkündigung oder Übernahme durch einen Anbieter kann Ihnen die Plattform entziehen. Sollten Updates ausbleiben, läuft Ihre bestehende Installation weiter. Im Vergleich dazu sind bei SaaS Entscheidungen zu Preisen, Funktionen oder Abschaltungen unilateral vom Anbieter getroffen.

Häufig gefragt

Typische Fragen

Kann ich von Mautic zu AcelleMail migrieren, ohne Kontaktdaten zu verlieren?
Ja. Die Admin-Oberfläche von Mautic exportiert Kontakte über Contacts → Export als CSV; die REST API unter GET /api/contacts liefert paginiertes JSON für den vollständigen programmatischen Export. Der Import von AcelleMail akzeptiert CSV mit Custom-Field-Mapping und unterstützt XLSX oder einen direkten DB-Seed für sehr große Listen. Tags und Custom Fields lassen sich 1:1 auf AcelleMail-Subscriber-Custom-Fields abbilden. Rechnen Sie mit einem halben Tag für eine reine E-Mail-Migration und mit 2–3 Wochen, wenn Lead-Scoring und On-Page-Tracking neu aufgebaut werden.
Wie schneidet die Automatisierung von AcelleMail gegenüber dem Campaign Builder von Mautic ab?
Beide bieten visuelle mehrstufige Builder. Der Campaign Builder von Mautic ist eine der zentralen Produktoberflächen mit Knoten für Action / Decision / Condition / Source. Automation2 von AcelleMail deckt Trigger / Wait / Condition / Send / Tag-Update / Segment-Move ab. Die Primitives sind übertragbar; der Unterschied: Mautic bündelt Lead-Scoring + Landing Pages + On-Page-Tracking im selben Produkt, AcelleMail konzentriert sich auf E-Mail + Automatisierungs-Flows und überlässt Landing Pages / On-Page-Tracking anderen Tools oder Plugins.
Warum kostet AcelleMail 80 USD, obwohl Mautic Community unter GPLv3 kostenlos ist?
Die AcelleMail Regular License (80 USD, Einmalzahlung) ist eine kommerzielle Lizenz, die lebenslange Point- + Minor-Updates, 6 Monate Support und das Recht enthält, Modifikationen privat ohne Copyleft-Auflagen einzusetzen. Mautic Community unter GPLv3 ist lizenzkostenfrei, das Copyleft greift jedoch für abgeleitete Deployments, die anderen als Dienst angeboten werden. Die 80 USD decken ein anderes Paket: visueller Automatisierungs-Builder, Plugin-SDK, 8 Versandtreiber-Integrationen, mehrsprachige UI und den Extended-Pfad zu einer mandantenfähigen SaaS-Ebene (199 USD).
Welche Versanddienste unterstützt AcelleMail im Vergleich zu Mautic?
AcelleMail liefert 8 native Treiber (SES, SendGrid, SparkPost, Mailgun, Elastic Email, Blastengine, Gmail, Generic SMTP) mit API-Integration und Bounce-Webhook-Handlern — siehe app/SendingServers/Drivers/Vendors/ im AcelleMail-Quellcode. Mautic nutzt Symfony-Mailer-Transports plus die eingebaute Transport-Konfiguration; SMTP, SES, SendGrid und Mailgun werden unterstützt, weitere Anbieter über Community-Plugins.
Kann ich mehrere Kundenkonten unter einer AcelleMail-Installation betreiben?
Ja — genau dafür gibt es die AcelleMail Extended License (199 USD). Sie enthält eine mandantenfähige Ebene: Kundenkonten, Abonnementpläne, 6 Zahlungs-Gateways (Stripe, PayPal, Braintree, Razorpay, Paystack, Offline), anteilige Upgrades, Dunning und White-Label-Branding. Mautic Community wird als Single-Tenant-Installation ausgeliefert; der Mandantenbetrieb erfordert in der Regel mehrere Mautic-Instanzen.
Welchen Stack benötigt AcelleMail im Vergleich zu Mautic Community?
AcelleMail: PHP 8.1+, MySQL ≥ 5.7 oder MariaDB ≥ 10.3, mindestens ~512 MB RAM, empfohlen 1 GB für Listen bis ~50K. Mautic laut mautic.org/mautic-requirements: PHP 7.2+ (Mautic 3.0) bis PHP 8.4 (Mautic 7.0), MySQL ≥ 5.7 oder MariaDB ≥ 10.2, PHP-Extensions xml/mysql/imap/zip/intl/curl/gd/mbstring/bcmath, npm ab Mautic 5.0 erforderlich. Beide laufen unter PHP-FPM hinter nginx oder Apache und setzen einen System-Cron-Eintrag voraus.
Enthält AcelleMail Lead-Scoring wie Mautic?
Nein — Lead-Scoring ist nicht im AcelleMail-Core enthalten. Mautic bringt Contact-Point-Scoring als primäre Produktoberfläche mit. Wenn Lead-Scoring in Ihrem Stack zentral ist, gibt es beim Wechsel zu AcelleMail zwei Optionen: (a) Mautic für das Scoring weiterlaufen lassen, während AcelleMail den E-Mail-Versand übernimmt — Kontaktstatus per REST API synchronisiert; oder (b) Scoring als Custom-Plugin über das Hook-System mit vier Patterns implementieren. Die Plugin-SDK-Dokumentation erläutert die Registrierungs-Patterns.
Wie steht es um Zustellbarkeit — enthält AcelleMail SPF/DKIM-Tooling, das Mautic nicht hat?
AcelleMail zeigt SPF-/DKIM-/DMARC-Werte direkt in der UI des Versandserver-Setups an und signiert DKIM auf Anwendungsebene, sofern konfiguriert. Mautic stützt sich für die DKIM-Signatur auf den konfigurierten Symfony-Mailer-Transport (z. B. SES, SendGrid, Mailgun) — der zugrundeliegende Anbieter richtet die Authentifizierung ein. Beide Ansätze funktionieren; der Unterschied liegt darin, ob die DKIM-Einträge in der Anwendungs-UI (AcelleMail) oder auf Transportkonfigurationsebene (Mautic) verwaltet werden. Den vollständigen Überblick zum SPF-/DKIM-/DMARC-Tooling von AcelleMail gibt es auf Security & GDPR.
Welches Tool ist die richtige Wahl für einen Single-Instance-Stack aus E-Mail + Automatisierung ohne Lead-Scoring oder Landing Pages?
Beide funktionieren. Mautic hat den breiteren Funktionsumfang (Lead-Scoring + Landing Pages + On-Page-Tracking auch dann, wenn Sie sie am ersten Tag nicht nutzen). AcelleMail konzentriert sich auf E-Mail + Automatisierungs-Flows mit gebündelten Mandanten-Primitives über Extended. Teams, die in eine mandantenfähige SaaS hineinwachsen wollen oder eine schlankere Installation bevorzugen, wählen häufig AcelleMail; Teams, die in den vollen Marketing-Automation-Funktionsumfang hineinwachsen möchten, häufig Mautic.
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