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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.

De un vistazo 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.
Paridad de funciones

Comparativa función a función

Unos 30 atributos agrupados en 7 categorías, extraídos de AcelleMail v4.2 y de la documentación pública de funciones de Mailchimp. Cada se puede verificar contra la fuente citada.

Email creation

Función AcelleMail Mautic Notas
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

Función AcelleMail Mautic Notas
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

Función AcelleMail Mautic Notas
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

Función AcelleMail Mautic Notas
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

Función AcelleMail Mautic Notas
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

Función AcelleMail Mautic Notas
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

Función AcelleMail Mautic Notas
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

Función AcelleMail Mautic Notas
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.
Coste total de propiedad

Coste a 3 años en tres escenarios reales

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.

Playbook de migración

Mautic → AcelleMail en siete pasos

La mayoría de los equipos hacen la transición en menos de una semana. La configuración técnica es media jornada; el paso que más tiempo lleva es reconstruir las automatizaciones de varios pasos y las plantillas.

  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.
Encaje operativo

Cuándo el autoalojamiento no es la opción adecuada

El email marketing autoalojado es una contrapartida: menor coste y propiedad completa a cambio de responsabilidad operativa. Un SaaS gestionado puede ser la mejor opción para cualquiera de las situaciones de abajo.

  • 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.

Coste por caso de uso

Tres situaciones de comprador

Las cifras de coste emparejan los precios verificados del nivel de entrada con rangos cotizados por calculadora cuando aplica. Compare los números; la elección correcta depende de la capacidad de su equipo para las contrapartidas operativas de arriba.

  • SaaS team — product newsletter + transactional

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

    Coste de Mautic: 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.

    Coste de AcelleMail: $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

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

    Coste de Mautic: 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.

    Coste de AcelleMail: $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

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

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

    Coste de AcelleMail: $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.

Análisis a fondo para operadores

Para el operador que ejecuta la migración

Haga clic en cualquier cabecera de abajo para expandir un análisis técnico a fondo. El mismo contenido que la página de marketing de arriba ya cubre, colapsado aquí para que la página se lea rápido, pero siempre disponible para el ingeniero que hace el trabajo real.

Migración completa Mautic → AcelleMail: cada paso expandido

El playbook de 7 pasos cubierto arriba, con cada acción expandida para el operador. Tiempo total: ~½ día de configuración técnica, y luego de 1 a 5 días reconstruyendo plantillas y automatizaciones según la complejidad de la lista.

  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.
Análisis a fondo por función — en qué difieren los dos productos y soluciones alternativas

La tabla lado a lado de arriba muestra la paridad de funciones; aquí está el contexto de apoyo para cada fila con una nota no trivial, útil cuando una plataforma es «parcial» y necesita la solución alternativa.

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.
Comparativa de coste a escala — tres situaciones de comprador lado a lado

La tarjeta de TCO de arriba muestra cifras del nivel de entrada; esta vista apila las tres situaciones de comprador para que pueda elegir la más cercana a su volumen de contactos y frecuencia de envío.

SaaS team — product newsletter + transactional

  • Situación: 8,000 trial signups + 2,000 paid customers, weekly product newsletter, 4-step onboarding drip, billing notifications.
  • Coste de Mautic: 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.
  • Coste de AcelleMail: $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

  • Situación: Email service for 50 small-business clients, average 2,000 subscribers each, monthly newsletter + occasional promo.
  • Coste de Mautic: 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.
  • Coste de AcelleMail: $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

  • Situación: 50,000 contacts, weekly campaigns, lead scoring driving SDR alerts, on-page tracking, CRM sync to Salesforce.
  • Coste de Mautic: Mautic Community + $20–40/mo VPS + ~$40/mo SES + ops time. Lead scoring + on-page tracking + CRM sync are core Mautic features.
  • Coste de AcelleMail: $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.

Use la calculadora de ahorro de costes para una cifra a medida según su número exacto de suscriptores y su frecuencia de envío.

Contraposicionamiento honesto — objeciones habituales para cambiar

Cuatro objeciones que sopesa todo operador antes de migrar desde Mautic o desde cualquier SaaS. Respondidas sin maquillaje: son contrapartidas reales, y la elección correcta depende de su equipo.

1. «Cambiar cuesta más de lo que ahorra».

Evaluación honesta: con listas por debajo de ~500 contactos, el nivel gratuito o de entrada de Mautic puede ser más barato que ejecutar un VPS de $5–10/mes más la licencia de AcelleMail, incluso sin contar el tiempo del operador. El punto de equilibrio suele situarse entre 1.000 y 5.000 contactos. Haga sus propias cuentas con la calculadora de coste antes de decidir.

2. «La entregabilidad en autoalojamiento se va a hundir».

Cierto si ejecuta un MTA autogestionado sin warm-up. NO es cierto cuando AcelleMail reenvía a través de un servicio de envío gestionado (Amazon SES, SendGrid, Mailgun, Postmark): esos proveedores mantienen la reputación de IP; AcelleMail solo orquesta campañas y seguimiento. Alcanzar la paridad de colocación en bandeja de entrada con Mautic es la norma, no la excepción, con este montaje.

3. «Mi equipo no tiene tiempo para aprender otra herramienta».

Preocupación legítima. La UI de AcelleMail refleja los patrones habituales (constructor de campañas, listas de audiencia, flujos de automatización), así que la mayoría de los usuarios de Mautic son productivos desde el primer día. El verdadero sumidero de tiempo es reconstruir las automatizaciones de varios pasos y las bibliotecas de plantillas: planifique de 1 a 5 días según la complejidad, no semanas.

4. «¿Y si AcelleMail deja de mantenerse?»

El autoalojamiento le da la vuelta al riesgo: usted es dueño de una copia perpetua del código fuente. Ningún cambio de precio, deprecación o adquisición del proveedor puede quitarle la plataforma. Si las actualizaciones se detienen, su instalación existente sigue funcionando. Compárelo con el SaaS, donde las decisiones del proveedor sobre precio, funciones o cierres son unilaterales.

Preguntas frecuentes

Preguntas habituales

¿Puedo migrar de Mautic a AcelleMail sin perder los datos de contacto?
Sí. La UI de administración de Mautic exporta contactos como CSV vía Contactos → Exportar; la REST API en GET /api/contacts devuelve JSON paginado para una exportación programática completa. La importación de AcelleMail acepta CSV con mapeo de campos personalizados y admite XLSX o un seed directo de BD para listas muy grandes. Las etiquetas y los campos personalizados se mapean uno a uno a los campos personalizados de suscriptor de AcelleMail. Planifique medio día para una migración solo de email; entre 2 y 3 semanas si se reconstruyen el lead scoring y el seguimiento on-page.
¿Cómo se compara la automatización de AcelleMail con el constructor de campañas de Mautic?
Ambos entregan constructores visuales multi-paso. El constructor de campañas de Mautic es una de sus superficies de producto principales, con nodos action / decision / condition / source. Automation2 de AcelleMail cubre nodos trigger / wait / condition / send / tag-update / segment-move. Las primitivas se mapean entre sí; la diferencia es que Mautic además incluye lead scoring + landing pages + seguimiento on-page como parte del mismo producto, mientras que AcelleMail se centra en flujos de email + automatización y deja las landing pages / el seguimiento on-page a otras herramientas o plugins.
¿Por qué AcelleMail cobra $80 si Mautic Community es GPLv3 y gratis?
La Licencia Regular de AcelleMail ($80 de pago único) es una licencia comercial que incluye actualizaciones de versiones point + menores de por vida, 6 meses de soporte y el derecho de usar las modificaciones de forma privada sin obligaciones de copyleft. Mautic Community bajo GPLv3 es gratuita en cuanto a la cuota de licencia, pero su copyleft aplica a los despliegues derivados ofrecidos como servicio a terceros. Los $80 cubren un paquete distinto: constructor visual de automatización, SDK de plugins, 8 integraciones de driver de envío, UI multilingüe y la ruta Extended hacia una capa SaaS multi-tenant ($199).
¿Qué servicios de envío soporta AcelleMail frente a Mautic?
AcelleMail entrega 8 drivers nativos (SES, SendGrid, SparkPost, Mailgun, Elastic Email, Blastengine, Gmail, SMTP genérico) con integración a nivel de API, incluidos manejadores de webhooks de rebote: vea app/SendingServers/Drivers/Vendors/ en el código fuente de AcelleMail. Mautic usa los transportes de Symfony Mailer más su configuración integrada de transporte; SMTP, SES, SendGrid y Mailgun son compatibles, con proveedores adicionales vía plugins de la comunidad.
¿Puedo ejecutar varias cuentas de cliente bajo una sola instalación de AcelleMail?
Sí — eso es la Licencia Extendida de AcelleMail ($199). Incluye una capa multi-tenant: cuentas de cliente, planes de suscripción, 6 pasarelas de pago (Stripe, PayPal, Braintree, Razorpay, Paystack, Offline), upgrades prorrateados, dunning y marca blanca. Mautic Community se entrega como una instalación de un solo tenant; la operación multi-tenant suele requerir ejecutar varias instancias de Mautic.
¿Qué stack necesita AcelleMail frente a Mautic Community?
AcelleMail: PHP 8.1+, MySQL ≥ 5.7 o MariaDB ≥ 10.3, ~512 MB de RAM mínimo, 1 GB recomendado para listas de hasta ~50K. Mautic según mautic.org/mautic-requirements: PHP 7.2+ (Mautic 3.0) hasta PHP 8.4 (Mautic 7.0), MySQL ≥ 5.7 o MariaDB ≥ 10.2, extensiones PHP xml/mysql/imap/zip/intl/curl/gd/mbstring/bcmath, npm obligatorio desde Mautic 5.0 en adelante. Ambos corren bajo PHP-FPM tras nginx o Apache y requieren una entrada de cron del sistema.
¿AcelleMail incluye lead scoring como Mautic?
No — el lead scoring no está en el core de AcelleMail. Mautic entrega el scoring de puntos por contacto como una superficie de producto principal. Si el lead scoring es central en su stack, las opciones al pasarse a AcelleMail son: (a) mantener Mautic corriendo para el scoring mientras AcelleMail gestiona el envío de email, sincronizando el estado del contacto vía REST API; o (b) implementar el scoring como un plugin a medida usando el sistema de Hooks de cuatro patrones de AcelleMail. Vea la documentación del SDK de plugins para los patrones de registro.
¿Y la entregabilidad? ¿AcelleMail incluye herramientas SPF/DKIM que Mautic no tiene?
AcelleMail muestra los valores de los registros SPF/DKIM/DMARC directamente en la UI de configuración del servidor de envío y firma DKIM en la capa de aplicación cuando se configura para ello. Mautic se apoya en el transporte Symfony Mailer configurado (p. ej., SES, SendGrid, Mailgun) para la firma DKIM: el proveedor subyacente configura la autenticación. Ambos enfoques funcionan; la diferencia es si los registros DKIM se gestionan dentro de la UI de la aplicación (AcelleMail) o a nivel de configuración del transporte (Mautic). La visión general completa de las herramientas SPF/DKIM/DMARC de AcelleMail está en Seguridad y GDPR.
¿Cuál es la opción correcta para un stack de email + automatización de instancia única, sin lead scoring ni landing pages?
Ambas funcionan. El conjunto de funciones de Mautic es más amplio (cubre lead scoring + landing pages + seguimiento on-page aunque no las use desde el día uno). AcelleMail se centra en flujos de email + automatización con primitivas multi-tenant integradas vía Extended. Los equipos que esperan crecer hacia un SaaS multi-tenant o que quieren una instalación más ligera suelen elegir AcelleMail; los equipos que esperan crecer hacia el conjunto completo de funciones de marketing-automation suelen elegir Mautic.
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