Alternatives / AutoSend
Looking for an open source AutoSend alternative? We compared 10 open source email sending and newsletter platforms by license, Amazon SES support, and maintenance. Several rely on SES, so deliverability still depends on your DNS and sender reputation.
Written by Maxime DERAME
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| Alternative | Best for | License |
|---|---|---|
| Listmonk | Lean newsletter manager | AGPL-3.0 |
| Billion Mail | Self-hosted SMTP and marketing | AGPL-3.0 |
| Plunk | Marketing and transactional email | AGPL-3.0 |
| useSend | SES-based email API | AGPL-3.0 |
| Notifuse | MJML editor and A/B tests (BSL from v40) | BSL-1.1 (v40+) / AGPL-3.0 (earlier) |
| Sendportal | Laravel email marketing | MIT |
| Sessy | SES event dashboard | O'Saasy License |
| Hyvor Relay | Self-hosted email API | AGPL-3.0 / commercial Enterprise |
| Wraps | React templates on your SES | AGPL-3.0 + enterprise license |
| Hyvor Post | Privacy-first newsletters | AGPL-3.0 |
We looked for open-source tools that send transactional and marketing email like AutoSend. We verified each project's license, recent activity, stars, and self-hosting in its repository. See our methodology for the full criteria.
Listmonk is a lean single binary for newsletters with a transactional API. Notifuse offers a visual MJML editor and A/B tests, Sendportal is a Laravel-based tool, and Hyvor Post is a privacy-first newsletter platform with no tracking.
Hyvor Relay is a self-hosted email API with DNS automation and webhooks. Plunk combines marketing and transactional email, useSend is an SES-based platform with an SMTP relay, and Wraps builds React templates deployed to your SES. Billion Mail includes its own SMTP server.
Sessy only tracks SES events and sends nothing. Notifuse uses the Business Source License from version 40. Sessy uses the O'Saasy License. Hyvor Relay has a costly Enterprise tier.
Listmonk, Plunk, useSend, Hyvor Relay, Hyvor Post, Billion Mail, and Wraps are AGPL-3.0. Sendportal is MIT.
Most had commits within weeks of this update.
AutoSend is a proprietary email service billed by volume. Open-source tools avoid platform fees and keep data in your account, but you manage SPF, DKIM, and DMARC and often an Amazon SES account.
AGPL-3.0 self-hosted newsletter and mailing-list manager built around PostgreSQL. It supports campaigns, subscribers, segmentation, templates, analytics, bounce handling, multiple SMTP providers, OIDC, S3-compatible media, and a transactional email API; it does not provide delivery infrastructure itself.
Pricing: Free self-hosted software; connect an SMTP provider or mail server.
AGPL-3.0 self-hosted email platform combining SMTP infrastructure with newsletters, marketing campaigns, analytics, domain configuration, and campaign management. It uses components such as Postfix, Dovecot, and Rspamd, so it operates more of the delivery stack than a provider-backed email API.
Pricing: Open-source self-hosted platform.
AGPL-3.0 email platform combining transactional API delivery, SMTP relay, campaigns, automations, contacts, segments, inbound email, analytics, custom domains, and SPF/DKIM setup. Can be self-hosted or used through a managed service.
Pricing: Self-hosted open-source platform with hosted service available.
AGPL-3.0 self-hosted email platform built around Amazon SES, with transactional API, SMTP relay, marketing campaigns, contacts, visual editor, delivery logs, open/click tracking, bounce tracking, suppressions, analytics, and TypeScript, Python, Go, and PHP SDKs.
Pricing: Self-hosted open-source layer; Amazon SES usage and AWS infrastructure are billed separately.
Self-hosted platform (Business Source License 1.1 from v40, AGPL-3.0 for earlier versions) for transactional email and marketing, including newsletters, visual MJML editing, A/B testing, segmentation, contact timelines, multiple workspaces, analytics, REST API, S3 integration, and multiple sending providers.
Pricing: Open-source self-hosted platform; configure a supported sending provider.
MIT self-hosted email marketing application built with Laravel, providing subscriber management, lists, segments, campaigns, tracking, workspaces, templates, and an API. It requires an external sending provider and has low recent development activity.
Pricing: MIT self-hosted software; connect an email sending provider.
Self-hosted SES event dashboard that captures delivery, bounce, complaint, open, click, reject, and delay events and exposes searchable logs and analytics. It does not send email or replace SES. Current versions use the O'Saasy License, a source-available rather than OSI-approved open-source license.
Pricing: Source-available self-hosted software; review current license terms.
AGPL-3.0 email API and SMTP infrastructure with DKIM and SPF management, bounce processing, suppression handling, webhooks, logs, project isolation, monitoring, Prometheus/Grafana, Docker, and horizontal scaling. Commercial Enterprise licensing is also available.
Pricing: AGPL-3.0 self-hosting with a separate Enterprise license available.
Wraps is a developer-friendly email platform where templates are React components and automations are written in TypeScript, deployed to your own AWS account with SES. The code is AGPL-3.0 with enterprise features under a commercial license, and AWS charges about $0.10 per 1,000 emails. It is a very young project.
Pricing: Free to start; AWS usage is billed to your account, and enterprise features are paid.
AGPL-3.0 newsletter platform built on Hyvor Relay, focused on sending without open, click, location, or behavioral tracking. It includes subscriber lists, signup forms, templates, archive websites, team collaboration, and a management API.
Pricing: Open-source self-hosted newsletter platform built on Hyvor Relay.
| Alternative | Type | License | Self-hosted | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Listmonk | Newsletter manager | AGPL-3.0 | Yes | Newsletters |
| Billion Mail | Email server | AGPL-3.0 | Yes | Own mail server |
| Plunk | Email platform | AGPL-3.0 | Yes | Closest replacement |
| useSend | Email API | AGPL-3.0 | Yes | Transactional email |
| Notifuse | Email platform | BSL-1.1 (v40+) | Yes | Campaigns |
| Sendportal | Email marketing | MIT | Yes | Laravel users |
| Sessy | Event tracker | O'Saasy License | Yes | Tracking SES |
| Hyvor Relay | Email API | AGPL-3.0 + Enterprise | Yes | Replacing SES |
| Wraps | Email platform | AGPL-3.0 | AWS account | TypeScript teams |
| Hyvor Post | Newsletter platform | AGPL-3.0 | Yes | No-tracking newsletters |
Want a self-hosted email API
Hyvor Relay has DNS automation and real-time webhooks.
Want marketing plus transactional
Plunk covers marketing, transactional, and broadcast email.
Want newsletters at low resource cost
Listmonk is a single binary backed by Postgres.