Mautic's pricing page
Captured from mautic.org. Pricing changes often, so confirm the current numbers on the live page.
Buying shortcut
Which Mautic plan should you choose?
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Self-hosted open source
Technical teams comfortable managing their own marketing automation stack. It is the first tier to check when you only need the core Mautic workflow. Watch for: Hosting and maintenance are your responsibility
Public price
$0 software
Free download and free to use; requires VPS or dedicated server. Hosting, email delivery, and labor are separate.
Main upgrade
Managed Mautic Essential
Teams that want managed Mautic up to 50,000 contacts. Inspect this tier when the lower tier starts blocking reporting, automation, collaboration, or support needs. Watch for: Capped at 50,000 contacts and 50,000 emails per month
Public price
From €247.50/mo
€247.50 per month billed annually or €275 per month billed quarterly, via Dropsolid. Shared hosting with email service included.
High-volume or advanced
Managed Mautic Professional and Enterprise
Larger teams with higher volume, performance, or security needs. Treat this as the serious-operations tier, especially if the first two plans leave key limits or add-ons unresolved. Watch for: Professional starts from 50,000 contacts and 50,000 emails per month, extendable up to 3M
Public price
From €1237/mo; Enterprise custom
Professional from €1237 per month via Dropsolid; Enterprise is custom priced. Dedicated hosting with dedicated IP included.
What Mautic costs at your size
The cheapest plan that covers each size, from Mautic's published pricing. Check the sources below for the date it was verified.
Cost scenarios
Pricing pages show the entry point. These scenarios show what the plan means in real buying situations.
Technical team with hosting capacity
Mautic: Mautic software is free, but infrastructure and operations are internal costs.. Sequenzy: Sequenzy reduces self-hosting and maintenance work.. Mautic wins when control matters and operations are already covered.
Non-technical marketing team
Mautic: Setup, hosting, and maintenance can become hidden costs.. Sequenzy: Sequenzy is easier when you want managed SaaS workflows.. Sequenzy is simpler for teams that do not want to run software.
Custom open-source automation
Mautic: Mautic gives source-level control.. Sequenzy: Sequenzy trades control for managed simplicity.. Mautic is better when customization and ownership are requirements.
What to watch for
Free software does not mean free operations.
You need hosting, email delivery infrastructure, updates, backups, and security maintenance.
Non-technical teams may spend more on setup and maintenance than expected.
Costs beyond the headline price
- Self hosted Mautic needs a VPS or dedicated server because shared hosting is not recommended, plus separate email delivery and ongoing maintenance.
- Managed Essential is billed quarterly at 275 euros per month or annually at 247.50 euros per month, so quarterly billing costs more.
- Essential caps sending speed at 100 emails per minute with a shared IP, and moving to Professional is needed for higher volume and a dedicated IP.
- Setup and migration fees vary by hosting partner, so the managed subscription is not the full first year cost.
- The 14 day managed trial caps sending at 500 emails to the registered address and blocks plugins, API use, and mailing settings changes.
Mautic pricing is software-free, operations-paid
Mautic's biggest pricing advantage is that the software is free. Its biggest hidden cost is that your team becomes responsible for running it well.
The right comparison is not free versus paid. It is self-hosted control versus managed operating burden. A realistic Mautic budget includes hosting, updates, backups, security, bounce processing, email delivery provider setup, CRM integration, and someone who can debug campaigns when the system fails. For technical teams, that control can be worth it. For lean marketing teams, the maintenance cost can dominate.
Use Mautic alternatives to compare open-source and hosted marketing automation options. Use Sequenzy vs Mautic when the decision is managed SaaS lifecycle email versus self-hosted automation.
Mautic vs Sequenzy
Mautic is better for open-source control. Sequenzy is better for managed SaaS lifecycle email.
Mautic vs Sequenzy
How Mautic compares with Sequenzy, which bills on emails sent rather than contact count.
How Sequenzy prices the same volume
Sequenzy price per 1k emails
$0.82 / 1k at $49/mo for 60k emails
Verdict
Mautic is compelling because the software is free and open source. Sequenzy is better when you want managed SaaS lifecycle email without hosting and maintenance overhead.
FAQ
Sources checked · Oct 8, 2026
Written by Nic Polotnianko, co-founder of Sequenzy, which appears in this comparison. How we compare tools