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Alternatives to Keila
20 email marketing tools sit alongside Keila in this directory. Below is what separates each from Keila on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 20
- With a free tier
- 11
- Cheaper to start
- 3
- Keila starts at
- Free, then €8/month
Why people look past Keila
Only what the record supports. Each point below is a figure on the Keila entry measured against the tools listed beside it.
Cost climbs steeply across the tiers
Keila publishes 4 tiers, from Free up to €256/month. Teams that outgrow the entry plan can find the next rung a large step, the Keila pricing page breaks each one down.
What each alternative does differently
Ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry. Differences are drawn from price, pricing model, tier count and rating, the fields the category listing carries. For a feature-level difference, follow the head-to-head link on each card: those pages read both full records.
Email marketing tools priced by subscriber count
- Starts $8 a monthly cheaper, at Free.
- Sold on a subscription model rather than Per month by emails sent.
Affordable email marketing
- Starts $1 a month dearer, at $9/month.
- Sold on a freemium model rather than Per month by emails sent.
- 2 tiers to Keila's 4.
Email, SMS, and CRM in one platform
- Sold on a freemium model rather than Per month by emails sent.
Email marketing tool with a genuine free tier, priced by contact count once paid
- Sold on a Per month by contact tier once on a paid plan model rather than Per month by emails sent.
- 3 tiers to Keila's 4.
Self-hosted newsletter and mailing list manager that ships as a single Go binary
- Sold on a Open source, no licence fee model rather than Per month by emails sent.
- 2 tiers to Keila's 4.
AI-powered email assistant for intelligent inbox management
- Starts $22 a month dearer, at $30/month.
Every Keila alternative at a glance
A dash means the catalogue entry carries no figure, not that the answer is nothing.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Tiers | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keila (this page) | Free, then €8/month | Per month by emails sent | 4 | |
| MailerLiteA far larger feature set with automation and a free tier, if you accept contact-based pricing and non-EU hosting | Free | Subscription | 4 | vs Keila |
| EmailOctopusCheap sending that also lets you route through your own AWS SES account, without self-hosting | Free, then $9/month | Freemium | 2 | vs Keila |
| BrevoIf you need marketing automation, SMS and transactional email alongside newsletters | Free | Freemium | - | vs Keila |
| Zoho Campaigns | Free | Per month by contact tier once on a paid plan | 3 | vs Keila |
| Listmonk | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 2 | vs Keila |
| Shortwave | Free, then $30/month | - | 4 | vs Keila |
| Resend | Free, then $20/month | Freemium | 3 | vs Keila |
| AWeber | Free, then $15/month | Freemium | 3 | vs Keila |
| Flodesk | Free | Freemium | 4 | vs Keila |
| Loops | Free | Freemium | 1 | vs Keila |
| RD Station Marketing | Free, then $16/month | Subscription | 4 | vs Keila |
| Amazon SES | On request | Per 1,000 emails sent, tiered by volume, no campaign features included | 3 | vs Keila |
| Campaign Monitor | On request | Per month by contact tier and plan level | 4 | vs Keila |
| SAP Emarsys | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Keila |
| Attentive | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Keila |
| Ortto | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Keila |
| Sailthru | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Keila |
| Sendy | $69/one-time | One-time purchase | 3 | vs Keila |
| Moosend | On request | Per month by contact count | 4 | vs Keila |
| Dotdigital | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Keila |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry; Softwr hosts no reviews of these products. How each figure is used is set out on the Keila badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
Free to start (11)
These publish a tier that costs nothing, so they can be evaluated before any money changes hands.
- MailerLite , Free
- EmailOctopus , Free, then $9/month
- Brevo , Free
- Zoho Campaigns , Free
- Listmonk , Free
- Shortwave , Free, then $30/month
- Resend , Free, then $20/month
- AWeber , Free, then $15/month
Cheaper than Keila (3)
Entry price under Keila's €8/month. The record does not say what unit that price is charged in, so confirm per-seat versus flat rate before comparing budgets.
- MailerLite , Free
- Flodesk , Free
- Loops , Free
What you would be giving up
Keila is most often brought in for a membership organisation holding forty thousand contacts but sending only one newsletter a month, where contact-metered pricing would cost many times more, a european publisher or public body that needs subscriber data held in the eu under a gdpr-friendly arrangement, a technical team that wants to self-host its newsletter tool and route sending through its existing aws ses account, an agency running several separate client lists that does not want to pay per project or per additional list. Anything replacing it has to cover the ones you actually depend on, and a cheaper tool that misses one of them is not cheaper.
Two things this page cannot settle. It compares on price, model, tier count and rating, because those are the fields the category listing carries, feature-level differences need both full records, which is what the head-to-head pages load. And the ratings are third-party aggregates imported with each entry rather than reviews written here, so a 0.2 difference between two tools is noise rather than a finding.
If Keila is broadly right and the question is cost, the Keila pricing breakdown covers every tier and what each one adds. If you want the whole field rather than a shortlist, the Email Marketing category lists everything the directory holds, and best email marketing tools ranks them.
Keila runs on web, linux, self-hosted. Platform coverage is not carried on the category listing for the alternatives, so it is one more thing to check on each head-to-head page rather than here.
Questions about Keila alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Keila?
- 20 other email marketing tools are listed in this directory, led by MailerLite, EmailOctopus, Brevo, Zoho Campaigns. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to Keila?
- 11 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: MailerLite, EmailOctopus, Brevo, Zoho Campaigns, Listmonk.
- Is there a cheaper alternative to Keila?
- Yes. 3 of the alternatives below start under Keila's €8/month: MailerLite at Free, Flodesk at Free, Loops at Free.
- Why do people look for an alternative to Keila?
- On the figures on record, one thing stands out: cost climbs steeply across the tiers. Each is set out with the numbers behind it above.
- What would I give up by switching from Keila?
- Keila is most often brought in for a membership organisation holding forty thousand contacts but sending only one newsletter a month, where contact-metered pricing would cost many times more, a european publisher or public body that needs subscriber data held in the eu under a gdpr-friendly arrangement, a technical team that wants to self-host its newsletter tool and route sending through its existing aws ses account, an agency running several separate client lists that does not want to pay per project or per additional list. Anything you replace it with has to cover the ones you actually rely on, the side-by-side comparisons linked from each alternative below put the two feature records against each other.
- Is there an open-source alternative to Keila?
- None of the email marketing tools listed here are recorded as open source. That is what the licence field on each entry says, and the field is not always filled in, so it is worth checking directly for any tool you are serious about.
- How were these Keila alternatives chosen?
- They are the tools filed in the same category, Email Marketing, ordered by the aggregated rating on each entry. There is no editorial shortlist, and nothing on this page is paid: no sponsored placement runs on alternatives pages and the order cannot be bought. Softwr has not used these products.
- Where can I compare Keila against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Keila covering price, platforms, features and what each one is used for. Those pages read the full record for both products rather than the summary shown here.
- Does this list cover every email marketing tool?
- No. It covers what this directory holds in the Email Marketing category, 20 tools beside Keila. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.