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Alternatives to Sendy
21 email marketing tools sit alongside Sendy in this directory. Below is what separates each from Sendy on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 21
- With a free tier
- 13
- Cheaper to start
- 9
- Sendy starts at
- $69/one-time
Why people look past Sendy
Only what the record supports. Each point below is a figure on the Sendy entry measured against the tools listed beside it.
It costs more than the category median
Sendy starts at $69/one-time. Across the 6 email marketing tools listed beside it that publish a price, the median entry point is $15.5/month.
There is no free tier
The record for Sendy carries no free tier, so evaluating it means paying first. 13 of the 21 alternatives below can be used without paying.
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
- Can be used without paying; Sendy cannot.
- Starts $69 a monthly cheaper, at Free.
- Sold on a subscription model rather than One-time purchase.
- 4 tiers to Sendy's 3.
Email, SMS, and CRM in one platform
- Can be used without paying; Sendy cannot.
- Sold on a freemium model rather than One-time purchase.
Email at scale, proven deliverability, and so much more
- Can be used without paying; Sendy cannot.
- Sold on a freemium model rather than One-time purchase.
Email marketing tool with a genuine free tier, priced by contact count once paid
- Can be used without paying; Sendy cannot.
- Sold on a Per month by contact tier once on a paid plan model rather than One-time purchase.
Self-hosted newsletter and mailing list manager that ships as a single Go binary
- Can be used without paying; Sendy cannot.
- Sold on a Open source, no licence fee model rather than One-time purchase.
- 2 tiers to Sendy's 3.
AGPL newsletter tool from Germany, self-hostable or hosted in the EU with no free plan
- Can be used without paying; Sendy cannot.
- Starts $61 a month cheaper, at €8/month.
- Sold on a Per month by emails sent model rather than One-time purchase.
- 4 tiers to Sendy's 3.
Every Sendy 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sendy (this page) | $69/one-time | One-time purchase | 3 | |
| MailerLiteIf you want a cheap hosted platform with a real editor and someone else owning deliverability | Free | Subscription | 4 | vs Sendy |
| BrevoIf you want to be billed by emails sent rather than subscribers stored but not run your own server | Free | Freemium | - | vs Sendy |
| SendGridIf you want a delivery API with deliverability support instead of raw SES | Free | Freemium | - | vs Sendy |
| Zoho Campaigns | Free | Per month by contact tier once on a paid plan | 3 | vs Sendy |
| Listmonk | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 2 | vs Sendy |
| Keila | Free, then €8/month | Per month by emails sent | 4 | vs Sendy |
| Shortwave | Free, then $30/month | - | 4 | vs Sendy |
| Resend | Free, then $20/month | Freemium | 3 | vs Sendy |
| AWeber | Free, then $15/month | Freemium | 3 | vs Sendy |
| EmailOctopus | Free, then $9/month | Freemium | 2 | vs Sendy |
| Flodesk | Free | Freemium | 4 | vs Sendy |
| Loops | Free | Freemium | 1 | vs Sendy |
| RD Station Marketing | Free, then $16/month | Subscription | 4 | vs Sendy |
| Amazon SES | On request | Per 1,000 emails sent, tiered by volume, no campaign features included | 3 | vs Sendy |
| Campaign Monitor | On request | Per month by contact tier and plan level | 4 | vs Sendy |
| SAP Emarsys | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Sendy |
| Attentive | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Sendy |
| Ortto | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Sendy |
| Sailthru | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Sendy |
| Moosend | On request | Per month by contact count | 4 | vs Sendy |
| Dotdigital | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Sendy |
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 Sendy badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
Free to start (13)
These publish a tier that costs nothing, so they can be evaluated before any money changes hands.
- MailerLite , Free
- Brevo , Free
- SendGrid , Free
- Zoho Campaigns , Free
- Listmonk , Free
- Keila , Free, then €8/month
- Shortwave , Free, then $30/month
- Resend , Free, then $20/month
Cheaper than Sendy (9)
Entry price under Sendy's $69/one-time. The record does not say what unit that price is charged in, so confirm per-seat versus flat rate before comparing budgets.
- MailerLite , Free
- Keila , Free, then €8/month
- Shortwave , Free, then $30/month
- Resend , Free, then $20/month
- AWeber , Free, then $15/month
- EmailOctopus , Free, then $9/month
- Flodesk , Free
- Loops , Free
What you would be giving up
Sendy is most often brought in for a publisher with a large list sending frequently, where a hosted platform bills by subscriber count month after month, an agency managing newsletters for several clients who each get their own brand and login under one licence, a business that must keep subscriber data on its own infrastructure for privacy or contractual reasons, a developer wiring signups from a custom application into a mailing list without paying platform api fees. 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 Sendy is broadly right and the question is cost, the Sendy 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.
Sendy runs on web, linux. 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 Sendy alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Sendy?
- 21 other email marketing tools are listed in this directory, led by MailerLite, Brevo, SendGrid, 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 Sendy?
- 13 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: MailerLite, Brevo, SendGrid, Zoho Campaigns, Listmonk.
- Is there a cheaper alternative to Sendy?
- Yes. 9 of the alternatives below start under Sendy's $69/one-time: MailerLite at Free, Keila at Free, then €8/month, Shortwave at Free, then $30/month, Resend at Free, then $20/month.
- Why do people look for an alternative to Sendy?
- On the figures on record, 2 things stand out: it costs more than the category median; there is no free tier. Each is set out with the numbers behind it above.
- What would I give up by switching from Sendy?
- Sendy is most often brought in for a publisher with a large list sending frequently, where a hosted platform bills by subscriber count month after month, an agency managing newsletters for several clients who each get their own brand and login under one licence, a business that must keep subscriber data on its own infrastructure for privacy or contractual reasons, a developer wiring signups from a custom application into a mailing list without paying platform api fees. 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 Sendy?
- 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 Sendy 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 Sendy against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Sendy 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, 21 tools beside Sendy. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.