When comparing Mautic vs Mailtrain, the Slant community recommends Mailtrain for most people. In the question“What are the best self-hosted Mailchimp alternatives?” Mailtrain is ranked 1st while Mautic is ranked 4th. The most important reason people chose Mailtrain is:
Mailtrain supports any provider that you may want to use. For example, you can use Amazon SES, SendGrid, Mailgun, etc. You can basically use any provider that supports SMTP.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Hosted version available
There's a hosted version available for users who don't want or cannot host Mautic on their servers.
Pro Supports several providers
Mailtrain supports any provider that you may want to use. For example, you can use Amazon SES, SendGrid, Mailgun, etc.
You can basically use any provider that supports SMTP.
Pro Open source
Mailtrain is a free and open source software released under the GPL license.
Cons
Con Slow UI
Mautic's UI is rather slow. It takes on average 5 seconds to complete an HTTP request.
Con Virtually no documentation
The official documentation only covers installation. Everything else on how to use the software is missing.