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Email marketing tools worth knowing
Newsletters, automations and the humble inbox, still the channel that pays the bills.
Email is the channel that keeps paying the bills, year after year. The tools below are how that happens: lists you own, automations that fire while you sleep, and reports that tell you what actually got opened.
They split roughly three ways. Some are built for creators and newsletters, some for online stores, and some for businesses that just need a decent campaign to go out on Tuesday.
The email marketing tools
6 reviewed so far, A to Z.
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Bento
A small, founder-run email platform that treats deliverability as the main event
Bento is the email platform for teams who want campaigns, automations and transactional mail from people who sweat the inbox
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Keila
An open source newsletter tool made in Germany, with no premium features held back
Keila is the privacy-first newsletter tool for teams who want EU hosting, open code and every feature in the box
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Mailcoach
Newsletters, automations and transactional mail from the Laravel crew at Spatie
Mailcoach began as one developer's fix for a pricey newsletter bill and grew into a polished, privacy-minded email platform
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Mailneo
Friendly, AI-assisted email marketing with flat tiers and a founder who answers
Mailneo bundles campaigns, automations, newsletters and deliverability tools into one simple platform built for indie teams and small businesses
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Plunk
Open source email for SaaS: transactional, campaigns and automations in one place
Plunk gives SaaS builders one open source home for product emails, newsletters and automated flows, and bills only for what they send
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Sequenzy
AI-native email marketing built around the life cycle of a SaaS customer
Sequenzy turns a prompt and your Stripe data into onboarding, trial and win-back emails that sound like your brand
Common questions
- Which email marketing tools are reviewed on GTM Listings?
- GTM Listings reviews 6 email marketing tools: Bento, Keila, Mailcoach, Mailneo, Plunk, Sequenzy. Each one has a full review covering what it does best, who will love it, and how to get started.
- What counts as an email marketing tool?
- Software for building an email list, sending campaigns and newsletters, and automating follow-up emails based on what subscribers do.
- Which email marketing tools have a free plan?
- Of the email marketing tools reviewed here, Keila, Plunk, Sequenzy have a free plan or a free, open-source option. Plans change, so check each tool's pricing page before relying on it.
- How are tools chosen for GTM Listings?
- There is no submission form, no sponsorship and no affiliate links. Tools are picked because marketers actually use them, and the reviews are researched and fact-checked before they go up.
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