Listmonk
Listmonk — Open-source self-hosted newsletter and mailing list manager with REST API and analytics.
Our Verdict
Best open-source newsletter tool; saves real money at 100k+ subs if you can run infra.
Pros
- Self-hosted, no per-subscriber fees at scale
- Single Go binary keeps ops simple
- Full REST API for programmatic sending
- Handles millions of subscribers on modest hardware
Cons
- You own deliverability, warmup, bounce handling
- No built-in transactional email service
- UI less polished than SaaS alternatives
- Deep customization requires Go knowledge
Best for: Technical teams with 100k+ subscribers and DevOps capability
Not for: Non-technical marketers wanting managed deliverability
When to Use Listmonk
Good fit if you need
- Self-hosted newsletter with full subscriber data ownership
- REST API integration syncing signups from a product app
- Transactional email and newsletter from a single open-source tool
- High-volume mailing list management on self-managed infra
- Open-source alternative to Mailchimp for developer-operated newsletters
Pricing
Price wrong?Listmonk Pricing
- Pricing Model
- free
- Free Tier
- Yes
- Entry Price
- —
- Enterprise Available
- No
- Transparency Score
- —
Beta — estimates may differ from actual pricing
1,000
1001K10K100K1M
Estimated Monthly Cost
$25
Estimated Annual Cost
$300
Estimates are approximate and may not reflect current pricing. Always check the official pricing page.
Lock-in Assessment
Low 5/5
Lock-in Score 5/5
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