Mautic hosting
Mautic is the leading open-source solution for marketing automation – the self-determined alternative to HubSpot and ActiveCampaign.
GDPR-Compliant Mautic Hosting
We host Mautic in a GDPR-compliant way on European infrastructure, set up campaigns and lead nurturing and ensure clean email delivery. This way you automate marketing along the customer journey without paying per contact or giving your data out of hand.
The essentials of Mautic hosting
- Mautic is the leading open-source solution for marketing automation as an alternative to HubSpot and ActiveCampaign – we host it GDPR-compliantly in Europe.
- We set up email journeys, lead scoring and campaigns so contacts receive the right message at the right time, triggered by their behaviour.
- Deliverability is a craft: we operate Mautic with cleanly configured SPF, DKIM and DMARC and bounce monitoring, so emails land in the inbox, not in spam.
- Without per-contact pricing, costs decouple from list size – the growth of your list doesn't automatically drive up your marketing costs.
- Behavioural and contact data stays self-hosted on European infrastructure, and we map consents, unsubscribes and retention in a GDPR-compliant way.
Marketing automation
Mautic automates email journeys, lead scoring and campaigns along the customer journey. Contacts receive the right message at the right time – triggered by their behaviour, not by manual list maintenance.
Campaigns & lead nurturing
With the visual campaign builder you model complex nurturing journeys: branches, conditions and time-controlled steps. We help with the setup so contacts systematically become qualified leads.
Hosting & deliverability
Email marketing stands and falls with deliverability. We operate Mautic with cleanly configured sending (SPF, DKIM, DMARC) and the right infrastructure, so your emails land in the inbox, not in spam.
GDPR & consents
Marketing automation processes a lot of personal data. Self-hosted, this stays on European infrastructure, and we set up Mautic so that consents, unsubscribes and retention are mapped in a GDPR-compliant way.
Mautic self-hosted vs. commercial SaaS tools
Commercial marketing automation platforms and self-hosted Mautic differ in three decisive dimensions: cost structure, data control, and configuration freedom.
| SaaS (HubSpot / ActiveCampaign) | Mautic self-hosted | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | Per contact / per feature tier | Fixed infrastructure costs, unlimited contacts |
| Data location | Vendor's US data centre | Your own European infrastructure, GDPR-compliant |
| Deliverability control | Pre-configured, limited customisation | Full SPF/DKIM/DMARC control, own sender reputation |
| List cost scaling | ||
| Licence costs as you grow | Rise linearly with contact count | Independent of list size |
The right choice depends on list size, data privacy requirements, and internal resources.
Mautic operations in four phases
From server provisioning to live campaigns, a production-ready Mautic setup passes through four sequential phases — each is a prerequisite for the next.
Infrastructure & hosting
European server, database optimisation, backup routine, and automated updates — the operational foundation everything else depends on.
Deliverability configuration
Correctly setting up SPF, DKIM, and DMARC, warming the sending IP, and activating bounce monitoring — so emails reach the inbox, not the spam folder.
Campaigns & lead nurturing
Building segments, forms, automation workflows, and scoring models along the customer journey.
Ongoing operations & optimisation
Regular updates, reputation monitoring, list hygiene, and iterative campaign adjustments based on engagement data.
Deliverability and data protection are not one-time tasks but continuous operational duties.
What matters for Mautic hosting
With self-hosted Mautic, deliverability is the craft on which everything depends. Whether mails land in the inbox or in spam is decided not by the tool but by the configuration: cleanly set up SPF, DKIM, and DMARC records, a maintained sending reputation, and monitoring of bounces. Without this foundation, the best campaign is ineffective because no one sees it.
Economically, the absence of per-contact pricing makes the difference. Commercial tools charge by list size, and with large distribution lists the bill grows fast. Self-hosted Mautic decouples cost from the number of contacts, so the growth of your list does not automatically drive up your marketing costs.
The third point is data sovereignty, which weighs especially heavily in marketing. Behavioural and contact data are among the most sensitive data of all, and self-hosting keeps it on European infrastructure under your control rather than with a US provider. For that to hold, though, it needs reliable operation with updates and backups, because a marketing system that goes down drags running campaigns with it.
No per-contact pricing
Commercial tools charge by number of contacts – with large lists this gets expensive. Self-hosted Mautic decouples costs from list size.
Deliverability is a craft
Whether emails land in the inbox or spam is decided by configuration. Cleanly set up SPF/DKIM/DMARC and monitoring are the foundation of successful campaigns.
Data sovereignty in marketing
Behavioural and contact data are sensitive. Self-hosting keeps them on European infrastructure and under your control.
Mautic vs. HubSpot & ActiveCampaign
Marketing suites scale with contacts and features – quickly reaching four figures per month. Mautic is open source and runs on your infrastructure. As of June 2026.
| Mautic (self-hosted) | HubSpot Marketing | ActiveCampaign | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Licence | Open source, €0 | Per tier/contacts | Per contacts |
| Entry | Fixed ops | Starter from $15/mo | Plus from $49/mo (1,000 contacts) |
| Scaling | User/contact-independent | Professional/Enterprise $800–3,600+/mo | $145 (5k) → $349 (50k contacts) |
| Data ownership | Your own EU servers | Vendor cloud (US) | Vendor cloud (US) |
| Email sending | Your own/connected provider | Included (plan limits) | Included (plan limits) |
Vendor list prices, as of June 2026 (USD). Break-even: from a few thousand contacts, or on the higher HubSpot tiers, self-hosted Mautic is usually far cheaper.
Self-hosted marketing automation
With us you're always at the forefront of enterprise software development and benefit directly from our extensive development know-how. Together we examine your business processes, identify key optimization potential and develop individually tailored solutions. Your business goals and expectations are the focal point of everything we do.
Comprehensive technological expertise
We choose the stack per project by requirement and rely on established, future-proof technologies instead of niche dependencies.
Specialized in enterprise solutions
The real lever lies in clean interfaces: we integrate deeply into ERP, CRM and third-party systems instead of isolated solutions.
Years of experience in the software industry
From requirements analysis to operation after go-live, we know the pitfalls of large software projects.
Multidisciplinary expert team
Analysis, architecture, backend and operations come together in one team, without friction between disciplines.
Long-term business success
We build maintainable foundations that grow with your company, and stay by your side with support and further development.
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