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Maillayer

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Maillayer is a self-hosted email marketing and transactional email platform that you deploy on your own server. It supports sending unlimited emails via providers like Amazon SES, SendGrid, or Mailgun and includes campaign management, sequences, transactional API, and contact management features.

THE PRODUCT, BEYOND THE PITCH

Editorially reviewed · Sources checked Oct 9, 2026

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A good fit for

  • Developers and founders who want to self-host their email marketing and transactional email platform to avoid subscription fees and maintain data ownership.

Know the limitations

  • Requires self-hosting knowledge such as SSH and Docker for VPS installs, though Railway offers one-click install without Docker knowledge.
  • No free trial is offered, but a 30-day money-back guarantee serves as a trial period.

What you can do

  • Managing email campaigns and sequences for multiple brands with self-hosted control and no subscription fees.
  • Sending transactional emails such as receipts, password resets, and notifications via a single REST API call.

Features

  • Visual and HTML editors for campaigns, tag-based segments, and analytics including opens and clicks with country breakdown.
  • Drip email sequences with minute-to-day delays, enrollable from forms, integrations, or API.
  • Transactional API with one REST call for receipts, resets, and notifications including templates and delivery events.
  • Contact management with flat tags, hosted or embedded forms feeding contacts directly.
  • Deliverability features including SPF, DKIM, DMARC per provider, and automatic unsubscribe on bounces and complaints.

Integrations

  • Six built-in integrations: Stripe and Custom webhook (trigger-based), Firebase Auth, Supabase, Google Sheets, Airtable (poll-based).

Platforms & data export

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THE COST FOR YOUR TEAM

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A practical workflow

  1. Connect your email provider account such as Amazon SES, SendGrid, or Mailgun to send emails through Maillayer.

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EazyEmailer is a self-hosted email marketing platform that allows businesses to send up to 500,000 emails using their own AWS SES setup with a one-time payment. It provides full source code access, setup assistance, and features like campaign building, email tracking, and workflow automation for complete control and customization.

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