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Self-hosted newsletter app

Sendy

Self-hosted newsletter application sold for a one-time $69 fee that sends through Amazon SES, so ongoing cost is roughly $1 per 10,000 emails.

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Overview

Sendy is a self-hosted newsletter application: you buy a licence once, install it on your own web server, and connect it to Amazon SES, which delivers the email. Because SES charges very little per message, the running cost of a large newsletter is mostly your hosting.

Features include drag-and-drop, WYSIWYG and HTML editors, list segmentation, custom fields, autoresponders for drip sequences and date-based emails, rules and webhooks, automatic bounce and complaint handling, custom tracking domains, housekeeping to remove inactive subscribers, and reports on opens, clicks and locations.

Agencies can organise work into brands with white-labelled client access, their own pricing and sending limits. An optional AI assistant can draft templates and subject lines. Zapier and third-party plugins connect it to WordPress and other apps.

You are responsible for installing, securing and updating the app, and for your SES account's sending reputation.

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Pricing and plans

Plan Price What you get
Licence $69 one-time No monthly fee, no subscriber limit; sending billed by Amazon SES

A one-time licence plus Amazon SES sending costs (Sendy states $1 per 10,000 emails) and your own web hosting. There is no monthly software fee, so costAt is 0 for the software itself; SES and hosting are extra. euRegion is true because you choose where to host and which SES region to use. Terms for updates after purchase were not on the page read.

Source: sendy.co/ · prices as published, excluding tax.

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What it does

Amazon SES delivery
Sends through your own SES account at about $1 per 10,000 emails.
Autoresponders
Drip sequences at set intervals, annual and one-off date-based emails.
White-label brands
Separate brands with client access, permissions, pricing and sending limits.
Rules and webhooks
Trigger actions or webhooks on events such as a campaign starting or an autoresponder sending.
Bounce handling and housekeeping
Automatic bounce, complaint and unsubscribe processing, and bulk removal of unengaged subscribers.
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Strengths and limitations

Strengths

  • One-time fee with no subscriber limits
  • Very low sending cost through SES
  • White-label client accounts for agencies
  • Customers quoted on its site run lists of 500,000+

Limitations

  • Requires your own hosting and an Amazon SES account
  • You manage installation, security and upgrades
  • Tied to Amazon SES for delivery
  • No landing page builder listed
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Who it suits

Good for

  • Large newsletters where subscriber pricing is costly
  • Agencies managing several client lists
  • Developers already using AWS

Look elsewhere if

  • Teams without anyone to maintain a server
  • Advanced behavioural automation
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Alternatives to Sendy

Tool From Free option Stages
Loops Lifecycle email for SaaS
$49/mo Free tier
useSend Open-source email platform on Amazon SES
$10/mo Free tier
GetResponse Email marketing and automation
$19/mo Free tier
Keila Open-source newsletter tool
€8/mo Open source
Kit Creator email marketing platform
$33/mo Free tier
Plunk Open-source email platform
Usage-based Free tier

All email marketing and newsletters →

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Questions

How much does Sendy cost?

A one-time $69 licence, plus Amazon SES sending costs of about $1 per 10,000 emails and your own hosting.

Does Sendy have monthly fees?

No monthly software fee; you pay SES for sending and your host for the server.

Does Sendy limit subscribers?

No, there is no subscriber limit.

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