For a newsletter of around 1,500 subscribers mailchimp wants £34 a month.<p>What cheaper / better alternatives are out there for less than 2,000 subscribers? Are we using Amazon SES + an open source tool, what’s good?
Plunk will run you $1.5 every time you want to send out an email ($0.001/email * 1500)<p>Plunk is pretty much Amazon SES + an open source tool turned into a product. It's selfhostable but if you prefer software intended to be selfhosted then Sendy might work well for you too. Issue is Sendy costs $70~ upfront.<p>Plunk: <a href="https://useplunk.com" rel="nofollow">https://useplunk.com</a><p>Sendy: <a href="https://sendy.co" rel="nofollow">https://sendy.co</a>
I manage phplist for a small doctor's office. Works well with 4k subscribers. Open Source.<p><a href="https://www.phplist.com" rel="nofollow">https://www.phplist.com</a>
I used emailoctopus for the newsletter I shut down a while back. Worked well, but you need to test it to make sure deliverability is good from the get go.
You can use <a href="https://listmonk.app" rel="nofollow">https://listmonk.app</a> or <a href="https://sendy.co" rel="nofollow">https://sendy.co</a> and use a provider lke SES under the hood.
You may consider MailerLite. Cheap and reliable.<p>SES + Sendy is pretty cheap but SES production approval is not very easy to get these day, specially for new projects
<i>£34 a month</i><p>That’s not nothing and can feel like more than it should cost.
It’s also less than a one sided Xerox at Kinkos, that is cheap relative to historical newsletter costs and within the budget of any business and most organizations.<p>White listed email servers are what you are paying for. Tools and service are also what you are paying for. A hobby project might not need those, but it is a cost of doing business for a business. £34 a month can and should be passed on to customers. Good luck.