Mailtrain vs Xem

Mailtrain is a self hosted newsletter application built on Node.js.

Xem is an open-source workspace for email campaigns, recurring newsletters, reusable templates, audience lists, signup forms and visual automations. Design emails in the visual editor, organize contacts, and review campaign analytics. Connect your own SMTP provider or use Xem’s managed sending through Amazon SES. Managed sending requires domain verification and workspace approval.

Price Comparison

Mailtrain is free for unlimited subscribers.

Feature Comparison

Mailtrain and Xem both have great feature sets so the right tool for you really depends on your needs.

Features	Mailtrain	Xem
💸 Paid Subscriptions Accept paid subscriptions	❌	❌
➗ Segmentation Create segments of subscribers	✅	✅
🤖 Automation Automate actions based on behaviours	✅	✅
📩 Embeddable Forms Embeddable subscription forms	❌	❌
📄 Landing Pages Create landing pages for your newsletter	❌	❌
🔌 3rd Party Integrations Connect to other services	❌	❌
🖊️ Visual Editor Drag and drop email editor	❌	✅
📝 Markdown Editor Write emails in markdown	❌	❌
👩‍💻 HTML Design emails with HTML text	✅	✅
⚒️ API Integrate with the platform's API	❌	✅
📈 Analytics Get data on your emails' performance	✅	✅
🌍 Custom Domain Use a custom domain for your page	❌	❌
🗣️ Referrals Set up a referral programme	❌	❌
💽 Self Hosting Host on your own server	✅	✅
📢 Recommendations Recommend and be recommended by other newsletters	❌	❌