#62 in Collaboration & CommunicationUpdated 2026-08

SendPortal

by Sendportal · Open-source self-hosted email marketing and newsletter software

29.3 — BenchRank score out of 100

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Overview

SendPortal is open-source, self-hosted email marketing software built on Laravel. It manages subscribers imported via CSV or API, groups them into custom segments, sends campaigns using your own templates, and records opens, clicks, bounces and unsubscribes. It also exposes a REST API and supports multiple workspaces from a single interface.

Best for: Teams with server capability who want to run their own newsletters instead of paying per subscriber
Pricing: No prices are shown; the software is described as open source and self-hosted, with the site's meta description saying it is free to use.
Runs on: Self-hosted

Strengths and trade-offs

Strengths

Self-hosted, so subscriber data stays on your infrastructure
Tracks opens, clicks, bounces and unsubscribes per campaign
REST API and CSV upload for importing and updating subscribers
Multiple workspaces or teams handled from one interface

Trade-offs

Self-hosting means you run, secure and maintain the server
Laravel/PHP stack, so hosting and upgrade skills are needed
No hosted or managed option is mentioned on the site

How this score is made up

Each dimension is scored out of 100 and combined into the headline score using fixed weights.

MCP support: 0 out of 100
API quality: 30 out of 100
Documentation: 50 out of 100
Agent friendliness: 41 out of 100
Changelog: 25 out of 100
Marketing site structure: 60 out of 100
Operational trust: 0 out of 100

Measured, but not part of the score

Useful to know, but not a mark for or against the product — so these do not affect the ranking.

Openness: 60 out of 100
Maintenance: 20 out of 100

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