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Maillayer

Self-hosted Resend alternative·maillayer.com

Maillayer is a self-hosted email marketing and transactional email platform delivered as a single Docker container. Users buy a license once and deploy it on their own server or a platform like Railway, sending unlimited emails through their own Amazon SES, SendGrid, Mailgun, or SMTP account. It includes campaign and sequence tools, a transactional email API, contact management with forms, and built-in deliverability handling.

What it's for

Turning a contact list into email campaignsSending transactional emails like receipts and password resetsRunning drip email sequencesMigrating off subscription email marketing tools to self-hosted infrastructureManaging multiple brands/workspaces from one installTriggering branded invoice/receipt emails on Stripe eventsSyncing new signups from Firebase, Supabase, Google Sheets, or Airtable into email flows

Features 20

Automatic bounce and complaint unsubscribe handling
CSV contact import
Domain warmup
Drip email sequences with minute-to-day delays
Email templates and delivery event tracking
Encrypted secrets storage
Enrollment into sequences from forms, integrations, or API
Hosted and embeddable signup forms
Multi-brand workspaces
Nightly backups
Open and click tracking with country breakdown
Per-provider SPF, DKIM, and DMARC setup
React Email based email editor
S3 file uploads
Scheduled sending
Single-container architecture (SQLite, queue, and cron in one process)
Tag-based contact segments
Team roles and management
Transactional email API for receipts, resets, and notifications
Visual and HTML campaign editors

At a glance

self-hostableAPI

TypeWeb app

DeploymentSelf-hosted

PlatformsWeb

Fordevelopers, founders, indie hackers

CompanyMVP Stack LLC

Integrations

StripeFirebase AuthSupabaseGoogle SheetsAirtableAmazon SESSendGridMailgunPostmarkCloudflare Email

Resources

Docs

Pricing

Maillayer is sold as a one-time license, not a subscription. The current promotional price is $149 (regular price $249), limited to 200 license spots. Documentation references 'Pro and Agency' license holders getting priority support, suggesting additional tiers may exist, but only one purchase offer with its feature list is shown on the pricing page.

Lifetime AccessQuote

Limited-time promotional price of $149, discounted from $249 ($100 off); capped at 200 license spots, 23 remaining at time of listing.

Self-host on up to 10 domains

$100 off the one-time payment, bringing the price from $249 to $149 for a limited number of license spots (200 total).