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Mautic vs Orbits
Open-source marketing automation without AI-driven lead discovery
MauticOpen-source marketing automation
OrbitsFinds people asking for what you built. You answer them.Which to pick
Pick Mautic if you want…
- Self-hosted marketing automation
- DIY marketing automation
- Open-source code (mautic/mautic on GitHub)
- Integrations with REST API, Plugins or CMS (on Mautic's list, not Orbits')
Pick Orbits if you want…
- AI-driven lead discovery and reply drafting
- Integrations with Reddit, LinkedIn or Hacker News (on Orbits' list, not Mautic's)
Side by side
- What it is
- Mautic:Mautic is an open-source marketing automation platform for email, campaigns, landing pages and lead scoring.
- Orbits:Orbits is an AI marketing agent that finds people asking for your SaaS product on forums and drafts replies you can post yourself.
- Best for
- Mautic:Self-hosted marketing automation
- Orbits:AI-driven lead discovery and reply drafting
- Who it’s for
- Mautic:Marketers and developers who need self-hosted, privacy-focused automation.
- Orbits:SaaS founders looking for their first users without cold outreach.
- Pricing
- Mautic:Paid
- Orbits:Paid
- Plans
- Mautic:Mautic Essential €247.50 per month (annual)
- Orbits:Starter $29 per month · Scale $149 per month
- Open source
- Mautic:Yes, 10,773 GitHub stars
- Orbits:—
- Works with
- Mautic:REST API, Plugins, CMS, CRM, Analytics
- Orbits:Reddit, LinkedIn, Hacker News, Indie Hackers, X, Threads, Facebook, Instagram
Mautic features
- Drag-and-drop campaign builder. Create complex multi-step campaigns with a visual click-and-drag interface.
- Email & landing page builder. Design responsive emails and pages using an intuitive drag-and-drop editor.
- Lead nurturing & scoring. Capture contacts, assign points and prioritize high-quality leads.
- Privacy-focused compliance. Built-in GDPR, CCPA and other data-privacy controls.
- Data sovereignty & self-hosting. Run Mautic on your own infrastructure to retain full data ownership.
- Powerful REST API & plugins. Extend functionality and integrate with other systems via API or plugins.
Orbits features
- Automated lead discovery. Searches Reddit, LinkedIn, Hacker News, Indie Hackers, X and Threads three times daily for people asking for tools like yours.
- Drafted answers per lead. Generates a ready-to-post reply for each identified buyer query.
- One-click posting. You edit (optional) and post the drafted reply from your own account with a single click.
- LinkedIn DM & post drafts (Scale). Creates LinkedIn comment drafts, DM drafts and weekly post drafts with images or carousels.
- Multi-product support (Scale). Handles up to three products and up to 15 leads per day.
- No account connections required. Starts by pasting your website URL; no social accounts need to be linked.
Mautic vs Orbits FAQ
Is Mautic or Orbits free?+
No, both are paid and neither has a free plan. Mautic is paid, with a free trial. Orbits is paid, from $29/month (Starter), with a free trial.
Is Mautic or Orbits open source?+
Mautic is open source (mautic/mautic on GitHub). DevHunt has no public source repository on record for Orbits.
Do Mautic and Orbits integrate with the same tools?+
Their integration lists don't overlap: Mautic lists REST API, Plugins, CMS, CRM and 1 more; Orbits lists Reddit, LinkedIn, Hacker News, Indie Hackers and 4 more.
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