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Show HN: Dittofeed – 1-Click deploy, self-host Mailchimp alternative

#1

Post by maxthegeek1 »

Hi HN, we've released Dittofeed v0.4.0, a significant update primarily focused on facilitating self-hosting. Dittofeed is an open source (MIT licensed) alternative to platforms like customer.io, mailchimp, klaviyo, iterable etc.

Self-hosting is particularly useful if you:

- Want to evaluate Dittofeed without a long-term commitment

- Prefer fixed, non-volume based pricing models

- Aim to keep all personally identifiable information within your own infrastructure

In this version, we introduced 'Dittofeed Lite,' which merges the dashboard, API, and worker services, simplifying deployment, along with providing an easy auth setup.

We've also configured a 1-Click Render deployment. The Render setup comes at a fixed cost of $39/month. However, by using alternative hosting solutions for the Postgres and ClickHouse instances (neon, clickhouse cloud), the monthly costs can be reduced to under $20.

We personally feel that there’s a big problem with how existing platforms handle pricing, charging insanely high prices with low contact limits, while restricting access to really basic table stakes features.

Excited to share this work, and hear your thoughts and feedback!

Github Repo - https://github.com/dittofeed/dittofeed

Demo - https://demo.dittofeed.com/dashboard/journeys

Docs - https://docs.dittofeed.com/getting-started

Show HN: Dittofeed – 1-Click deploy, self-host Mailchimp alternative
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Re: Show HN: Dittofeed – 1-Click deploy, self-host Mailchimp alternative

#2

Post by capableweb »

The absolute worst with hosting your own email lists / transactional emails is that you need to be very up to date on the status of your IPs and domains in various blocklists, and it's very easy to get blocked from them.

I don't see anything mentioned about this, nor other similar issues, either on the website or in the GitHub repository.

Are you offering some functionality that help people manage this, or how do you suggest people approach this "when not if" problem?

Re: Show HN: Dittofeed – 1-Click deploy, self-host Mailchimp alternative

#3

Post by slig »

capableweb wrote: post #2

The absolute worst with hosting your own email lists / transactional emails is that you need to be very up to date on the status of your IPs and domains in various blocklists, and it's very easy to get blocked from them. I don't see anything mentioned about this, nor other similar issues, either on the website or in the GitHub repository. Are you offering some functionality that help people manage this, or how do you…

Looks like they currently support sending emails through SendGrid https://docs.dittofeed.com/integrations/channels/sendgrid

Re: Show HN: Dittofeed – 1-Click deploy, self-host Mailchimp alternative

#4

Post by maxthegeek1 »

capableweb wrote: post #2

The absolute worst with hosting your own email lists / transactional emails is that you need to be very up to date on the status of your IPs and domains in various blocklists, and it's very easy to get blocked from them. I don't see anything mentioned about this, nor other similar issues, either on the website or in the GitHub repository. Are you offering some functionality that help people manage this, or how do you…

Hello! We're not an email service provider ourselves (where one would normally configure email domain/ip settings), but we allow users integrate their own ESP accounts. We currently support sendgrid, and in the near term future we plan to support AWS SES.

Re: Show HN: Dittofeed – 1-Click deploy, self-host Mailchimp alternative

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Post by howmayiannoyyou »

capableweb wrote: post #2

The absolute worst with hosting your own email lists / transactional emails is that you need to be very up to date on the status of your IPs and domains in various blocklists, and it's very easy to get blocked from them. I don't see anything mentioned about this, nor other similar issues, either on the website or in the GitHub repository. Are you offering some functionality that help people manage this, or how do you…

Mailgun support would be appreciated.

Re: Show HN: Dittofeed – 1-Click deploy, self-host Mailchimp alternative

#7

Post by maxthegeek1 »

howmayiannoyyou wrote: post #6
capableweb wrote: post #2

The absolute worst with hosting your own email lists / transactional emails is that you need to be very up to date on the status of your IPs and domains in various blocklists, and it's very easy to get blocked from them. I don't see anything mentioned about this, nor other similar issues, either on the website or in the GitHub repository. Are you offering some functionality that help people manage this, or how do you…

Mailgun support would be appreciated.

Great idea!

Re: Show HN: Dittofeed – 1-Click deploy, self-host Mailchimp alternative

#8

Post by capableweb »

maxthegeek1 wrote: post #4
capableweb wrote: post #2

The absolute worst with hosting your own email lists / transactional emails is that you need to be very up to date on the status of your IPs and domains in various blocklists, and it's very easy to get blocked from them. I don't see anything mentioned about this, nor other similar issues, either on the website or in the GitHub repository. Are you offering some functionality that help people manage this, or how do you…

Hello! We're not an email service provider ourselves (where one would normally configure email domain/ip settings), but we allow users integrate their own ESP accounts. We currently support sendgrid, and in the near term future we plan to support AWS SES.

I see! I understand you're not a email service provider, but "self-hosted" gave me the impression you actually handle sending the emails (via SMTP or whatever) as well as the management around the lists, not just outsourcing the email sending part to a hosted 3rd party. Seems I was mistaken :)

Re: Show HN: Dittofeed – 1-Click deploy, self-host Mailchimp alternative

#9

Post by maxthegeek1 »

vishnumohandas wrote: post #5

Hey, looks very cool! If you could share a comparison against Listmonk[1], that'd be useful. All the best! [1]: https://listmonk.app

Thank you! The main difference is that intend to support multiple communication channels include mobile push, sms etc

Re: Show HN: Dittofeed – 1-Click deploy, self-host Mailchimp alternative

#10

Post by kowlo »

maxthegeek1 wrote: post #9
vishnumohandas wrote: post #5

Hey, looks very cool! If you could share a comparison against Listmonk[1], that'd be useful. All the best! [1]: https://listmonk.app

Thank you! The main difference is that intend to support multiple communication channels include mobile push, sms etc

Looks like they do more than just email too [1], including SMS.

[1] https://listmonk.app/docs/messengers/

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