A: Hey Raul — great question, and I appreciate how clearly you laid it out 🙌

Honestly, Mautic and Encharge are two very different products. Mautic is great if you're deep in the open-source ecosystem and want full control over your hosting, SMTP, and codebase. It appeals to folks who prefer building and managing everything themselves.

Encharge, on the other hand, is built for marketers and teams who want to move fast without maintaining infrastructure. You get a clean UI, drag-and-drop automation, built-in deliverability, and native integrations with tools like Stripe, Calendly, Intercom, and more — all without needing dev time or server setup.

Think of Mautic as hosting your own kitchen, where you grow your own ingredients and cook every meal from scratch — powerful, but hands-on. Encharge is more like a fully staffed kitchen where you just walk in have the kitchen restaurant serve you.

So if you love self-hosting, Mautic might continue to serve you well. But if you're ever looking for something more “plug-and-play” that lets you focus 100% on your marketing workflows, Encharge could be a strong upgrade path.

Here are a few core differences between us:

– No hosting headaches: You don’t have to worry about server uptime, database errors, updates, or security patches. We handle all the infrastructure so you can focus purely on strategy and execution.

– Modern, visual automation builder: No YAML files or fiddly campaign logic — just drag, drop, and build. For teams, clients, or solo founders who value speed and clarity, this is huge.

– Built-in email infrastructure: We manage warm IPs, deliverability, bounce handling, and email reputation at scale. If you’ve ever had to chase down DNS or SMTP issues, you’ll appreciate this 😅

– Deep native integrations: Encharge connects directly to Stripe, Calendly, Intercom, Facebook Ads, Typeform, and more — with native triggers and actions. And we’re continuing to add more all the time 🚀

– Collaboration ready out of the box: Unlimited team members, sub-accounts for clients/brands, and shared workspaces — all without extra setup.

– A focused UI built for marketers, not engineers: Nothing wrong with raw power, but if your goal is to ship automations fast (not maintain servers), Encharge gets out of your way.

Let me know what kind of campaigns you're running — happy to break down how we'd handle them!