Protosender
- you need automation: strategies and rotation of emails and SMTP servers per mailbox provider;
- you want to write emails and series with AI tools right in the panel;
- the deepest integration with the Hub matters to you.
Platform comparison
Email platforms · comparison
Protosender, Interspire, Mumara or MailWizz which email platform fits your job
Four self-hosted platforms that MTA-Hub works with. They all install on your server and send through your nodes, but they differ in approach, interface and what they were built for. Below is an honest comparison with no winner: each one has its own job.
Protosendersending by a strategy that adapts on its own
Interspirea simple classic that handles high volumes
Mumaraeverything built in, plus an edition for your own service
MailWizzclients and plans, API and extensions
01 / Which one for whom
Pick it if…
Don’t choose by the feature list — it’s long for all of them. Choose by how you send email now and what you want in six months.
Interspire
- a marketer runs your email, and they need to learn the system in a day;
- volumes are high, but you don’t need complex scenarios;
- you like a time-tested classic.
Mumara
- you need the full set at once: split tests, triggers, dynamic content;
- industrial volumes and hundreds of sending threads;
- you plan to sell sending to clients — the ESP edition.
MailWizz
- you’ll build your own software around the platform — you need a rich API;
- you need clients and pricing plans;
- you’d rather not give access to the panel’s server: the Hub works with it over the API.
02 / Point by point
Email platform comparison
What each platform can do and how it works with the Hub. The “With the Hub” row follows the integration matrix: the platforms are built differently, and these aren’t gaps.
| Item | Protosender | Interspirewith Maborak modules | MumaraPRO and ESP | MailWizz |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Approach | sending by a strategy that adapts on its own | the classic: lists, campaigns, autoresponders | everything built in, made for complex projects | a platform with an API and extensions |
| Interface | modern: dashboards, builders, analytics | as simple as it gets, learned in a day | rich, takes time to learn | clear; features are added with extensions |
| Automation | AI strategies, adaptive rotation of emails and SMTP, event-based autoresponders | autoresponders and emails on subscriber actions | triggers, email sequences, dynamic content | autoresponders and actions on open and click |
| AI content | ✓ six AI Core tools built in | ✓ AI layer in the MailCore bundle | ✓ AI layer in the MailCore bundle | no MailCore AI layer |
| Sending speed | rotation for each mailbox provider separately | multi-threaded sending (Multi-Thread module) | up to 500 threads | parallel sending processes |
| PowerMTA support | its own integration and warm-up module | Multiple MTA: groups and channel rotation | PowerMTA config and DNS record generator | through delivery servers |
| Clients and plans | ✓ pricing plans, quotas, payment gateways | users and groups with permissions | ✓ ESP edition: client accounts, support portal, WHMCS | ✓ clients and pricing plans |
| API | REST and webhooks | REST and XML | REST | REST with a ready SDK |
| With the Hub | everything: export, reconciliation, engagement, suppression, tracking domains and archive; the deepest integration | export, reconciliation, engagement, suppression, tracking domains and archive | the same; no tracking archive needed — tracking lives inside Mumara | the same; no archive needed, everything over the API |
| Access to the panel’s server | needed, over SSH | needed, over SSH | needed, over SSH | not needed |
| Where to get it | MailCore System | MailCore System, bundle | MailCore System, both editions | from the MailWizz developer |
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03 / What’s the same
With the Hub, any of the four works the same way
The platform runs campaigns, lists and emails. The Hub runs the infrastructure underneath — and that part doesn’t depend on which platform you pick.
PowerMTA and MailerQ nodes
The Hub installs the MTA on your servers and keeps both in one registry. Any of the platforms gets sending points from nodes of both MTAs.
Sending point export
Tick what to export — the Hub adds the points to the platform itself, along with the hourly warm-up limit.
Counters come back
Opens, clicks, unsubscribes, complaints and volume — per sending point, per day. The Hub doesn’t take contacts or emails from the platform.
You can switch platforms
Nodes, domains and warmed-up IP addresses belong to the infrastructure, not to the platform. A new platform gets the same sending points by export.
04 / Questions
Questions about choosing a platform
Not sure? Describe your task at site@mta-hub.com or on Telegram, and we’ll help.
Which platform should I choose for my own email service?
Three of the four handle clients and plans. Mumara ESP gives you client accounts, a separate support portal and client signup through WHMCS. Protosender gives you pricing plans, quotas and payment gateways. MailWizz gives you clients and plans with a rich API. How to build the whole service — see Your own email service.
Which platform works best with the Hub?
The Protosender integration is the deepest: the Hub writes to its tables in the platform’s format and uses the platform’s own access mechanisms. The others get the same set of operations. MailWizz is the easiest to connect: everything goes through its API, and no access to the panel’s server is needed.
Can I switch platforms later?
Yes, and your infrastructure won’t suffer: nodes, domains and warmed-up IP addresses live in the Hub, and the new platform gets the same sending points by export. We can help move subscribers and templates between platforms as part of turnkey work.
Can I use two platforms at once?
Yes. You can connect several platforms to the Hub, and each gets its own sending points — for example, Protosender for your own campaigns and Mumara ESP for clients.
Do I need PowerMTA, or is MailerQ enough?
Any of the four platforms sends through sending points from nodes of both MTAs, so your MTA choice doesn’t depend on the platform. How they differ and when to pick which — see PowerMTA vs MailerQ
05 / Next step
Not sure what to choose?
Answer a few questions about your email sending — we’ll suggest a platform, an MTA and where to start. Or describe your task in a request, and we’ll build a turnkey solution.
More about each one
- 01Protosender and the HubThe deepest integration.
- 02Interspire and the HubHow the Hub differs from Multiple MTA.
- 03Mumara and the HubPRO, ESP and the PowerMTA module.
- 04All integrationsFeature matrix for all four platforms.