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Self-hosted cold email without the SaaS tax

Deploy your own email outreach engine on managed infrastructure. One flat price. No per-user fees. No vendor lock-in. GDPR compliant by default.

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Linki

Why self-hosted beats SaaS for cold email

Teams running their own email infrastructure save money, control their data, and own their compliance story.

No per-user licensing

SaaS cold email tools charge per team member. Self-hosted: one flat rate. A 10-person sales team on Hunter.io pays 10x the base cost. On self-hosted, you pay once. Add 100 team members: your hosting cost doesn't budge. The math breaks in your favor immediately.

Your data never leaves your server

SaaS platforms log your contacts, sequences, and campaign metrics in their systems. Self-hosted keeps everything on your infrastructure. GDPR audits become trivial. Data breaches at a third-party vendor don't expose your lead lists. You control the backup schedule, encryption keys, and access logs.

No vendor lock-in

Cancel a SaaS plan: you lose access to your campaign history and have to export everything. Self-hosted: your database is yours. Switch hosting providers, upgrade your server, or migrate to another platform any time. Your infrastructure and data follow you.

Built for teams who need reliability

80-90%
Cost savings vs per-user SaaS
100%
Data sovereignty
24/7
Campaign uptime
3 min
Deploy time

Self-hosted vs. SaaS cold email

SaaS Cold Email (Hunter, Instantly)
Pricing model$99-499/user/mo
Cost with 10-person team$1,200-5,900/mo
Data residencyThird-party servers
GDPR complianceDepends on vendor
Campaign exportLimited or restricted
Uptime guarantee99.5% (best effort)
Setup timeMinutes (but dependent on vendor)
Opsily
Pricing model$20-100/mo flat
Cost with 10-person team$20-100/mo
Data residencyYour infrastructure
GDPR compliance100% compliant
Campaign exportFull access anytime
Uptime guarantee99.9% SLA
Setup time3-5 minutes via Opsily

SaaS pricing as of June 2026. Self-hosted assumes Small plan for solo/startup, Medium+ for teams of 5+.

Deploy self-hosted cold email in 3 steps

No servers to configure. No DevOps team needed. Self-hosted infrastructure without the operational headache.

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Select an app to get started.

1

Sign up and pick your server

Choose the Opsily plan that fits your team size. Small ($20) for solo founders, Medium ($40) or Large ($70) for growing teams.

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Deploy Linki in one click

Install Linki from the app catalog. Your self-hosted email outreach platform spins up on German infrastructure with GDPR compliance built in.

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Connect your mail service and run campaigns

Plug in your SMTP credentials (Gmail, Mailgun, SendGrid, or your own mail server). Build sequences, warm up sending reputation, and scale campaigns. All under your control.

80%

Save 80% on a 10-person team vs. Hunter.io

SaaS cold email tools cost $100+ per team member per month. Self-hosted on Opsily: $40/month includes everyone.

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When self-hosted cold email makes sense

Self-hosted works best for:

  • Sales teams of 3+: Per-user SaaS pricing becomes expensive fast.
  • GDPR-regulated industries: Finance, healthcare, legal firms need data on their infrastructure.
  • High-volume campaigns: Avoid email service provider throttling. Control your own sending infrastructure.
  • Long-term campaigns: Avoid feature deprecation and vendor platform changes. Your code, your data, your rules.
  • Compliance audits: Internal hosting simplifies SOC 2, HIPAA, and data residency requirements.
Your Linki instance comes with

Everything included in your self-hosted setup

Deploy once, own it forever. No feature tiers. No upsell surprises.

✓Unlimited email sequences
✓Unlimited contact lists
✓SMTP integration (any provider)
✓Domain reputation warmup tools
✓A/B testing for subject lines
✓Reply tracking and logging
✓Team member accounts
✓Daily backups
✓SSL encryption

Transparent, flat-rate pricing

Pay once per month. No per-user surcharges. No overage fees. Scale your team and campaigns freely.

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Questions about self-hosted cold email

Sign up for an Opsily account, select your plan, and deploy Linki from the app catalog with one click. No server configuration needed. Within 3-5 minutes, you'll have a self-hosted cold email platform running on German infrastructure. Then connect your SMTP credentials (Gmail, Mailgun, or your own mail server) and start building campaigns.

Built for compliance from day one

Self-hosted infrastructure means you own the compliance story.

GDPR compliant

Data stays on German servers with automatic compliance controls. No data transfers to US-based infrastructure.

Data encryption

All data at rest and in transit uses AES-256 encryption. API endpoints secured with rate limiting and authentication.

Audit logs

Every campaign action, login, and configuration change is logged for compliance audits and troubleshooting.

SOC 2 Type II

Opsily infrastructure passes independent third-party security audits annually.

99.9% uptime SLA

Guaranteed infrastructure availability with automated failover and redundancy.

Stop overpaying for cold email

Deploy self-hosted Linki today and own your outreach infrastructure.

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