Selva Mail vs
HubSpot Marketing Hub
Billed per marketing contact, sold in blocks on top of a platform fee.
What HubSpot Marketing Hub does well
It is a whole go-to-market platform rather than an email tool. CRM, forms, reporting, sales and marketing all share one contact record, and for a team that genuinely uses that breadth the integration is the entire point.
Where the pricing model hurts
Marketing contacts are sold in fixed blocks on top of the platform fee, so the bill climbs in steps you do not choose and cannot smooth. Professional also carries a one-time onboarding fee of $3,000 before you send anything.
Professional adds a $3,000 one-time onboarding fee.
What it costs at 5k, 10k and 25k
Assumes four emails per contact per month. Selva Mail is a one-time $497 license, then AWS bills you for what you actually send.
| Contacts | HubSpot Marketing Hub | Selva Mail (AWS) | Annual saving | Payback |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5,000 | $215/mo | ≈$2/mo | $2,556 | ~2.3 months |
| 10,000 | $465/mo | ≈$5/mo | $5,520 | ~5 weeks |
| 25,000 | $1,215/mo | ≈$12/mo | $14,436 | ~2 weeks |
Public list prices, 2026. Where a competitor is free software, the saving column is blank on purpose — the cost you are comparing is your own server and your own hours, not a license fee.
Selva Mail costs $497 once, then AWS at cost — about $6/mo at 50,000 emails. It is priced per email sent, not per contact, so it does not grow with your list.
Migrating from HubSpot Marketing Hub
Export contacts from Lists, and take your forms and templates as a rebuild rather than a transfer. If you use HubSpot as a CRM as well, Selva Mail replaces the email half only — plan what owns the contact record afterwards.
Stop paying for the same contacts
every month.
$497 once. Runs on your infrastructure, sends through your own AWS SES account. Launch buyers get agency rights permanently — unlimited client workspaces. First 100 licenses.