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Comparison · Mkt Auto
Airship vs Mautic
A side-by-side editorial comparison of Airship and Mautic — release velocity, themes, recent moves, and the top alternatives to consider.
Airship vs Mautic: at a glance
| Feature | Airship | Mautic |
|---|---|---|
| Sector | Mkt Auto | Mkt Auto |
| Velocity score | 0.0 | 6.3 |
| Sparks · 30d | 0 | 0 |
| Top themes | mobile messaging, ai agents, scenes (native experiences), cross-channel orchestration | sql injection cve, coordinated security release, mautic 7.2 lynx, self-hosted marketing automation |
| Last editorial update | 1mo ago | 24d ago |
| Website | Visit → | Visit → |
What is Airship?
Airship is layering AI agents into every surface of its mobile messaging platform on a quarterly cadence.
Airship just shipped its Campaigns AI Agent (April 1), which takes a brief and produces coordinated cross-channel draft messages with strategy guidance. February brought a Conversational AI Scene Assistant for spinning multi-screen native experiences out of ideas and mockups. January's Scenes Accessibility Agent runs AI audits with one-click fixes. Each launch shows up in the feed twice as the crawler captures both the announcement and its blurb.
What is Mautic?
Mautic patches a SQL injection CVE across three release lines and previews 7.2 'Lynx' for the next major.
Mautic shipped coordinated security releases on May 28 fixing CVE-2026-4776, a SQL injection in API contact filtering, across 7.1.2, 6.0.9, and 5.2.11 — covering every supported branch. Days later the project posted the 7.2.0 'Lynx' Release Candidate, signaling the next minor is close. Cadence shows the steady volunteer-driven release rhythm typical of mature open-source marketing automation.
Airship vs Mautic: editorial side-by-side
Airship
0.0MKT AUTO
Airship is layering AI agents into every surface of its mobile messaging platform on a quarterly cadence.
◆ Current state
Airship just shipped its Campaigns AI Agent (April 1), which takes a brief and produces coordinated cross-channel draft messages with strategy guidance. February brought a Conversational AI Scene Assistant for spinning multi-screen native experiences out of ideas and mockups. January's Scenes Accessibility Agent runs AI audits with one-click fixes. Each launch shows up in the feed twice as the crawler captures both the announcement and its blurb.
◆ Where it's heading
Airship has settled into a clear cadence: every quarter, one of its surfaces (Audience Planner, Scenes, Campaigns) gets a dedicated generative agent. AI Recommendations landed in November, then Scenes Accessibility (Jan), Scene Assistant (Feb), Campaigns Agent (Apr). The architecture is per-surface specialists rather than a single omni-agent — the choice points at Airship's belief that mobile messaging workflows are too domain-specific for a generic copilot.
◆ Prediction
Expect these per-surface agents to be unified into a single multi-step agent that spans brief → audience → scene → accessibility → send, plus likely new agents in journeys and analytics. The next quarterly slot is around July.
Mautic
6.3MKT AUTO
Mautic patches a SQL injection CVE across three release lines and previews 7.2 'Lynx' for the next major.
◆ Current state
Mautic shipped coordinated security releases on May 28 fixing CVE-2026-4776, a SQL injection in API contact filtering, across 7.1.2, 6.0.9, and 5.2.11 — covering every supported branch. Days later the project posted the 7.2.0 'Lynx' Release Candidate, signaling the next minor is close. Cadence shows the steady volunteer-driven release rhythm typical of mature open-source marketing automation.
◆ Where it's heading
Mautic continues to maintain three release lines in parallel, which is unusual for a community OSS project and signals real production use across long-lived self-hosted deployments. The simultaneous CVE patches and the new RC suggest a maintainer cohort with bandwidth for both security response and forward feature work. The Lynx RC will likely shape the second half of 2026 for self-hosted marketing-automation deployments seeking a HubSpot/Marketo alternative.
◆ Prediction
Expect 7.2 GA within a month, followed by 7.1.x and 6.0.x bug-fix releases as Lynx changes percolate. The next visible move beyond patching will be community-led work on AI-assisted email content or segmentation, given the broader marketing-automation peer set is shipping those features.
Alternatives to Airship and Mautic
Other Mkt Auto products tracked by Sparkpulse, ranked by recent ship velocity. Each card links to a full editorial trajectory and lets you pivot into a head-to-head comparison with either Airship or Mautic.
Stensul
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n8n
n8n hardens its native AI agents under a relentless dual-track fix cadence
Keila
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AWeber
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WPForms
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Recent activity from Airship and Mautic
Latest ship moves from both products, interleaved chronologically. ⚡ = editorial spark.
- 25d agoMauticMautic 7.2.0 Lynx Release Candidate
- 1mo agoMauticMautic 7.1.2 patches CVE-2026-4776 SQL injection ⚡
- 1mo agoMauticMautic 6.0.9 backports CVE-2026-4776 SQL injection fix
- 1mo agoMauticMautic 5.2.11 Capella backports CVE-2026-4776 fix
- 1mo agoMauticMautic 7.1.1 Adhara: segments and assets bug-fix release
- 2mo agoMauticMautic 7.1.0 Canis Major: refactoring and stricter validation
- 2mo agoAirshipCampaigns AI Agent
- 2mo agoAirshipCleared for launch: Campaigns AI Agent ⚡
- 2mo agoAirshipDuplicate Campaigns AI Agent blurb
- 4mo agoAirshipCleared for Launch: Conversational AI Scene Assistant
- 4mo agoAirshipConversational AI Scene Assistant
- 4mo agoAirshipDuplicate Scene Assistant blurb
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between Airship and Mautic?
They serve adjacent needs but don't currently overlap on shipped themes. Mautic is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 6.3 vs 0.0), with 0 editorial sparks in the last 30 days against 0. See the at-a-glance table above for a side-by-side breakdown of velocity, recent sparks, and editorial themes.
Is Airship better than Mautic?
Sparkpulse doesn't pick a winner — we score release velocity, not feature parity. Mautic is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 6.3 vs 0.0), with 0 editorial sparks in the last 30 days against 0. For your specific use case, the alternatives sections above list other Mkt Auto products to evaluate alongside.
What are the best alternatives to Airship?
Top Airship alternatives in Mkt Auto are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Airship alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/airship for the full list with editorial commentary on each.
What are the best alternatives to Mautic?
Top Mautic alternatives in Mkt Auto are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Mautic alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/mautic for the full list with editorial commentary on each.