Pink PostSelf-hosted-style privacy
Privacy by design: your data stays yours
Pink Post encrypts saved mailbox passwords and API keys at rest, never pools your prospect data with other customers, and lets you export everything as CSV or JSON. Teams that need full control can also run Pink Post on their own server with SQLite or Postgres.
Why it matters
Keep your outreach lists, conversations and sending accounts together in your workspace.
Pink Post can run on your own server with SQLite or Postgres. Saved passwords and API keys are encrypted at rest (Fernet), and your prospect data is never pooled with anyone else's.
How to use it
Set it up in a few steps
- 01
Run it with Docker on your own server, or use the hosted app
Run it with Docker on your own server, or use the hosted app.
- 02
Secrets are generated automatically and used to encrypt stor
Secrets are generated automatically and used to encrypt stored credentials.
- 03
Export your data any time as CSV or JSON
Export your data any time as CSV or JSON.
Under the hood
How it works
Encrypted secrets
Mailbox passwords and API keys are encrypted at rest with Fernet symmetric encryption.
No shared database of your prospects
Your lists are not used to build a lead database for others.
Hosted or self-run
Use the hosted app, or run it with Docker on your own server.
| Setting | Value |
|---|---|
| Secrets | Encrypted at rest (Fernet) |
| Databases | SQLite or Postgres when self-run |
| Export | CSV, JSON |
| Your keys | AI and verification keys stay in your account |
Tips
Get more from it
Tip 1
Back up the database and the secrets file together.
In a campaign
Where self-hosted-style privacy fits in link building outreach
Pink Post runs a link building campaign in seven steps, from prospect list to a live link that keeps being checked. Here is where this feature does its work.
- Step 1
Import prospects
Upload a CSV, Excel file or Google Sheet of sites and contacts; Pink Post dedupes, blocklists and verifies them.
- Step 2
Pick a playbook
Start from a guest post, link insertion, broken link, resource page, skyscraper or partnership template.
- Step 3
Write the sequence
Edit the pitch and one or two follow-ups with conditions, placeholders and spintax; test subjects with A/B variants.
- Step 4 · this feature
Send safely
Emails go out at a safe pace with rotation, warm-up, limits and DNS checks.
- Step 5
Handle replies
Replies land in one inbox with labels; follow-ups stop on reply.
- Step 6
Close the deal
Move the deal to Negotiating and Deal done with the agreed price.
- Step 7
Keep the link
Mark it Link live and let Pink Post re-check the page.
Compared
Pink Post vs the usual setup
| Self-hosted-style privacy in Pink Post | Typical cold email tool | Spreadsheet + Gmail | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Secrets encrypted at rest | Varies | ||
| Prospects never pooled | Some build databases | ||
| Self-run option | — | ||
| Full export | Varies |
Plans
Self-hosted-style privacy on every plan
| Free | Solo | Pro | Agency | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price per month | $0 | $19 | $39 | $129 |
| Mailboxes | 1 | 3 | 10 | 30 |
| Prospects | 500 | 5,000 | 25,000 | 100,000 |
| Emails per month | 300 | 3,000 | 15,000 | 50,000 |
| Users | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| Live link checks per month | 25 | 250 | 2,500 | 10,000 |
Self-hosted-style privacy works the same way on every plan; plans only change the limits above. Yearly billing costs $16, $32 and $108 a month. Compare plans in full.
FAQ
Questions, answered
Does Pink Post sell or share my lists?
No. Your prospect data is not pooled with anyone else's.
What should I back up when self-running?
The database and the secrets file together.
Does it work with Gmail and Outlook mailboxes?
Yes. Pink Post works the same with Gmail, Google Workspace, Outlook, Zoho, Hostinger and any SMTP/IMAP mailbox you connect.
Is self-hosted-style privacy on the free plan?
Yes. Every plan includes it; plans differ by mailboxes, prospects, emails per month, users and live link checks. Free has 1 mailbox and 300 emails a month, Solo $19 has 3 mailboxes, Pro $39 has 10 and Agency $129 has 30.
How is self-hosted-style privacy different from a cold email tool?
Cold email tools are designed for sales pipelines. In Pink Post every feature feeds a link deal: replies move deals, deals hold prices, and live links keep being checked, so the result of the campaign is a list of live links with their cost.
Run your next outreach campaign in Pink Post.
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