MailerSend
Transactional Email · www.mailersend.com
MailerSend is a transactional email and SMS service offering an email API, SMTP relay, dynamic templates, inbound routing and email verification.
Switching to Mailgun saves $84 / year and covers 67% of the compared capabilities.
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Way less money.
Top MailerSend alternatives
We compared 7 products and found 6 cheaper alternatives · vs MailerSend Hobby at $7/mo · scenario: 1,000 emails/month, 1 seat, monthly billing, USD.
MailerSend’s own free plan covers this scenario. If you’re paying for features you don’t use, downgrading beats switching. The paid comparison below is for when you’ve outgrown free tiers — the “Free plans” view shows alternatives if you want free with different limits.
MailerSend costs $7/mo on the Hobby plan at 1,000 emails/month, 1 seat, monthly billing. We found 6 assessed alternatives that are cheaper in this scenario; 0 of them cover at least 75% of the 12 compared capabilities. MailerSend's own free plan covers this scenario, so downgrading may beat switching.
| Product | Match | Price | Annual savings | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
TOP PICK Mailgun Free plan · missing: A/B testing, Remove branding, SMTP & REST API, Email templates | 67% | Free paid from $15/mo how? ⓘ | $84 / year 100% cheaper | |
Resend Free plan · missing: A/B testing, Remove branding, SMTP & REST API, Email address validation, Email templates, Event webhooks | 50% | Free paid from $20/mo how? ⓘ | $84 / year 100% cheaper | |
SMTP2GO Free plan · missing: A/B testing, Remove branding, Inbound email parsing, Email address validation, Email templates, Event webhooks | 50% | Free paid from $10/mo how? ⓘ | $84 / year 100% cheaper | |
Amazon SES Essentials plan · missing: Email templates, A/B testing, Remove branding, Custom sending/tracking domain, SMTP & REST API, Deliverability SLA / support, Email templates, Event webhooks | 33% | Free paid from $105/mo how? ⓘ | $84 / year 100% cheaper | |
Loops Free (Early Stage Plan) plan · missing: Email templates, A/B testing, Dedicated IP, Custom sending/tracking domain, SMTP & REST API, Inbound email parsing, Email address validation, Deliverability SLA / support, Email templates, Event webhooks | 17% | Free how? ⓘ | $84 / year 100% cheaper | |
Twilio SendGrid Free plan · missing: Email templates, A/B testing, Remove branding, Dedicated IP, Custom sending/tracking domain, SMTP & REST API, Inbound email parsing, Email address validation, Deliverability SLA / support, Email templates, Event webhooks | 8% | Free paid from $19.95/mo how? ⓘ | $84 / year 100% cheaper |
Which MailerSend alternative for which situation
Picked by the numbers in this scenario — same subtype unless stated, assessed products only.
- Best free plan
- Mailgun — $0/mo (Free plan) · covers 67%
- Need transactional email API, email templates, dedicated IP, custom sending/tracking domain, inbound email parsing, email address validation, deliverability SLA / support or event webhooks?
- Mailgun — from $0/mo (Free plan)
- Need remove branding?
- Loops — from $0/mo (Free (Early Stage Plan) plan)
- Need SMTP & REST API?
- SMTP2GO — from $0/mo (Free plan)
What you give up
Capabilities MailerSend has that the top alternatives lack.
- Email templates — Start a campaign from a pre-built email template.Missing from Amazon SES.
- A/B testing — Test variations of an email to see which performs better.Missing from Mailgun, Resend, SMTP2GO, Amazon SES.
- Remove branding — Remove the provider's branding from sent emails.Missing from Mailgun, Resend, SMTP2GO, Amazon SES.
- Custom sending/tracking domain — Send and track email from your own domain.Missing from Amazon SES.
- SMTP & REST API — Send transactional email via SMTP or a REST API.Missing from Mailgun, Resend, Amazon SES.
- Inbound email parsing — Parse incoming email into your application.Missing from SMTP2GO.
- Email address validation — Validate an email address before sending to it.Missing from Resend, SMTP2GO.
- Deliverability SLA / support — Get a guaranteed deliverability service-level agreement.Missing from Amazon SES.
- Email templates — Start a transactional email from a pre-built template.Missing from Mailgun, Resend, SMTP2GO, Amazon SES.
- Event webhooks — Get notified of email events like opens or bounces via webhook.Missing from Resend, SMTP2GO, Amazon SES.
Feature comparison
MailerSend vs the top alternatives, on the 12 compared capabilities.
| Capability | MailerSend | Mailgun | Resend | SMTP2GO | Amazon SES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Transactional email API from Hobby | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Email templates from Free | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| A/B testing | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Remove branding from Starter | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Dedicated IP from Enterprise | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Custom sending/tracking domain from Hobby | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| SMTP & REST API | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Inbound email parsing | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Email address validation | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Deliverability SLA / support | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Email templates | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Event webhooks | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Scenario price cheapest qualifying plan | $7/mo Hobby | $0/mo Free | $0/mo Free | $0/mo Free | $0/mo Essentials |
✓ means the product offers the capability — possibly only on a higher tier than the plan priced below it. The price row shows the cheapest plan that qualifies for our comparison scenario, with its plan name; a $0 free plan may not include every checked capability.
What MailerSend covers
The capability set used for comparison. Grey entries are not available on self-serve plans.
- ✓ Transactional email API — from Hobby
- ✓ Email templates — from Free
- ✓ A/B testing
- ✓ Remove branding — from Starter
- ✓ Dedicated IP — from Enterprise
- ✓ Custom sending/tracking domain — from Hobby
- ✓ SMTP & REST API
- ✓ Inbound email parsing
- ✓ Email address validation
- ✓ Deliverability SLA / support
- ✓ Email templates
- ✓ Event webhooks
- ✗ SSO (SAML)
Price ladder
Observed prices from the official pricing page.
Sources
Every claim traces to an official source and a check date.
- https://www.mailersend.com/pricing (official_pricing, checked 2026-08-31)
Frequently asked
How much does MailerSend cost?
MailerSend's Hobby plan costs $7/mo in our scenario (1,000 emails/month, 1 seat, monthly billing). A free plan exists.
Is there a free MailerSend alternative?
Yes. Mailgun has a free plan that covers 67% of the 12 capabilities we compared against MailerSend.
What is the cheapest MailerSend alternative?
In our scenario (1,000 emails/month, 1 seat, monthly billing), Mailgun is the cheapest assessed alternative at $0/mo (Free plan).
Does MailerSend have a free plan?
Yes. MailerSend's free plan is limited to 1 seat.
When were these prices checked?
Between 2026-08-31 and 2026-09-07, on the vendors' official pricing pages.