AutoSend vs MailerSend (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 13, 2026, MailerSend grades higher than AutoSend: 2.4 against 2.0 out of 4.0.
Checked Nov 9, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 · graded Oct 18, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA
AutoSend grades higher on value for money. MailerSend grades higher on the free plan, features and platforms. They get the same grade on ease of use.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
AutoSend
Transactional and marketing email API with volume-based plans
MailerSend
Transactional email and SMS API from the team behind MailerLite
Which one is for you
Pick AutoSend if
- Fits if you send a few thousand app emails a month and want the lowest bill
- Works for small projects that only need transactional mail, not campaigns
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you want a free plan or a trial, as the entry price is $1 a month
- Too light for webhooks on Hobby: they start on the $10 Starter plan
- Pricey if you go past your quota, with extra emails at $0.0020 each on the lower tiers
- Watch out: marketing is a paid add-on at every size, for example $5 instead of $1 on Hobby
- Watch out: refunds only cover paid plans with no usage, within 7 days, and Hobby isn't eligible
Pick MailerSend if
- Fits if your store or app sends receipts and text alerts in the US or Canada
- Works for teams already on MailerLite for newsletters who want app email from the same company
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you want a free plan without handing over a card
- Tight if you're on Free, with 500 emails a month, 1 template and 1 day of activity data
- Not for you if you need a dedicated IP below 100,000 emails a week, as they're Enterprise only
- Tight if you text customers outside the US and Canada, where SMS isn't offered
- Watch out: the 30% nonprofit discount can't be combined with the yearly discount
How we grade them
| 2.0GPAAutoSendFair | 2.4GPAMailerSendFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | A$1 a month for 3,000 transactional emails. Email sending tools start at $9 for the cheaper quarter, so this is well under 60% of that. | CGraded on 50,000 emails a month: Starter is $31.50 at that volume paid yearly, or $35 monthly, a bit above this category's middle. It includes 10 domains and 100 SMS. Dedicated IPs are for Enterprise only, and the yearly and nonprofit discounts don't combine. |
| Free plan and trial | FNo free plan and no trial. The vendor says the $1 price is there to keep abuse off shared IPs, and Hobby isn't refundable. | CA free plan for good: 500 emails a month, 1 domain, 1 template and 1 day of activity data. It asks for a card even though nothing is charged. There's also a 14-day trial of Professional. |
| Features | CEmail API, SMTP, domain warm-up and validation, and a marketing tier with campaigns. Hobby has no webhooks and only 7 days of data kept. | BAPI and SMTP with SDKs and an MCP server, drag-and-drop and HTML templates, inbound routing, webhooks, email verification, DMARC and blocklist monitoring, plus SMS and WhatsApp. It covers the job; dedicated IPs are Enterprise only, and Starter's DMARC is a 30-day trial. |
| Ease of use | CNo store rating on record. You add sending domains and set up DNS before anything goes out. | CJudged on how fast a developer sends a first email: SDKs from Node.js to Laravel and an SMTP relay, once a domain is verified. No rating on record. The card asked for at sign-up slows down a quick test. |
| Platforms and integrations | CWeb dashboard with a REST API and SMTP. No integrations list on its pages. | BWeb, with an API, SMTP and an MCP server, plus Zapier, Make, WordPress, WooCommerce, Supabase, Firebase, Laravel and Slack. No desktop or phone app, so B is the top. |
| Best for | cheap transactional email with an API | app email plus texts, from the MailerLite team |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: AutoSend and MailerSend. How we grade
Price against what you get
AutoSend starts at $1 a month and scores 2.0 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. MailerSend starts at $6.30 a month and scores 2.7.
MailerSend scores higher, and starts $5.30 a month higher: the question is whether the extra is worth that to you. Of the other email sending services on the chart, 1 scores higher than AutoSend for less, and none scores higher than MailerSend for less.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Where they differ
- AutoSend also covers marketing automation and email campaigns.
- MailerSend also covers business texting, whatsApp messaging, email verification and dMARC.
At a glance
| AutoSend | MailerSend | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Paid | Free plan |
| Starts at | $1 per month for up to 3,000 emails, transactional only | $6.30 per month for 5,000 emails, billed annually ($7 billed monthly) |
| Free plan | None | 500 emails a month, 1 domain, 1 template, 1 user, 1 webhook and 100 API requests a day. A credit card is needed to subscribe, though nothing is charged. |
| Free trial | None listed | 14-day free trial of the Professional plan, with no automatic subscription after |
| Web | ||
| Made by | Peerlist Inc. | MailerSend |
| Price read from | autosend.com | mailersend.com |
| Checked | Nov 13, 2026 | Nov 9, 2026 |
Worth knowing
AutoSend
- There is no free plan; the vendor says the $1 Hobby price is meant to deter abuse on shared IPs.
- Emails beyond the monthly quota are billed at $0.0020 each on the lower tiers, or packs of 1,000 can be bought.
- Refunds are available only on paid plans with no usage, requested within 7 days; Hobby is not eligible.
- Webhooks are not included on the Hobby plan.
MailerSend
- The free plan sends only 500 emails a month and asks for a credit card to subscribe.
- SMS sending and phone numbers are available in the US and Canada only.
- Dedicated IPs are only for Enterprise accounts sending more than 100,000 emails a week.
- The yearly discount cannot be combined with the 30% nonprofit discount.
Key features
AutoSend
- Email API and SMTP
- A RESTful email API is included on every tier, with inbound email parsing and webhooks on plans above Hobby.
- Marketing campaigns
- The marketing-plus-transactional tier adds campaigns, lists and segments, automation and campaign analytics.
- Domain warmup and validation
- Domain warmup, email validation and suppression handling are listed with the plan features.
- Volume-based pricing
- Plans step up by monthly emails, from 3,000 to 1.5 million, and the marketing tier lists contact limits that rise with the step.
- Dedicated IPs
- Dedicated IPs are an add-on, offered to senders above 200,000 emails a month.
MailerSend
- Email API and SMTP relay
- Send through a REST API with SDKs for Node.js, Python, Java, PHP, Go, Ruby and Laravel, or through SMTP, plus an MCP server for AI tools.
- Template builders
- Drag-and-drop, HTML and rich-text editors with dynamic templates, translations and split testing.
- Inbound email routing
- Receive emails and route their content to your app or a webhook, so replies and incoming messages can trigger actions.
- SMS and WhatsApp
- Starter and Professional include an SMS allowance for the US and Canada, with phone numbers at $2 each a month; WhatsApp is an add-on on paid plans.
- Deliverability monitoring
- DMARC monitoring for 10 domains on Professional (a 30-day trial on 1 domain for Starter), blocklist monitors, suppression lists and activity logs.
- Email verification
- Check addresses in bulk or in real time through the validation API, bought as credits on any plan.
Plans
AutoSend
Hobby$1
per month for up to 3,000 emails, transactional only
1 project, 3 sending domains, 50 templates, 7-day data retention and no webhooks. $5 a month adds marketing with 1,000 contacts.
Starter$10
per month for up to 10,000 emails, transactional only
5 projects, 10 domains, unlimited templates, webhooks and 30-day retention. $12 a month adds marketing; $22 covers 25,000 emails.
Growth$30
per month for up to 50,000 emails, transactional only
30 projects and domains, 60-day retention. $50 a month adds marketing; $80 covers 100,000 emails transactional only. Dedicated Slack support.
Scale$150
per month for up to 200,000 emails, transactional only
50 projects, 500 domains and Dedicated IP availability. $190 adds marketing; steps run up to $1,290 for 1.5 million emails with marketing.
EnterpriseCustom
For more than 1.5 million emails a month: custom pricing, a dedicated account manager and priority support.
MailerSend
Free$0
500 emails a month, email API and SMTP relay, drag-and-drop builder, 1 domain, 1 day of activity data.
Hobby$6.30
per month for 5,000 emails, billed annually ($7 billed monthly)
5 seats, 1 domain, 10 templates, bulk emailing and user roles. Extra emails $1.50 per 1,000.
Starter$31.50
per month for 50,000 emails, billed annually ($35 billed monthly)
10 domains, 250 templates, 100 SMS, no MailerSend logo, 7 days of activity data. Extra emails $1.30 per 1,000; $68 a month at 100,000 emails.
Professional$99
per month for 50,000 emails, billed annually ($110 billed monthly)
Unlimited users, domains and templates, 150 SMS, 30 days of activity data, an account manager and deliverability advice. Extra emails $1.30 per 1,000.
EnterpriseCustom
For special requirements, including dedicated IPs for senders of more than 100,000 emails a week.
Ways to pay less
AutoSend
No public discounts listed.
MailerSend
- Annual discount
Save 10% by paying yearly
Yearly billing takes 10% off: Starter at 50,000 emails is $31.50 a month ($378 a year) instead of $35, and Professional $99 instead of $110.
- Nonprofit
30% off for nonprofits
Nonprofits get 30% off paid plans after starting a free trial and sending proof of status to support; it does not stack with yearly pricing.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, AutoSend or MailerSend?
As of Nov 13, 2026, AutoSend is cheaper to start with: $1 a month, against $6.30 a month for MailerSend. AutoSend starts at $1 per month for up to 3,000 emails, transactional only, and MailerSend starts at $6.30 per month for 5,000 emails, billed annually ($7 billed monthly).
Which has a free plan, AutoSend or MailerSend?
As of Nov 13, 2026, only MailerSend has a free plan. AutoSend does not.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.