Elastic Email vs Emailit (2026): which should you pick?

Pick Elastic Email if

• Fits if you send about 50,000 emails a month and your app doesn't need webhooks
• Works for agencies reselling email under their own brand, which needs Pro at $49

Look elsewhere if

• Skip it if your app needs bounce webhooks or inbound email on Starter, as both start with Pro at $49
• Tight if you need more than 3 days of logs, which is all Free and Starter keep
• Watch out: the free plan stops at 100 emails a day, even though it allows 3,000 a month
• Not for you if you want newsletters on the same account, as Email Marketing is separate and priced by contacts
• Pricey if you need a private IP, an add-on at $40 or $50 a month

Pick Emailit if

• Fits if you want to pay for what you send, with credits that never expire
• Works for developers who want a free plan with API and SMTP

Look elsewhere if

• Tight if you stay free: 100 emails a day, 3 domains and 7-day logs until a first credit purchase
• Watch out: campaign emails cost 2 credits and verification 5, so mixed sending uses credits faster
• Pricey if you want a dedicated IP: it is $30 a month per IP, with a minimum of 1,000 emails a day
• Watch out: some listed features are marked Soon or Planned
• Skip it if you want phone or desktop apps, as it is web only

Elastic Email

• The free plan is limited to 100 emails a day, and email logs are kept for 3 days on Free and Starter.
• Inbound email processing, webhooks and subaccounts need Pro, which costs $49 a month at 50,000 emails.
• Email Marketing is a separate product with its own account, priced by contacts: $29 a month for 2,500 on Starter, free up to 1,000.
• A private IP is an add-on at $40 or $50 a month, depending on the plan.

Emailit

• The free plan is limited to 100 emails a day, 3 sending domains and 7-day logs until a first credit purchase.
• Campaign emails cost 2 credits each and verification 5, so mixed sending uses the pool faster than the headline credit count suggests.
• A dedicated IP is an add-on at $30 a month per IP, with a minimum of 1,000 emails a day.
• Some features on the plan table are marked Soon or Planned and are not available yet.

Elastic Email

HTTP API and SMTP relay

Send through a REST API with libraries for languages including Go, Java, JavaScript, PHP, Python, Ruby and Rust, or through SMTP, with attachments.

Email designer

Drag-and-drop templates with responsive layouts, a raw HTML editor and an AI template designer: 10 prompts a month on Free, 40 on Starter, 100 on Pro.

Suppressions and verification

Unsubscribe and bounce handling, suppressed-contact export, and single or bulk email address verification on paid plans.

Inbound email and webhooks

Pro processes incoming email and sends webhook notifications for deliveries, opens, clicks, bounces and complaints.

Reseller and white-label tools

Pro adds subaccounts, white-label SMTP and HTTP API, and the app on your own domain for agencies reselling email.

Private IPs

Dedicated IPs with warm-up and IP pools, at $40 a month on Starter or $50 a month on Pro.

Emailit

Email API and SMTP relay

Send through a REST API with SDKs or a drop-in SMTP relay. Inbound email is received and passed on as JSON.

Credit-based usage

1 credit covers an API or SMTP email or an inbound email, 2 a campaign email, 3 an automation run and 5 an email verification.

Logs, webhooks and analytics

Every message and delivery attempt is logged, webhooks are signed and retried, and Business adds queryable SQL analytics.

Campaigns and audiences

Newsletters, subscriber lists with hosted signup, forms and automations share the same credit pool as transactional sending.

Deliverability tools

SPF, DKIM and DMARC are enforced, bounces are classified and suppressions are automatic. Pro and Business add DMARC reports.

Elastic Email

• Free$0

  3,000 emails a month and 100 a day, API and SMTP relay, Starter's basic features, 3 days of logs.

• Starter$19

  per month for 50,000 emails

  API and SMTP relay, email designer, suppressions, single and bulk verification, 3 days of logs. $29 a month at 100,000 emails.

• Pro$49

  per month for 50,000 emails

  Adds inbound email processing, webhooks, subaccounts, user management, reseller features and 7 days of logs. $59 a month at 100,000 emails.

Emailit

• Free$0

  3,000 credits a month, 100 emails a day and 3 sending domains, with API, SMTP, campaigns and automations.

• Pay as you go$20

  one-time top-up, used as you go

  Credits are $2 per 10,000 and never expire; the smallest purchase listed is $20. No subscription.

• Pro$20

  per month for 100,000 credits, billed annually ($25 billed monthly)

  100,000 credits a month, extra credits at $1 per 10,000, bulk sending, 30-day logs and DMARC reports.

• Business$200

  per month for 2,500,000 credits, billed annually ($250 billed monthly)

  2,500,000 credits a month, 99.9% uptime SLA, support response under 4 hours and SQL analytics.

• ContractCustom

  Sold through sales, with volume pricing, a 99.99% uptime SLA, dedicated IPs and security reviews.

Elastic Email

No public discounts listed.

Emailit

• Annual discount

  Save 20% with yearly billing

  The pricing page shows a Yearly option labeled Save 20%: Pro is $20 a month billed yearly against $25 billed monthly, and Business $200 against $250.