Elastic Email vs SMTP2GO
We give Elastic Email a 2.6 GPA and SMTP2GO a 2.2, out of 4.0. Elastic Email grades higher on value for money and features. They get the same grade on the free plan, ease of use and platforms.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Elastic Email
Low-cost email API and SMTP relay priced by monthly email volume
SMTP2GO
SMTP relay and email API priced by emails a month, with a free plan
How we grade them
| 2.6GPAElastic EmailGood | 2.2GPASMTP2GOFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | BGraded on 50,000 emails a month: Starter is $19 for exactly that, in the cheaper quarter of this category at that volume. But webhooks, which tell your app about bounces and complaints, and inbound email need Pro at $49. | CGraded on 50,000 emails a month: Starter is $30 a month at that volume, with two months free if you pay yearly. That sits in the middle of what this category charges for that much sending. A dedicated IP and email testing need Professional at $75. |
| Free plan and trial | CFree for good, no card: 3,000 emails a month, capped at 100 a day, with the API, SMTP, designer and 3 days of logs. Fine for testing, but a busy day on a live app will hit the cap. | CFree for good with no card: 1,000 emails a month, but only 200 a day, with 5 days of reports, and extra emails can't be bought. Chat and phone help last 14 days. Fine for a test, tight for a live app. |
| Features | BAPI and SMTP with libraries in seven languages, drag-and-drop and AI template design, suppressions, verification, inbound email, webhooks, private IPs and reseller tools. It covers the whole job across its plans, though the developer bits sit on Pro. | CAPI and SMTP sending, automatic SPF and DKIM, delivery reports with bounce alerts, blacklist monitoring, three data regions and subaccounts. It does the sending job fully, but that's a smaller job: nothing on record covers receiving email or templates. |
| Ease of use | CJudged on how fast a developer sends a first email: libraries for most languages and an SMTP relay, once your domain is verified. No rating on record. With 3 days of logs on Free and Starter, chasing a failed email has to be quick. | CJudged on how fast a developer sends a first email: copy the SMTP details or use the API, with code examples in five languages, once your domain is added. No rating on record. Sign-up refuses Gmail and Yahoo addresses, so you need a work domain. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb, with an API and SMTP, plus Zapier, WordPress, Cloudways, Lovable, Bolt, v0 and Replit. No desktop or phone app, so B is the top. | BWeb, with an SMTP relay and REST API that work from apps, servers and devices, plus WordPress, Google Workspace, Salesforce, Zoho CRM, Pipedrive, WHMCS, Laravel and Django. No desktop or phone app, so B is the top. |
| Best for | cheap sending at 50,000 emails and up | relaying email from apps, sites and office printers |
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: Elastic Email and SMTP2GO. How we grade
Price against what you get
Elastic Email starts at $19 a month and scores 2.7 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. SMTP2GO starts at $15 a month and scores 2.3.
Elastic Email scores higher, and starts $4 a month higher: the question is whether the extra is worth that to you. Of the other email sending services on the chart, none scores higher than Elastic Email for less, and 2 score higher than SMTP2GO 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
- Elastic Email starts at $19 per month for 50,000 emails. SMTP2GO starts at $15 per month for 10,000 emails, billed monthly.
- Elastic Email also covers email campaigns and email verification.
At a glance
| Elastic Email | SMTP2GO | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free plan |
| Starts at | $19 per month for 50,000 emails | $15 per month for 10,000 emails, billed monthly |
| Free plan | Up to 3,000 emails a month, limited to 100 a day, with the API, SMTP relay, email designer and 3 days of email logs. No credit card needed. | 1,000 emails a month, limited to 200 a day, with 5 days of email reporting and ticket support. Extra emails are not allowed. No credit card needed. |
| Free trial | None listed | None listed |
| Web | ||
| Made by | Elastic Email Inc. | SMTP2GO |
| Price read from | elasticemail.com | smtp2go.com |
| Checked | Oct 18, 2026 | Oct 18, 2026 |
Who each one suits
Elastic Email
- Price-conscious senders of 50,000 emails a month or more
- Agencies reselling email under their own brand
- Developers who want a free tier for testing
SMTP2GO
- Small businesses sending app or website email at low volume
- Schools and offices relaying mail from systems, printers and scanners
- IT providers managing sending for several clients
Worth knowing
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.
SMTP2GO
- The free plan stops at 1,000 emails a month and 200 a day, and extra emails cannot be bought on it.
- A dedicated IP address and email testing tools start with Professional at $75 a month.
- Email reports are kept for 30 days on paid plans and 5 days on the free plan.
- Sign-up asks for an email address at a private domain; Gmail and Yahoo addresses are refused.
Key features
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.
SMTP2GO
- SMTP relay and HTTP API
- Send through SMTP from an app, a mail client, a server or a device, or through a REST API with code examples in JavaScript, Node.js, PHP, Ruby and Python.
- Delivery tracking and reports
- Real-time reports follow each email to delivery and show bounces, spam complaints and unsubscribes, with weekly summaries and alerts on sudden bounce rises.
- Automatic SPF and DKIM
- Domain authentication is handled for you, along with feedback loops, blacklist monitoring and spam trap detection on every plan.
- Data centers in three regions
- Choose to send from and store data in the US, Europe or Australia, with best-path routing to the nearest location.
- Email testing
- Professional adds previews in more than 40 email clients and checks against major spam filters before you send.
- Subaccounts
- Paid plans can split sending into subaccounts, which suits agencies and managed service providers looking after several clients.
Plans
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.
SMTP2GO
Free Plan$0
1,000 emails a month and 200 a day, 5 days of reports, ticket support; chat and phone support for the first 14 days only.
Starter$15
per month for 10,000 emails, billed monthly
30 days of reports, ticket, chat and phone support, subaccounts and SMS. Extra emails $1.20 per 1,000. Price rises with volume: $30 a month at 50,000 emails.
Professional$75
per month for 100,000 emails, billed monthly
Adds a dedicated IP address and email testing tools. Extra emails cost $0.85 per 1,000, and the price rises with volume.
PremierCustom
Over 3 million emails a month, with personalized setup and support.
Ways to pay less
Elastic Email
No public discounts listed.
SMTP2GO
- Annual discount
Two months free with yearly billing
Paying yearly gives two months free: Starter at 10,000 emails is $150 a year instead of $180, and Professional at 100,000 is $750 instead of $900.
- Education
30% education discount
SMTP2GO's education page offers schools a 30% discount, with unlimited users and systems on one account.
