GreenArrow vs MailWizz (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 13, 2026, MailWizz grades higher than GreenArrow: 2.2 against 1.2 out of 4.0.
Checked Nov 13, 2026 · graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA
MailWizz grades higher on value for money, features and platforms. They get the same grade on the free plan and ease of use.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
GreenArrow
Email delivery engine for high-volume senders, cloud or on-premises
Which one is for you
Pick GreenArrow if
- Fits if you send hundreds of thousands of emails a month
- Works for email service providers and consultants who want their own sending engine
Look elsewhere if
- Pricey if you are small: Cloud starts at 300,000 emails for $250 a month
- Not for you if you want a free plan, as none is shown
- Skip it if you want the campaign editor on-premises without paying more, as Marketing Studio is a higher-priced edition
- Watch out: launch help, backups, Inbox Monitor and clustering are add-ons priced on request
Pick MailWizz if
- Fits if you can host it and want to avoid per-subscriber fees
- Works for agencies that want to resell it, using the Extended licence
Look elsewhere if
- Not for you if you want to try it free, as there is no trial
- Skip it if you don't want to run a server, since the licence doesn't include servers, sending or deliverability
- Watch out: annual subscriptions go offline after a 5-day grace period if they lapse
- Watch out: each licence includes only 1 month of premium support
- Not for you if you want to charge customers on the Regular licence, which is personal use only
How we grade them
| 1.2GPAGreenArrowWeak | 2.2GPAMailWizzFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | DCloud is $250 a month for 300,000 emails, over three times the $68 mark of the dearest tenth of sending tools and above the $149 mark for marketing tools. On-premises Engine leases from $600 a month. | AThe Regular lifetime licence is $79 once, well under a year of this category's middle price of $20 a month. Servers and sending are extra. |
| Free plan and trial | FNothing free: no small-sender or free plan is shown, only a demo. | FNothing free: no trial is offered, only a demo. |
| Features | CSMTP and API sending, delivery controls and clustering. The on-premises Engine alone has no campaign editor; Marketing Studio is separate. | BLists, segments, campaigns, autoresponders, surveys, bounce handling and customer groups. We found no gap named in the listing for the core job. |
| Ease of use | DNo store rating on record. An engine for ESPs and consultants, with server set-up and delivery rules to run. | DNo store rating on record. You install and host it yourself, so a D. |
| Platforms and integrations | CWeb, SMTP and API, cloud or your own servers. The listing names no integrations. | BWeb only, on your server. It connects to Amazon SES, SendGrid and Mailgun among others. |
| Best for | a high-volume sending engine for big senders | self-hosted email marketing on a $79 lifetime licence |
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: GreenArrow and MailWizz. How we grade
Price against what you get
GreenArrow starts at $250 a month and scores 1.7 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. MailWizz starts at $4.92 a month when paid by the year and scores 2.3.
MailWizz scores higher and starts $245.08 a month lower. Of the other email marketing and newsletter tools on the chart, 75 score higher than GreenArrow for less, and 2 score higher than MailWizz 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
- MailWizz can be bought with a one-time purchase.
- GreenArrow also covers transactional email and a/B testing.
- MailWizz also covers templates.
At a glance
| GreenArrow | MailWizz | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Paid | Paid |
| Starts at | $250 per month for 300,000 emails (Cloud) | $59 per year (Regular license); lifetime license $79 once |
| Free plan | None | None |
| Free trial | None listed | None listed |
| Web | ||
| Made by | GreenArrow Email | MailWizz |
| Price read from | greenarrowemail.com | mailwizz.com |
| Checked | Nov 13, 2026 | Nov 13, 2026 |
Worth knowing
GreenArrow
- Cloud plans start at 300,000 emails a month; the pages show no small-sender or free plan, and volumes above 4 million are quoted individually.
- The on-premises Engine alone has no campaign editor; Marketing Studio is a separate, higher-priced on-premises edition.
- Launch assistance, server management and backups, Inbox Monitor and high-availability clustering are optional add-ons priced on request.
MailWizz
- You host it yourself; the license does not include servers, sending or deliverability, and the vendor's hosted MailWizz is a separate service.
- Subscriptions last one year. If one lapses, the vendor says the application goes offline after a 5-day grace period, though the data stays untouched.
- Each license includes 1 month of premium support; longer support is sold separately.
- The Regular license is for personal use only; charging customers for access requires the Extended license.
Key features
GreenArrow
- SMTP and API sending
- Mail can be injected through SMTP or an HTTP API, with click and open tracking, bounce and feedback-loop processing, and event webhooks built in.
- Delivery controls
- Rate limiting, automatic backoff when receivers defer, multiple IP support and flexible routing, shown on delivery charts.
- Marketing Studio
- A responsive editor, segmentation builder, A/B tests (up to ten on one campaign) and triggered messages, with 39 data points reported per campaign.
- Cloud or on-premises
- The vendor says the same engine and interfaces run in both editions, so a customer can move between its managed cloud and its own servers.
- Clustering
- On-premises Engine supports cluster-wide throttling and auto-scaling, with a Kubernetes reference architecture and Prometheus metrics.
MailWizz
- Lists, segments and campaigns
- Unlimited email lists, segments, subscribers and recurring campaigns, plus autoresponder (follow-up) campaigns and surveys.
- Template builders
- Several drag-and-drop template builders to choose from, including Basic, GrapesJS and Stripo, and uploads of existing email templates.
- Delivery and bounce handling
- Multiple delivery servers (SMTP or email providers), bounce servers, feedback loop servers, sending and tracking domains with DKIM signatures.
- Customer groups and limits
- Customers and administrators sit in groups with fine-grained permissions and limits, so one install can serve many accounts.
- SaaS features
- With an Extended license: price plans, payment gateways (PayPal and offline included), orders, promo codes, currencies and taxes.
- Extensions and themes
- Extensions, themes and language packs can be added; the vendor mentions backup managers and list cleaning services as examples.
Plans
GreenArrow
Cloud 300k$250
per month for 300,000 emails
Managed cloud sending for transactional and marketing mail, with Marketing Studio included. Overage is $0.48 per thousand emails.
Cloud 1M$450
per month for 1,000,000 emails
Same cloud features at a higher volume. Overage is $0.27 per thousand emails.
Cloud 2M$600
per month for 2,000,000 emails
Same cloud features at a higher volume. Overage is $0.27 per thousand emails.
Cloud 4M$1,000
per month for 4,000,000 emails
Same cloud features at a higher volume. Overage is $0.20 per thousand emails. Higher volumes are quoted individually.
Engine On-Premises Standard$600
per month, monthly lease
Engine on your own servers at up to 100,000 messages an hour; perpetual license $6,000. Pro (1M an hour) leases at $800, Enterprise (unlimited speed) at $1,250.
Engine + Studio On-Premises Standard$750
per month, monthly lease
Engine plus Marketing Studio at up to 100,000 an hour; perpetual $9,000. Pro leases at $1,100 and Enterprise at $1,500 a month.
MailWizz
Regular subscription$59
per year for 1 license
For managing your own lists and campaigns. Includes updates and 1 month of premium support. 3 licenses cost $159 a year, 5 licenses $239.
Extended subscription$219
per year for 1 license
Adds the right to run MailWizz as a paid service for customers. 3 licenses cost $589 a year, 5 licenses $879. Includes 1 month of premium support.
Regular lifetime license$79
one-time
Personal-use license valid for the life of the product, with 1 month of premium support. Extra support is sold in separate support packs.
Extended lifetime license$275
one-time
Lifetime license that allows using MailWizz as a SaaS business and charging customers, with 1 month of premium support.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, GreenArrow or MailWizz?
As of Nov 13, 2026, MailWizz is cheaper to start with: $4.92 a month when paid by the year, against $250 a month for GreenArrow. GreenArrow starts at $250 per month for 300,000 emails (Cloud), and MailWizz starts at $59 per year (Regular license); lifetime license $79 once.
Which has a free plan, GreenArrow or MailWizz?
As of Nov 13, 2026, neither GreenArrow nor MailWizz has a free plan.
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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.