Maileroo vs SMTP2GO (2026): which should you pick?

Pick Maileroo if

• Fits if you want to send and receive mail through one account
• Works for developers who want test inboxes next to their sending

Look elsewhere if

• Skip it if you need a dedicated IP below $72 a month, as lower plans use shared IPs
• Tight if you stay free, with inbound capped at 1,000 and test emails at 100 a month
• Watch out: prices on the page are monthly and no yearly option is shown
• Watch out: Maileroo Verify is separate, at $0.03 per successful check plus the channel fee

Pick SMTP2GO if

• Fits if your office printers, scanners or old systems need somewhere to send mail from
• Works for people who look after email for several clients and want subaccounts on a paid plan

Look elsewhere if

• Not for you if your app needs to receive and read incoming email
• Tight if you're staying free, at 1,000 emails a month and 200 a day, with no way to buy more
• Skip it if you only have a Gmail or Yahoo address to sign up with
• Pricey if you need a dedicated IP or email testing, which start with Professional at $75 a month
• Watch out: the free plan keeps 5 days of reports, and chat and phone help stop after 14 days

Maileroo

• A dedicated IP starts at the Pro plan ($72 a month); lower plans send from shared IPs.
• Prices on the page are monthly; no yearly billing option is shown.
• The free plan caps inbound email at 1,000 a month and test emails at 100.
• Maileroo Verify, a separate one-time-code service, costs $0.03 per successful verification plus the channel fee, billed from a prepaid balance.

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.

Maileroo

SMTP relay and REST API

Send through SMTP credentials or the REST API, with official SDKs, dynamic templates and streams. Both are available on every plan.

Inbound routing

Receive mail with expression rules, catch-all and regex matching, forwarders and parsed JSON webhooks. Inbound volume is capped by plan.

Email testing

Test emails go to SMTP sinks and inboxes, with client previews in light and dark, spam scoring and authentication checks. The monthly test allowance grows with the plan.

Delivery handling

Automatic IP warmup, bounce and complaint classification, suppression lists, and SPF, DKIM and DMARC enforcement come with every plan.

Event tracking

Track delivery, opens, clicks and bounces, with an event timeline per message that can be filtered by domain, tag or recipient.

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.

Maileroo

• Free$0

  3,000 outbound and 1,000 inbound emails a month, 2 sending domains, 100 test emails and 5 test inboxes.

• Basic$10

  per month for 25,000 outbound emails

  25,000 inbound emails, unlimited sending domains, 1,000 test emails and Trigger Actions.

• Starter$15

  per month for 50,000 outbound emails

  50,000 inbound emails, unlimited sending domains and 5,000 test emails.

• Premium$30

  per month for 100,000 outbound emails

  100,000 inbound emails, unlimited sending domains and 10,000 test emails.

• Pro$72

  per month for 250,000 outbound emails

  Adds one dedicated IP. 250,000 inbound emails and 25,000 test emails. An Ultimate step at $140 a month covers 500,000 outbound emails.

• Enterprise$250

  per month for 1,000,000 outbound emails

  One dedicated IP, 1,000,000 inbound emails and 125,000 test emails. Higher volumes are handled through the Contact Us link.

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.

Maileroo

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.