MailGenius vs MailReach (2026): which should you pick?

Pick MailGenius if

• Fits if you send marketing email and want a check before each campaign
• Works for people who only need the free DNS checkers

Look elsewhere if

• Tight if you test often, as Beginner stops at 60 tests a month
• Pricey if you pay monthly, about 25% over the yearly price
• Watch out: results are hosted on public links, according to the notice under the free test
• Watch out: testing competitors' emails needs Genius, $39 a month
• Watch out: automatic testing of every send needs the $79 plan

Pick MailReach if

• Fits if you want warm-up and placement tests in one plan
• Works for agencies warming dozens of mailboxes, at $12.80 each from 51 billed yearly

Look elsewhere if

• Not for you if you want to try it before paying, as there's no free plan or trial
• Pricey if your team sends from lots of addresses, as each one needs its own warm-up
• Skip it if you need list cleaning, or DMARC managed rather than checked
• Tight if a campaign is due soon, as MailReach advises 14 days of warm-up first and keeping it running between sends
• Pricey if you pay monthly, at $25 a mailbox against $20 billed yearly

MailGenius

• Test results are hosted on public links, according to the notice under the free test.
• The competitor and prospect email testing is limited to the Genius plan and above.
• The pricing page shows the prices for yearly billing by default; monthly billing costs about 25% more.
• The Beginner plan caps tests at 60 a month.

MailReach

• No free plan or free trial is listed; the free spam test is a one-off tool, not a plan.
• The vendor advises at least 14 days of warm-up before sending campaigns, and keeping it running between them.
• Each sending address under a domain needs its own warm-up, so costs grow with every mailbox.

MailGenius

Spam test by email

Send a message to a generated address and get a score covering SPF, DKIM, DMARC, reverse DNS, domain age, blacklists, broken and short links, and HTML structure.

Inbox placement results

Paid test results include inbox placement, which the vendor says simulates Gmail, Outlook and Yahoo.

AI deliverability and copywriting help

Every paid plan includes an AI deliverability consultant and AI analysis and rewriting of email copy.

Automatic testing and blacklist monitoring

The top plan tests every email you send and watches unlimited domains for blacklist listings, with alerts.

Free DNS checkers

The site links separate checkers for SPF, DKIM, DMARC, BIMI, MX, TXT, blacklists and a DNS audit.

MailReach

Email warm-up

An AI warming algorithm sends emails to and from your mailbox, up to 100 a day, to build reputation for the address, domain and IP.

Any SMTP provider

Works with Google Workspace, Outlook, Zoho, Brevo, Mailjet, Mailgun, SendGrid, Amazon SES and any other provider that supports SMTP.

Spam tests

Each credit runs an inbox placement test with a report by provider, plus link, spam-word and reverse DNS checks.

Health checks and dashboard

Tracks reputation over time and checks domains and inboxes for blacklisting and SPF, DKIM and DMARC setup.

Alerts and API

Automatic spam tests can alert you in Slack or by webhook, and warm-up and spam tests have APIs.

MailGenius

• Beginner$23

  per month for 60 email tests, billed yearly ($29 billed monthly)

  60 tests a month, with inbox placement, an AI deliverability consultant and AI copywriting analysis and rewrite.

• Genius$39

  per month, billed yearly ($49 billed monthly)

  Unlimited tests, plus the ability to test competitors' or prospects' emails.

• Automatic Testing & Monitoring$79

  per month, billed yearly ($97 billed monthly)

  Every email you send is tested automatically, with blacklist monitoring and alerts for unlimited domains.

MailReach

• All-In-One$20

  per mailbox / month, billed annually ($25 monthly)

  Warm-up plus 20 spam test credits a month. Per mailbox it drops to $15.60 a year-billed month ($19.50 monthly) from 6 mailboxes and $12.80 ($16) from 51.

• Spam Tester$19.5

  one-time for 20 spam test credits

  Pay-as-you-go inbox placement tests: $71.50 for 100 and $507 for 1,000. Also sold as a monthly credit plan.

• CustomCustom

  Quoted pricing for more than 100 mailboxes or 10,000 spam test credits.

MailGenius

• Annual discount

  Save 20% with yearly billing

  The pricing page toggle shows 'Save 20%' for yearly billing, for example $79 a month instead of $97 on the top plan.

MailReach

• Annual discount

  Save 20% with annual billing

  Annual billing is 20% cheaper: All-In-One is $20 per mailbox a month billed annually against $25 billed monthly for up to 5 mailboxes.

• Other savings

  Autumn sale: 20% off the first 30 days

  A banner offers 20% off the first 30 days of warming up your first mailbox; no end date is given.