# Mail Blaze review (2026): is it worth $9 a month? > Month-to-month email marketing platform priced by contacts Checked Nov 13, 2026 ยท graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA. Mail Blaze is an email marketing platform sold on month-to-month terms with no contract. It has a drag-and-drop campaign builder, templates, surveys, automations and reporting, and its three paid plans are split by contact range rather than by feature alone. - **Category:** Email Marketing & Newsletters - **Made by:** Mail Blaze - **Website:** https://www.mailblaze.com - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Not for you if you want a free plan, as it's only a 14-day trial. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 13, 2026, Mail Blaze is a paid product with a free trial, starting at $9 per month for 0-500 contacts, billed monthly. - **Pricing model:** Free trial - **Free plan:** None. - **Free trial:** 14-day free trial for up to 500 subscribers and 1,000 sends. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Ember | $9 per month for 0-500 contacts, billed monthly | For lists up to 10,000 contacts, $9 to $63 a month. Reporting, builder, templates, surveys, automations. | | Flame | $68 per month for 10,001-10,200 contacts, billed monthly | For lists from 10,001 contacts, $68 to $201 a month. Adds transactional emails to the Ember features. | | Fire | $205 per month from 50,001 contacts, billed monthly | For lists from 50,001 contacts, $205 to $920 a month, with the Flame feature set. | Read from https://www.mailblaze.com/pricing on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Mail Blaze before buying. ## Key features - **Drag-and-drop campaign builder:** A visual builder with a template library for designing newsletters and campaigns. - **Customizable automations:** Automations are listed in every paid plan, with the number of contacts deciding the price. - **Surveys:** Surveys are included in all three paid plans, listed beside the builder and automations. - **Full reporting:** Campaign reporting is listed in each plan, with support offered seven days a week. - **Transaction emails:** Transaction emails appear in the Flame and Fire plan lists but not in Ember. - **No contract terms:** The vendor says plans run month to month with no lock-in contract. ## Good for - Small senders who want to avoid annual contracts - Teams that want support available seven days a week - Lists up to 10,000 contacts on the cheapest plan ## Worth knowing - Price follows contact count; the page shows $9 to $63 on Ember, $68 to $201 on Flame and $205 to $920 on Fire. - There is no permanent free plan, only a 14-day trial limited to 500 subscribers and 1,000 sends. - Transaction emails are not listed in the Ember plan. - Exact prices appear only after picking a contact range in the price calculator. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.2 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. Mail Blaze is a month-to-month email platform that starts at $9 a month for 500 contacts, with a builder, automations and surveys. There is no free plan, only a 14-day trial, and the price climbs to $63, $201 or $920 depending on the plan and list. - **Value for money: B.** Ember is $9 a month for up to 500 contacts, inside the cheaper quarter, with no contract. It reaches $63 by 10,000 contacts. - **Free plan and trial: C.** 14-day trial limited to 500 subscribers and 1,000 sends. No free plan. The listing doesn't say whether a card is needed. - **Features: C.** Builder, automations, surveys and reporting. Transactional emails aren't in Ember and start on Flame. - **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record. A web app where you build campaigns and automations. - **Platforms and integrations: C.** Web only, and no integrations are listed. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Mail Blaze's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among email marketing and newsletter tools - Mail Blaze's GPA of 2.2 is higher than 42 of the 102 other email marketing and newsletter tools we grade, and level with 24. - It stands best on value for money (B, above 81 of 102) and worst on platforms and integrations (C, above 0). - Its paid plans start at $9 a month, against a middle price of $19 for the category: 10 of the 78 others that charge start lower. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.0 out of 4. 9 tools score higher and cost less. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/email-marketing ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** To replace Mail Blaze you would be making newsletters sent to thousands of people that still reach the inbox. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one. It costs $108 a year. - You could make: Surveys and reports: an app builder makes these well. - You could not: Newsletters sent to thousands of people that still reach the inbox. - You could not: Email sent in volume that still reaches the inbox. - You could not: Mail servers with a good name among inbox providers. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. **Tags:** Email campaigns, Marketing automation, Surveys, Transactional email, Reports ## Alternatives - [MailerLite](https://toolgpa.com/tools/mailerlite): Email newsletters, automations, sites and paid subscriptions. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/mail-blaze-vs-mailerlite) - [Moosend](https://toolgpa.com/tools/moosend): Low-cost email campaigns and automation priced by contacts. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/mail-blaze-vs-moosend) - [Campaign Monitor](https://toolgpa.com/tools/campaign-monitor): Email marketing for small businesses, nonprofits and agencies. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/campaign-monitor-vs-mail-blaze) - [Benchmark Email](https://toolgpa.com/tools/benchmark-email): Straightforward email campaigns with every feature on every plan. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/benchmark-email-vs-mail-blaze) - [SendPulse](https://toolgpa.com/tools/sendpulse): Email campaigns and automation in a wider multichannel suite. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/mail-blaze-vs-sendpulse) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026: - https://www.mailblaze.com/ - https://www.mailblaze.com/pricing Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/mail-blaze Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).