# MailerSend

> Transactional email and SMS API from the team behind MailerLite

MailerSend is a transactional email service from the makers of MailerLite that sends app email through an API or SMTP relay, with SMS for the US and Canada and a WhatsApp API as add-ons. It includes a drag-and-drop template builder, inbound email routing, email verification, and DMARC and blocklist monitoring. Plans are priced by emails a month, with 500 a month free.

- **Category:** Email Sending Services
- **Made by:** MailerSend
- **Website:** https://www.mailersend.com
- **Runs on:** Web
- **Facts last checked:** Oct 18, 2026

## Pricing

MailerSend has a free plan. Paid plans start at $6.30 per month for 5,000 emails, billed annually ($7 billed monthly).

- **Pricing model:** Free plan
- **Free plan:** 500 emails a month, 1 domain, 1 template, 1 user, 1 webhook and 100 API requests a day. A credit card is needed to subscribe, though nothing is charged.
- **Free trial:** 14-day free trial of the Professional plan, with no automatic subscription after.

| Plan | Price | What you get |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Free | $0 | 500 emails a month, email API and SMTP relay, drag-and-drop builder, 1 domain, 1 day of activity data. |
| Hobby | $6.30 per month for 5,000 emails, billed annually ($7 billed monthly) | 5 seats, 1 domain, 10 templates, bulk emailing and user roles. Extra emails $1.50 per 1,000. |
| Starter | $31.50 per month for 50,000 emails, billed annually ($35 billed monthly) | 10 domains, 250 templates, 100 SMS, no MailerSend logo, 7 days of activity data. Extra emails $1.30 per 1,000; $68 a month at 100,000 emails. |
| Professional | $99 per month for 50,000 emails, billed annually ($110 billed monthly) | Unlimited users, domains and templates, 150 SMS, 30 days of activity data, an account manager and deliverability advice. Extra emails $1.30 per 1,000. |
| Enterprise | Custom | For special requirements, including dedicated IPs for senders of more than 100,000 emails a week. |

Read from https://www.mailersend.com/pricing on Oct 18, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with MailerSend before buying.

## Ways to pay less

- **Save 10% by paying yearly** (Annual discount): Yearly billing takes 10% off: Starter at 50,000 emails is $31.50 a month ($378 a year) instead of $35, and Professional $99 instead of $110. Source: https://www.mailersend.com/pricing
- **30% off for nonprofits** (Nonprofit): Nonprofits get 30% off paid plans after starting a free trial and sending proof of status to support; it does not stack with yearly pricing. Source: https://www.mailersend.com/pricing

## Key features

- **Email API and SMTP relay:** Send through a REST API with SDKs for Node.js, Python, Java, PHP, Go, Ruby and Laravel, or through SMTP, plus an MCP server for AI tools.
- **Template builders:** Drag-and-drop, HTML and rich-text editors with dynamic templates, translations and split testing.
- **Inbound email routing:** Receive emails and route their content to your app or a webhook, so replies and incoming messages can trigger actions.
- **SMS and WhatsApp:** Starter and Professional include an SMS allowance for the US and Canada, with phone numbers at $2 each a month; WhatsApp is an add-on on paid plans.
- **Deliverability monitoring:** DMARC monitoring for 10 domains on Professional (a 30-day trial on 1 domain for Starter), blocklist monitors, suppression lists and activity logs.
- **Email verification:** Check addresses in bulk or in real time through the validation API, bought as credits on any plan.

## Good for

- Software and online stores sending receipts and notifications
- Teams that want transactional email and text messages in one tool
- Existing MailerLite customers adding app email

## Worth knowing

- The free plan sends only 500 emails a month and asks for a credit card to subscribe.
- SMS sending and phone numbers are available in the US and Canada only.
- Dedicated IPs are only for Enterprise accounts sending more than 100,000 emails a week.
- The yearly discount cannot be combined with the 30% nonprofit discount.

## ToolGPA grades

**GPA: 2.4 out of 4**, graded Oct 18, 2026. MailerSend, from the team behind MailerLite, covers app email well: API and SMTP, a drag-and-drop template builder, inbound routing, verification and DMARC monitoring, with texts for the US and Canada. 50,000 emails is $31.50 a month on Starter paid yearly. The free plan is small, though, at 500 emails a month, and it still asks for a card.

- **Value for money: C.** Graded on 50,000 emails a month: Starter is $31.50 at that volume paid yearly, or $35 monthly, a bit above this category's middle. It includes 10 domains and 100 SMS. Dedicated IPs are for Enterprise only.
- **Free plan and trial: C.** A free plan for good: 500 emails a month, 1 domain, 1 template and 1 day of activity data. It asks for a card even though nothing is charged. There's also a 14-day trial of Professional.
- **Features: B.** API and SMTP with SDKs and an MCP server, drag-and-drop and HTML templates, inbound routing, webhooks, email verification, DMARC and blocklist monitoring, plus SMS and WhatsApp. It covers the whole job; dedicated IPs are Enterprise only.
- **Ease of use: C.** Judged on how fast a developer sends a first email: SDKs from Node.js to Laravel and an SMTP relay, once a domain is verified. No rating on record. The card asked for at sign-up slows down a quick test.
- **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web, with an API, SMTP and an MCP server, plus Zapier, Make, WordPress, WooCommerce, Supabase, Firebase, Laravel and Slack. No desktop or phone app, so B is the top.

These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from MailerSend's own pages on 18 October 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews.

## Where it stands among email sending services

- MailerSend's GPA of 2.4 is higher than 3 of the 11 other email sending services we grade, and level with 2.
- It stands best on features (B, above 2 of 11) and worst on ease of use (C, above 0).
- Its paid plans start at $6.30 a month, against a middle price of $15 for the category: 0 of the 10 others that charge start lower.
- On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.7 out of 4, and no tool on the category's chart scores higher without costing more.

The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/email-sending

## Keep it, or make your own?

**Keep it.** To replace MailerSend you would be making mail servers with a good name among inbox providers. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one. That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 6 of the 11 other email sending services grade higher. It costs $75.60 a year.

- You could not: Mail servers with a good name among inbox providers.
- You could not: The WhatsApp Business API, which Meta opens only through approved partners.
- You could not: Texts from a business number, registered with the carriers.
- You could not: Checking that an address exists without writing to it.
- You could not: Reading the reports inbox providers send about your domain.
- You could not: It plugs into other products, Zapier, Make and WordPress among them, and has an API.
- You could not: The depth: we grade its features B, which means it covers the whole job.

A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it.

## Works with

Zapier, Make, WordPress, WooCommerce, Supabase, Firebase, Laravel, Slack

**Tags:** Transactional email, Public API, Business texting, WhatsApp messaging, Email verification, DMARC

## Alternatives

- [Postmark](https://toolgpa.com/tools/postmark): Transactional email API and SMTP, with broadcasts on a separate stream. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/mailersend-vs-postmark)
- [Twilio SendGrid](https://toolgpa.com/tools/sendgrid): Twilio's email API and SMTP service, priced by monthly email volume. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/mailersend-vs-sendgrid)
- [Mailgun](https://toolgpa.com/tools/mailgun): Email API and SMTP relay for developers, with list validation. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/mailersend-vs-mailgun)
- [Resend](https://toolgpa.com/tools/resend): Developer email API with React Email templates and a free tier. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/mailersend-vs-resend)
- [Mailjet](https://toolgpa.com/tools/mailjet): Email API, SMTP relay and campaign editor on one plan priced by volume. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/mailersend-vs-mailjet)

## Sources

The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Oct 18, 2026:

- https://www.mailersend.com/pricing
- https://www.mailersend.com/
- https://www.mailersend.com/about-us
- https://www.mailersend.com/integrations

Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/mailersend
Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).