# MailGenius review (2026): is the free plan enough? > Email spam-score and deliverability tester with DNS checkers Checked Nov 13, 2026 ยท graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA. MailGenius scores a test email by sending it to a generated address, then reports on authentication (SPF, DKIM, DMARC), blacklists, links and content that can push mail to spam. Paid plans add inbox placement results, AI deliverability and copywriting advice, and automatic testing with blacklist monitoring. Separate free checkers cover DNS records. - **Category:** Email Verification & Deliverability - **Made by:** MailGenius - **Website:** https://www.mailgenius.com - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Tight if you test often, as Beginner stops at 60 tests a month. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 13, 2026, MailGenius has a free plan, and paid plans start at $23 per month for 60 email tests, billed yearly ($29 billed monthly). - **Pricing model:** Free plan - **Free plan:** A free spam test is offered on the homepage; its monthly limit is not stated. - **Free trial:** None listed. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | 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. | Read from https://www.mailgenius.com/pricing/ on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with MailGenius before buying. ## Ways to pay less - **Save 20% with yearly billing** (Annual discount): The pricing page toggle shows 'Save 20%' for yearly billing, for example $79 a month instead of $97 on the top plan. Source: https://www.mailgenius.com/pricing/ ## Key features - **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. ## Good for - Marketers checking a campaign for spam triggers before sending - Consultants who want to test a prospect's or competitor's email - Cold-email senders watching domains for blacklists ## Worth knowing - 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. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.0 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. MailGenius scores an email for spam risk and shows inbox placement, with a free test on its home page. Test results sit on public links, and competitor-email testing needs the $39 plan. - **Value for money: C.** Beginner is $23 a month billed yearly for 60 tests, which is the category's middle figure. - **Free plan and trial: C.** A free spam test is offered on the home page, but its monthly limit is not stated. - **Features: C.** Spam test, inbox placement, AI copy suggestions, DNS checkers and, on the top plan, automatic testing and blacklist monitoring. - **Ease of use: C.** No rating on record. Send an email to a test address and read the report. - **Platforms and integrations: C.** Web only, with no integrations listed on the vendor pages. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from MailGenius's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among email verification and deliverability tools - MailGenius's GPA of 2.0 is higher than 8 of the 61 other email verification and deliverability tools we grade, and level with 14. - Its paid plans start at $23 a month, against a middle price of $21.50 for the category: 23 of the 43 others that charge start lower. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.0 out of 4. 13 tools score higher and cost less. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/email-deliverability ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** Nothing MailGenius does is plain enough to make in a weekend. The 2 things listed below take a company. That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 39 of the 61 other email verification and deliverability tools grade higher. It costs $276 a year. - You could not: Reading the reports inbox providers send about your domain. - You could not: AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. **Tags:** DMARC, AI features ## Alternatives - [Mail-Tester](https://toolgpa.com/tools/mail-tester): Send an email to a test address and get a spam score out of 10. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/mail-tester-vs-mailgenius) - [GlockApps](https://toolgpa.com/tools/glockapps): Inbox placement testing with DMARC analytics and uptime monitoring. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/glockapps-vs-mailgenius) - [MailReach](https://toolgpa.com/tools/mailreach): Email warm-up and inbox placement tests, priced per mailbox. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/mailgenius-vs-mailreach) - [MxToolbox](https://toolgpa.com/tools/mxtoolbox): Email and DNS lookups plus blacklist and DMARC monitoring. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/mailgenius-vs-mxtoolbox) - [InboxAlly](https://toolgpa.com/tools/inboxally): Email warm-up and reputation repair through a network of seed inboxes. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/inboxally-vs-mailgenius) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026: - https://www.mailgenius.com/pricing/ - https://www.mailgenius.com/ Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/mailgenius Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).