MailWizz review (2026): is it worth $59 a year?
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MailWizz report card
Fair · out of 4.0 · graded Nov 13, 2026
Best for self-hosted email marketing on a $79 lifetime licence
MailWizz is email marketing software you run on your own server, with no fees by subscriber, list or message. The lifetime licence is $79, but sending and deliverability are separate, and the annual version goes offline after a grace period if it lapses.
Who MailWizz is for
- Fits if you can host it and want to avoid per-subscriber fees
- Works for agencies that want to resell it, using the Extended licence
Who MailWizz is not for
- Not for you if you want to try it free, as there is no trial
- Skip it if you don't want to run a server, since the licence doesn't include servers, sending or deliverability
- Watch out: annual subscriptions go offline after a 5-day grace period if they lapse
- Watch out: each licence includes only 1 month of premium support
- Not for you if you want to charge customers on the Regular licence, which is personal use only
Why MailWizz gets a 2.2
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- AValue for moneyThe Regular lifetime licence is $79 once, well under a year of this category's middle price of $20 a month. Servers and sending are extra.
- FFree plan and trialNothing free: no trial is offered, only a demo.
- BFeaturesLists, segments, campaigns, autoresponders, surveys, bounce handling and customer groups. We found no gap named in the listing for the core job.
- DEase of useNo store rating on record. You install and host it yourself, so a D.
- BPlatforms and integrationsWeb only, on your server. It connects to Amazon SES, SendGrid and Mailgun among others.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from MailWizz's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. How we review and grade.
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MailWizz'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 (A, above 97 of 102) and worst on free plan and trial (F, above 0).
Its paid plans start at $4.92 a month when paid by the year, against a middle price of $19 for the category: 1 of the 78 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 2 tools score higher and cost less.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 103 email marketing and newsletter tools we grade, cut by the letter each got. MailWizz’s own letter is outlined.
- AValue for moneyAbove 97 of 102, level with 5
- FFree plan and trialAbove 0 of 102, level with 27
- BFeaturesAbove 47 of 102, level with 55
- DEase of useAbove 0 of 102, level with 10
- BPlatforms and integrationsAbove 31 of 102, level with 71
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 82 email marketing and newsletter tools. Further left costs less, and higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. Point at a dot to see which tool it is.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Keep MailWizz, or make your own?
Keep it
To replace MailWizz 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 $59 a year.
What you could make
- Templates: an app builder makes this well.
What you could not
- Newsletters sent to thousands of people that still reach the inbox.
- Email sent in volume that still reaches the inbox.
- It plugs into other products, Amazon SES, SendGrid and Mailgun among them, and has an API.
- What a company asks for before it lets staff use something: roles and permissions.
- The depth: we grade its features B, which means it covers the whole job.
What this rests on. MailWizz’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.
What is MailWizz?
MailWizz is email marketing software that you install on your own server. Administrators manage customers, user groups, delivery and bounce servers, sending domains and templates, while customers create email lists, segments, campaigns, autoresponders and surveys. It sends through SMTP servers or providers such as Amazon SES, SendGrid and Mailgun. The vendor sells annual subscriptions or lifetime licenses with no fees based on subscribers, lists or messages, and an Extended license for running it as a paid service.
Worth knowing
- You host it yourself; the license does not include servers, sending or deliverability, and the vendor's hosted MailWizz is a separate service.
- Subscriptions last one year. If one lapses, the vendor says the application goes offline after a 5-day grace period, though the data stays untouched.
- Each license includes 1 month of premium support; longer support is sold separately.
- The Regular license is for personal use only; charging customers for access requires the Extended license.
Key features
- Lists, segments and campaigns
- Unlimited email lists, segments, subscribers and recurring campaigns, plus autoresponder (follow-up) campaigns and surveys.
- Template builders
- Several drag-and-drop template builders to choose from, including Basic, GrapesJS and Stripo, and uploads of existing email templates.
- Delivery and bounce handling
- Multiple delivery servers (SMTP or email providers), bounce servers, feedback loop servers, sending and tracking domains with DKIM signatures.
- Customer groups and limits
- Customers and administrators sit in groups with fine-grained permissions and limits, so one install can serve many accounts.
- SaaS features
- With an Extended license: price plans, payment gateways (PayPal and offline included), orders, promo codes, currencies and taxes.
- Extensions and themes
- Extensions, themes and language packs can be added; the vendor mentions backup managers and list cleaning services as examples.
MailWizz pricing
As of Nov 13, 2026, MailWizz is a paid product, starting at $59 per year (Regular license); lifetime license $79 once.
- Starts at
- $59 per year (Regular license); lifetime license $79 once
- Free plan
- None
- Free trial
- None listed
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Regular subscription | $59per year for 1 license | For managing your own lists and campaigns. Includes updates and 1 month of premium support. 3 licenses cost $159 a year, 5 licenses $239. |
| Extended subscription | $219per year for 1 license | Adds the right to run MailWizz as a paid service for customers. 3 licenses cost $589 a year, 5 licenses $879. Includes 1 month of premium support. |
| Regular lifetime license | $79one-time | Personal-use license valid for the life of the product, with 1 month of premium support. Extra support is sold in separate support packs. |
| Extended lifetime license | $275one-time | Lifetime license that allows using MailWizz as a SaaS business and charging customers, with 1 month of premium support. |
Read from mailwizz.com on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with MailWizz before you buy.
Works with
- Amazon SES
- SendGrid
- Mailgun
- Stripo
- GrapesJS
- PayPal
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Common questions
Does MailWizz have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. MailWizz is listed for Web.
Does MailWizz have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. MailWizz is listed for Web.
Is MailWizz open source?
MailWizz is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Nov 13, 2026.
Can MailWizz be self-hosted?
Yes. MailWizz's own site says it can be run on a server of your own.
Does MailWizz have an API?
Yes. MailWizz offers a public API, according to its own site.
Sources for this page
The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026.