# SMTPeter review (2026): is it worth €55 a month? > Dutch-hosted SMTP and REST email service with a dedicated IP Checked Nov 13, 2026 · graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA. SMTPeter is a transactional email service hosted in the Netherlands and built by Copernica. Messages are sent over SMTP or a REST API from a dedicated IP address, with DKIM signing, click and bounce tracking, archiving and a template store with a drag-and-drop editor. It has one license price with per-thousand charges beyond the included volume. - **Category:** Email Sending Services - **Made by:** Copernica - **Website:** https://www.smtpeter.com - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Skip it if you want a free plan or a trial, as there isn't one. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 13, 2026, SMTPeter is a paid product, starting at €55 per month for up to 25,000 emails. - **Pricing model:** Paid - **Free plan:** None. - **Free trial:** None listed. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | SMTPeter license | €55 per month for up to 25,000 emails, 1 IP address and 1 sender domain | Beyond 25,000 emails: €0.23 per 1,000 for the next 25,000, then €0.22, €0.17, €0.06 and €0.05 as volume rises. Extra IPs or domains are charged extra. | Read from https://www.smtpeter.com/en on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with SMTPeter before buying. ## Key features - **SMTP and REST API:** Messages arrive over SMTP or a REST API, and the API also returns log files, statistics and archived messages. - **Dedicated IP and Dutch hosting:** The license includes one IP address, and the vendor says the infrastructure is hosted in the Netherlands. - **Authentication and tracking:** DKIM signing is available, along with SPF and DMARC support, link rewriting for click tracking and bounce interception. - **Template store and editors:** Templates are stored as JSON, editable in a drag-and-drop editor or an HTML editor, and selected through the API for personalized sends. - **Archiving and DMARC reports:** Every sent email is archived and viewable in the dashboard or API, which also shows DMARC reports and feedback-loop notifications. ## Good for - Companies that want EU-hosted transactional sending with a dedicated IP - Steady senders whose volume fits a flat license plus per-thousand charges - Teams that want archived copies of every message ## Worth knowing - There is no free plan or trial on the pricing section. - Prices are in euros; the page does not say whether VAT is included. - Extra IPs or sender domains cost more, and more than five domains requires contacting the vendor. - A technical support contract is sold separately at €89 a month. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 1.4 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. SMTPeter is a transactional email service hosted in the Netherlands, sent from a dedicated IP over SMTP or a REST API. It has one price, €55 a month for 25,000 emails, with no free plan or trial. - **Value for money: D.** €55 a month for 25,000 emails and 1 IP. Email sending tools start around $9, so this is near the top of the category. - **Free plan and trial: F.** No free plan or trial on the pricing section. - **Features: C.** SMTP and REST API, dedicated IP, DKIM, click and bounce tracking, archiving, DMARC reports and a template store. It covers the sending job, with extras charged on top. - **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record. You configure sending domains and DNS before it works. - **Platforms and integrations: C.** Web dashboard with SMTP and a REST API. No integrations list on its pages. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from SMTPeter's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among email sending services - SMTPeter's GPA of 1.4 is higher than 0 of the 50 other email sending services we grade. - It stands best on ease of use (C, above 7 of 50) and worst on free plan and trial (F, above 0). - Its paid plans start at about $61.45 a month, against a middle price of $15 for the category: 35 of the 41 others that charge start lower. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.0 out of 4. 28 tools score higher and cost less. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/email-sending ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** To replace SMTPeter 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: 50 of the 50 other email sending services grade higher. It costs $737.35 a year. - You could make: Templates: an app builder makes this well. - You could not: Mail servers with a good name among inbox providers. - You could not: Reading the reports inbox providers send about your domain. - You could not: An API that other software can build on. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. **Tags:** Transactional email, Public API, DMARC, Templates ## Alternatives - [MailerQ](https://toolgpa.com/tools/mailerq): Self-hosted mail transfer agent for high-volume email sending. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/mailerq-vs-smtpeter) - [Postmark](https://toolgpa.com/tools/postmark): Transactional email API and SMTP, with broadcasts on a separate stream. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/postmark-vs-smtpeter) - [Mailgun](https://toolgpa.com/tools/mailgun): Email API and SMTP relay for developers, with list validation. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/mailgun-vs-smtpeter) - [SMTP2GO](https://toolgpa.com/tools/smtp2go): SMTP relay and email API priced by emails a month, with a free plan. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/smtp2go-vs-smtpeter) - [Mailjet](https://toolgpa.com/tools/mailjet): Email API, SMTP relay and campaign editor on one plan priced by volume. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/mailjet-vs-smtpeter) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026: - https://www.smtpeter.com/en Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/smtpeter Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).