MailerSend
mailersend.com
What it is
MailerSend delivers transactional email through an email API and SMTP relay. Its editing tools include drag-and-drop, HTML and rich-text editors, along with dynamic templates and split testing. Webhooks, tracking, real-time activity, analytics and suppression-list management support monitoring. Inbound routing can parse replies into application events and route them to an app for further action. Integrations listed include Zapier, Supabase, Firebase, Slack, Laravel, WooCommerce, WordPress, ChatGPT and Claude. The Free plan is free and allows 500 emails per month, 100 daily API requests, one domain and one template. Hobby costs $5.60 a month, billed $67.20 yearly, and includes 5,000 emails per month. The pricing note lists paid plans from $7/mo. A 14-day Professional trial includes 500 emails per month, 100 daily API requests and one day of log retention. MailerSend is available on web, API and iOS; its mobile app is currently only available for iOS. It states that it is GDPR-compliant and hosts services in a certified ISO 27001 data center in Belgium.
Spec sheet
- What it does
- MailerSend is a hosted transactional messaging service for sending and tracking email, SMS and WhatsApp messages.Read 15 Oct 2026 · developers.mailersend.com
- Product
- MailerSend provides transactional email delivery through an email API and SMTP relay.Read 30 Sep 2026 · mailersend.com
- Audience
- MailerSend describes its Professional plan as intended for agencies and white-label resellers sending at scale, and Starter as for growing startups and small businesses.Read 30 Sep 2026 · mailersend.com
- Integrations
- Official integrations include WordPress, WooCommerce, Firebase, Symfony, React Email, Supabase, Make, NocoDB, Pipedream, Zapier-related tools and others.Read 15 Oct 2026 · mailersend.com
- Compliance
- The company states that EU data centers hold ISO 27001 and ISO 20000 certifications and that MailerSend follows EU-U.S. and Swiss-U.S. Data Privacy Frameworks.Read 15 Oct 2026 · mailersend.com
- Support
- Official plans provide email support, live chat on higher tiers, priority support and onboarding assistance for Professional customers.Read 15 Oct 2026 · mailersend.com
- Company
- MailerSend says it was launched by the team behind MailerLite and is a United States-registered company.Read 30 Sep 2026 · mailersend.com
- API design
- The API is RESTful, uses the https://api.mailersend.com/v1/ base URL and authenticates with bearer API tokens.Read 15 Oct 2026 · developers.mailersend.com
- API documentation
- Developer documentation covers authentication, endpoints, HTTP status codes, validation errors and plan-specific restrictions.Read 15 Oct 2026 · developers.mailersend.com
- API limits
- The API rejects attachments larger than 25 MB and restricts bulk-email endpoints to Hobby plans and above.Read 15 Oct 2026 · developers.mailersend.com
- Company profile
- LinkedIn lists MailerSend as privately held, headquartered in New York, New York, with a company size of 2–10 employees.Read 15 Oct 2026 · linkedin.com
- Email delivery
- It provides both a REST email API and an SMTP relay for transactional sending.Read 15 Oct 2026 · developers.mailersend.com
- Email tools
- The product includes drag-and-drop, HTML, and rich-text email editors, dynamic templates, and split testing.Read 30 Sep 2026 · mailersend.com
- Email verification
- Recipient addresses can be verified through the API or application, individually or in bulk.Read 15 Oct 2026 · mailersend.com
- Free plan limits
- The Free plan allows 500 emails per month and has limits including one template, one domain, one user, and 100 daily API requests.Read 30 Sep 2026 · mailersend.com
- Inbound email
- Inbound routing parses replies to application events and routes them to an app for further action.Read 30 Sep 2026 · mailersend.com
- Inbound routing
- Inbound routing receives, parses and forwards incoming email to an application or another address.Read 15 Oct 2026 · mailersend.com
- Legal entity
- The data-processing agreement identifies MailerSend, Inc. at 228 Park Ave S PMB 54955, New York, New York 10003-1502, United States.Read 15 Oct 2026 · mailersend.com
- Limit: account controls
- Reviewers report unexpected account suspensions, strict sending limits and pauses that disrupted production workflows.Read 15 Oct 2026 · trustpilot.com
- Limit: pricing changes
- A Capterra reviewer criticizes the move from a former free Hobby arrangement to a $7 monthly charge and calls the current free plan inadequate.Read 15 Oct 2026 · capterra.com
- Limit: retention
- A Capterra reviewer says seven-day activity retention on Starter is too short for investigating older delivery problems.Read 15 Oct 2026 · capterra.com
- Limit: verification and approval
- Some Capterra reviewers complain about difficult domain setup or account rejection without a clear explanation.Read 15 Oct 2026 · capterra.com
- Maker relationship
- MailerSend says it was launched by the team behind MailerLite after more than ten years of email-delivery experience.Read 15 Oct 2026 · mailersend.com
- MCP and CLI
- MailerSend provides a hosted MCP server and a command-line interface for sending email and managing accounts.Read 15 Oct 2026 · mailersend.com
- Mobile app
- MailerSend has an iOS app for managing transactional email activity, performance, and domains; its help page says the app is currently only available for iOS.Read 30 Sep 2026 · mailersend.com
- Mobile app limitation
- An Apple App Store reviewer reports that the activity tab and message previews failed to show useful data for months.Read 15 Oct 2026 · apps.apple.com
- Monitoring
- MailerSend offers webhooks, email tracking, real-time activity, analytics, and suppression list management.Read 30 Sep 2026 · mailersend.com
- Notable update
- MailerSend launched its WhatsApp Business API on September 1, 2026.Read 15 Oct 2026 · mailersend.com
- Ownership news
- TechCrunch reported on April 28, 2022 that Vercom acquired MailerLite for about $90 million and that MailerSend was one of its subsidiary products.Read 15 Oct 2026 · techcrunch.com
- Praise: ease of use
- Independent reviews commonly describe setup and the interface as intuitive and easy to use.Read 15 Oct 2026 · capterra.com
- Praise: support
- Capterra and Trustpilot reviewers repeatedly praise fast, knowledgeable and helpful customer support.Read 15 Oct 2026 · trustpilot.com
- Rating on Apple App Store
- 3.8 out of 5 from 10 ratings.Read 15 Oct 2026 · apps.apple.com
- Rating on Capterra
- 4.4 out of 5 from 62 reviews.Read 15 Oct 2026 · capterra.com
- Rating on G2
- 4.3 out of 5 from 46 reviews (35 five-star, 4 four-star and 7 one-star ratings shown).Read 15 Oct 2026 · g2.com
- Rating on Trustpilot
- 4.2 out of 5 from 230 reviews.Read 15 Oct 2026 · trustpilot.com
- Rating on TrustRadius
- 9 out of 10 from 1 review.Read 15 Oct 2026 · trustradius.com
- SDKs
- Official libraries are listed for PHP, Laravel, Node.js, Go, Python, Ruby and Java, plus an OpenAPI collection.Read 15 Oct 2026 · developers.mailersend.com
- Security and privacy
- MailerSend states that it is GDPR-compliant, offers a Data Processing Addendum, and hosts services in a certified ISO 27001 data center in Belgium.Read 30 Sep 2026 · mailersend.com
- Security controls
- MailerSend states that it uses HTTPS/TLS, AES-256 encryption, two-factor authentication, access controls, monitoring and annual penetration tests.Read 15 Oct 2026 · mailersend.com
- Suppressions
- MailerSend automatically adds bounces, unsubscribes and spam complaints to suppression lists.Read 15 Oct 2026 · mailersend.com
- Team controls
- The web application offers role-based access control, two-factor authentication and single sign-on.Read 15 Oct 2026 · mailersend.com
- Templates
- Users can create templates with drag-and-drop, rich-text or HTML editors and use prebuilt templates.Read 15 Oct 2026 · mailersend.com
- Tracking
- The platform includes real-time activity views, tracking and analytics reports that can be filtered by domain and tags.Read 15 Oct 2026 · mailersend.com
- Transactional focus
- The product is designed primarily for transactional email rather than marketing campaigns.Read 15 Oct 2026 · mailersend.com
- Trial limits
- The 14-day Professional trial includes 500 emails per month, 100 API requests per day, and one day of log retention.Read 30 Sep 2026 · mailersend.com
- Webhooks
- Webhooks notify applications about email and SMS events for workflow triggers and delivery monitoring.Read 15 Oct 2026 · mailersend.com
Plans and prices
Strong points and limits
Strong points
- API and SMTP relay delivery
- Includes webhooks and real-time activity
- Inbound routing parses replies into application events
- Free plan includes 500 emails per month
Limits
- Free plan limited to one domain and template
- Trial includes one day of log retention
- Mobile app is only available for iOS
Who it suits
MailerSend suits developers and teams integrating transactional email through an API or SMTP relay. Its plan details include a small free allowance and tools aimed at growing startups, small businesses, agencies and white-label resellers.
Verdict
MailerSend combines transactional delivery with editing, monitoring and inbound-routing tools. Review the email and API-request allowances alongside the trial's short log-retention period before choosing a plan.
Where Specifiction places it
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