MailerSend vs MailKite Server
MailerSend
mailersend.com
MailKite Server
mailkite.devSide by side
| Figure | MailerSend | MailKite Server |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $7/mo | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | — |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 5 | 1 |
| Spec score · Email APIs | 9.0 (#1) | 8.4 (#8) |
| API limits | The API rejects attachments larger than 25 MB and restricts bulk-email endpoints to Hobby plans and above. | The maker says templates, scheduling, attachments, tracking, and other hosted-only features are not yet part of the self-hosted API surface. |
| Company | MailerSend says it was launched by the team behind MailerLite and is a United States-registered company. | MailKite is a business name of SendHub LLC, whose listed address is 30 N Gould St #59709, Sheridan, Wyoming 82801, USA. |
| Integrations | Official integrations include WordPress, WooCommerce, Firebase, Symfony, React Email, Supabase, Make, NocoDB, Pipedream, Zapier-related tools and others. | MailKite lists official SDKs for Node.js, Python, Ruby, Go, PHP, Java, C#, and Rust, plus a CLI, an MCP server, and SMTP relay integrations. |
| SDKs | Official libraries are listed for PHP, Laravel, Node.js, Go, Python, Ruby and Java, plus an OpenAPI collection. | The official Node or TypeScript client can target a self-hosted server by setting its base URL. |
| Support | Official plans provide email support, live chat on higher tiers, priority support and onboarding assistance for Professional customers. | The self-hosted server page directs users to GitHub discussions and setup documentation; it describes human support as a MailKite Cloud offering. |
Plans
MailerSend
- FreeFree
- Hobby$7 a month
- Starter$35 a month
- Professional$110 a month
- EnterprisePriced on request
In their own words
MailerSend
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.
MailKite Server
MailKite Server has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.