SMTP Relay Service Providers

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Comparison of top SMTP Relay Services, with their popular features and website links. The comparison contains both open source(free) and commercial(paid) software.

This detailed comparison chart will help you to choose your cloud based SMTP Relay email solution for bulk email or transactional email. Most of them have a free plan, it will help you to test several email sender before deciding which one is the best for your needs.

Mail250Amazon SESMailjetMailgunSendGridPostmarkSparkPost
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Websitehttps://mail250.com/http://aws.amazon.com/ses/https://www.mailjet.comhttp://mailgun.comhttps://sendgrid.com/http://postmarkapp.com/https://www.sparkpost.com/
Pricing
Price20 USD (Send 24k/ Day) $50 (Send 60k/ Day) $150 (Send 120k /Day)0.1 USD per thousand, plus traffic charges. $0.12 per GB of attachments sent.0.18 USD to $0.50 per thousand0.1 USD to $0.50 per thousand0.57 USD to $0.80 USD per thousand0.5 USD to1.50 USD per thousand0.2 USD to $0.15 per thousand, depending on volume
Free planYes, 10K emails free62,000 emails per month for EC2 users6,000 emails per month, max 200 per day10,000 free per month45 day free trial, 12,000 per month, 400 emails per day25,000 emails, no time limit15,000 emails per month
Startups planYesYes
Cancellation policyCancel any time, no contractPay for what you send; no required contract or commitments.Cancel any time, no contractCancel any time, no contractCancel at any time, no contractCancellation must be issued via the Service. Any cancellation issued must be done three (3) days prior to the end of the contract term.Cancel any time, no contract, month-to-month
Unlimited Free EmailsYou can upload unlimited contacts.
Features
SMTP supportYesYesYesYesYesYes Globally redundant SMTP and API infrastructureYes
Personalized DKIM for free (no more "on behalf of")YesYesYesYesYes Upgrade to a Silver plan or higher to get personalized DKIMYesYes
Clicks Details (per Link, etc.)YesYesYes Reporting available both through Control Panel and APIYes Via real-time Event API webhookYes Through webhooks real-time event reporting.
Conditional Personalization (if/else)Yes- Yes but, not through web newsletter editor, only by using the APIYesYes
WYSIWYG Newsletter EditorYesNoYes Available for free, with any plan (Free plan included)NoYes +$0,25 per thousand, in addition to monthly packageNo- only with "Elite for Marketers" plan
Dedicated IP availableYesNo $25 per month for EC2 usersYes With our Silver, Gold, Platinum and Diamond Plans, you can ask for a Dedicated IP address.Yes $59 per monthYesNo Shared IPs. They believe shared IPs are preferable to dedicated.Yes
REST APIYesYesYesYesYes Yes, for our Bronze plan and higher (and Free plan too)YesYes
Event APIYesYes you can set up Amazon SES to publish email sending events to Amazon CloudWatch or Amazon KinesisYes For every plan, you can get every event (open, click, bounce...) in real timeYesYes Yes, for our Silver plan and higher (and Free plan too)YesYes Via Webhooks
Send email through APIYesYesYes Only by one HTTP call http://dev.mailjet.com/guides/send-api-guide/YesYesYesYes
Incoming Email SupportNoYesYes Using the Parse API you can get the content of an incomming email POSTed by HTTP on a server : dev.mailjet.com/guides/parse-api-guide/Yes Parse emails, including attachements and quoted text. Easily forward using different expression matches, including regex, and POST to HTTP. Supported by Griddler: https://github.com/thoughtbot/griddlerYes Parse inbound email, including attachments and content. See docs.sendgrid.com for webhook examples. Supported by Griddler: https://github.com/thoughtbot/griddlerYes Handles inbound, can be parsed by griddler: https://github.com/thoughtbot/griddlerYes
Stores Outgoing Emails for Later ViewingYesNoYes Stores for 45 Days
Explicit/sexual content policy ?No
Needs time to approve account before sending ?No. Domain approval is not required.
Asks to create SPF and DKIM recordsYes Optional
LanguagesEnglishEnglish, French, German, Japanese, SpanishEnglish, French, German, SpanishEnglish, French, RussianEnglishEnglishEnglish
Multi-user LoginYesYesYesYesNoYes
Prioritize emailsNoYes Email Priority Management is handled on Mailjet with X-Mailjet email headers : http://www.mailjet.com/docs/email-priority-managementYes Add preferred time of delivery which can prioritize or schedule for later.Yes
PluginsYes WordPressYes Prestashop, Wordpress, Dotclear, SPIP, Joomla, DrupalYes Most major languages and frameworksYes http://developer.postmarkapp.com/developer-libs.htmlYes Node, PHP, Python & More, see http://developer.sparkpost.com
Support
24/7 SupportYesYes Basic: Included, Developer: $49/month, Business & Enterprise prorated.Yes Across 3 Global Time Zones - Online ticket generationYes Online form submission.Yes Online ticket generation.Yes Support by email around the clock. Live chat.Yes
Dedicated Support TeamYesYesYesYesYesYesYes
Phone Support-- Available with paid support plan- Available for VIP clients- For First-class plansYes During regular business hours for all plan levels, including "Free." Critical and Escalation Support available 24/7NoYes
Sample CustomersDLF, Vodafone, etcSIEMENS, HBO, Vodafone, AllerganTAG Hauer, MIT, Fotolia, TheFancy, Jolicloud, Readability, Sketchfab, Prestashop, Amnesty International...Github, Heroku, Uservoice, Stripe, 37 Signals, Parse, Adroll, PagerdutySpotify, Foursquare, Pandora, Hootsuite, Uber, Kickstarter, Air BnB, GitHubIKEA, Minecraft, Livestream, Unicef, Litmus, Salesforce-DeskPinterest, Zillow, Financial Times of London, Career Builder
Websitehttps://mail250.com/http://aws.amazon.com/ses/https://www.mailjet.comhttp://mailgun.comhttps://sendgrid.com/http://postmarkapp.com/https://www.sparkpost.com/
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  • voted for Mail250 (Like)
    Perfect fit for sending your large marketing campaigns.
    Posted 2020-03-26 16:54:14 by imranshaikh2124
  • voted for Mail250 (Like)
    I have recently started using cold email service providers and I like Mail250
    Posted 2020-03-26 16:50:40 by kacey.weimann
  • voted for Mail250 (Like)
    Recently, I have tried Mail250 and I found this solution to be working for me :)
    Posted 2020-03-26 16:49:29 by donna.jaskolski
  • voted for Mail250 (Like)
    I don't know much about emailing but I found many of my clients uses Mail250 for sending to very large list.
    Posted 2020-03-26 16:47:55 by manley.miller
  • voted for Mail250 (Like)
    The simplest alternative for MailChimp I can think of is Mail250.
    Posted 2020-03-26 16:45:04 by christelle.waelchi
  • voted for Mail250 (Like)
    First I was little skeptic, but then all my doubts got cleared. Very simple product with awesome speed of sending emails. Highly recommend for sending cold emails at large
    Posted 2020-03-26 16:41:56 by brycen.connell
  • voted for Mail250 (Like)
    Hi, I don’t know much cold email service providers. I had used Mail250 here are the features of Mail250: They allow cold mailing They have built in List Cleaner They provide SMTP details They are very affordable. Thank you for reading.
    Posted 2020-03-26 16:29:42 by yusufnshaikh21
  • voted for Mail250 (Like)
    Posted 2020-03-26 06:38:24 by steve
  • voted for Postmark (Like)
    Postmark is a great tool to send transactional emails like reservation notifications, username reset links, point notifications. They are constantly evolving and making the production stronger by adding useful features
    Posted 2018-12-19 13:42:09 by RV
  • voted for SendGrid (Like)
    Posted 2018-12-19 13:40:05 by RV
  • voted for Mailjet (Like)
    Posted 2018-12-19 13:39:45 by RV
  • voted for SendGrid (Like)
    Posted 2017-12-06 15:42:42 by RickBR
  • voted for Mailjet (Like)
    Posted 2017-12-06 15:42:37 by RickBR
  • rated Mailjet: Overall rating 5
    Solution efficace et support réactif. Je recommande
    Français Posted 2017-10-02 09:56:44 by gdouvet
  • voted for Mailjet (Like)
    Super solution, efficace et support réactif. Editeur d'email très intuitif, pas besoin de connaissance en design ou de savoir coder.
    Français Posted 2017-10-02 09:51:53 by gdouvet
  • commented on Mailjet
    So far my experience is extremely ignorant, lazy and helpless first line support basically doing nothing. One ticket resolving takes more than 1 week!
    Posted 2017-09-04 21:49:40 by edrokov
  • voted for Mailjet (Like)
    Posted 2017-05-19 17:40:21 by Michiel Missotten
  • voted for Mailgun (Like)
    Posted 2016-11-05 15:54:30 by Ovidiu Cristian Balan
  • voted for Mailjet (Like)
    Posted 2016-07-06 14:03:46 by Tchoup
  • voted for Mailjet (Like)
    Posted 2016-06-29 11:29:25 by pikachu
  • voted for Postmark (Like)
    The fact that they store outgoing emails is huge.
    Posted 2016-04-25 02:29:15 by speedplane
  • voted for SendGrid (Like)
    Worked great for me
    Posted 2016-04-14 19:44:21 by Gary Bisaga
  • voted for Mailgun (Like)
    Posted 2016-04-01 11:17:23 by Prn Prn
  • commented on SparkPost
    AVOID SPARKPOST SparkPost is a new Scammer in the place of Email Marketing. They canceled our account only 48 hours after payment claiming that our complaint rate was too high. Out of 27.000 emails sent, we had 150 bounces = 0.5% which is a very low bounce rate in any given industry. (we have made a screenshot showing these data). The way they communicate with us is like a Police Investigation, or even worst since they assume clearly that you are guilty! On Top of this, You can see on the Home Page of their website that they use very poor Marketing Pratices : Welcome Mandrill Customers! Here’s your migration guide. They want to take over the customers of Mandrill, their main competitor, with agressive Marketing. Don't be fooled by their low prices, there is NO service behind, and they use scammer practices
    Posted 2016-03-25 21:29:58 by Paul
  • voted for Mailjet (Like)
    Posted 2016-03-05 14:10:30 by jaseurboreal
  • voted for SendGrid (Like)
    Posted 2016-03-03 16:32:46 by Joe
  • voted for SendGrid (Like)
    Posted 2016-03-03 15:44:50 by Kurt Diver
  • voted for SendGrid (Like)
    Posted 2016-03-03 08:21:51 by Andreea Creţu
  • voted for SendGrid (Like)
    voted for @Sendgrid !
    Posted 2016-03-03 08:15:57 by Adi Ovidiu
  • voted for SendGrid (Like)
    Posted 2016-02-28 19:44:12 by Lars Eriksson
  • voted for Mailjet (Like)
    The best Support team!
    Posted 2016-02-09 14:56:32 by Ceco Micev
  • commented on Mailgun
    Actually, screw my previous comment. I take it back. They require business verification, and you have to jump through all these hoops for them to allow you to use their service, then beg them "oh pretty please" let me use your service oh wise Rackspace gods. Sod that, no time for that.
    Posted 2016-02-06 13:40:45 by Maffoo
  • commented on Mailjet
    Update: managed to get second email confirmation working after being in touch with them via twitter, and decided to go with them due to mailgun's annoying company verification stuff which put me off.
    Posted 2016-02-06 13:38:09 by Maffoo
  • voted for Mailgun (Like)
    Posted 2016-02-01 12:30:05 by Maffoo
  • commented on Mailgun
    This is definitely my favourite of the lot. Very good service, as to be expected from Rackspace. But also pretty cheap, which isn't so much to be expected from them!
    Posted 2016-02-01 12:29:54 by Maffoo
  • commented on Mailjet
    I tried to add a second email to my account and it went straight into spam. Then the confirmation link inside didn't work (404). Then whitelisting my local domain didn't work, so now I'm stuck. Therefore, I have no interest in going any further as I can't be bothered waiting around for them to fix things.
    Posted 2016-02-01 10:50:54 by Maffoo
  • voted for SparkPost (Like)
    Posted 2016-01-08 18:30:50 by Tonya Gordon
  • voted for SparkPost (Like)
    really easy to use
    Posted 2016-01-08 15:34:06 by Chris McFadden
  • commented on SparkPost
    great but they dont mention your DAILY LIMITS even on a paid plan
    Posted 2015-12-29 23:29:34 by Rob Pearl
  • commented on SparkPost
    I bought sparkpost and they have some problem working with interspire which i got to know later. I asked them to give me time to fix things as i use interspire and you are the only one who need a patch to be added. Neither they refunded and keep billing me for no use. and nor they replied to my request. Handle with care.
    Posted 2015-12-10 19:29:49 by Gagan
  • voted for Mailjet (Like)
    Nice service
    Posted 2015-11-19 10:21:10 by Mwfb Mwfbr
  • voted for Mailjet (Like)
    Posted 2015-06-15 00:59:05 by Eric Raio
  • voted for SendGrid (Like)
    Posted 2015-05-28 22:12:42 by teeps
  • voted for Amazon SES (Like)
    Posted 2015-04-19 09:51:55 by Yasser Alnaqeeb
  • voted for Mailjet (Like)
    Posted 2014-10-21 11:46:03 by doaa
  • voted for Mailjet (Like)
    Posted 2014-10-21 11:35:04 by Airis Anugnis
  • voted for Mailjet (Like)
    Posted 2014-10-21 09:54:49 by shubs
  • voted for Mailjet (Like)
    Simple pricing, user-friendly interface and great deliverability! Can't beat that!
    Posted 2014-10-20 11:33:01 by sunnygal
  • voted for SendGrid (Like)
    J'utilise
    Français Posted 2014-09-02 15:08:29 by DROMZEE
  • voted for SendGrid (Like)
    Posted 2014-03-27 17:59:29 by Jessica Willemain-Burns
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