Mailercloud's pricing page
Captured from mailercloud.com. Pricing changes often, so confirm the current numbers on the live page.
Buying shortcut
Which Mailercloud plan should you choose?
Start here
Free
Solopreneurs, small lists, and early-stage newsletters. It is the first tier to check when you only need the core Mailercloud workflow. Watch for: No A/B testing
Public price
$0/mo
Free forever.
Main upgrade
Premium
Growing marketing teams that want unlimited fair-use sends. Inspect this tier when the lower tier starts blocking reporting, automation, collaboration, or support needs. Watch for: Contact tiers raise the price
Public price
$10/mo+
Billed monthly for entry tier, with pricing rising by contact tier.
High-volume or advanced
Email API
Developers sending transactional email. Treat this as the serious-operations tier, especially if the first two plans leave key limits or add-ons unresolved. Watch for: Billed separately from Marketing Platform
Public price
$10/mo+
Separate developer product starting at 50,000 emails per month.
What Mailercloud costs at your size
The cheapest plan that covers each size, from Mailercloud's published pricing. Check the sources below for the date it was verified.
Cost scenarios
Pricing pages show the entry point. These scenarios show what the plan means in real buying situations.
New newsletter with under 1,000 contacts
Mailercloud: Free for 12,000 emails/month.. Sequenzy: Better once SaaS lifecycle complexity appears.. Mailercloud is a strong free starting point.
10,000-contact marketing list
Mailercloud: Mailercloud shows $50 in its comparison table.. Sequenzy: Better for SaaS lifecycle implementation and positioning.. Compare not just price, but workflow depth.
SaaS that needs both marketing and transactional email
Mailercloud: Marketing Platform plus separately billed Email API.. Sequenzy: Focused on lifecycle marketing rather than API delivery.. Mailercloud is broader; Sequenzy is more lifecycle-specific.
What to watch for
Paid marketing plans are contact-based, not send-count based.
Unlimited emails are subject to fair use.
The Email API is separate from Marketing Platform pricing.
Costs beyond the headline price
- Paying monthly costs more than annual billing, since annual billing saves 30%.
- Marketing Platform price rises in contact tiers as your stored contact count grows.
- Email API is billed separately from the Marketing Platform, starting at $10/month for 50,000 emails.
- Email API add-ons raise the bill only if added, with Dedicated IPs at $50 per month per IP, Inbox Tracker at $120 per month, and Email Verification at $110 per month.
- Taxes such as VAT or GST may be added at checkout based on billing location.
Mailercloud pricing separates marketing from API
Mailercloud can look inexpensive because the free tier is generous and annual Premium pricing starts low. The important detail is that Marketing Platform and Email API are separate products, so SaaS teams should price both if they need lifecycle and transactional sending.
That split matters for real budgets. A SaaS team may need newsletters and nurture campaigns from the Marketing Platform, plus transactional product email from the API product. If those are bought and operated separately, the apparent low entry price is not the whole comparison. Also check deliverability support, automation depth, and whether the UI supports the lifecycle workflows the team actually needs.
Use Mailercloud alternatives to compare budget email platforms. Use Sequenzy vs Mailercloud when the question is whether broad low-cost email tooling is enough for SaaS lifecycle execution.
Mailercloud vs Sequenzy
Mailercloud is a broad email marketing and API platform. Sequenzy is more focused on SaaS lifecycle email strategy and execution.
Mailercloud vs Sequenzy
How Mailercloud compares with Sequenzy, which bills on emails sent rather than contact count.
How Sequenzy prices the same volume
Sequenzy price per 1k emails
$0.82 / 1k at $49/mo for 60k emails
Verdict
Mailercloud is attractive for free entry, contact-based marketing, and a low-cost API product. Sequenzy is the stronger choice when SaaS lifecycle campaigns need more than generic email marketing.
FAQ
Sources checked · Oct 8, 2026