MailerSend's pricing page
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Buying shortcut
Which MailerSend plan should you choose?
Start here
Free
Occasional testing and small projects. It is the first tier to check when you only need the core MailerSend workflow. Watch for: Low email allowance
Public price
$0
500 emails/month and 10 verification credits.
Main upgrade
Hobby
Side projects and small production apps. Inspect this tier when the lower tier starts blocking reporting, automation, collaboration, or support needs. Watch for: Extra emails cost more per 1,000 than higher tiers
Public price
$7/mo
5,000 emails/month; $5.60/month when billed yearly.
High-volume or advanced
Professional
Agencies and white-label resellers sending at scale. Treat this as the serious-operations tier, especially if the first two plans leave key limits or add-ons unresolved. Watch for: Higher plan commitment
Public price
From $110/mo
From $110/month (monthly) or $88/month (annual) for 50,000 emails/month; includes higher account limits. Extra emails at $0.80 per 1,000.
Cost scenarios
Pricing pages show the entry point. These scenarios show what the plan means in real buying situations.
Developer testing transactional email
MailerSend: Free or Hobby depending on volume.. Sequenzy: More lifecycle workflow oriented.. MailerSend is infrastructure-first.
SaaS needing lifecycle content and sending
MailerSend: MailerSend handles delivery; lifecycle strategy is separate.. Sequenzy: Built for SaaS sequence creation and automation.. Use Sequenzy when the marketing layer matters more than just API delivery.
Agency sending at scale
MailerSend: Professional is the right tier to inspect.. Sequenzy: Not a white-label reseller platform.. MailerSend is better for agency/infrastructure use cases.
What to watch for
Free requires approval and a credit card for the Free plan.
Starter and Professional pricing depends on selected email volume.
Dedicated IPs are for high-volume/Enterprise contexts.
MailerSend pricing is infrastructure-first
MailerSend is built around sending limits, API requests, domains, templates, logs, SMS, verification credits, and support. That makes it a good fit when developers need reliable transactional infrastructure.
It does not replace lifecycle strategy by itself. You still need to design onboarding, activation, retention, and reactivation flows.
The plan decision should be based on more than the headline email allowance. Free is mainly for evaluation because the domain, template, and request limits are tight. Hobby can work for a small production app, but the higher extra-email rate matters if volume grows. Starter is the first tier that feels more like a normal business account because it raises domains, templates, support, and channel options. Professional is easier to justify when logs, account management, and reseller-style control are part of the requirement.
For SaaS teams, the important distinction is that MailerSend gives you a sending layer. You still need to decide which behavioral emails to create, when they fire, what they say, and how they relate to billing or product adoption. If you are comparing infrastructure against lifecycle tooling, read the MailerSend alternatives and the direct MailerSend vs Sequenzy comparison so the budget includes both delivery and workflow work.
MailerSend vs Sequenzy
MailerSend is stronger as sending infrastructure. Sequenzy is stronger when the business need is SaaS lifecycle email strategy and content.
Use MailerSend when engineering wants API, SMTP, inbound, SMS, verification, and account controls. Use Sequenzy when the main gap is useful SaaS email sequences that product and growth teams can operate without treating every lifecycle message as a custom engineering project.
MailerSend vs Sequenzy
How MailerSend compares with Sequenzy, which bills on emails sent rather than contact count.
How Sequenzy prices the same volume
Sequenzy price per 1k emails
$0.41 / 1k at $49/mo for 120k emails
Verdict
MailerSend is a strong developer-focused email infrastructure product. Sequenzy is a better fit when SaaS lifecycle strategy, campaign content, and product-event journeys are more important than raw API and SMTP operations.
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