Overview

Mailjet and Elastic Email are both budget-friendly email platforms offering transactional and marketing in one product. Both launched around 2010, but they have evolved differently. Mailjet emphasizes collaboration and European presence. Elastic Email competes on aggressive pricing for high-volume senders. See our Mailjet alternatives for more options.

Budget Leaders with Different Strengths

Both are positioned as budget options, but their strengths differ. Mailjet wins on collaboration features, visual builder quality, and enterprise backing from Sinch. Elastic Email wins on pure cost efficiency, especially at high volumes. Choose based on what matters more to your team.

Real-time Collaboration

Mailjet Passport is unique in the budget email space. Multiple team members can edit the same email simultaneously, like Google Docs. For marketing teams with designers and copywriters collaborating on campaigns, this feature alone might justify choosing Mailjet. Elastic Email offers no equivalent.

Pricing at Scale

At entry level, Mailjet ($15/mo) is slightly cheaper than Elastic Email ($19/mo). The story changes at high volumes. Elastic Email's aggressive volume pricing can be 30-50% cheaper at scale. If cost is your primary concern and you send high volume, Elastic Email wins.

Enterprise Stability

Mailjet is owned by Sinch, a major communications company. This provides enterprise stability, ongoing development, and resources. Elastic Email is independent. For companies valuing vendor stability and long-term platform viability, Mailjet has the edge.

European Presence

Mailjet is headquartered in Paris with EU data processing options. This matters for GDPR compliance and European data residency requirements. Elastic Email is US-based. European companies with data sovereignty concerns should favor Mailjet.

The SaaS Alternative

Both platforms are general-purpose email tools. SaaS companies often need more focused features. Sequenzy offers unified marketing and transactional built for SaaS, with native Stripe integration and unlimited sends per contact.

Making the Choice

Choose Mailjet for real-time collaboration, European presence, and enterprise backing. Choose Elastic Email for maximum cost savings at high volumes. For SaaS with marketing automation and transactional emails with Stripe integration, consider Sequenzy.