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Mailercloud
What Mailercloud is
Mailercloud provides an email marketing platform and a separate Email API for programmatic sending. The marketing tools cover campaigns, autoresponders, automation, audience segmentation, and A/B testing. Its free plan costs nothing and includes 1,000 contacts, 12,000 emails per month, and one advanced automation. Marketing Platform Premium costs $10 a month and includes 5,000 contacts, unlimited emails, an advanced workflow editor, and 25 advanced automations. The builder offers 400+ mobile-responsive templates, previews for desktop and mobile, and a custom HTML editor. Reporting covers opens, clicks, bounces, unsubscribes, and revenue, alongside inbox placement and spam score monitoring. The Email API provides SMTP and REST interfaces, with webhooks for delivery and engagement events. Email API Basic costs $10 a month, starts at 50K emails, and includes seven-day activity retention. Mailercloud lists 50 native integrations and presents use cases for ecommerce, agencies, creators, and B2B SaaS and startups. It was founded in 2018.
Who it suits
Mailercloud suits businesses and creators looking for email campaigns, automation, and audience segmentation, with a free tier for smaller contact lists. Its separate Email API is aimed at programmatic senders who need SMTP or REST access.
What it does well
- Free plan includes 1,000 contacts.
- Free plan includes 12,000 monthly emails.
- Supports segmentation and A/B testing.
- Builder includes 400+ responsive templates.
- Lists 50 native integrations.
What to know first
- Free plan includes only one advanced automation.
- Basic Email API retains activity for seven days.
- Email API Basic excludes bulk send API and dedicated IPs.
Plans
| Plan | Billed and limits | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Forever free · 1,000 contacts · 12,000 emails per month · 1 advanced automation | Free |
| Premium | billed monthly · 5,000 contacts · 25 advanced automations | $10 a month |
| Enterprise | Custom contacts · Unlimited advanced automations | On request |
| Marketing Platform Free | Forever free · 12,000 emails/month · 1,000 contacts · basic workflow editor · 1 advanced automation · email support | Free |
| Email API Basic | billed monthly · starts at 50K emails · SMTP & REST API · up to 4 users · up to 5 custom domains · open tracking · 7-day activity retention | $10 a month |
| Marketing Platform Premium | billed monthly · 5,000 contacts · unlimited emails · advanced workflow editor · 25 advanced automations · priority chat support | $10 a month |
| Email API Pro | billed monthly · starts at 500K emails · SMTP & REST API · up to 6 users · up to 10 custom domains · bulk send API · 30-day activity retention | $100 a month |
| Email API Platform | billed monthly · starts at 2.5M emails · SMTP & REST API · up to 100 users · unlimited custom domains · priority support · dedicated IPs included | $450 a month |
The first 8 of 9 plans, as mailercloud.com lists them, read 23 Sept 2026. The maker's own page has the final word. Every plan
Verdict
Mailercloud combines marketing campaigns with a separate API for programmatic sending, and its free plan has a defined contact and email allowance. Compare the marketing and API plans separately, since their features and limits differ.
Facts from Mailercloud's own pages
- A/B testing
- Yes · mailercloud.com, 23 Sept 2026
- Analytics and deliverability
- The site describes campaign reporting for opens, clicks, bounces, unsubscribes and revenue, plus inbox placement and spam score monitoring. · mailercloud.com, 11 Oct 2026
- API sending
- The Email API offers SMTP and REST interfaces, with webhooks for delivery, open, click, bounce and unsubscribe events. · mailercloud.com, 11 Oct 2026
- Automation
- The marketing platform includes a visual workflow editor, behavior-based triggers and pre-built automation templates. · mailercloud.com, 11 Oct 2026
- Campaigns
- The marketing platform supports regular campaigns, autoresponders, email automation and A/B testing. · mailercloud.com, 11 Oct 2026
- Compliance
- The pricing comparison lists GDPR and a data processing addendum on all three marketing plans. · mailercloud.com, 11 Oct 2026
- Email API limits
- The Basic API plan has 7-day activity retention and does not include bulk send API, dedicated IPs or priority support. · mailercloud.com, 11 Oct 2026
- Email API trial
- The Email API page offers a 14-day free trial without a credit card and says each signup includes 100 test emails. · mailercloud.com, 11 Oct 2026
- Email automation
- Yes · mailercloud.com, 23 Sept 2026
- Email design
- The site says its drag-and-drop builder offers 400+ mobile-responsive templates, desktop and mobile previews, and a custom HTML editor. · mailercloud.com, 11 Oct 2026
- Founded
- 2018 · mailercloud.com, 28 Sept 2026
- Free plan
- Yes · mailercloud.com, 23 Sept 2026
- Integrations
- Listed integrations include Zapier, WordPress, Pabbly Connect, Integrately, Make, Google Sheets and HubSpot. · mailercloud.com, 11 Oct 2026
- Product
- Mailercloud provides an automated email marketing service and a separate Email API for programmatic sending. · mailercloud.com, 11 Oct 2026
- Security
- Mailercloud says its information security approach aligns with ISO 27001 and GDPR and describes least-privilege access controls and regular backups. · mailercloud.com, 11 Oct 2026
- Audience segmentation
- Yes · mailercloud.com, 23 Sept 2026
- Paid from
- 10 · mailercloud.com, 23 Sept 2026
- Subscriber limit
- 5000 · mailercloud.com, 23 Sept 2026
- Support
- Marketing plans include email support, while Premium and Enterprise also list priority chat support. · mailercloud.com, 11 Oct 2026
- Who it serves
- The pricing page presents use cases for ecommerce stores, agencies and consultants, solopreneurs and creators, and B2B SaaS and startups. · mailercloud.com, 11 Oct 2026
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