Customer.io vs Mailjet

Two transactional email providers, compared on price, features and ratings, so you can pick fast.

Customer.io wins deliverability and reviewsMailjet wins developer experience and sending APIs

Updated August 2026

At a glanceCustomer.ioMailjet
G2 rating4.43.9
Trustpilot3.23.1
Drag-and-drop editorYesYes

THE VERDICT

Customer.io wins on deliverability and reviews. Mailjet wins on developer experience and sending APIs.

Customer.io and Mailjet take different pricing approaches. Customer.io rates higher with developers (4.4 vs 3.9 on G2). Pick based on volume and team, and the scorecard below breaks down where each one leads.

Which should you choose?

Pick Customer.io

You need behavior-triggered lifecycle messaging across email, push, and SMS
You want journeys driven by real-time user/event data and a unified profile
You're consolidating marketing automation and transactional messaging
You need EU data residency or HIPAA-grade compliance

Pick Mailjet

You want email marketing and transactional sending in one affordable platform
Your team needs real-time collaborative template editing
You want an EU-based, GDPR-first email provider
You are a startup or small team integrating email into your product

Feature by feature

Winner cells are tinted, green where Customer.io leads, violet where Mailjet does.

capability
Customer.io
Mailjet
Starting paid plan
$100/mo
$9/mo
Pricing model
Subscription
Subscription
Overage
Profile-based pricing: additional profiles $0.009 each; additional emails $0.12 per 1,000 over the plan's bundled allowance; AI credits $10/100K. Email volume does not map to a per-email tier.
Dedicated IP
Plan-gated
Plan-gated
Deliverability tooling
Yes
Yes
Automated IP warmup
Yes
Suppression management
Yes
Yes
SPF / DKIM / DMARC
Yes
Yes
Transactional API
Yes
Yes
Marketing campaigns
Yes
Yes
SMTP relay
Yes
Yes
Inbound routing
No
Yes
Dynamic templates
Yes
Yes
Batch send
Yes
Yes
Scheduled send
Yes
Yes
Official SDKs
Ruby, Python, Node.js, Go, PHP, JavaScript (Web), iOS, Android, React Native, Flutter, Expo
PHP, Ruby, Python, C#/.NET, Java, Node.js
Event webhooks
Yes
Yes
Drag-and-drop editor
Yes
Yes
Custom HTML editor
Yes
Yes
Email validation
No
Plan-gated
Sandbox / test mode
Yes
Open / click tracking
Yes
Yes
Analytics dashboard
Yes
Yes
A/B testing
Yes
Yes
EU data residency
Yes
Yes
SOC 2
Yes
Yes
HIPAA
BAA
No
GDPR
Yes
Yes
ISO 27001
Yes
Yes
Support channels
Community + email (Essentials); chat (Standard); dedicated CSM + technical specialist (Premium/Enterprise)
Email/ticket, Chat, Phone
Support SLA
Plan-gated
Plan-gated
Migration assistance
Yes

FAQ

Common questions

Customer.io rates higher on G2 (4.4 vs 3.9). Ratings are aggregated from public review platforms as of the date shown.

Why not both?

Use both behind one API.

Route Customer.io, Mailjet, or both, and switch providers without changing your code. Courier sits in front of every channel.

Pricing, plans and feature availability as of August 2026 and may change. Ratings are aggregated from public review platforms. Mailjet is a Sinch product.