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
Winner cells are tinted, green where Customer.io leads, violet where Mailjet does.
capability
Customer.io
Mailjet
Pricing
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.
Pricing, plans and feature availability as of August 2026 and may change. Ratings are aggregated from public review platforms. Mailjet is a Sinch product.