MailerSend vs Mandrill

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

MailerSend wins price and developer experienceMandrill wins compliance and analytics

Updated July 2026

At a glanceMailerSendMandrill
Entry price$7$20
Cost per 1k @ 100k—$0.8
G2 rating4.14.2
Trustpilot4.01.6

THE VERDICT

MailerSend wins on price and developer experience. Mandrill wins on compliance and analytics.

MailerSend starts at $7 versus Mandrill's $20. Mandrill rates higher with developers (4.2 vs 4.1 on G2). Pick based on volume and team, and the scorecard below breaks down where each one leads.

Which should you choose?

Pick MailerSend

✓Teams that need EU-hosted transactional email data by default for compliance or customer-trust reasons
✓Budget-conscious developers who want a real free tier plus a cheap ($7/mo) entry-level paid plan
✓Teams that want built-in email address verification without adding a separate vendor
✓Apps that need inbound email parsing (support tickets, reply-by-email flows) alongside outbound sending
Set up MailerSend with Courier →

Pick Mandrill

✓If you are a community, organization, or person who sends emails to multiple people and needs a quick fix.
✓It isn't for affiliate marketers.
✓Mandrill is a good option if you want easily accessible and detailed reports on your emails.
Set up Mandrill with Courier →

Feature by feature

Winner cells are tinted, green where MailerSend leads, violet where Mandrill does.

capability
MailerSend
Mandrill
Starting paid plan
$7/mo
$20/mo
Cost per 1k @ 100k
—
$0.8
Pricing model
Hybrid
Pay-as-you-go
Overage
$1.50 per 1,000 emails beyond the plan's included allowance
Auto-purchase blocks or stop sending; no rollover
Dedicated IP
Plan-gated
Add-on
Deliverability tooling
Yes
Yes
Automated IP warmup
Yes
Yes
Suppression management
Yes
Yes
SPF / DKIM / DMARC
Yes
Yes
Transactional API
Yes
Yes
Marketing campaigns
No
No
SMTP relay
Yes
Yes
Inbound routing
Yes
Yes
Dynamic templates
Yes
Yes
Batch send
Yes
Yes
Scheduled send
Yes
Yes
Official SDKs
PHP, Laravel, Node.js, Go, Python, Ruby, Java
PHP, Python, Ruby, Node.js
Event webhooks
Yes
Yes
Drag-and-drop editor
Yes
Yes
Custom HTML editor
Yes
Yes
Email validation
Yes
No
Log retention
Plan-gated: 1 day (Free/Hobby), 7 days (Starter), 30 days (Professional)
—
Sandbox / test mode
Yes
Yes
Open / click tracking
Yes
Yes
Analytics dashboard
Yes
Yes
A/B testing
Plan-gated
Yes
EU data residency
Yes
No
SOC 2
No
Yes
HIPAA
No
No
GDPR
Yes
Yes
ISO 27001
—
Yes
Support channels
Limited support on Free; 24/7 email support from Hobby; live chat plus priority support on Starter and Professional; dedicated account manager on Professional
Email, Chat
24/7 support
Yes
—
Support SLA
—
Plan-gated
Migration assistance
Plan-gated
—

FAQ

Common questions

MailerSend starts at $7 versus Mandrill's $20. Because pricing models differ by tier, the cheaper option depends on your monthly volume, so compare the pricing rows in the scorecard above.

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Why not both?

Use both behind one API.

Route MailerSend, Mandrill, or both, and switch providers without changing your code. Courier sits in front of every channel.

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Pricing, plans and feature availability as of July 2026 and may change. Ratings are aggregated from public review platforms. Mandrill is Mailchimp Transactional.

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