Two transactional email providers, compared on price, features and ratings, so you can pick fast.
Mailjet wins price and sending APIsMandrill wins its Mailchimp integration
Updated July 2026
AT A GLANCEJuly 2026
MAILJETMANDRILL
Entry priceFree$20
Cost per 1k @ 100k—$0.8
G2 rating3.94.2
Trustpilot3.11.6
THE VERDICT
Mailjet wins on price and sending APIs. Mandrill wins on its Mailchimp integration.
Mailjet starts at Free versus Mandrill's $20. Mandrill rates higher with developers (4.2 vs 3.9 on G2). Pick based on volume and team, and the scorecard below breaks down where each one leads.
Feature by feature
Winner cells are tinted, green where Mailjet leads, violet where Mandrill does.
capability
Mailjet
Mandrill
Pricing
Starting paid plan
$9/mo
$20/mo
Cost per 1k @ 100k
—
$0.8
Pricing model
Subscription
PAYG
Overage
—
Auto-purchase blocks or stop sending; no rollover
Deliverability
Dedicated IP
Plan-gated
Add-on
Deliverability tooling
Yes
Yes
Automated IP warmup
—
Yes
Suppression management
Yes
Yes
SPF / DKIM / DMARC
Yes
Yes
API & sending
Transactional API
Yes
Yes
Marketing campaigns
Yes
No
SMTP relay
Yes
Yes
Inbound routing
Yes
Yes
Dynamic templates
Yes
Yes
Batch send
Yes
Yes
Scheduled send
Yes
Yes
Developer experience
Official SDKs
PHP, Ruby, Python, C#/.NET, Java, Node.js
PHP, Python, Ruby, Node.js
Event webhooks
Yes
Yes
Drag-and-drop editor
Yes
Yes
Custom HTML editor
Yes
Yes
Email validation
Plan-gated
No
Sandbox / test mode
Yes
Yes
Analytics
Open / click tracking
Yes
Yes
Analytics dashboard
Yes
Yes
A/B testing
Yes
Yes
Compliance
EU data residency
Yes
No
SOC 2
Yes
Yes
HIPAA
No
No
GDPR
Yes
Yes
ISO 27001
Yes
Yes
Support
Support channels
Email/ticket, Chat, Phone
Email, Chat
Support SLA
Plan-gated
Plan-gated
Which should you choose?
Pick Mailjet
✓Mailjet is a good option for startup email marketers.
✓It's great for teams: different team members can build and design templates smoothly and in real-time.
✓If you want to integrate an email service into your software, it's a good choice.
Mailjet starts at Free 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.
Pricing, plans and feature availability as of July 2026 and may change. Ratings are aggregated from public review platforms. Mailjet is a Sinch product; Mandrill is Mailchimp Transactional.