Two transactional email providers, compared on price, features and ratings, so you can pick fast.
Mailjet wins price and developer experienceSparkPost wins deliverability and reviews
Updated July 2026
At a glanceMailjetSparkPost
Entry priceFree$20
Cost per 1k @ 100k—$0.3
Free tier6,000/mo1,000/mo
G2 rating3.94.0
THE VERDICT
Mailjet wins on price and developer experience. SparkPost wins on deliverability and reviews.
Mailjet starts at Free versus SparkPost's $20. SparkPost rates higher with developers (4.0 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 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 Mailjet leads, violet where SparkPost does.
capability
Mailjet
SparkPost
Pricing
Starting paid plan
$9/mo
$15/mo
Cost per 1k @ 100k
—
$0.3
Pricing model
Subscription
Hybrid
Overage
—
~$1.00 per 1,000 (Starter)
Deliverability
Dedicated IP
Plan-gated
Plan-gated
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
Yes
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
Node.js, Python, PHP, Java, Go, Elixir
Event webhooks
Yes
Yes
Drag-and-drop editor
Yes
—
Custom HTML editor
Yes
Yes
Email validation
Plan-gated
Add-on
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
Yes
SOC 2
Yes
Yes
HIPAA
No
—
GDPR
Yes
Yes
ISO 27001
Yes
Yes
Support
Support channels
Email/ticket, Chat, Phone
Online/Email support; TAM on Enterprise
Support SLA
Plan-gated
Plan-gated
FAQ
Common questions
Mailjet starts at Free versus SparkPost'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; SparkPost is a Bird (MessageBird) product.