What the evidence answers

A reading of reviewed official documentation for Elastic Email and MailerSend. It is not a hands-on test, a ranking or a recommendation of one product.

Price

  • Elastic Email From $19/mo
    • Free: no subscription charge
    • Starter: $19.00 monthly
    • Pro: $49.00 monthly
  • MailerSend From $7/mo
    • Free: no subscription charge
    • Hobby: $7.00 monthly
    • Hobby: $75.60 annual ($6.30/mo equivalent)
    • Starter: $35.00 monthly
    • Starter: $378.00 annual ($31.50/mo equivalent)
    • Professional: $110.00 monthly

Both list prices on the same basis. Compare what each plan includes; the lower amount alone does not make the better choice.

Documented for both

Sending volume
Elastic Email Paid tiers run from 50,000 to 10,000,000 emails a month.Free: 3,000 emails per monthStarter: 50,000 emails per monthPro: 50,000 emails per month
MailerSend Free: 500 emails per monthHobby: 5,000 emails per monthStarter: 50,000 emails per monthProfessional: 50,000 emails per month
Sender domains
Elastic Email Sending from your own domain with DNS validation, SPF and DKIM is listed in the plan table.
MailerSend An extra domain space costs USD 4.00; the billing period is not stated.Free: 1 sending domainHobby: 1 sending domainStarter: 10 sending domainsProfessional: Unlimited, subject to the plan-limits policy
Log retention
Elastic Email Free: 3 days of email logsStarter: 3 days of email logsPro: 7 days of email logs
MailerSend Searchable activity data can be extended up to 365 days, from USD 5.00.Free: 1 day of activity dataHobby: 1 day of activity dataStarter: 7 days of activity dataProfessional: 30 days of activity data
Webhooks and events
Elastic Email Webhooks can report sends, opens, clicks, bounces, unsubscribes and other email events.Pro: Webhooks included
MailerSend Free: 1 webhookHobby: 1 webhookStarter: 50 webhooksProfessional: Unlimited, subject to the plan-limits policy
Dedicated IP
Elastic Email Starter: Private IP add-on: USD 40 a monthPro: Private IP add-on: USD 50 a month
MailerSend Dedicated IPs are only for Enterprise accounts sending more than 100,000 emails a week.
Support
Elastic Email Free support by in-app messenger or email, with a response expected within 24 hours; a paid Dedicated Support add-on shortens response times.
MailerSend Free: LimitedHobby: Email supportStarter: Email and live chat supportProfessional: Priority email support, live chat and onboarding assistance
Overage charges
Elastic Email No per-email overage: on reaching the sending limit the plan upgrades automatically if auto-increase is on, or you upgrade manually.
MailerSend Sending continues past the monthly quota and extra emails are billed per 1,000; the email count resets every 30 days.

Limits to check

  • Elastic Email Starter does not list webhooks, inbound email processing or sub-accounts; only Pro adds them.
  • MailerSend Daily API requests are capped by plan: 100 on Free, 1,000 on Hobby, 100,000 on Starter and 500,000 on Professional.

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RequirementElastic EmailMailerSend
Pricing
Who it is for
Email API and SMTP relay for transactional emails, notifications and bulk sending from your own software.

Verified Oct 11, 2026 · Elastic Email: official product and plan documentation

Email API and SMTP relay for sending email, from a free 500-email plan upward.

Verified Oct 11, 2026 · MailerSend pricing, monthly plan cards and comparison table

Coverage limits
Starter does not list webhooks, inbound email processing or sub-accounts; only Pro adds them.

Verified Oct 11, 2026 · Elastic Email API pricing, plan table and FAQ

Daily API requests are capped by plan: 100 on Free, 1,000 on Hobby, 100,000 on Starter and 500,000 on Professional.

Table columns run Professional, Starter, Hobby, Free.

Verified Oct 11, 2026 · MailerSend pricing, monthly plan cards and comparison table

Sending volume
Paid tiers run from 50,000 to 10,000,000 emails a month.

Verified Oct 11, 2026 · Elastic Email API pricing, plan table and FAQ

  • Free 3,000 emails per month
  • Starter 50,000 emails per month
  • Pro 50,000 emails per month
  • Free 500 emails per month
  • Hobby 5,000 emails per month
  • Starter 50,000 emails per month
  • Professional 50,000 emails per month
Sender domains
Sending from your own domain with DNS validation, SPF and DKIM is listed in the plan table.

No domain limit is stated.

Verified Oct 11, 2026 · Elastic Email API pricing, plan table and FAQ

An extra domain space costs USD 4.00; the billing period is not stated.

Available on Starter, Professional and Enterprise.

Verified Oct 11, 2026 · MailerSend pricing, monthly plan cards and comparison table

  • Free 1 sending domain
  • Hobby 1 sending domain
  • Starter 10 sending domains
  • Professional Unlimited, subject to the plan-limits policy
Log retention
  • Free 3 days of email logs
  • Starter 3 days of email logs
  • Pro 7 days of email logs
Searchable activity data can be extended up to 365 days, from USD 5.00.

Verified Oct 11, 2026 · MailerSend pricing, monthly plan cards and comparison table

  • Free 1 day of activity data
  • Hobby 1 day of activity data
  • Starter 7 days of activity data
  • Professional 30 days of activity data
Webhooks and events
Webhooks can report sends, opens, clicks, bounces, unsubscribes and other email events.

Verified Oct 11, 2026 · Elastic Email: official product and plan documentation

  • Pro Webhooks included
  • Free 1 webhook
  • Hobby 1 webhook
  • Starter 50 webhooks
  • Professional Unlimited, subject to the plan-limits policy
Dedicated IP
  • Starter Private IP add-on: USD 40 a month
  • Pro Private IP add-on: USD 50 a month
Dedicated IPs are only for Enterprise accounts sending more than 100,000 emails a week.

Verified Oct 11, 2026 · MailerSend pricing, monthly plan cards and comparison table

Support
Free support by in-app messenger or email, with a response expected within 24 hours; a paid Dedicated Support add-on shortens response times.

The add-on price is not shown.

Verified Oct 11, 2026 · Elastic Email API pricing, plan table and FAQ

  • Free Limited
  • Hobby Email support
  • Starter Email and live chat support
  • Professional Priority email support, live chat and onboarding assistance
Overage charges
No per-email overage: on reaching the sending limit the plan upgrades automatically if auto-increase is on, or you upgrade manually.

With auto-increase, the higher price applies only for the rest of the subscription period.

Verified Oct 11, 2026 · Elastic Email API pricing, plan table and FAQ

Sending continues past the monthly quota and extra emails are billed per 1,000; the email count resets every 30 days.

Verified Oct 11, 2026 · MailerSend: official product and plan documentation

Coverage note

The table shows two prices for the two paid plans.

At the price shown; larger tiers are selected on the slider.

At the volume shown on the plan card.

Choose two or three products.