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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Elastic Email

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AElastic Email is an email delivery service for transactional emailing.

    $18

    per month

    Mailtrap

    Score9 out of 10
    N/AMailtrap is a modern email platform for developer and product teams that send emails at scale. It is designed to send emails with a focus on high deliverability rates, fast delivery, and protecting sender reputation. The service includes 24/7 technical support. The benefits of using Mailtrap, as described by the vendor include: High deliverability & fast delivery: 99.99% platform uptime, dedicated IPs, auto warm-up, and throttling. Multi-tenant accounts…

    $15

    per month per user

    Pricing
    Elastic EmailMailtrap
    Editions & Modules
    Marketing
    $18
    per month
    Marketing Pro
    $60
    per month
    Email API/SMTP Basic
    $15
    per month
    Email Sandbox Basic
    $17
    per month
    Email Sandbox Team
    $42
    per month
    Email API/SMTP Business
    $85
    per month
    Email Sandbox Business
    $123
    per month
    Email Sandbox Enterprise
    $498
    per month
    Email API/MTP Enterprise
    $750
    per month
    Email API/SMTP Custom
    By request
    per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Elastic EmailMailtrap
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—Each tier's price mentioned in the table is its starting point - they vary based on the amount of emails per month. Also, Email Sandbox has an annual pricing option.
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    Elastic EmailMailtrap
    Small Businesses
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    Score5.1 out of 10
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    Score5.1 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Postmark
    Score5.1 out of 10
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    Score5.1 out of 10
    Enterprises
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    User Ratings
    Elastic EmailMailtrap
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Elastic EmailMailtrap
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Elastic Email
    Email Elastic is best suited in cases when we need to send bulk emails and campaigns. It provides features such as scheduling campaigns and automating fast delivery of emails; the trial version also provides many features that can be used by a new user. Email Elastic is less suited for small companies with a smaller number of clients or contacts.
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    Railsware
    As I said, Mailtrap is particularly well-suited for software development teams working on email functionality within their applications. All the automation and intuitive environment helped us create a workflow that's almost set and forget.
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    Pros
    Elastic Email
    • High Deliverability Rate Across Most Email Providers
    • Generous Free Plan for Those Just Getting Started
    • Fair, Competitive Pricing & Plans/Limits
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    Railsware
    • Flexible for engineering teams. Mailtrap works well in environments where multiple developers are responsible for email functionality.
    • We're on the Enterprise plan which allows for customizations for our needs. For example, we had a request not to record email bodies for privacy reasons, and Mailtrap enabled that pretty fast.
    • The user experience is awesome. The platform is easy to use and the support team responds fast and helps us out with any questions.
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    Cons
    Elastic Email
    • I wish they didn't have such a strict requirement regarding their "opt out" links in emails. I totally understand why they do this, but there are use cases, such as one to one personal emails between individuals, where this is annoying. However, it's something I'm willing to live with for the greater good.
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    Railsware
    • Inbox placement analysis - currently, Mailtrap does not offer inbox placement analysis. But their analytics dashboard compensates well for that.
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    Support Rating
    Elastic Email
    I have not had any issues with Elastic Email that have required reaching out to support, so I can't speak to the quality of their customer support. The help documents were well written and presented, though, and I would imagine that anyone with issues would receive satisfactory assistance in a timely manner.
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    Railsware
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    Alternatives Considered
    Elastic Email
    Email elastic is a cost-effective, fast, and reliable platform for sending bulk emails and promoting campaigns, it provides good features even for the new user, while Blaze Verify pricing is a bit high, and a new user would not be able to access all the features. Hence clearly, Elastic email leads the position when compared to Blaze Verify.
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    Railsware
    sendgrid is powerful for email delivery, but Mailtrap's dedicated testing environment and focus on development teams made it the clear choice for our needs. Its ability to simulate various email scenarios without affecting real users is unmatched. Plus, their sending is reliable, regardless of your volume.
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    Return on Investment
    Elastic Email
    • With a very modest outlay, we achieve features and functions that cost larger companies a lot of money.
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    Railsware
    • Efficiency - Made testing emails faster, so we can launch new features quicker.
    • Reliability - Enhanced the reliability of our email notifications (transactional emails). It really improved our customer satisfaction.
    • Cost-Effective - Avoided the need for multiple tools and saved us money by consolidating our email testing, sending, and management.
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

    Mailtrap Screenshots

    Screenshot of a display of specific data, such as Bounce Rate, Open Rate, Spam Rate, and Click Rate.Screenshot of the Mailtrap API, or it can be used by setting Mailtrap as SMTP server in a project, app, or sending service.