Mailjet alternative

The Mailjet alternative built for developers

Mailjet is a European email service from Sinch (sister to Mailgun), combining an email API with a drag-and-drop editor and team collaboration features.

Why teams switch from Mailjet

The features you came for are behind Premium

On Mailjet, automation and A/B testing require the Premium tier ($27+/month) — Starter and Essential exclude them. Every MailBlastr plan, including Free, has automations, A/B testing, segments, and polls.

More volume per dollar as you grow

Mailjet Essential is $17/month for 15,000 emails; MailBlastr’s entry plan is less for 50,000. The gap widens at six figures of volume.

Developer-first, not editor-first

Mailjet’s center of gravity is the visual editor and marketer workflows; the API works but is secondary. MailBlastr leads with a typed API (8 SDK languages + CLI), copy-paste docs, signed webhooks, and an MCP server for AI tooling.

Predictable spikes with credits

MailBlastr sells prepaid credits that never expire for burst months. Mailjet handles overage by tier upgrades or hard stops depending on plan.

What Mailjet still does well

  • Generous 6,000/month free tier
  • Collaborative template editing (real-time, like Google Docs) that agencies like
  • EU company heritage with strong GDPR/data-residency posture

If marketers and agencies collaborating in a visual editor are your primary users — or EU data residency requirements dominate the decision — Mailjet’s collaborative editor and European posture are real advantages. Its 6,000/month free cap is also the largest among major providers.

Migrate from Mailjet in five steps

  1. Create a free account

    The free tier (3,000 emails/month) needs no card — you can run the whole migration before paying anything.

  2. Verify your domain

    Add your sending domain and follow the guided DKIM, SPF, and DMARC setup. One-click flows exist for Cloudflare, GoDaddy, and Namecheap; verification usually completes in minutes.

  3. Swap the send call

    Replace your current send with one HTTPS request or a typed SDK in 8 languages. Batch endpoints, idempotency keys, and scheduling are built in.

  4. Re-point webhooks

    Subscribe a webhook to delivered, opened, clicked, bounced, complained, and unsubscribed events — every request is signed so you can verify the source.

  5. Import contacts and templates

    Bring audiences over via CSV or the contacts API; templates port as plain HTML or rebuild in the block editor.

The send call, after the switch

curl -X POST https://www.mailblastr.com/api/emails \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer mb_xxxxxxxx" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "domain": "acme.com",
    "from": "Acme <hello@acme.com>",
    "to": ["ada@example.com"],
    "subject": "Welcome to Acme",
    "html": "<p>You are in.</p>"
  }'

MailBlastr vs Mailjet at a glance

Feature and pricing comparison between MailBlastr and Mailjet
FeatureMailBlastrMailjet
Free tier3,000 emails/month (100/day), 1,000 contacts, 1 domain — no card required6,000 emails/mo (200/day), 1,000 contacts
Entry paid plan$14/mo — 50,000 emails, 2,500 contacts, 10 domains$8/mo — 8,000 emails (Starter)
100k emails/month$24/mo (Pro 100k) · $63/mo (Scale, 1000 domains)Premium volume tiers (custom above Essential)
Extra volume$0.90 per 1,000 emails — credits never expireTier upgrades / plan-dependent
Transactional + marketing in oneAPI sends, campaigns, automations, and audiences in every planMarketing + transactional, but automation/A-B locked to Premium
Contacts & audiencesIncluded on every plan — 1,000 on Free, up to 250,000 on stock plansUnlimited contacts on Essential+
AutomationsIncluded — visual automations, 10,000 runs/monthPremium plan only
A/B testingPremium plan only
Inbound receivingParse API
Event webhooksSigned webhooks: delivered, opened, clicked, bounced, complained, unsubscribed
Official SDKs8 languages + CLISDKs for major languages
Log retention30 days on every planVaries by plan
Dedicated IPAdd-on on Scale — $21/30 daysPremium/custom
INR billing for India

Mailjet pricing and features summarized from public pricing pages, last checked 2026-08-02. MailBlastr figures come from the live plan catalog.

Want the row-by-row breakdown? See the full MailBlastr vs Mailjet comparison.

Frequently asked questions

Mailjet’s free tier is bigger — why switch?

It is: 6,000/month versus 3,000. But Mailjet locks automations and A/B testing behind Premium ($27+/month), while MailBlastr includes both on Free. The moment you need journeys or testing, the effective price flips.

Which is cheaper at 50,000 emails per month?

MailBlastr — its entry plan covers 50,000 for less than Mailjet Essential’s $17/month, which only includes 15,000.

Is MailBlastr GDPR-friendly like Mailjet?

MailBlastr supports the compliance basics senders need (one-click unsubscribe with RFC 8058 headers, suppression management, data deletion). Mailjet’s EU heritage and data-residency options go further for organizations with strict EU-only processing mandates — an honest Mailjet advantage.

Does MailBlastr have a collaborative template editor?

It has a block-based editor with AI assistance and shared templates, but not Mailjet’s real-time multi-cursor collaboration. If simultaneous editing is core to your agency workflow, Mailjet wins that feature.

How do I migrate from Mailjet?

Verify your domain, export templates as HTML, import contacts via CSV or API, swap sends to POST /emails (or an SDK), and re-point webhooks. Event types map directly.

Try the Mailjet alternative that includes everything

Free tier with 3,000 emails a month — API, campaigns, automations, and webhooks included. No card required.

Mailjet Alternative (2026) — MailBlastr, the European email suite replaced