Mailtrap vs. SMTP2GO

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Mailtrap
Score 9.0 out of 10
N/A
Mailtrap 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
SMTP2GO
Score 9.7 out of 10
Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
SMTP2GO is a dedicated outbound email server SMTP2GO is a New Zealand based SMTP/Email API provider with support staff and servers based across the globe. It automatically connects to the closest server to ensure speedy and efficient delivery. The SMTP2GO support team offers 24/7 assistance in multiple languages to make setup simple. We offer support via ticket, chat and phone. GDPR? Inbound servers and data centres in the EU to make sure sending is…N/A
Pricing
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Editions & Modules
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
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
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Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
YesYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsEach 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.Pricing includes support and onboarding.
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Community Pulse
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Considered Both Products
Mailtrap
Chose Mailtrap
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 …
SMTP2GO
Chose SMTP2GO
The deliverability and ease-of-use of SMTP2GO were the two main factors for me. Sendgrid does have a little more functionality, but I didn't really use it.
Chose SMTP2GO
We used to use the SMTP server of the domain hosting companies, however moving to the cloud for emails and the necessary added multifactor authentication for security purposes, it made the sending of scan to email and other reporting facilities difficult as they do not support …
Chose SMTP2GO
If I evaluated other products prior to SMTP2GO, I have forgotten what that experience might have been due to the success that I have had with SMPT2GO for many, many years.
Chose SMTP2GO
SMTP2GO is easier to set up and and use. I have found the deliverability is better with SMTP2GO but we are only sending to internal emails.
Chose SMTP2GO
SMTP2GO ended up being cheaper and easier to use. SMTP2G0 fit our needs better partly because it was more compatible with older systems, but it also hit the mark in terms of price for scale.
Chose SMTP2GO
Our goal was to find a product what fit those needs:
  • Can be use with SMTP protocol to relay emails from our webhosting environment
  • Have an API to manage the account and offer the ability to also send emails
Chose SMTP2GO
Brevo is more for Newsletters. SMTP2GO is a specialized service, which doesn't support sending newsletters, etc. But the sending quality of SMTP2GO is better than others. Its task is to deliver normal emails to the general inbox.
Chose SMTP2GO
Google limits the number of emails that can be sent from an account. The way our SIS works requires a service account. SMTP2Go allows us to communicate to 80,000 parents without the Google Workspace limitation.
Chose SMTP2GO
When your a consultant and you need a solution that is a set it and forget it, I went with SMTP2GO. I didn't have time to research any other solution as trying to get O365 to work with older printer/scanner/copier was taking to long and the client getting upset. You guys are …
Chose SMTP2GO
SMTP2GO is much easier to use than WP SMTP for Wordpress sites as the setup required is simple DNS regardless of where the email is hosted.
Chose SMTP2GO
Some of the other services are really good but with the ease of setting up sub-accounts, the success in not having bounced emails, or strange receiving issues, the platform being so easy to use, and great support when you need it. They just don't compare.
Chose SMTP2GO
This is the best product in this market and solves for a very specific niche. I highly recommend this service for anyone looking to get scan to email setup or have devices that need to send alerts that can't route through Office 365.
Chose SMTP2GO
We moved from mailgun to smtp2go but to be perfectly honest, I don't remember why, maybe a pricing issue.
Chose SMTP2GO
The price because we are a small company and have not enough resource thats is why we continue our reserach and find SMTP2go
Chose SMTP2GO
Searched internet and came acrcoss smtp2go and gave it a try and it was really worth it. It solved my email problems
Chose SMTP2GO
Well we used to use sendgrid in the past.
But their base plan shares an ip with others, which means that more often than not our emails were blocked
They changed they policy of connections to api and sdks. We found Smtp2go that has the same price range and so we changed for them.
Chose SMTP2GO
Gmail got very confusing on how to use. SMTP2GO was much easier to setup and use.
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Enterprises

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Score 10.0 out of 10
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User Ratings
MailtrapSMTP2GO
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(0 ratings)
9.0
(0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(0 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
MailtrapSMTP2GO
Likelihood to Recommend
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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It's great for any application that you need to track email receipt and recipient interaction, or with devices/programs that don't fare well with Exchange based email services. Don't try to set SMTP2GO as your outbound email server if you're using O365, that just isn't a possibility (not that I've looked into that setup).
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Pros
  • 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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  • Bulk email sending in the thousands of emails per day
  • Email with large attachments going to a large number of users
  • Email logging for audit/tracking purposes
  • Handling large numbers of sending domains
  • Team admin access for IT to manage settings and view logs
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Cons
  • Inbox placement analysis - currently, Mailtrap does not offer inbox placement analysis. But their analytics dashboard compensates well for that.
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  • Might be nice to add a monthly good looking PDF report for subaccount users that can be branded and sent directly to the subaccount contact. A 'client facing' report that we can use to show our customers the email usage history.
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Likelihood to Renew
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Reliability in email delivery is what counts the most. SMTP2GO is undeniably a winner in this category. The price is reasonable, therefore the RoI is excellent.
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Usability
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While reporting could use some tweaks overall it is a very good product that works reliably and is simple to set up and maintain.
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Support Rating
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I've only needed support for the software once or twice the 5+ years i've used it. I found their support responsive and helpful at each encounter. They seem to have the same level of commitment to their enterprise as I do to mine which is refreshing.
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Alternatives Considered
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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Our goal was to find a product what fit those needs:
  • Can be use with SMTP protocol to relay emails from our webhosting environment
  • Have an API to manage the account and offer the ability to also send emails
The competition was offering too much options and services that we wouldn't use but still had to pay for while SMTP2GO fulfilled our needs with a verry competitiveThe competition was offering too much options and services that we wouldn't use (but still had to pay for anyways) while SMTP2GO fulfilled our needs with a verry competitive pricing.
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Return on Investment
  • 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.
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  • Allowed us to use the same SMTP information across the board for all customers instead of having them split between several accounts.
  • More cost efficient than paying for several different email accounts.
  • Created an additional layer of great customer service for us since SMTP information is able to be preprogrammed into the equipment before ever leaving our facility.
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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.

SMTP2GO Screenshots

Screenshot of a quick snapshot of the account activity after logging in.Screenshot of the Activity feed that displays the most recent delivery events for email, and provides extra detail when needed.Screenshot of subaccounts, which are available on any paid plan and offer a way to resell the SMTP2GO product to clients and customers.