Best for
Best for mobile-first product and marketing teams working on retention who want a published entry price and a trial before committing.
- Small and mid-sized
- Enterprise
Email Marketing Comparison
CleverTap vs. Sendy
At a glance
At a glance
Best for
Best for technically comfortable publishers and agencies who want to send large newsletters through Amazon SES without a monthly per-subscriber fee.
Cataleo does not name a winner. Both statements come from the vendors themselves.
Full Comparison
| Criterion | CleverTap | Sendy |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | From $85 / month The Core plan at up to 5,000 monthly active users. Pricing is set by monthly active users or data points depending on the commercial model, so the amount rises with the band selected; taxes apply and add-ons are extra. Pro and Ultimate are quoted after a demo. | lower value $69 one-time Licence for one installation domain. Sending through Amazon SES costs $1.6 per 10,000 emails, billed by Amazon. Optional AI Assistant $39 and installation service $79, both one-time. Updates are free up to the next major version. |
| Free trial | 30 days on the Core plan, billing starts once the trial ends | No free trial or demo; the vendor states it will refund you if it doesn't work out |
| Commercial use | Not stated | Yes, a paid commercial licence |
| API | Yes, import and export API access on every plan, with SDKs and developer documentation | Yes, an API for subscribing, unsubscribing, deleting subscribers, checking subscription status and counts, listing lists and brands, and creating and sending campaigns |
| Hosting | Cloud (SaaS) on localized AWS instances | Self-hosted on your own web hosting (PHP and MySQL or MariaDB), sending through Amazon SES |
| Campaign types | Yes, push notifications, in-app messages, app inbox, web push, web pop-up and web inbox, email, SMS, WhatsApp, RCS and webhooks, plus audience sync to Google Ads, Facebook and TikTok | Yes, one-off campaigns, scheduled campaigns and autoresponders sent as drip sequences at set intervals or on a specific date, including annual sends |
| Automation and journeys | Yes, Journeys with a journey builder and a Lifecycle Optimizer, with IntelliNODE optimizing paths and IntelliTime and IntelliChannel picking time and channel on the upper plans | Yes, drip autoresponders, plus rules and webhooks that trigger actions on events |
| Segmentation and personalisation | Yes, behavioural, psychographic and live-user segments, recency-frequency-monetary analysis, custom lists and AI predictions, on top of funnels, cohorts, trends, pivots and uninstall tracking | Yes, segments built on conditions you define, included in or excluded from a campaign, plus custom fields |
| Templates and editor | Yes, a drag-and-drop editor with prebuilt templates, plus a no-code AMP for Email editor for carousels, quizzes and live pricing | Yes, a drag-and-drop editor with switching between drag-and-drop, WYSIWYG and HTML editing |
| Deliverability and testing | Yes, SPF, DKIM and DMARC authentication, IP warm-up, dedicated IP pools, spam diagnostics, inbox previews, Gmail Postmaster setup and message A/B tests | Bounces and complaints are processed automatically in real time, with custom domains for unsubscribe, web version and tracked links; sending runs through your own Amazon SES account |
| Ecommerce and CRM data | Yes, ingestion from web, app and CRM through SDKs and APIs, CSV and SFTP uploads, warehouse and cloud-storage imports, and integrations with mParticle, RudderStack, Tealium, Segment, Amplitude and Talon.One | Through third-party plugins for WooCommerce, Magento 2, Shopify, PrestaShop and Easy Digital Downloads |
| Integrations and API | Yes, import and export API access on all plans, with SDKs and published developer documentation | Yes, a documented API, Zapier, Make and n8n integrations, and plugins for WordPress, Drupal, Magento and other systems |
| AI features | Yes | Yes |
| Deployment | more entries Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based | On-premise |
| Support | Not stated | Email helpdesk |
| Onboarding | Documentation and knowledge base | Documentation and knowledge base |
| Company size | Small and mid-sized, Enterprise | Not stated |
| Integrations | more entries mParticle, RudderStack, Tealium, Twilio Segment, Amplitude, Adjust, Branch, Airbridge, RevenueCat, Talon.One, Snowflake, Amazon S3, Mixpanel | Amazon SES, Zapier, Make, n8n, WordPress, WooCommerce, Magento, Shopify, Drupal, PrestaShop, WHMCS |
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The short version
Key Differences
- Starting price CleverTap From $85 / month Sendy $69 one-time
- Free trial CleverTap 30 days on the Core plan, billing starts once the trial ends Sendy No free trial or demo; the vendor states it will refund you if it doesn't work out
- Deployment CleverTap Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based Sendy On-premise
- Hosting CleverTap Cloud (SaaS) on localized AWS instances Sendy Self-hosted on your own web hosting (PHP and MySQL or MariaDB), sending through Amazon SES
- API CleverTap Yes, import and export API access on every plan, with SDKs and developer documentation Sendy Yes, an API for subscribing, unsubscribing, deleting subscribers, checking subscription status and counts, listing lists and brands, and creating and sending campaigns
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The trade-offs
Strengths and Limitations
CleverTap
Strengths
- Publishes a starting price and offers a 30-day free trial, which most platforms in this class do not
- Analytics, segmentation and campaigns in one product, on an event store that keeps up to ten years of history on the top plan
- Deep mobile channel coverage, from push and app inbox to in-app messages and web messaging
- Deliverability tooling covering authentication, IP warm-up, dedicated pools, spam diagnostics and inbox previews
Limitations
- Several channels and most data exports are add-ons rather than part of the plan
- Predictive segments, recommendations and journey automation sit on the upper plans, which are quoted rather than published
- Data retention is three years on Core and Pro and ten only on Ultimate
- Built around app and web behaviour, so a list-only email programme leaves much of it unused
Sendy
Strengths
- One-time licence of $69 instead of a monthly subscription
- Sending billed by Amazon SES at $1.6 per 10,000 emails
- White-label brands with client access, permissions, pricing and sending limits
- Drag-and-drop, WYSIWYG and HTML editors in one app
Limitations
- Needs your own web hosting and an Amazon SES account, with a sending limit requested from Amazon
- No free trial or demo
- One licence covers one installation domain, and updates are free only until the next major version
Plans
Pricing
CleverTap
- Core $85 Per month at up to 5,000 monthly active users, rising with the band. Omnichannel engagement, real-time behavioural segmentation, built-in experimentation and analytics, and starter CleverAI tokens. 30-day free trial, taxes apply and add-ons are extra.
- Pro Not stated Everything in Core plus automated segmentation, deeper insights, send-time and channel optimization and personalization across touchpoints. Quoted after a demo.
- Ultimate Not stated Everything in Pro plus AI-powered journey automation, predictive segments with explainability, real-time one-to-one recommendations and up to ten years of data retention. Quoted after a demo.
Sendy
- Sendy licence $69 One-time, for one installation domain. Updates free up to the next major version.
- AI Assistant $39 One-time add-on that generates newsletters and subject lines and analyses reports.
- Installation service $79 One-time.
- Amazon SES sending $1.6 per 10,000 emails Billed by Amazon, not by Sendy.
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Sendy
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Where this comes from
Where this comes from
CleverTap https://clevertap.com · checked against the official source on 2026-09-18
Sendy https://sendy.co · checked against the official source on 2026-10-28
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