Best for
Best for marketing teams that want interactive AMP emails, where forms and surveys run inside the inbox, backed by AI drafting and automation.
- Small and mid-sized
- Enterprise
Email Marketing Comparison
Mailmodo 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.
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Full Comparison
| Criterion | Mailmodo | Sendy |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | From $149 / month Lite plan, billed annually, for 500 contacts and 2,000 email credits per month; higher plans add contacts and credits. | 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 | Free trial available | 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, an API, with integrations for Zapier, HubSpot, Customer.io and Clevertap | 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) | Self-hosted on your own web hosting (PHP and MySQL or MariaDB), sending through Amazon SES |
| Made in | United States | Not stated |
| Campaign types | Yes, email newsletters and bulk campaigns, AMP interactive emails, and transactional email | 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, email sequences and prebuilt automation templates | Yes, drip autoresponders, plus rules and webhooks that trigger actions on events |
| Segmentation and personalisation | Yes, contact segmentation, with AI segment generation | 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 AI template and subject-line generation and a brand kit | Yes, a drag-and-drop editor with switching between drag-and-drop, WYSIWYG and HTML editing |
| Deliverability and testing | Yes, a managed deliverability service: Mailmodo monitors its own sending IPs, keeps bulk and transactional mail on separate sending streams, provides its own high-reputation SMTP, and its in-house experts run a deliverability audit of email health, performance and domain reputation, then plan domain warm-up and safe volume increases | 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, integrations with HubSpot, Customer.io and Clevertap for CRM data | Through third-party plugins for WooCommerce, Magento 2, Shopify, PrestaShop and Easy Digital Downloads |
| Integrations and API | Yes, an API, plus integrations for Zapier, HubSpot, Customer.io and Clevertap | 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 | more entries Email helpdesk, Chat, Phone | Email helpdesk |
| Onboarding | Documentation and knowledge base | Documentation and knowledge base |
| Company size | Small and mid-sized, Enterprise | Not stated |
| Integrations | more entries HubSpot, Customer.io, Clevertap, Zapier, Make, Google Sheets, Mailchimp, Shopify, Segment, Mixpanel, Twilio, Zoom, Google Calendar, Intercom, Zendesk, MoEngage, WebEngage | Amazon SES, Zapier, Make, n8n, WordPress, WooCommerce, Magento, Shopify, Drupal, PrestaShop, WHMCS |
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The short version
Key Differences
- Starting price Mailmodo From $149 / month Sendy $69 one-time
- Free trial Mailmodo Free trial available Sendy No free trial or demo; the vendor states it will refund you if it doesn't work out
- Deployment Mailmodo Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based Sendy On-premise
- Hosting Mailmodo Cloud (SaaS) Sendy Self-hosted on your own web hosting (PHP and MySQL or MariaDB), sending through Amazon SES
- Support Mailmodo Email helpdesk, Chat, Phone Sendy Email helpdesk
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The trade-offs
Strengths and Limitations
Mailmodo
Strengths
- AMP interactive emails with forms, surveys and carts inside the inbox
- AI generates templates, subject lines and segments
- Email sequences and prebuilt automation templates
- Integrations for HubSpot, Customer.io, Clevertap and Zapier
Limitations
- Higher entry price than most email tools, from $149 per month
- Plans start at 500 contacts
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
Mailmodo
- Lite From $149 / month Billed annually; 500 contacts, 2,000 email credits per month and one team member.
- Pro From $199 / month Billed annually; 500 contacts, 3,000 email credits per month and three team members.
- Max Not stated Unlimited email credits and five team members, quoted by sales.
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.
What users say
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Mailmodo
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- Onboarding
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Sendy
- Ease of use
- Not rated yet
- User interface
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- Onboarding
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- Support and service
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- Value for money
- Not rated yet
- Features
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Where this comes from
Where this comes from
Mailmodo https://www.mailmodo.com · checked against the official source on 2026-08-22
Sendy https://sendy.co · checked against the official source on 2026-10-28
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