Pricing trends for Email: 17 tracked pricing changes across 55 vendors. Direction: prices rising.

Email Pricing Trends

Pricing direction: ↑ Prices rising

55
Vendors
4%
of All Tracked Changes
5
At-Risk Vendors
reduced 7 increased 3 removed 3 rebranded 2 model change 1 new tier 1

Pricing Change Timeline

Every record we hold is listed here, newest first. A record is never removed from this list, so a vendor named here stays named here whatever its verdict does afterwards.

model change inboxkitten.com discovered 2026-09-10 · effective date unknown medium
A free tier still exists, the details have changed. Have their own free tiers but incur costs if limits are exceeded. The auto-delete time is stated as 'several hours' but also 'officially 3 days according to mailgun'. The emphasis on self-hosting and external service costs introduces a new element. Source ↗
increased Resend discovered 2026-09-05 · effective date unknown medium
The free tier now has a limit of 3,000 emails/month (100/day) and includes 3 domains. Previously 3K emails/month (100/day) and 1 domain. The free tier also includes ticket support, 10,000 automation runs, and 30-day data retention. Source ↗
reduced addy.io discovered 2026-08-28 · effective date unknown medium
The free tier still exists, but the description of the limits has changed. The free tier now includes 10MB monthly bandwidth, and 1 recipient. Source ↗
increased UserCheck discovered 2026-08-28 · effective date unknown low
The free tier now offers 1,000 credits per month (equivalent to 1 request per second) instead of 120 requests/hour. Source ↗
new tier mailinator.com discovered 2026-08-28 · effective date unknown medium
The free tier is still offered. It's now called "Verified Pro $0 with Verification" and includes a private domain and API access. Source ↗
reduced Aionda Mail discovered 2026-08-28 · effective date unknown medium
The free tier now has limits of up to 25 disposable addresses, and includes an encrypted mailbox and calendar & contacts. There are also paid tiers available now. Source ↗
removed Burnermail discovered 2026-08-28 · effective date unknown high
Burner Mail is removing its free plan. Explicitly states the free plan is being removed. Source ↗
reduced MailerLite discovered 2026-04-12 · effective date unknown low
Free tier reduced from 1,000 to 500 subscribers/month We hold no source for this record, so it does not set MailerLite's rating.
reduced Plunk discovered 2026-04-12 · effective date unknown low
Free tier reduced from 3,000 to 1,000 emails/month We hold no source for this record, so it does not set Plunk's rating.
reduced Maileroo discovered 2026-04-12 · effective date unknown low
Free tier reduced from 5,000 to 3,000 emails/month We hold no source for this record, so it does not set Maileroo's rating.
increased Mailtrap discovered 2026-04-12 · effective date unknown low
Free tier increased from 3,500 to 4,000 emails/month We hold no source for this record, so it does not set Mailtrap's rating.
rebranded addy.io discovered 2026-04-12 · effective date unknown low
Rebranded to addy.io We hold no source for this record, so it does not set addy.io's rating.
rebranded Bump Email discovered 2026-04-12 · effective date unknown low
Rebranded to Alias.email We hold no source for this record, so it does not set Bump Email's rating.
reduced Maildroppa discovered 2026-04-12 · effective date unknown low
Emails changed from unlimited to 2,500/month We hold no source for this record, so it does not set Maildroppa's rating.
reduced MailerSend effective 2025-10-22 low
MailerSend cut its Free plan from 3,000 emails a month to 500, with at most 100 a day, and made its Hobby plan $7 a month. New sign-ups got the new plans between 2025-10-17 and 2025-10-22 (Internet Archive captures); existing free accounts moved on 2025-12-02. Source ↗
removed Amazon SES effective 2025-07-16 high
AWS restructured its Free Tier into expiring credits, which removed the per-service SES allowance for new accounts. The SES pricing page, read 2026-08-27, offers only 'up to $200 in AWS Free Tier credits' with 'the free plan will be available for 6 months after account creation' and no perpetual sending allowance from any source. Source ↗
removed SendGrid effective 2025-05-27 high
Perpetual free tier (100 emails/day) eliminated. Replaced with 60-day trial only. Paid plans start at $19.95/month Source ↗

We hold 9 more records filed under this category that are not counted above: entries the vendor has since reversed, our own index housekeeping, and corrections to earlier entries of our own. Read the full change log.

At-Risk Vendors

All 5 of the 55 vendors we list in this category that carry one. A vendor is named here for as long as a demotion is in force against it: a one-off pricing event, recorded against a source we cite, whose date falls in the last 180 days — or a standing condition, also cited, such as a free tier withdrawn or a product retired, which does not expire with time. A demotion can lift with nothing about the vendor having changed, and that happens on the day the vendor's newest qualifying event passes 180 days.

Stable Picks

All 25 of the 55 vendors we list in this category that qualify, not a selection of them. A vendor is named here for as long as no demotion is in force against it and we hold no change record for it dated in the last 90 days — any record, including ones the timeline above does not count. A vendor can join this section on a day we recorded nothing about it, when the later of those two clocks runs out: 90 days after its newest record, or the day the demotion against it lapses. It leaves on the day we file a new record, or the day we can no longer vouch for the terms we list.

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