--- title: Mailcoach canonical: https://saasranked.com/software/mailcoach/ category: Newsletter Platforms points: 26 rank: 11 of 12 facts_checked: 2026-10-09 --- # Mailcoach Email tool priced by emails sent, with unlimited contacts, plus segments, automations and an API. 26 points out of 100. #11 of 12 newsletter platforms. Vendor: Spatie. Website: https://www.mailcoach.app/ - Hosted Mailcoach costs USD 9.99 a month and includes 2,000 emails [1]. - Extra emails cost USD 0.002 each, or USD 0.001 with your own sending provider [1]. - A weekly issue to 1,000 subscribers, about 4,400 emails, comes to about USD 12.39 to 14.79 a month by those rates [1]. - Contacts, lists and automations are unlimited, and a 14-day trial needs no credit card [1][2]. - The pricing page lists no free plan, and no built-in paid subscriptions are listed [1][3]. Verdict: Mailcoach suits writers and developers who prefer to pay for emails sent rather than list size, and who want segments, split tests and automations [1][3][13]. A 1,000-subscriber weekly newsletter costs about USD 12 to 15 a month [1]. The catch: it lists no paid subscriptions, no free plan and no subscriber export [1][3][7]. Best for: Developers and writers who want to pay by emails sent, not list size. ## Points | Criterion | Line | Value | Points | Note | |---|---|---|---|---| | Earning | Paid subscriptions | Not published | 0/8 | Not published on the vendor's features page [3]. | | Earning | Fee on paid subscriptions | Not published | 0/10 | Not published on the vendor's pricing page; no built-in paid subscriptions are listed [1]. | | Earning | Built-in sponsorship or ad network | Not published | 0/4 | Not published on the vendor's features page [3]. | | Earning | Sell digital products | Not published | 0/3 | Not published on the vendor's features page [3]. | | Your list | Export your subscriber list | Not published | 0/8 | Not published on the vendor's features page or API subscriber documentation [3][7]. | | Your list | Import subscribers | Yes | 5/5 | Features page lists import from CSV and Excel files; API accepts a CSV string of subscribers [3][8]. | | Your list | Website on your own domain | Not published | 0/7 | Not found on the vendor's pages [3][11]; the creators page mentions a searchable web archive but no own-domain setup. | | Your list | Send from your own domain | Not published | 0/5 | Creators page ticks sending from a custom domain, but SPF or DKIM setup was not found on the vendor's pages [11][3]. | | Your list | Open source | No | 0/3 | Self-hosted licence is paid and gives access to a private repository; no open-source licence is named [10]. | | Your list | Public API | Yes | 4/4 | REST API with bearer tokens lists, creates, updates and deletes subscribers [7][9]. | | Growth | Recommendation network | Not published | 0/6 | Not published on the vendor's features page [3]. | | Growth | Referral program | Not published | 0/4 | Not published on the vendor's features page [3]. | | Growth | Send to a tag or segment | Yes | 5/5 | Tags, custom fields and conditions build segments, and a campaign can go to a segment instead of the whole list [4][6]. | | Growth | Automated email sequences | Yes | 4/4 | Automations chain emails with waits and branches, started by a sign-up, tag or date [5]. | | Growth | Subscriber source reports | Not published | 0/4 | Analytics cover campaign opens and clicks; no subscriber source report is listed [3]. | | Growth | Subject-line A/B tests | Yes | 3/3 | Split tests send each variant to a small share, then the best one to the rest; the page names subject lines as an example [13]. | | Price | Free plan | No | 0/8 | Pricing page shows a USD 9.99 base price; only a 14-day free trial is offered [1][2]. | | Price | Cost at 1,000 subscribers | $12.39/mo | 5/9 | Own-provider rate: USD 9.99 plus 2,400 emails at USD 0.001; provider bill left out. Mailcoach delivery: USD 14.79 [1]. | ## Plans | Plan | Price | Per month (USD) | |---|---|---| | Hosted, Mailcoach delivery | USD 9.99/month + USD 0.002 per email over 2,000 [1] | $9.99 | | Hosted, own provider | USD 9.99/month + USD 0.001 per email over 2,000 [1] | $9.99 | | Self-hosted, single domain | zł 620 licence [10] | - | Prices are shown in USD on the pricing page; the home page shows euros [1][2]. Self-hosted licences are priced in zloty [10]. ## Strengths - Unlimited contacts, lists and automations at one price based on emails sent [1]. - Automations chain emails with waits and branches, started by a sign-up or a tag [5]. - Campaigns can go to a segment, and a split test can compare subject lines [6][13]. - A documented API reads, creates, updates and deletes subscribers and imports CSV files [7][8]. - Subscribers can be imported from CSV and Excel files [3]. ## Limits - No free plan is listed, only a 14-day trial [1][2]. - No built-in paid subscriptions are listed [3]. - No page documents exporting the subscriber list [7]. - Hosted Mailcoach shows monthly pricing only, with no yearly option [1]. - Self-hosted licences include one year of updates, then renewal is optional [10][12]. ## Vendor claims (not scored) - Mailcoach says charging per email sent can save between 200 and 1,000 euros a month compared with per-contact pricing as lists grow [2]. ## Sources 1. 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