# AhaSend vs MailerSend

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Every value below is read from AhaSend's and MailerSend's own documentation. See https://inetgeek.com/methodology/ for how.

## At a glance

| Criterion | AhaSend | MailerSend |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Entry paid plan | $10/month for Pro; Max is $80/month. | $31.50/month for Starter, billed $378 a year. Professional is $99/month, billed $1,188. |
| Pricing model | Volume plans on EU multi-region infrastructure, with retention as a plan axis rather than a fixed policy — every tier states a range, and the floor is zero on the paid plans. | Volume plans quoted in USD, EUR or GBP, with SMS metered separately from email and a 500,000 daily API request ceiling on Professional. Annual billing is twelve months at a discount rather than ten. |
| Emails included | 25,000 a month on Pro and 100,000 on Max. The free plan allows 1,000. | 50,000 a month on both Starter and Professional — the plans differ on features and SMS allowance rather than email volume. |
| Log retention | Configurable rather than fixed: 1 to 7 days on the free plan, 0 to 14 on Pro and 0 to 30 on Max. The lower bound of zero means retention can be turned off entirely. | Two windows, which no other provider here separates: 7 days of API logs and 30 days of activity data on Professional; 7-day activity data on Starter. |

## Where they differ

### Entry paid plan

- AhaSend: $10/month for Pro; Max is $80/month. ([source](https://ahasend.com/pricing))
- MailerSend: $31.50/month for Starter, billed $378 a year. Professional is $99/month, billed $1,188. ([source](https://www.mailersend.com/pricing))

### Pricing model

- AhaSend: Volume plans on EU multi-region infrastructure, with retention as a plan axis rather than a fixed policy — every tier states a range, and the floor is zero on the paid plans. ([source](https://ahasend.com/pricing))
- MailerSend: Volume plans quoted in USD, EUR or GBP, with SMS metered separately from email and a 500,000 daily API request ceiling on Professional. Annual billing is twelve months at a discount rather than ten. ([source](https://www.mailersend.com/pricing))

### Emails included

- AhaSend: 25,000 a month on Pro and 100,000 on Max. The free plan allows 1,000. ([source](https://ahasend.com/pricing))
- MailerSend: 50,000 a month on both Starter and Professional — the plans differ on features and SMS allowance rather than email volume. ([source](https://www.mailersend.com/pricing))

### Log retention

- AhaSend: Configurable rather than fixed: 1 to 7 days on the free plan, 0 to 14 on Pro and 0 to 30 on Max. The lower bound of zero means retention can be turned off entirely. ([source](https://ahasend.com/pricing))
- MailerSend: Two windows, which no other provider here separates: 7 days of API logs and 30 days of activity data on Professional; 7-day activity data on Starter. ([source](https://www.mailersend.com/pricing))

## Which should you choose?

Pick AhaSend if EU-resident sending where you want to choose how long message data is kept — retention is a setting with a floor of zero on paid plans, not a policy you inherit.

Pick MailerSend if Teams sending email and SMS from one provider who need a longer activity window than a debugging log — 30 days of activity data against 7 days of API logs is a distinction the rest of this category does not draw.

Consider something else: AhaSend — The published table stops at 100,000 emails and does not state a per-thousand overage rate, so what happens past the plan ceiling is not documented.

Consider something else: MailerSend — Both paid tiers include the same 50,000 emails, so paying three times more buys features rather than volume, and the entry price is the highest here.

## Documented by only one

- Free tier: AhaSend: Yes
- Price per 1,000 over: MailerSend: $1.30 per 1,000 emails on both Starter and Professional.
- Dedicated IP: AhaSend: Limited

## Questions this comparison answers

**Entry paid plan: AhaSend or MailerSend?**

AhaSend: $10/month for Pro; Max is $80/month.
MailerSend: $31.50/month for Starter, billed $378 a year. Professional is $99/month, billed $1,188.

**Should I choose AhaSend or MailerSend?**

Pick AhaSend if EU-resident sending where you want to choose how long message data is kept — retention is a setting with a floor of zero on paid plans, not a policy you inherit.
Pick MailerSend if Teams sending email and SMS from one provider who need a longer activity window than a debugging log — 30 days of activity data against 7 days of API logs is a distinction the rest of this category does not draw.