AhaSend vs MailerSend
SEPT 2026 auditA comparison of AhaSend and MailerSend built from values read directly from each provider's own documentation, with the source recorded against every figure.
The short answer
Choose 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.
Editorial · Palash Bagchi · approved
Choose 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.
Editorial · Palash Bagchi · approved
Consider something else if…
- 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.
- 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.
4 sourced criteria separate them — see where, with sources, below.
Pick the criteria you care about. The chart counts how many of them lean toward each provider — the same read as scanning the bars below, just totalled for the ones you chose.
AhaSend 0
MailerSend 0
At a glance.
| Criterion | AhaSend | MailerSend |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | ||
| 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.
- MailerSend
- $31.50/month for Starter, billed $378 a year. Professional is $99/month, billed $1,188.
Sources (2) →Sources ↓
- Pricing — AhaSend ↗
“Pro MOST POPULAR $10 /month [...] Max $80 /month”
Read 2026-09-06 · official pricing
- Pricing — MailerSend ↗
“Starter [...] $ 31.50 /month $378.00 billed yearly [...] Professional [...] $99.00 /month $1,188.00 billed yearly”
Read 2026-09-06 · official 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.
- 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.
Sources (2) →Sources ↓
- Pricing — AhaSend ↗
“Start for free. Scale effortlessly. Pay for what you use. [...] Multi-region EU infrastructure 1 to 7-day retention [...] 0 to 14-day retention”
Read 2026-09-06 · official pricing
- Pricing — MailerSend ↗
“USD EUR GBP [...] 50,000 emails /month 150 SMS /month Extra usage $1.30 /1,000 emails [...] 500,000 daily API requests”
Read 2026-09-06 · official pricing
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.
Sources (2) →Sources ↓
- Pricing — AhaSend ↗
“Pro [...] $10 /month 25,000 emails per month [...] Max $80 /month 100,000 emails per month [...] Free $0 1000 emails per month”
Read 2026-09-06 · official pricing
- Pricing — MailerSend ↗
“Starter [...] 50,000 emails /month 100 SMS /month [...] Professional [...] 50,000 emails /month 150 SMS /month”
Read 2026-09-06 · official pricing
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.
Sources (2) →Sources ↓
- Pricing — AhaSend ↗
“1 to 7-day retention [...] 0 to 14-day retention [...] 0 to 30-day retention”
Read 2026-09-06 · official pricing
- Pricing — MailerSend ↗
“7-days API logs retention [...] 30-day activity data retention [...] 7-day activity data retention”
Read 2026-09-06 · official pricing
When these numbers change, hear about it. Sources are re-checked monthly; a repricing goes out as a short note.
Documented by only one.
These criteria are published by one provider and not the other. An absence here means we have not found a source, not that the feature is missing.
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.