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Mailercloud vs Mailshake

Same facts, side by side: starting price, free tier, MCP, API and what each one is actually built for.

Starting price

Mailercloud

$10/mo Free tier

Email marketing platform with a free plan for 1,000 contacts and 12,000 emails a month. Premium starts at $10/mo for 5,000 contacts.

Where Mailercloud fits

  • Creators sending a newsletter to under 1,000 contacts
  • Shopify, WooCommerce or Magento stores
  • SaaS teams pairing marketing and transactional email
  • Teams that want AI assistants to run campaigns via MCP

Mailshake

$25/mo

Simple email campaigns, drips and follow-ups for small outreach teams, from $25/mo billed annually. You bring your own mailbox, and there is no free trial.

Where Mailshake fits

  • Small sales or recruiting teams sending drips
  • Agencies that want simple campaigns, not infrastructure
  • Buyers who will bring their own mailbox
  • Teams that do not need LinkedIn in the sequencer

At a glance

DetailMailercloudMailshake
Starting price$10/mo$25/mo
Free tier✓Yes–No
MCP server✓Yes–No
Public API✓Yes–No
Listed underDeliverability, OutreachLead generation, Outreach
CapterraNot enough reviews4.6 from 161 reviews

Where they pull apart

Mailercloud

Stands out: A hosted MCP server lets Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor run campaigns, contacts and stats using your Mailercloud API key.

Watch out: Premium is priced by contact count, so 10,000 contacts cost about $50/mo. The transactional Email API is billed separately from $7/mo.

Not the right fit for

  • Sales teams that need cold email sequences
  • Senders who want pay-per-email pricing

Mailshake

Stands out: Straightforward drips without a mailbox-farm product to manage.

Watch out: No free trial. The vendor takes payment up front.

Not the right fit for

  • Teams farming dozens of sending accounts
  • Buyers who want a free trial or MCP

Pros and cons

Mailercloud

  • Free 12,000 emails a month to 1,000 contacts
  • Premium from $10/mo with unlimited sends
  • Hosted MCP server plus REST API
  • Price climbs quickly with contact count
  • Transactional API is a separate bill
  • Enterprise pricing is sales-quoted

Mailshake

  • Simple drips with your own mailbox
  • Clear public pricing
  • A/B testing and warmup from the entry plan
  • No free trial
  • No MCP
  • Email only, no LinkedIn channel

What each one costs

Mailercloud

$10/mo

Free is $0 forever for 1,000 contacts and 12,000 emails a month. Premium is $10/mo billed monthly for 5,000 contacts with unlimited sends, and the price rises with contact count (about $50/mo at 10,000 contacts); annual billing saves 30%. The Email API for transactional mail is a separate product from $7/mo. Confirm current terms on the vendor site.

Checked 4 Nov 2026

Mailshake

$25/mo

Starter is $25 per month billed annually, or $29 monthly, with one sending address and 1,500 sends. Email Outreach is $45 billed annually ($49 monthly) and Sales Engagement, which adds a phone dialer, is $85 billed annually ($99 monthly). Agency pricing is quoted. The vendor says there is no free trial and payment is taken up front. Confirm current terms on the vendor site.

Checked 4 Nov 2026

Common questions

Is Mailercloud cheaper than Mailshake?
Mailercloud starts lower, at $10/mo against $25/mo for Mailshake. That is the entry plan on each side, so the real number depends on seats and the tier you land on.
Can you try Mailercloud or Mailshake for free?
Mailercloud carries a free tier on our listing.
Does Mailercloud or Mailshake have an MCP server?
Mailercloud ships a first party MCP server, so an AI assistant can work the product directly.

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Editorial listings, never paid rankings. Prices checked 4 Nov 2026. Confirm current terms on the vendor site. Spot an error?