Head to head

Mailercloud vs Mailshake

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

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

$29/mo

Simple email campaigns, drips and follow-ups for small outreach teams, from $29/mo. 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

Detail	Mailercloud	Mailshake
Starting price	$10/mo	$29/mo
Free tier	✓Yes	–No
MCP server	✓Yes	–No
Public API	✓Yes	–No
Listed under	Deliverability, Outreach	Lead generation, Outreach
Capterra	Not enough reviews	4.6 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 19 Sep 2026

Mailshake

$29/mo

Starter is listed at $29 per month with one sending address and 1,500 sends. Email Outreach is $49 and Sales Engagement, which adds a phone dialer, is $99. 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 20 Sep 2026

Common questions

Is Mailercloud cheaper than Mailshake?

Mailercloud starts lower, at $10/mo against $29/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 19 Sep 2026. Confirm current terms on the vendor site. Spot an error?