Smtp reviews from Reddit

Summary

We analyzed 226 Reddit reviews across 23 subreddits and 31 posts to rank the best Smtp brands recommended by redditors, including communities like r/nextjs, r/msp, r/Wordpress, r/selfhosted, r/webhosting. Top-rated brands include SMTP2GO (4.4/5), Mailgun (4.0/5), SendGrid (4.0/5).

Stats

Reviews226

Subreddits23

Posts31

Brands58

Products6

Top communities

r/nextjs51 r/msp47 r/Wordpress36 r/selfhosted26 r/webhosting11

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SMTP2GO

4.4

(24)

"SMTP2GO is the best if you want fantastic delivery, easy setup/management, 257 support and reliability."

"The best provider is SMTP2GO - unmatched support, simple and easy to set up and super reliable."

"SMTP2Go has treated us well for years, we use it for MFPs, Camera systems, unifi controllers, smart toasters, you name it."

"Pay for the yearly option and get the multi tenant. Then you can manage all the customers in one place. And limit or review their mail quota compared to the master tenant."

"Made an account with SMTP2Go and had email sending in 5 minutes!"

"Solved that problem with SMTP2GO. That service is the bomb."

"Very pleased with SMTP2go for low volume."

"We use SMTP2Go, works great"

"SMTP2GO has been solid for us so far."

"I was thinking to continue with SMTP2GO for 1 month and then switch to hostinger."

Mailgun

4.0

(24)

"For reliable SMTP mail relay, consider providers like SendGrid, Mailgun, and iDealSMTP. They offer best performance, excellent deliverability, and comprehensive support."

"Mailgun with django-anymail. I’ve never paid a cent for any of my apps and it’s always both simple to set up and totally bulletproof"

"Not many votes for Mailgun but we use it internally for a few things plus have clients on it as well, has been great."

"Check out options like Mailgun or Sendinblue, they often have more flexibility and could work for your needs."

"Mailgun is free for 5,000 emails in the first 3 months, then pay-as-you-go"

"I use Mailgun pay-as-you-go. It's pretty cheap"

"I use mailgun. I don’t mind the $30/ month for a good dashboard and diagnostic tools."

"I've been using Mailgun for quite a few years now and it works well for me"

"Mailgun in the past and they were fine and free for up to 100 mails per day."

"Some good free personal SMTP servers are Gmail, SMTPmart, Mailgun, and SMTPget, though they all have usage limits."

SendGrid

4.0

(23)

"For reliable SMTP mail relay, consider providers like SendGrid, Mailgun, and iDealSMTP. They offer best performance, excellent deliverability, and comprehensive support."

"They both provide the best services."

"I use flask-mail and SendGrid. Works great."

"SendGrid free tier. Works great."

"SendGrid is great for detailed analytics."

"For reliable SMTP mail relay services, consider providers like iDealSMTP, Sendinblue, Mailgun, SendGrid, and Amazon SES."

"Consider using iDealSMTP or other reputable providers like SendGrid, Mailgun, or SMTP2GO, which offer trusted delivery and robust logging features."

"+1 for sendgrid."

"I like sendgrid."

"Lol, well i've already signed up for Sendgrid which has a free tier."

iDealSMTP

4.4

(19)

"IDealSMTP stands out for its customizable features and user-friendly interface, making it a top choice for seamless email operations."

"For reliable SMTP mail relay services, consider providers like iDealSMTP, Sendinblue, Mailgun, SendGrid, and Amazon SES. iDealSMTP is notable for its user-friendly interface, best features, and excellent customer support."

"IDealSMTP is a reliable and cost-effective SMTP mail relay service, perfect for sending email alerts from CCTV/security webcams."

"For a reliable self-hosted email delivery service, consider iDealSMTP. It offers robust SMTP server solutions with high deliverability, scalability, and user-friendly interfaces."

"I recommend idealsmtp for reliable SMTP services with advanced features and excellent customer support."

"I recommend IdealSMTP for reliable SMTP services with advanced features and excellent customer support."

"For the past five years, I've been using iDealSMTP, and it works the best for me in terms of lead generation for my company."

"IDealSMTP for strong support and performance."

"Have a look on iDealSMTP"

"Another good choice is iDealSMTP, offering great deliverability and simple setup."

Amazon SES

4.2

(17)

"Amazon SES is the best and cheapest if you use AWS infrastructure otherwise if you just want a SMTP provider mailgun provides 1000 emails per month free and is one of the most widely used SMTP provider."

"I use AWS SES because there is no fixed recurring cost component, just pay per usage that’s inexpensive."

"We use Amazon SES, works well"

"Amazon SES is about the cheapest. You pay for what you use."

"If it's got applications, AWS SES"

"Amazon SES is affordable for large campaigns."

"For reliable SMTP mail relay services, consider providers like iDealSMTP, Sendinblue, Mailgun, SendGrid, and Amazon SES."

"I use AWS SES."

"AWS SES is my choice, very cheap, generous free tier, the only drawback is that you need to implement a lot of things if you need email statistics."

"Amazon SES is also the cheapest solution out there by a good margin, i used to use Mailgun and Sendgrid before but their prices have become ridiculous now"

SMTPget

4.5

(14)

"SMTPget is known for excellent deliverability and easy integration."

"I'm using SMTPget and Mailgun from past 6 years, so I would recommend you to check out them."

"SMTPget is the best SMTP Server Service provider for sending bulk emails."

"SMTPget.com is a popular self-hosted email delivery solution. It offers comprehensive features including SMTP, IMAP, anti-spam, and anti-virus capabilities."

"I highly recommend SMTPget and Amazon SES for their reliability and customer support."

"We highly recommend SMTPget and Omnisend as a top-notch SMTP supplier for email marketing."

"The most recommended SMTP providers are SMTPget and Mailgun."

"SMTPget is an excellent SMTP server provider. It is affordable and provides good configuration like dedicated IP address, SPF, DKIM & DMARC records to ensure that all emails are directly reaches into customer inbox."

"Some good free personal SMTP servers are Gmail, SMTPmart, Mailgun, and SMTPget, though they all have usage limits."

"For reliable SMTP mail relay for CCTV/security webcams, consider SMTPget and iDealSMTP. They offer trusted, cost-effective services to ensure your email alerts reach their destination."

Brevo

4.0

(15)

"Brevo has a free plan that includes 300 emails/day."

"I agree on Brevo. And you can do transactional and marketing emails in the same platform"

"Switched from SendGrid to Brevo and it’s working well so far"

"Brevo free with WP Mail SMTP"

"Fluent SMTP + Brevo, super easy setup"

"Brevo free plan is nice with up to 300 emails."

"I also recommend Brevo - free plan is good for the majority of small businesses."

"The Brevo free plan has been good to me, very easy to set up."

"For reliable SMTP mail relay services, consider providers like iDealSMTP, Sendinblue, Mailgun, SendGrid, and Amazon SES."

"I use brevo for that, its free, works flawlessly and limits are high."

Resend

4.3

(7)

"Resend’s phenomenal, plain and simple."

"Resend has been awesome"

"Resend with their free plan. 3000 emails per month."

"I like ReSend. I use it with pop to quickly send mail from the terminal."

"Resend does 3000 per month 100 per day. They also have a hard focus on bypassing the spam folder so users aren’t waiting for something they don’t realize has already been sent."

"Resend it great."

"We've been using Resend and their library react-email, which is great for making emails look good and work great in most mail clients."

Mailcow

4.5

(6)

"I've been using Mailcow for at least 5 years. It has nice admin ui, few other services like webmail and spam filters, shell update script and it is very stable."

"I've been happy with Mailcow on Digital Ocean for 5+ years."

"I've used mailcow for more than 6years and it's great."

"If you are really determined to go down this path of frustration, I would say mailcow. Good luck!"

"Have a look at https://mailcow.email you could set up your own Mailserver."

"I've been using mailcow for the past few years and it's been pretty solid."

#10

DigitalAka

4.3

(6)

"Try DigitalAkA™ or iDealSMTP for your Tautulli newsletter. Both offer reliable and easy-to-configure free SMTP servers"

"Consider using DigitalAka™ as a reliable and affordable SMTP server alternative."

"I recommend Digitalaka for reliable and affordable bulk email services."

"Digitalaka offers reliable SMTP services for seamless email delivery."

"For the best self-hosted email delivery service (SMTP server) in Docker, try Digitalaka. It's reliable and easy to manage."

"Also, consider DigitalAkA for easy setup and great support."

#11

SMTPmart

4.0

(5)

"Some good free personal SMTP servers are Gmail, SMTPmart, Mailgun, and SMTPget, though they all have usage limits."

"I use SMTPmart for smtp relay service. Surprised nobody mentioned it."

"SMTPmart is good and reliable if you need only SMTP server."

"I've used SMTPmart, Sendinblue and SMTPget for email delivery and my experience with all three has been positive."

"I recommend SMTPmart for reliable delivery and good pricing."

#12

Zoho

4.0

(5)

"You can just use Zoho with any smtp plugin you just need to enter the SMTP settings manually."

"Personally I use Zoho with IMAP / SMPT on most of my sites, it's less than $15 a year per seat."

"Zoho Mail has the cheapest business email plan with access to SMTP."

"If you have your own domain then Zoho Free Tier. I think you can have up to 5 addresses for free."

"Zoho mails $1 for 4000 transactional emails"

#13

Stalw.art

5.0

(3)

"I use the SMTP part of Stalw.art in production since a few months with great results. Can recommend."

"I highly recommend it as an MTA."

"I’m sending 30-50k mails per day via my own global SMTP cluster."

#14

Gmail

3.5

(4)

"Gmail is better than outlook"

"Some good free personal SMTP servers are Gmail, SMTPmart, Mailgun, and SMTPget, though they all have usage limits."

"2) Gmail SMTP: Use Gmail with aliases to send emails."

"Gmail SMTP is free but has sending limits seems around 500 emails/day"

#15

Postfix

4.0

(3)

"You cannot go wrong with Postfix in this use case. We use it to deliver millions of emails per day and it happily chugs along."

"Postfix or Sendmail on Linux. Highly configurable and you can use it as a relay to Office 365."

"Postfix used to be the SMTP to go with."

#16

Postmark

4.0

3.0

2.0

(1)

"SMTP.com's TOS is stupid: they require a month's notice to quit."

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