--- title: "Best MailPace Alternatives in 2026: Privacy-Friendly Email APIs Compared" description: "The best MailPace alternatives of 2026 compared: Reloop, Lettermint, Sweego, Mailjet and Brevo, plus Postmark and Resend, on EU hosting, tracking, pricing at 50k and 100k emails, campaigns, dedicated IPs and self-hosting." canonical: "https://reloop.sh/blog/best-mailpace-alternatives" last-updated: "2026-10-25" --- # Best MailPace Alternatives in 2026: Privacy-Friendly Email APIs Compared > For the site documentation index, see [llms.txt](/llms.txt). Docs index: [llms-docs.txt](/llms-docs.txt). Marketing corpus: [llms-full.txt](/llms-full.txt). Docs corpus: [llms-full-docs.txt](/llms-full-docs.txt). Product skill: [skill.md](/skill.md). Prefer markdown URLs (append `.md`) when available. > The best MailPace alternatives of 2026 compared: Reloop, Lettermint, Sweego, Mailjet and Brevo, plus Postmark and Resend, on EU hosting, tracking, pricing at 50k and 100k emails, campaigns, dedicated IPs and self-hosting. Source: https://reloop.sh/blog/best-mailpace-alternatives Published: 2026-10-25 **The short version:** **Reloop** is the strongest MailPace alternative once you send more than 10,000 emails a month: it's hosted on Hetzner with EU data centers, costs $10 for 50,000 emails instead of $50, lets you switch tracking off per domain, and adds campaigns, automations, inboxes and a dedicated IP. **Lettermint** is the pick for an EU company with ISO 27001. **Sweego** fits French hosting plus SMS. **Postmark** is the non-EU choice for transactional-only deliverability. MailPace is a small, principled product: EU-hosted, run by a UK company, and it never tracks opens or clicks. People look elsewhere for honest reasons: - **Price past 10,000 emails.** $50 at 50,000 and $100 at 100,000. - **Transactional only.** Marketing and newsletters are prohibited, so you need a second provider for campaigns. - **Shared IPs only.** No dedicated IP at any volume. - **No open or click data** when your product team does want it. - **Inbound is a JSON webhook**, not a mailbox you can read and reply from. We build Reloop, so weigh our entry accordingly. Every competitor fact below comes from our head-to-head posts, each of which links the provider's own pricing and docs. --- ## Top picks at a glance | Category | Pick | Why | |---|---|---| | **Best overall** | Reloop | EU-hosted on Hetzner, $10 for 50k, tracking optional, campaigns and inboxes | | **Best EU company with ISO 27001** | Lettermint | Dutch B.V., EU hosting, certified | | **Best French option with SMS** | Sweego | French company on French data centers | | **Best established EU ESP** | Mailjet | EU data centers, transactional and marketing | | **Best EU marketing suite** | Brevo | Email, SMS, WhatsApp and CRM | | **Best non-EU for transactional deliverability** | Postmark | Transactional focus, message streams (US company) | --- ## The comparison table | | MailPace | Reloop | Lettermint | Sweego | Mailjet | Brevo | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | **Hosting** | EU (France, per its DPA) | Hetzner, EU data centers; or self-host | EU (UpCloud NL) | France | EU (Google Cloud) | EU (OVH, Google Cloud) | | **Free tier** | Up to 100 / mo, on request | 6,000 / mo (200 / day) | 300 / mo | 100 / day | 6,000 / mo (200 / day) | 300 / day | | **~10k / mo** | $10 | $10 (Pro, covers 50k) | €10 | From €10 | See calculator | Starter from $9 for 5k | | **~50k / mo** | $50 | **$10** | €40 | From €10 (20k–50k) | $40 / $59 | Slider | | **~100k / mo** | $100 | **$20** | €85 (125k tier) | From €79 | $112 (Premium) | Slider | | **Open / click tracking** | Never | Per domain, can be turned off | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | | **Marketing** | Prohibited | Campaigns and automations | Broadcasts | No | Yes | Yes | | **Dedicated IP** | No | Included on Growth ($20) | €50 / mo, Pro at 300k+ | Startup and up | Premium, on request | Higher tiers | | **Self-host** | No | Yes (Apache 2.0) | No | No | No | No | Prices change, so check each provider's pricing page before you commit. --- ## 1. Reloop: best overall MailPace alternative [Reloop](/) is open-source email infrastructure: a transactional API and SMTP relay, inbound mailboxes, contacts, campaigns, event-triggered automations and signed webhooks. **Reloop Cloud runs on Hetzner, a German hosting company, with EU data centers**, and comes with a [DPA](/dpa) based on the EU Standard Contractual Clauses. The same Apache 2.0 code [self-hosts](/self-host) on your own EU server if you want full control. **Pricing:** free for 6,000 emails a month (200 a day). Pro is $10 for 50,000, Growth is $20 for 100,000 with a dedicated IP, and overage is $0.50 per 1,000. Or skip the plan and buy prepaid credits at $0.50 per 1,000, valid for 6 months. **On tracking:** open and click tracking are per-domain settings. They're on for new domains, and you can switch either off, so no pixel or rewritten links are added. That gives you MailPace's privacy stance where you need it, and data where you want it. **Strengths** - **$10 vs $50 at 50k, and $20 vs $100 at 100k.** - **Transactional and marketing in one product**, with one suppression list. - **A dedicated IP on Growth**, which MailPace doesn't offer. - **Inbound mail as real mailboxes** with threads, over the API, [MCP](/docs/integrations/ai-tools/mcp-server) or IMAP. Hosted plans include 3, 5 or 10 inboxes on Free, Pro and Growth. **Weaknesses** - Tracking is on by default for new domains; you have to switch it off, where MailPace never offers it. - At around 10,000 emails a month the price is the same as MailPace. **Best for:** teams that have outgrown MailPace's volume or scope but still want EU hosting. Full comparison: [Reloop vs MailPace](/blog/reloop-vs-mailpace). --- ## 2. Lettermint: best EU company with ISO 27001 [Lettermint](https://lettermint.co/) is Lettermint B.V., a Dutch company running on EU infrastructure (UpCloud in the Netherlands, encrypted backups on OVHcloud in Germany), and certified to ISO/IEC 27001:2022. **Pricing:** free for 300 emails a month. 10,000 is €10 on Starter, 50,000 is €40, and 100,000 falls in the €85 tier for 125,000. See [lettermint.co/pricing](https://lettermint.co/pricing). **Strengths:** EU company and EU hosting, ISO 27001, transactional, broadcast and inbound on one plan, SSO with SCIM from Starter. **Weaknesses:** inbound is a webhook, no contacts or automations in its docs, hosted only. **Best for:** EU companies whose security review asks both "where" and "who". Full comparison: [Reloop vs Lettermint](/blog/reloop-vs-lettermint). --- ## 3. Sweego: best French option with SMS [Sweego](https://www.sweego.io/) is a French email and SMS API from Mindbaz SAS, hosted on OVHcloud and Scaleway in France. **Pricing:** free for 100 emails a day. Individual starts at €10 for 20,000 to 50,000 emails; Startup at €79 for 100,000 to 200,000. See [sweego.io/pricing](https://www.sweego.io/pricing). **Strengths:** French company and hosting, SMS in the same account, dedicated IPs from Startup. **Weaknesses:** no campaigns or automations, inbound by webhook on paid plans, hosted only. **Best for:** French teams that need transactional email and SMS. Full comparison: [Reloop vs Sweego](/blog/reloop-vs-sweego). --- ## 4. Mailjet: best established EU ESP [Mailjet](https://www.mailjet.com/), now owned by Sinch, stores customer data in Google Cloud data centers in Frankfurt and Saint-Ghislain. **Pricing:** free for 6,000 emails a month (200 a day). $40 on Essential or $59 on Premium at 50,000; $112 on Premium at 100,000. See [mailjet.com/pricing](https://www.mailjet.com/pricing/). **Strengths:** transactional and marketing in one account, a mature visual editor, a generous free tier. **Weaknesses:** automations need Premium, and tracking is part of the standard product. **Best for:** teams that want MailPace's EU hosting plus marketing. Full comparison: [Reloop vs Mailjet](/blog/reloop-vs-mailjet). --- ## 5. Brevo: best EU marketing suite [Brevo](https://www.brevo.com/) runs from Paris, with servers in the EU on OVH and Google Cloud. **Pricing:** free for 300 emails a day. Starter from $9 for 5,000 emails, Standard from $18; larger volumes on a slider at [brevo.com/pricing](https://www.brevo.com/pricing/). **Strengths:** email, SMS, WhatsApp and CRM with a drag-and-drop editor. **Weaknesses:** a marketing-first product, pricier at higher volumes than developer APIs. **Best for:** marketing-led EU teams. Full comparison: [Reloop vs Brevo](/blog/reloop-vs-brevo). --- ## Non-EU options worth knowing - **[Postmark](/blog/reloop-vs-postmark):** a US company with a strong transactional deliverability reputation and separate message streams. $15 for 10,000 on Basic, then $1.80 per 1,000, so about $87 at 50k. - **[Resend](/blog/reloop-vs-resend):** a US company with a polished API. Free for 3,000 a month; $20 for 50k and $35 for 100k. For EU personal data, both need a DPA and a transfer mechanism such as SCCs. See our [EU email API guide](/blog/eu-email-api-providers-2026). --- ## How to choose - **"We're past 10,000 emails a month and want EU hosting."** Reloop. - **"We never want tracking, and our volume is small."** Stay on MailPace. - **"We need campaigns as well as transactional."** Reloop, Mailjet or Brevo. - **"We need a dedicated IP."** Reloop on Growth, or Sweego from Startup. - **"Our review requires an EU company and ISO 27001."** Lettermint. - **"We need SMS."** Sweego or Brevo. --- ## Switching from MailPace 1. **Sign the new provider's DPA.** 2. **Verify your sending domain** with the new DKIM record, and merge the new include into your existing SPF record. See our [SPF, DKIM and DMARC guide](/blog/spf-dkim-dmarc-setup-guide). 3. **Decide on tracking.** On Reloop, switch open and click tracking off per domain if you want to keep MailPace's behavior. 4. **Move suppressions, client code and webhooks.** Reloop templates use `{{{variable}}}`, and webhooks are signed in the `Reloop-Signature` header. 5. **Ramp traffic** over one to two weeks, then remove MailPace's DNS records. --- ## FAQ Reloop: $10 for 50,000 emails and $20 for 100,000 with a dedicated IP, against $50 and $100 on MailPace. At 10,000 a month both cost $10. In Reloop, open and click tracking are per-domain settings you can switch off, so no pixel or rewritten links are added. MailPace is the only provider here that never offers tracking at all. Reloop, Mailjet and Brevo all support campaigns. Reloop also adds event-triggered automations on every plan. Yes. Reloop Cloud runs on Hetzner with EU data centers, Lettermint and Sweego host in the EU, and Mailjet and Brevo store data in the EU. Reloop is open source under Apache 2.0, and you can self-host it.