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Should I use Mailblast?

Affordable email marketing with Amazon SES. Mailchimp alternative at a fraction of the cost. Free plan: 1,000 subscribers, 10,000 emails/month. - mailblast.io

Depends. Buy if you send simple newsletters and want Mailchimp-sized bills cut via Amazon SES; skip if you need deep automation, segmentation, or vendor hand-holding. Evidence is thin — mostly directory listings, few substantive user reviews.

Confidence

Low. Based on 12 public sources; review content is thin — mostly directory listings and truncated snippets, so confidence is low.

Ratings

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Feature depth
  • Support qualityNo support evidence in sources
  • Security postureNo findings either way; security page unverified

Pricing

$0

Free

ModelNot disclosed
Monthly feesNot disclosed
HardwareNot disclosed
Free tierYes
Paid (per third-party listing)from $35/mo

Best for

  • Budget-conscious newsletter senders
  • Teams already on AWS
  • Mailchimp refugees with big lists
  • Solo and indie marketers

Not for

  • Automation-heavy e-commerce marketing teams
  • Enterprises needing deliverability SLAs and dedicated support
  • Anyone unwilling to manage AWS/SES setup and sender reputation
  • Buyers wanting a widely adopted, battle-tested vendor

Gotchas - check before you buy

medium

You pay Mailblast plus AWS SES usage; SES approval and limits gate scaling

medium

Comparison sites list paid tiers from $35/mo; verify current pricing before committing

medium

Security page returned no crawlable content; security posture undocumented

medium

Tiny user base means sparse community support and few migration guides

Pros and cons

Pros

  • SES pass-through pricing slashes costs versus Mailchimp
  • Free tier: 1,000 subscribers, 10,000 emails/month
  • Bootstrapped company; no VC pricing pressure
  • Drag-and-drop editor lowers campaign setup friction

Cons

  • Tiny adoption: 18 BuiltWith-tracked sites, 5 known companies
  • Almost no substantive user reviews found in sources
  • Depends entirely on your Amazon SES account, limits, reputation
  • Feature set trails GetResponse, Omnisend,

Sources & method

Analyzed 9/25/2026 - 12 sources - No known vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.

official x3review x4security x1news x4

Key stats

  • Value for money: 5/5

    Rating

  • $0

    Starting price

  • 12

    Sources

  • Analyzed

  • Value for money: 5/5. SES pass-through pricing massively undercuts Mailchimp
  • Ease of use: 3/5. Guess: simple SES wrapper with drag-and-drop editor
  • Feature depth: 2/5. Sends, opens, clicks; trails GetResponse and Customer.io
  • Support quality. No support evidence in sources
  • Security posture. No findings either way; security page unverified
  • Yes Free tier 1,000 subscribers, 10,000 emails/mo
  • $35/mo Starting price (third-party) per comparison-site listing; confirm on vendor page
  • Bootstrapped Funding no outside investment (GetLatka)
  • 18 sites Adoption BuiltWith-tracked; TheirStack counts 5 companies

Pricing

Free

$0

  • 1,000 subscribers
  • 10,000 emails/month

Paid (per third-party listing)

from $35/mo

  • Guess: higher send volumes
  • Guess: SES pass-through delivery

Security

No known vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.

What users say

Mailblast appears across G2, Capterra, SourceForge and TrustRadius catalogs, but the sources contain almost no substantive user feedback.

Full analysis

Based on 12 public sources; review content is thin — mostly directory listings and truncated snippets, so confidence is low.

Dirt-cheap email sending on Amazon SES. Great for simple newsletters; too bare for automation-heavy teams.

Methodology

Based on 12 public sources; review content is thin — mostly directory listings and truncated snippets, so confidence is low.

Sources

  1. Mailblast homepagemailblast.io
    official
  2. Mailblast pricingmailblast.io
    official
  3. Mailblast + Amazon SES setup guidemailblast.io
    official
  4. Mailblast security pagemailblast.io
    security
  5. Mailblast revenue and funding (GetLatka)getlatka.com
    news
  6. BuiltWith Mailblast usage statisticstrends.builtwith.com
    news
  7. The American Genius on Mailblast cost savingstheamericangenius.com
    news
  8. HN: MailChimp vs. Amazon SES bill reductionnews.ycombinator.com
    review
  9. EmailOctopus: best email marketing for Amazon SESemailoctopus.com
    review
  10. Reddit: cheapest service for large listsreddit.com
    review
  11. Crozdesk: Mailblast vs Omnisend vs CleverReachcrozdesk.com
    review
  12. TheirStack: companies using Mailblasttheirstack.com
    news

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