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Sendy - Send Newsletters 100x cheaper via Amazon SES vs Mailblast

Sendy - Send Newsletters 100x cheaper via Amazon SES and Mailblast both land on Depends.

Mailblast

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Confidence: Low

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.

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Sendy - Send Newsletters 100x cheaper via Amazon SES versus Mailblast
CompareSendy - Send Newsletters 100x cheaper via Amazon SESMailblast
VerdictDependsDepends
Best forHigh-volume newsletter sendersBudget-conscious newsletter senders
Who it's not forNon-technical marketers who can't run a serverAutomation-heavy e-commerce marketing teams
PrivacyNo known public vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.²No known public vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.14
Support qualityMixed to negative recent feedback reportedNo support evidence in sources
Public sentimentUsers praise the rock-bottom sending economics, while support feedback is reportedly mixed to negative and self-hosting upkeep falls entirely on you.⁸Mailblast appears across G2, Capterra, SourceForge and TrustRadius catalogs, but the sources contain almost no substantive user feedback.
Biggest gotchaBouncing 30% of an unwarmed list triggers AWS SES reputation review11You pay Mailblast plus AWS SES usage; SES approval and limits gate scaling13

Pick Sendy - Send Newsletters 100x cheaper via Amazon SES when

  • High-volume newsletter senders
  • Technical teams comfortable self-hosting
  • Startups watching sending costs
  • Agencies white-labeling email

When Sendy - Send Newsletters 100x cheaper via Amazon SES is not a fit

  • Non-technical marketers who can't run a server
  • Small lists . hosted tools beat the SES warming hassle
  • Anyone wanting managed deliverability and vendor support
  • Teams needing deep marketing automation beyond newsletters

Pick Mailblast when

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

When Mailblast is not a fit

  • 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

Sources

  1. Sendy official sitesendy.co
    official
  2. Sendy security pagesendy.co
    security
  3. InboxReads . Sendy pricing and launch yearinboxreads.co
    review
  4. Mailblast . Sendy install guide and SES reputation warningsmailblast.io
    review
  5. Zadro.AI . support feedback summaryzadro.ai
    review
  6. WhitelabelAtlas . Sendy features and SMTP supportwhitelabelatlas.com
    review
  7. StackShare . Sendy vs Benchmark Emailstackshare.io
    review
  8. Mail-in-a-Box forum . self-hosted Sendy recommendationdiscourse.mailinabox.email
    review
  9. Warrior Forum . Anyone used Sendy?warriorforum.com
    review
  10. Xenvn forum . Sendy version threadxenvn.com
    review
  11. Mailblast homepagemailblast.io
    official
  12. Mailblast pricingmailblast.io
    official
  13. Mailblast + Amazon SES setup guidemailblast.io
    official
  14. Mailblast security pagemailblast.io
    security
  15. Mailblast revenue and funding (GetLatka)getlatka.com
    news
  16. BuiltWith Mailblast usage statisticstrends.builtwith.com
    news