Send through the email service you already use
Connect your own SMTP, Gmail or Google Workspace, Amazon SES or another sending service. You get every SendCoop feature, and your provider delivers the email.
- No SendCoop email limit
- Every feature, unlimited automations
- From $9 a month, about half the price of Growth
Example data
Own SMTP plans
US dollars. Annual billing is 10 months’ price for 12. Every plan includes every feature, unlimited automations, 300 AI generations a month, 3 team members and up to 5 sending servers.
| Contacts | Monthly | Annual (per month) | Billed yearly |
|---|---|---|---|
| 500 | $9 | $8 | $90 |
| 1,000 | $12 | $10 | $120 |
| 2,500 | $19 | $16 | $190 |
| 5,000 | $29 | $24 | $290 |
| 10,000 | $45 | $38 | $450 |
| 25,000 | $89 | $74 | $890 |
| 50,000 | $159 | $133 | $1,590 |
| 100,000 | $279 | $233 | $2,790 |
More than 100,000 contacts? Talk to us.
Connected in about five minutes
- Choose an Own SMTP planPick it when you sign up, or switch to it from your account.
- Add your serverGo to Settings → Deliverability → Sending servers → Add server, pick your provider and paste its details.
- Test, then sendUse Test connection and Send test email, set the sending limit, and your campaigns go out through your server.
Works with the provider you already pay for
Each one is a built-in server type in SendCoop. Limits are set by your provider, not by us.
- You need
- Host mail.privateemail.com, port 465 (SSL), your mailbox address and password
- Limit
- 500 emails an hour per mailbox
- Good for
- Small newsletters from your own domain
- You need
- Host smtp.gmail.com, port 587 (TLS), your Google address and an app password (2-Step Verification must be on)
- Limit
- About 500 a day (Gmail) or 2,000 a day (Workspace)
- Good for
- Personal-feeling emails to a small list
- You need
- AWS access key ID, secret key and region, with production access approved
- Limit
- Your SES quota; about $0.10 per 1,000
- Good for
- High volume at the lowest cost
- You need
- An Elastic Email API key
- Limit
- Your Elastic Email plan
- Good for
- Bulk sending with a managed service
- You need
- A SendGrid API key
- Limit
- Your SendGrid plan
- Good for
- Teams already using SendGrid
- You need
- API key, domain and region (US or EU)
- Limit
- Your Mailgun plan
- Good for
- Developers already on Mailgun
- You need
- API key and endpoint
- Limit
- Your SparkPost plan
- Good for
- High-volume senders
- You need
- SMTP host, port, encryption, username and password
- Limit
- Whatever your server or host allows
- Good for
- Hosting mail, your own mail server, other relays
Own SMTP or SendCoop sending
| Own SMTP | SendCoop sending | |
|---|---|---|
| Who delivers your email | Your own service | SendCoop’s servers |
| Sending cost | Paid to your provider | Included in the plan |
| Monthly email limit | None from SendCoop | 10 to 25 × your contacts |
| Features | Every feature | Every feature |
| Sender reputation | Yours, on your provider | Managed by SendCoop |
| Price at 10,000 contacts | $45 a month | $99 a month (Growth) |
| Best for | You already pay for sending | You want it all in one place |
Your provider, your rules
On Own SMTP plans your email leaves through your account, so your provider’s rules and limits apply. A few things keep delivery healthy.
- Authenticate your domain at your provider. Add the SPF and DKIM records they give you, plus a DMARC record.
- Set a sending limit just under your provider’s, so SendCoop paces campaigns instead of hitting their cap.
- Handle bounces. API services report them automatically. For plain SMTP, connect a bounce mailbox.
- Follow your provider’s policy. Many mailbox services allow small opt-in newsletters but not bulk sending.
- SendCoop’s anti-spam policy still applies: opt-in lists only, and every email carries an unsubscribe link.
Do I need technical skills?
No more than copying the SMTP or API details from your provider into SendCoop. Use Test connection to check them, then send yourself a test email.
Can I connect more than one server?
Yes, up to 5. SendCoop spreads your sending across the servers that are active.
How do I stay within my provider’s limits?
Each sending server has its own sending limit. Set it a little below what your provider allows, for example 450 an hour for a 500-an-hour mailbox, and SendCoop paces your campaigns to match.
What happens to bounces?
API services such as Amazon SES, SendGrid, Mailgun and SparkPost report bounces and complaints back automatically. For plain SMTP, connect a bounce mailbox under Bounce handler so bounced addresses are removed from your lists.
Can I switch between Own SMTP and SendCoop sending?
Yes. Change your plan at any time. On SendCoop plans your email goes through our servers; on Own SMTP plans it goes only through yours.
Is Gmail fine for newsletters?
For small lists only. Google limits how much a Gmail or Workspace account can send each day and does not allow bulk mail. Use a sending service such as Amazon SES for larger lists.
Already have an email service?
Connect it to SendCoop. Own SMTP plans start at $9 a month.