Mailgun vs SocketLabs Comparison

98% SW Score The SW Score ranks the products within a particular category on a variety of parameters, to provide a definite ranking system. Read more

Mailgun

Transactional Email Software

4.3 1,317 user ratings

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92% SW Score The SW Score ranks the products within a particular category on a variety of parameters, to provide a definite ranking system. Read more

SocketLabs

Transactional Email Software

4.7 94 user ratings

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Overview

Description

Mailgun is a powerful email API service build to help developers with their email sending, receiving and tracking procedures in an effortless manner. Brands can strategize their email marketing processes with features like personalization, segmentation and a/b testing in order to get useful previews and send the message to the right person at the right time. It integrates with SMTP and HTTP API to remove the headache of sending emails in bulk. Mailgun facilitates SPF, DMARC and DKIM customizations, ensuring proper protection from bad actors. Moreover, Incoming emails can be automatically parsed to easily digest structure data. The validation API offered by the software reduces invalid sign-ups in real-time. It also provides email templates for streamlining collaboration between different teams. Mailgun ensures seamless integration with Omnisend, infobip, customer.io and more which helps in creating a marketing campaign, segmentation of customer data and enhancing overall engagement levels in an accurate manner. Read more

SocketLabs is a smooth and dependable email service, which is trusted by developers and IT professionals for sending industry-leading deliverability. This email delivery system supports SMTP Relay, Analytics, API, Inbound Parsing, and others. This software and system have been engineered with unique ISP-specific traffic shaping algorithms that exactly contours email deliveries uniquely to corporate domains. SocketLabs offers an all-round email delivery solution, both cloud-based and on-premise based. The on-demand servers are hosted and fully managed by the delivery experts to ensure top deliverability and excellent performance. The cloud-based SMTP service is the simplest way to start sending marketing and transactional emails without having to build email servers. With the SMTP Relay services, users can enjoy reliable bulk SMTP Relay for email delivery. Moreover, users can easily integrate the software with any application, and it will run on SMTP servers. Besides this, users get to use this powerful and convenient Email API, which makes it extremely easy for them to work on different apps. This email API can be used to send, track, and parse email for the app. It supports API documentation and ‘live’ developer support. One can efficiently work out with bulk email delivery requirements on SocketLabs. Read more

Pricing Options

Free Trial Available
Starts at $35.00. Offers Custom plan.

Free Trial Available
Starts at $39.95. Offers Free-forever and Custom plan.

SW Score & Breakdown

98% SW Score The SW Score ranks the products within a particular category on a variety of parameters, to provide a definite ranking system. Read more

Features The Feature Score % is calculated using the weighted average method, where core features hold more weight in the final calculation. Read more

100%
Reviews

95%
Momentum

72%
Popularity

89%

92% SW Score The SW Score ranks the products within a particular category on a variety of parameters, to provide a definite ranking system. Read more

Features The Feature Score % is calculated using the weighted average method, where core features hold more weight in the final calculation. Read more

95%
Reviews

90%
Momentum

65%
Popularity

83%

Features

Total Features	16 Features	13 Features
Common Features for All	A/B Testing Compares two versions of your website to see which one performs better Automated IP Warmup Automatically warmups the dedicated IP addresses by limiting the number of emails sent Custom Metadata Assign customized identifiers to track and retrieve the instances for their entire lifecycle Custom Reverse DNS Allows you to Whitelabel the dedicated IP address to the ISP Custom Spam Filter Allows you to block all inbound messages that have a spam score higher than the set threshold. Dashboard A digital insight of reports and other workings on a single screen Email History Provides historical data about the email sent for a particular time period Email Personalization Send emails with dynamic subject lines and personalized content to a different audience Email Suppression Stores the email addresses that are unsubscribed, bounced, blacklisted, etc Email Tag Allows the user to tag a specific set of emails for better reporting Multi-factor Authentication Uses more than one method to verify a user's identity for a login Predesigned Email Templates Provides a library of templates to build an email Real-time Reporting Allows users to check campaign real-time status as it happens SMTP Provides SMTP relay for faster delivery Template Management Enables the user to create templates and modify and customise them later Webhooks Provides notifications about email delivery issues, deliveries, opens, clicks, unsubscribes etc + 13 More - Show Less	A/B Testing Compares two versions of your website to see which one performs better Automated IP Warmup Automatically warmups the dedicated IP addresses by limiting the number of emails sent Custom Metadata Assign customized identifiers to track and retrieve the instances for their entire lifecycle Custom Reverse DNS Allows you to Whitelabel the dedicated IP address to the ISP Custom Spam Filter Allows you to block all inbound messages that have a spam score higher than the set threshold. Dashboard A digital insight of reports and other workings on a single screen Email History Provides historical data about the email sent for a particular time period Email Personalization Send emails with dynamic subject lines and personalized content to a different audience Email Suppression Stores the email addresses that are unsubscribed, bounced, blacklisted, etc Email Tag Allows the user to tag a specific set of emails for better reporting Multi-factor Authentication Uses more than one method to verify a user's identity for a login Predesigned Email Templates Provides a library of templates to build an email Real-time Reporting Allows users to check campaign real-time status as it happens SMTP Provides SMTP relay for faster delivery Template Management Enables the user to create templates and modify and customise them later Webhooks Provides notifications about email delivery issues, deliveries, opens, clicks, unsubscribes etc + 10 More - Show Less

Technical Details

Organization Types Supported	Freelancers Large Enterprises Medium Business Small Business	Freelancers Large Enterprises Medium Business Small Business
Platforms Supported	SaaS/Web/Cloud	SaaS/Web/Cloud
Modes of Support	24/7 (Live rep) Business Hours Online	24/7 (Live rep) Business Hours Online
API Support	Available	Available

Reviews & Ratings

User Rating	4.3/5 1,317 user ratings	4.7/5 94 user ratings
Rating Distribution	Excellent 72.7% Very Good 9.4% Average 2.1% Poor 1.3% Terrible 14.5%	Excellent 79.8% Very Good 13.8% Average 2.1% Poor 0% Terrible 4.3%
User Sentiments	Excellent Customer Support, Reliable Email Deliverability, Easy to Use Interface, Comprehensive Documentation Account Suspensions, Shared IP Issues, Unresponsive Support, Limited Free Plan Functionality	Excellent Customer Support, High Email Deliverability, User-Friendly Interface, Reliable Service Limited SMTP Credentials, Occasional Delays in Email Batches, Lack of Native Alerting in Reporting, Outdated User Interface Design
Review Summary	Overall, users appreciate Mailgun's user-friendly interface, reliability, and effective email deliverability. The platform is lauded for its customization options, allowing users to tailor their email campaigns to specific needs. Additionally, its robust analytics and reporting features help users track campaign performance and optimize their strategies. However, some users have expressed concerns regarding pricing, occasional deliverability issues, and a need for more granular control over certain aspects of the platform.	Overall, users praise SocketLabs for its reliability, ease of use, and excellent customer support. It is lauded for its user-friendly interface, powerful features, and flexible pricing options. Users appreciate the ability to customize email templates, track email performance, and integrate with various platforms. SocketLabs is also commended for its robust security measures and compliance with industry standards. However, some users have reported occasional deliverability issues and a lack of advanced features found in competing products.
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Pricing

Pricing Options	Free Trial Available Starts at $35.00. Offers Custom plan.	Free Trial Available Starts at $39.95. Offers Free-forever and Custom plan.
Pricing Plans Monthly Plans Annual Plans	Flex Others Foundation $35.00 $35.00 per month Growth $80.00 $80.00 per month Scale $90.00 $90.00 per month Enterprise Custom	Developer Free Core $39.95 $39.95 per month Pro $79.95 $79.95 per month Enterprise Custom
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