COMPARISON
MailKaka vs MailerSend
MailerSend is a solid dev-first email API with team features baked in. Here's what changes if you're sending to Indian customers specifically -- region, currency, and what happens after someone hits reply.
| MailKaka | MailerSend | |
|---|---|---|
| Sending region | Mumbai, India | No India region -- EU-based infrastructure |
| Free tier | 3,000 emails/month, no fixed daily cap | 500 emails/month, capped at 100/day |
| Entry paid plan | ₹899/month (25,000 emails) | $7/month (~₹660, 5,000 emails) |
| Billing currency | INR via Razorpay | USD (also shows EUR/GBP, invoiced in USD) |
| Replies | Land in a real shared team mailbox | Outbound-focused -- no built-in reply mailbox |
| Extra channels | Email only, by design | Adds WhatsApp and SMS as paid add-ons |
| AI agent access | Hosted MCP server with browser sign-in and per-agent limits | Hosted MCP server |
MailerSend figures reflect mailersend.com/pricing as of September 2026 -- always confirm current details on their site before deciding, since pricing pages change.
BUILT FOR AI AGENTS
Let Claude Code, Cursor or any MCP client run your email.
MailKaka hosts an MCP server. Connect your coding agent once, and it can add your domain and show the DNS records, check verification, send a test email, read delivery status, and create the API key your app needs. You sign in from a browser and choose what it's allowed to do.
- Per-agent limits: 60 sends a minute and 500 emails a day
- Separate permissions for viewing, changing, sending and mailboxes
- A preview before deletes, batch sends and new API keys
- Every connection listed, and removable, in the dashboard
MailerSend also hosts an MCP server. MailKaka adds per-agent send limits, bounce warnings that name the agent, and a preview before risky actions.
claude mcp add --transport http mailkaka https://www.mailkaka.in/api/mcpWHY TEAMS SWITCH
Four things that actually matter.
A larger free tier. MailerSend's free plan is 500 emails/month. MailKaka's free tier is 3,000 emails/month with no fixed daily cap.
No forex. MailerSend invoices in USD. MailKaka bills in INR through Razorpay.
Data closer to your customers. MailerSend runs on EU-based infrastructure with no published India region. MailKaka sends from Mumbai.
Replies don't disappear. MailerSend is built for outbound sending -- there's no built-in inbox for customer replies. Every MailKaka domain gets a real shared mailbox by default.
MIGRATING
Switching from MailerSend.
MailKaka's API follows Resend's request shape, not MailerSend's /v1/email format, so this isn't a one-line swap -- you'll change the request body, not just the endpoint. Sender identity, recipient arrays, and HTML/text bodies map directly.
await fetch("https://www.mailkaka.in/api/emails", {
method: "POST",
headers: {
Authorization: `Bearer ${MAILKAKA_API_KEY}`,
"Content-Type": "application/json",
},
body: JSON.stringify({
from: "hello@yourdomain.in",
to: ["customer@example.com"],
subject: "Welcome aboard",
html: "<strong>It just works.</strong>",
}),
});Full API reference: docs.md migration prompt.
FAQ
Does MailKaka offer WhatsApp/SMS like MailerSend?
No -- MailKaka is email and reply-inbox only, by design. If you need WhatsApp or SMS alongside email from one vendor, that's outside MailKaka's current scope.
What happens to emails MailerSend already sent?
Nothing -- this only affects new sends going forward. There's no data to migrate; you're just pointing new API calls at a different host and request format.
COST IN RUPEES
What MailKaka and MailerSend cost per month.
| Emails a month | MailKaka | MailerSend |
|---|---|---|
| 10,000 | ₹899Starter (25,000) | ~₹1,363$14.5 · Hobby + 5,000 extra |
| 50,000 | ₹1,499Send (50,000) | ~₹3,290$35 · Starter (50,000) |
| 1,00,000 | ₹3,999Growth (1,00,000) | ~₹6,392$68 · Starter (100,000) |
List prices for API sending only, before GST, checked on 9 November 2026 on MailKaka's pricing page and mailersend.com/pricing. Dollar prices are converted at ₹94 to $1; card payments in dollars also carry your bank's forex markup. MailKaka figures are the cheapest plan that includes that volume. Check both sites before deciding.
At each of these volumes MailKaka costs less, and the price includes a shared mailbox for replies.
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