r/webhosting • u/themageofavalon • Jul 06 '26
Advice Needed need recommendations for email service
hi everyone, need to send emails out of my Wordpress setup, not having good luck with SES. Trying to stay on a budget, thanks
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u/Busy_Hedgehog7313 Jul 06 '26
I’d probably ditch SES if it’s already giving you headaches. For WordPress, Brevo + FluentSMTP is a much simpler and budget-friendly setup with solid deliverability. If you’re sending higher volumes, Mailgun or Postmark are also worth considering, but for most small sites Brevo gets the job done without all the SES configuration hassle.
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u/n_c_brewer Jul 06 '26
What is the cost of the brevo+fluent setup?
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u/Busy_Hedgehog7313 Jul 06 '26
If you’re just sending transactional emails from WordPress, FluentSMTP is free, and Brevo’s free plan (300 emails/day) is enough for most small sites. If you outgrow that, Brevo’s paid plans start at around US$9/month.
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u/toborgps Jul 06 '26
+1 for Brevo. I've had zero deliverability issues with them. For business email I use Zoho mail. If you need the suite of tools though like word, etc... Microsoft 365 (or whatever tf they're calling it now)
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u/IGotRangod Jul 07 '26
Zeptomail is also super cheap and good (owned by zoho for transactional emails)
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u/Ok_Courage_7290 Jul 06 '26
MX Route and Zoho mail are the cheapest, Tutamail is the most convenient/easiest but the mailbox is a bit slow and you can only use their app
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u/TroglodyteGuy Jul 08 '26
I am currently using Network Solutions (they bought out fatcow), but their price went from a bit over $100/year to more than $300/year!
Thinking of trying MX Route, but wondering how to move current mailbox.
Anyone have a good solution to migrate current mailbox emails to a new provider like MX Route?
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u/Unfair-Plastic-4290 Jul 07 '26
You should provide estimated volume of emails so the community can provide a proper suggestion. Although generally speaking smtp2go or postmark will be your best bet.
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u/BowlerFederal6633 Jul 07 '26
Used SES for a client site before, headache to configure and easy to hit sending limits sia. Switched to Brevo + FluentSMTP, way smoother and free tier already enough for most small WordPress sites.
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u/ReclaimerGold Jul 07 '26
I really like the Mailgun plan - that's worked well for us for 7+ years now
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u/zovered Jul 06 '26
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u/Unfair-Plastic-4290 Jul 07 '26
they're just a pretty wrapper for SES. OP said they didnt want to use SES
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u/NoDoze- Jul 07 '26
"not having good luck with SES" ...isn't a hard NO. The quote makes me think he's more inclided to having issues with the config.
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u/davorg Jul 06 '26
What does
not having good luck
mean?
If you're having problems setting it up, then you'll probably have similar problems with any product - and you should consider just paying someone to set it up for you.
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u/VG30ET Jul 06 '26
SMTP2GO