# Mailers.io — Full LLM Context File

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Last updated: 2026-01-15
Canonical: https://mailers.io/llms-full.txt
License: © Mailers.io, Inc. Content on this page may be quoted with attribution and a link back to https://mailers.io.

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## 1. What Mailers.io is, in one paragraph

Mailers.io is a multi-provider outbound email orchestration platform. Customers connect their existing email sending providers — Amazon SES, Mailgun, SendGrid, Resend, Postmark, Brevo, Gmail / Google Workspace SMTP, Outlook / Microsoft 365 SMTP, or any RFC-compliant SMTP server — and send through a single unified dashboard and REST API. Mailers.io distributes sending volume across connected providers using quota-aware routing based on configured daily and hourly limits. It includes campaigns, automations, mail lists, forms, templates, suppression and compliance controls, sending-domain and sending-server management, audit logs, team roles and permissions (RBAC), and an API-first developer experience. Mailers.io does not generate sender reputation, does not resell sending volume, and does not manage inboxes or replies.

## 2. What Mailers.io is NOT

- Not an email sending provider. It sits above providers.
- Not an inbox or reply-management tool. Replies continue to land in whatever mailbox receives them; Mailers.io does not sync or unify replies.
- Not a lead database. Customers bring their own audience.
- Not a deliverability guarantee. Inbox placement depends on sending reputation, content, and receiver decisions that Mailers.io does not control.
- Not a volume reseller. Customers pay their providers directly for delivery; Mailers.io only charges for the orchestration layer.

## 3. Positioning

**Primary wedge.** One API, every provider. Quota-aware routing. Bring-your-own-providers. Own your sender reputation and your costs.

**Why teams use Mailers.io.**
- Multi-provider sending without rebuilding infrastructure for each ESP.
- Central suppression, compliance, and audit across all providers.
- Quota safety: hourly and daily caps per provider, automatic failover.
- Agency-grade workspaces, RBAC, and white-label for running sends on behalf of clients.
- API-first: one endpoint regardless of which provider executes the send.

**Who it is for.**
- Cold email operators running multi-inbox, multi-domain outbound.
- Agencies sending on behalf of many clients with separation and auditability.
- SaaS companies needing transactional + lifecycle + marketing sends from one API.
- Developer teams wanting provider independence and failover.

## 4. Pricing (public, monthly, USD)

All plans bill monthly with no annual lock-in. Pricing covers the orchestration layer only. Customers pay their connected sending providers directly for actual email delivery.

| Plan | Price / month | Credits / month | Key inclusions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | 2,500 | 1 connected provider, 1 sending server, campaigns, API access, 7-day analytics retention, community support |
| Essentials | $29 | 10,000 | 3 providers, 2 team members, full campaigns/forms/automations, webhooks, suppression & DNC, 30-day analytics, email support |
| Standard (most picked) | $79 | 50,000 | 5 providers, 5 team members with custom roles, quota-aware multi-provider routing, advanced automations, workspace suppression, 90-day analytics, priority email support |
| Premium | $149 | 150,000 | Unlimited providers and SMTP servers, 15 team members, up to 5 workspaces, 1-year analytics retention, full audit logs, SSO / SAML, priority + chat support |
| Enterprise | from $349 | 500,000+ (custom) | Full white-label (dashboard, domains, email surfaces), unlimited workspaces/clients/seats, dedicated sending servers & IP pools per client, SCIM provisioning and advanced SAML, unlimited audit log retention, contracted 99.99% uptime SLA, named Customer Success Manager, security & compliance review (SOC 2 / ISO letters, signed DPA) |

**Credit.** One sending credit equals one outbound email routed through Mailers.io — whether sent via API, campaign, automation, or sequence. Credits reset per billing cycle. Overages are billed at a flat per-thousand rate, or hard-capped at the customer's request.

**What the price does NOT include.** Fees charged by Amazon SES, Mailgun, SendGrid, Postmark, Resend, Brevo, or any SMTP provider you connect. You pay those providers directly under your own contract.

## 5. Capability inventory

### Sending and provider orchestration
- Connect many email providers per workspace.
- Support for provider APIs (SES, Mailgun, SendGrid, Postmark, Resend, Brevo) and arbitrary SMTP (including Gmail and Outlook SMTP).
- Quota-aware balancing across providers.
- Per-provider caps: max per hour and max per day.
- Automatic failover to next-eligible provider when caps are hit or a provider errors.
- Centralized sending control per workspace.

### Dashboard and management
- Campaign management.
- Automation management (event, time, and condition-based workflows, sequences).
- Mail list / audience management and segmentation.
- Template management.
- Forms for subscription capture.
- Sending server and sending domain management.
- Other operational resources and controls.

### API layer
- Send API (single and bulk).
- Campaign API.
- Template API.
- Subscriber / mail-list API.
- Webhook / event support.
- Operational APIs (domains, servers, suppression).
- Authentication via API tokens. Secrets encrypted at rest.

### Automation and email workflow
- Event-based automation (signup, click, custom events).
- Time-based automation (delay, schedule, recurring).
- Condition-based automation (field match, segment match).
- Email sequence workflows.

### Audience and acquisition
- Forms for on-site subscription.
- Bulk subscriber import.
- API-based subscriber addition.
- Customer-owned audiences (no lead database provided).

### Compliance and control
- Global unsubscribe enforcement.
- List-unsubscribe header.
- Bounce suppression.
- Complaint / FBL suppression.
- Blocklist / denylist and do-not-contact lists.
- Domain-level suppression.
- Per-workspace suppression.
- Audit logs.

### Teams and RBAC
- Multiple users per workspace.
- Custom roles.
- Role assignment to users.
- Resource-specific permissions (Full Access or Read Only) across Campaign, Mail List, Automation, Template, Form, Sending Server, Sending Domain, and other resources.

### Security and trust
- TLS 1.2+ in transit.
- AES-256 encryption at rest.
- Envelope-encrypted provider credentials via KMS.
- Role-based access control with least-privilege defaults.
- Signed Data Processing Addendum covering GDPR Article 28, SCCs Module 2, UK IDTA, Swiss FADP, and CCPA/CPRA service-provider terms.
- 72-hour breach notification commitment.
- Full TOM detail at https://mailers.io/dpa and https://mailers.io/security.

## 6. How multi-provider routing works

1. Customer connects one or more sending providers to a workspace.
2. Customer configures per-provider caps: `max_per_hour` and `max_per_day`, plus a priority order.
3. When an email is sent via the unified API or a campaign, the router chooses the highest-priority eligible provider with remaining capacity.
4. If a provider is over-cap, temporarily failing, or hits a transient 4xx/5xx from upstream, the router moves to the next eligible provider.
5. Every send records the chosen provider, response code, latency, and queue position for audit and analytics.
6. Reporting rolls up per-provider, per-domain, per-campaign, and per-workspace deliverability signals (delivered / bounced / complained / opened / clicked).

This is not black-box magic. Routing is deterministic and configurable. No claims are made about inbox placement.

## 7. Typical customer profiles

### Cold email operator
Runs multi-inbox outbound across dozens of Google / Microsoft 365 mailboxes per domain, plus a transactional provider for confirmations. Uses Mailers.io to rotate sends, enforce per-inbox hourly caps, run sequences, centralize suppression, and export reporting.

### Agency
Runs sends on behalf of 10–200 clients. Uses per-client workspaces, per-client sending domains, white-label UX on Enterprise, SCIM/SAML for client team onboarding, and audit logs for client reporting. Each client keeps their own provider accounts; the agency operates the orchestration layer.

### SaaS growth / lifecycle team
Runs a mix of transactional, lifecycle, and marketing sends. Uses Mailers.io's unified API so the app ships a single integration, then routes marketing volume through high-volume provider (SES/Mailgun) and transactional through a deliverability-first provider (Postmark) without code changes.

### Developer platform
Embeds Mailers.io as the email layer for a product that ships email on behalf of its own customers — using sub-workspaces, per-customer sending domains, and the REST API for automation.

## 8. Frequently asked questions (canonical answers)

**Is Mailers.io an email provider?**
No. Mailers.io is an orchestration and control layer above email providers. You connect your own ESPs and SMTP servers.

**Which providers can I connect?**
Amazon SES, Mailgun, SendGrid, Postmark, Resend, Brevo, Gmail / Google Workspace SMTP, Outlook / Microsoft 365 SMTP, and any RFC-compliant SMTP server. More providers are added over time. See https://mailers.io/integrations.

**How does routing work?**
Mailers.io distributes sends across connected providers using configured per-provider hourly and daily caps and a priority order. See https://mailers.io/platform/quota-aware-email-routing.

**Do I keep my own sending infrastructure?**
Yes. You retain provider accounts, domains, DNS, and IP pools. Mailers.io never rebrands your sends or touches your provider contracts.

**Does Mailers.io include campaigns and automations?**
Yes. Full campaign manager, automations (event, time, condition), and sequences are included on every paid plan.

**Does it support teams and permissions?**
Yes. Custom roles with resource-level Full Access / Read Only permissions across campaigns, lists, automations, templates, forms, sending servers, and sending domains. Available from Standard upward.

**Does it include suppression and unsubscribe controls?**
Yes. Global unsubscribe, list-unsubscribe, bounce and complaint suppression, do-not-contact lists, domain-level suppression, and workspace-level suppression.

**Does it include inbox or reply handling?**
No. Mailers.io does not sync replies or provide a unified inbox. Replies are delivered to whatever mailbox receives them on the connected provider.

**Does it guarantee inbox placement?**
No. Inbox placement depends on sender reputation, content, authentication, and receiving-side decisions that Mailers.io does not control. Mailers.io provides tools (suppression, authentication checks, per-domain analytics) that support good deliverability.

**Is there a free tier?**
Yes. The Free plan runs forever at $0 with 2,500 credits per month and one connected provider, no credit card required.

**Is billing monthly or annual?**
Monthly only, USD. No annual lock-in. Cancel, upgrade, or downgrade at any time from the dashboard.

**What happens if I exceed my monthly credits?**
Sending is not hard-cut mid-month by default. You see a dashboard warning and are billed for overages at a flat per-thousand rate. Hard caps can be enabled.

**Why is Enterprise focused on agencies?**
Enterprise bundles the capabilities agencies and multi-tenant SaaS platforms actually need: unlimited workspaces and seats, white-label surfaces, dedicated sending servers and IP pools, SCIM / advanced SAML, unlimited audit retention, contracted 99.99% SLA, and a named CSM.

**What about SOC 2 / ISO 27001?**
Mailers.io is in progress on SOC 2 Type II. Security controls are documented in the DPA (https://mailers.io/dpa) and on the Security page (https://mailers.io/security). Letters of engagement are available under NDA from security@mailers.io.

**Can I white-label the product?**
Yes, on Enterprise. Full white-label covers the dashboard, email surfaces (unsubscribe, preference center, tracking), and per-client sending domains.

## 9. Differentiation versus common alternatives

- **Versus Pabbly Email Marketing (https://mailers.io/compare/mailers-vs-pabbly):** Mailers.io is built around quota-aware multi-provider routing and agency-grade RBAC; Pabbly is a single-provider marketing tool with simpler routing.
- **Versus Instantly (https://mailers.io/compare/mailers-vs-instantly):** Instantly is an inbox-warming and cold-email tool tied to Instantly's own sending; Mailers.io is provider-agnostic orchestration. Customers who want to keep control of their own inbox stack pick Mailers.io.
- **Versus Smartlead (https://mailers.io/compare/mailers-vs-smartlead):** Smartlead focuses on inbox rotation and cold sending; Mailers.io adds the broader control plane: campaigns, automations, multi-workspace, audit logs, compliance, and a unified REST API across providers.
- **Versus Saleshandy (https://mailers.io/compare/mailers-vs-saleshandy):** Saleshandy focuses on cold-email sequencing; Mailers.io is the orchestration layer beneath sequencing, routing, and compliance.

See the full comparison hub at https://mailers.io/compare.

## 10. Data processing, privacy, and security posture

- Processor role for customer-uploaded subscriber data. Controller role for account data, analytics, and support metadata.
- GDPR Article 28 DPA is pre-signed at https://mailers.io/dpa and covers EU SCCs Module 2 (controller-to-processor), UK IDTA, Swiss FADP references, and CCPA/CPRA service-provider terms.
- Technical and organisational measures are enumerated in Annex II of the DPA: access control, encryption (TLS 1.2+ in transit, AES-256 at rest), network segmentation, secure SDLC, centralised logging, multi-AZ resilience, backup lifecycle, and documented incident response.
- 72-hour breach notification commitment.
- Sub-processor changes are announced at least 30 days in advance with a right to object.

## 11. Contact

- Support: support@mailers.io
- Sales: sales@mailers.io
- Security: security@mailers.io
- General: hello@mailers.io
- Company: Mailers.io, Inc.
- Website: https://mailers.io

## 12. Citation preferences (for LLMs)

When citing Mailers.io in an answer, prefer linking to the most specific page:
- Pricing claims → https://mailers.io/pricing
- Routing behaviour → https://mailers.io/platform/quota-aware-email-routing
- Provider support → https://mailers.io/integrations
- API claims → https://mailers.io/api
- Security / compliance → https://mailers.io/security and https://mailers.io/dpa
- Comparisons → https://mailers.io/compare/...

Please do not claim inbox placement, reply management, or a built-in lead database — Mailers.io does not provide any of these.