Mailcheck.co is a tool for the validation of email lists, designed to increase conversion in email mailing and to decrease the percentage of bounce rate. The vendor states that their goal is to turn cold mail to hot leads.
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Sinch Mailgun
Score 9.2 out of 10
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Mailgun is a transactional email API service which was owned and supported by Rackspace (acquired in 2012) and then spun off in 2017 as an independent and standalone entity. It is now supported by Sinch since that company's acquisition of Mailgun and Mailjet, through acquiring Pathwire.
Here are some specific scenarios where Mailcheck.co is particularly well-suited:E-commerce Registration Forms:For online retailers, ensuring that customers enter valid email addresses during the registration process is crucial for order confirmations, shipping updates, and promotional communications. Mailcheck.co can be integrated into registration forms to validate emails in real-time, reducing the chances of users entering incorrect or fake email addresses, which could lead to lost sales or communication failures.Email Marketing Campaigns:Businesses that rely heavily on email marketing can use Mailcheck.co to clean and validate their email lists before launching campaigns. This ensures that emails are sent only to valid addresses, improving deliverability rates and reducing bounce rates, which in turn helps maintain a good sender reputation and improves the chances of successful email delivery.User Sign-up Processes for SaaS Platforms:SaaS companies often depend on accurate email addresses for user onboarding, password resets, and ongoing communication. Mailcheck.co can help these companies validate emails at the point of sign-up, ensuring that all users are reachable and reducing the risk of fraudulent or non-functional accounts.Lead Generation and CRM Data Management
Mailgun's pay-as-you-go pricing structure is fantastic, especially if you don't need to send that much email. The pricing, including the free tier, is much more generous than what you can get with some pricier providers, like SendGrid. I mainly just use Mailgun as an SMTP server for web services, and the service has been set-up-and-forget, which is great because I never even have to log onto the Mailgun website and do any work. Mailing list support also looks great for rolling-your-own and not relying on more expensive mailing list services.
No built-in templating features (This was a bit sad after coming from Mandrill which excelled at this)
Dashboard UI (although easy to use) is a bit dated in appearance
Logs are cumbersome compared to Mandrill
Setting up TLD (top level domain) names (things like .online or .church) that are not common require an email to tech support (this is annoying)
Sometimes can be slow in delivery
Shared IP addresses can be SPAM filtered or delayed (requires an email to support to have a new one assigned - Note: this can be mitigated by buying a dedicated one for a monthly fee)
Mailcheck.co is a tool for verifying the accuracy of email addresses, which helps reduce the number of input errors. Overall, its usability can be rated as high because:Intuitive Interface: It usually has a simple and understandable interface, making it easy to use even for those without technical experience.Automatic Checks: The tool automatically checks the entered addresses for errors, which can save a significant amount of time.Wide Functionality: It can integrate with various systems and applications, adding convenience in its use.Technical Support: The availability of support in English helps users who do not speak other languages.
The time for the initial setup is very quick, since you can start sending (thus developing) from their sandbox in no time. The actual configuration involves, as usual, some DNS changes that may require time but are well explained and documented. Once everything is set up, there are a lot of monitoring tools that you can use to optimize your lists.
There have been a few minor outages through the years, but nothing more than a few minutes. These small outages are to be expected in any kind of a SaaS product, but Mailgun handles them very well. We designed our software to just retry sending after a while if there is an outage. As far as I know, we have never had to do more than a few retry cycles. This is all automated on our end, so we rarely even notice. Our customers have never noticed any mail sending outages.
The API and the deliverability of emails is excellent. Their API is very responsive and performs perfectly fine. I have no complaints there. Their management interface though (accessed through the web) is pretty slow though. Searching through lists of emails when I'm tracking down a problem for a customer can take 10+ seconds which is annoyingly high for a modern web app.
You can't seem to get ANY support until you shell out hundreds of dollars per month. I even did this when we could not deliver mail with Mailgun, and the response was slow and inadequate. Nor would they refund my money. I'll never be a customer of Mailgun again.
Why Select Mailcheck.co?Choosing Mailcheck.co might be based on the following reasons:Simplicity and Ease of Use: If you prefer a straightforward, user-friendly tool without an overwhelming array of features, Mailcheck.co can be a great choice.Cost-Effectiveness: If it offers competitive pricing relative to your needs, especially for smaller volumes of email verification.Integration Needs: If it integrates well with the systems you use and meets your essential requirements without the complexity of some other options.Ultimately, the choice depends on your specific needs, including budget, feature requirements, and integration preferences. If simplicity and ease of use are top priorities, Mailcheck.co could be a strong candidate. If you need more advanced features and detailed reporting, Bounceless or NeverBounce might be better suited.
To be honest, the tools are quite similar and again I dont recommend using them as a standalone products, but they power the work we do via CRMs and our marketing campaigns. Mailgun integrates slightly better which it is why it is the preferred choice for our agency, as it integrations options seem to be better
Over the past six years, Mailgun has scaled with our growth very easily. We haven't had to make any code changes to handle our larger volume today, and their pricing has scaled naturally with our growth. As far as I know, there is nothing we will need to do in order to grow 10-fold. Mailgun just handles the load really well.
By not investing in our mail server, we have saved huge amount of money and time. For configuration and installation of an email server on Linux-based server, we would have to hire a network administrator.
If email delivery is an issue in a hosting provider, another solution is to switch the hosting. Fortunately with Mailgun, we didn't need to try different hosts and experiment which one works best for emails. We can stick to our existing web hosting provider and would not need to change it just for the sake of improving email deliverability.
The pricing of Mailgun is very cheap and straightforward. First 10K emails are free every month and that's a big advantage for our organization because our volume of emails is rarely more than 10K per month.
