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    SMTP Email Relay Solutions

    Score9 out of 10
    N/ASMTP Email Relay Solutions is a transactional email service formerly from SharpSpring and now a J2 Global company.

    $25

    per month

    WhoisXML Email Verification API

    Score10 out of 10
    N/AEmail Verification API is a tool that allows verifying the validity of email addresses through API calls using a variety of programming languages (PHP, Node.js, Python, Flask, and Express.js). Developers and product architects can use the API to integrate email-checking capabilities into existing software and applications. Email Verification API helps with the business tasks identified below. Cleaning Up Email Distribution Lists Nonexistent email addresses can hurt…N/A
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    ESSENTIAL
    $25
    per month
    STARTER
    $80
    per month
    GROWTH
    $300
    per month
    BUSINESS
    $500
    per month
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    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    User Ratings
    SMTP Email Relay SolutionsWhoisXML Email Verification API
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    10.0
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    Usability
    9.0
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    User Testimonials
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    Likelihood to Recommend
    Ziff Davis Inc
    SMTP Email Relay Solutions is a great service if you are in a field where sending out bulk information, such as monthly statements to clients, invoices, or any back-to-back emails that would normally get flagged for "spam" is required.
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    WhoisXML API
    We use WhoisXML Email Verification API for the additional value it provides to our corporate email security, and we recommend that most organizations do the same. Disposable email services may help protect the privacy of their users, but in the corporate setting, receiving emails from these domains may not be safe. So, aside from flagging emails from domains categorized as spam, we wanted our spam filtering system to be stricter and include disposable email addresses.
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    Pros
    Ziff Davis Inc
    • It allows us to send email through the secure email gateway.
    • We are able to track and scan all email communications
    • It provides a way for legacy and current applications to send out notification and mass email communications.
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    WhoisXML API
    • WhoisXML Email Verification API obtains its disposable email detection capabilities from a disposable email domain database that monitors most disposable email providers regularly.
    • WhoisXML Email Verification API is compatible with most spam filtering solutions and other email security systems. It is also available as a Splunk application, so compatibility wasn’t an issue for us.
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    Cons
    Ziff Davis Inc
    • As with any technology on a server, we sometimes see issues with downtime related to network changes or firewall updates.
    • It can be a challenge to work with some of our older applications when the TLS feature is used.
    • I wish there was a more direct way to reliably use SMTP for mass email sends without the fear of being blacklisted.
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    WhoisXML API
    • We had to avail ourselves of the custom plan because we have a pretty large user base, and each user receives hundreds of emails per day. We were able to come up with a reasonable agreement, in any case.
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    Usability
    Ziff Davis Inc
    I have yet to encounter any hiccups with their services. I send a large volume of emails monthly and have yet to experience any delay in my work.
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    Support Rating
    Ziff Davis Inc
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    WhoisXML API
    Prompt and professional support.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Ziff Davis Inc
    Office 365 does use secure non-standard ports for SMTP connectivity causing a problem with older programs. SMTP Email Delivery from Exchange solves this problem by giving the network admin full control over ports and specific program connections. While we do use both Office 365 and the SMTP Email Delivery we find that a mix is needed in order to meet all expectations for our end users. The majority of our SMTP communications, for users, go through Office 365 while the majority of our applications and servers do go through the SMTP Email Delivery service.
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    Return on Investment
    Ziff Davis Inc
    • It's the easiest way to send mail out. No worries about complex configurations.
    • It can be finicky when used in a hybrid Office 365 environment to get the proper pathways secured and working.
    • I wish there were a better way to send out mass emails, on-site, without our domain or server IP being blacklisted.
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