Mailazy Startup Program
65% off the annual Marketing plan for a full year, $349 instead of $996, on an email platform with an MCP server so your AI assistant can run newsletters, onboarding flows, and reporting.
Mailazy Startup Program offers up to $647 off the first year to bootstrapped, pre-seed, seed startups, no VC referral required. Review takes 3–7 business days.
About
Mailazy is an email platform that covers both sides of the stack a startup actually needs: marketing sends (newsletters, lifecycle campaigns, behavioural automation) and transactional routing over REST API or SMTP relay, on infrastructure the company says handles 650M+ deliveries a month.
The differentiator for small teams is the MCP server. Connect Claude, ChatGPT, or Cursor to Mailazy and a marketer or product engineer can draft and send a newsletter, build an onboarding sequence, pull open and click stats, and edit a live template by asking for it, instead of clicking through a campaign builder. For a two-person team with no dedicated email marketer, that removes most of the reason to hire one early.
The startup program is a straight 65% discount on the annual Marketing tier for the first year, with no feature restrictions: workflows, AI templates, REST API, SMTP relay, analytics, logs, and standard support are all included, on the same deliverability infrastructure paying customers get.
Tiers
- Incorporated within the last 12 months
- Under $3M total raised
- Fewer than 25 full-time employees
- Not a previous Mailazy paid customer
Eligibility
- Incorporated within the last 12 months, measured from the certificate date
- Under $3M raised in total across every round, including SAFEs, notes, and grants
- Fewer than 25 full-time equivalent employees, founders included
- Never a paying Mailazy customer before
- Bootstrapped companies qualify automatically on the funding test
- Incorporated more than 12 months ago
- Raised $3M or more
- 25 or more full-time employees
- Existing or former Mailazy paid customer
How to apply
- 1Gather the four documentsCompany name and website, certificate of incorporation with its date, total raised plus investor names, and a one-line email use case (onboarding, transactional, newsletters, or mixed).
- 2Email the applicationSend it to support@mailazy.com with the subject line "Startup programme application". There is no web form.mailazy.com/startup-program ↗
- 3Wait about a weekResponses typically land within one week. Approved accounts get the Marketing tier at $349 for 12 months from activation.
What else you get
- MCP server: drive campaigns, stats, and template edits from Claude, ChatGPT, or Cursor
- AI templates for newsletters and lifecycle email
- Behavioural automation and event-triggered sends
- Transactional routing over REST API or SMTP relay
- Analytics and delivery logs on the same account as marketing sends
What credits cover (and don't)
- Marketing campaigns and newsletters
- Automation workflows
- Transactional email API and SMTP relay
- Analytics and logs
- SMS and push
- Enterprise-tier support agreements
Tactical tips
- Tip 1.The MCP angle is the reason to pick this over a pure transactional API: one connection and your AI assistant can write, send, and report on campaigns without anyone learning the UI.
- Tip 2.Marketing and transactional live on one account, so a small team avoids running Resend for transactional and a separate tool for newsletters.
- Tip 3.The 12-month clock starts at activation, not approval, so apply before you need to send rather than mid-launch.
- Tip 4.Bootstrapped founders clear the funding test automatically, which makes this one of the few marketing offers that does not assume a priced round.
Common rejection reasons
- Incorporation certificate older than 12 months
- Total raised at or above $3M
- Headcount at 25 or more
- Previously paid for Mailazy
Frequently asked about Mailazy Startup Program
Is Mailazy Startup Program free to apply?
Yes. Applying to Mailazy Startup Program does not cost anything and does not require giving up equity. Some programs require a payment method on file that activates only after credits are consumed or expire, check the program detail page for specifics.
How long does Mailazy Startup Program take to review applications?
Processing times are shown on the program detail page. Most programs reply within 1–3 weeks. Self-serve tiers (like AWS Activate Founders) can approve in 2–7 days; partner-referred tiers (like AWS Activate Portfolio) usually take 5–10 days.
Can I combine Mailazy Startup Program with other startup programs?
Most programs stack. The "Stacks well with" section on each detail page lists commonly combined programs. A few important exceptions: if you already claimed AWS credits via Brex or Mercury, your direct AWS Activate amount may be reduced.
What is the most common reason applications to Mailazy get rejected?
The top rejection reasons are (1) using a personal Gmail/Outlook address instead of a company domain, (2) having a thin or placeholder website, and (3) mismatched information between the application and Crunchbase/Pitchbook. The tips section on the program page details program-specific factors.
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