Comparison
VuloMail vs Easy WP SMTP.
Easy WP SMTP has 500,000 installs and a 4.6-star rating. The free version sends through nine services or any SMTP server and records failed sends as debug events. The full email log, backup connection, alerts, and Gmail, Microsoft 365 or Amazon SES sending are all paid, from $99 a year at full price. VuloMail includes those for free and adds SMS, but it has no track record yet.
At a glance
The numbers, side by side.
From the WordPress.org plugin directory on 13 October 2026. VuloMail is new: it was listed on 12 Oct 2026, so it has no install base or reviews yet. Weigh that against the feature list below.
Active installs
Under 10 (new)
500K+
Rating
No reviews yet
4.6/ 5 · 708 reviews
Current version
1.0.0
2.15.1
Last updated
12 Oct 2026
12 Aug 2026
On WordPress.org since
12 Oct 2026
17 Apr 2013
Requires
WordPress 6.4+ · PHP 7.4+
WordPress 5.5+ · PHP 7.4+
Tested up to
WordPress 7.1.3
WordPress 7.1.3
Features
What’s free, and what isn’t.
Each row says whether Easy WP SMTP includes a feature in its free plugin, keeps it for a paid plan, or doesn’t offer it. VuloMail has no paid plan, so everything it does is included.
Sending
Email services built in
VuloMail
22 email APIs, plus 18 one-click SMTP presets
Easy WP SMTP
9 in free; Gmail, Microsoft 365, Amazon SES and Zoho are paid
Any SMTP server
VuloMail
Easy WP SMTP
Gmail / Google Workspace
VuloMail
SMTP preset with an app password; no Google sign-in
Easy WP SMTP
One-click Google sign-in
Microsoft 365 / Outlook
VuloMail
SMTP preset with an app password; no Microsoft sign-in
Easy WP SMTP
Amazon SES
VuloMail
SMTP preset
Easy WP SMTP
Sends through your own provider account
VuloMail
Easy WP SMTP
Rules that route emails to different providers
VuloMail
One primary and one backup for all email
Easy WP SMTP
Smart Conditional Routing
Reliability & visibility
Backup connection when the primary fails
VuloMail
Plus WordPress's own mailer as a last resort
Easy WP SMTP
Log of every email sent
VuloMail
Email and SMS in one log
Easy WP SMTP
Free version logs failed sends as debug events
Resend from the log
VuloMail
When message-content storage is switched on
Easy WP SMTP
Alert when an email fails
VuloMail
By SMS, at most one text every 15 minutes
Easy WP SMTP
Email, Slack, Teams, Discord, SMS, webhooks
Sender-domain DNS check (SPF/DMARC)
VuloMail
Checked from your own server
Easy WP SMTP
Open / click tracking
VuloMail
Easy WP SMTP
SMS
Text-message (SMS) alerts
VuloMail
Twilio, Vonage, Plivo or Clickatell
Easy WP SMTP
Email-failure alerts only
WooCommerce order & stock texts to you
VuloMail
Orders, failed payments, refunds, stock, reviews
Easy WP SMTP
Order-update texts to customers
VuloMail
Processing, completed, refunded, cancelled, notes
Easy WP SMTP
Admin
WP-CLI commands
VuloMail
Easy WP SMTP
Multisite network settings
VuloMail
Not documented
Easy WP SMTP
Pricing
What it costs.
Plugin prices only. Your email or SMS provider bills you separately with either plugin, except where noted.
VuloMail
$0
No paid plan, no account, no limits set by VuloMail. Every feature on this page is in the free plugin.
Easy WP SMTP
Free version: Sending through 9 email services or any SMTP server, a setup wizard, Reply-To and BCC, and debug events for failed sends.
Basic
$99/yr
1 site
$49.50 in the first year
Plus
$199/yr
5 sites
$99.50 in the first year
Pro
$399/yr
10 sites
$199.50 in the first year
Elite
$599/yr
50 sites
Priority support. $299.50 in the first year
First-year prices are introductory; renewals are at full price.
Strengths
Where each one wins.
We list theirs first. If one of these matters most to you, it should decide it.
- Track record: on WordPress.org since 2013, with 500,000 active installs and 708 reviews averaging 4.6 out of 5.
- Paid plans add features VuloMail doesn't have: one-click Google sign-in, open and click tracking, email reports, rate limiting, background sending and conditional routing.
- Paid plans include vendor support; Elite adds priority support.
- A full email log, resend, backup connection and failure alerts are free in VuloMail. Easy WP SMTP charges $99 a year for them on one site.
- Gmail, Microsoft 365 and Amazon SES all work in the free plugin. Easy WP SMTP puts all three behind a paid plan.
- SMS alerts for your site and WooCommerce store, and order-update texts to customers.
- A sender-domain SPF and DMARC check in Diagnostics.
Verdict
Which one should you pick?
Choose Easy WP SMTP if
- You want a long-established plugin with paid vendor support.
- You'll pay for open and click tracking, email reports or rate limiting.
Choose VuloMail if
- You want logs, backup and alerts without paying every year.
- You send through Gmail, Microsoft 365 or Amazon SES and don't want a licence just for that.
- You run a WooCommerce store and want SMS alerts too.
Switching
Moving from Easy WP SMTP.
Add the same account
Add the provider you use in Easy WP SMTP as a VuloMail connection. Nothing changes until you set it as primary.
Set it as primary
Optionally add a backup connection, so a second provider takes over if the first fails.
Send a test
Tools → Send a test email goes through live routing. Diagnostics confirms your SPF and DMARC records.
Deactivate Easy WP SMTP
Two plugins handling the same email compete for it. VuloMail's Diagnostics flags any it recognises.
Sources & method
Checked on 13 October 2026. Plugin numbers come from the WordPress.org plugin directory; features and prices come from each vendor's own listing and pricing pages. Products change, so check the vendor's current page before you decide.
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