Vaartix vs ZeptoMail
ZeptoMail, now part of Zoho CPaaS, is the closest alternative to Vaartix: transactional-only, priced in rupees for India, and run from Zoho's India data centres. It's pay-as-you-go and also offers SMS, WhatsApp and voice. Vaartix focuses on the developer experience: official SDKs with framework integrations, test mode, idempotency and scheduling, on monthly plans.
At a glance
| Vaartix | ZeptoMail | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free during the private beta (invite-only). Free: ₹0 for 5,000 emails a month (up to 200 a day). Starter: ₹899/month + GST for 50,000 emails, then ₹50 per 1,000 + GST. Growth: ₹2,499/month + GST for 1,50,000 emails, then ₹40 per 1,000 + GST. Enterprise: custom. Paid plans open after the beta. We'll email you at least 30 days before any price applies. GST is charged once we're GST-registered. See the pricing page. | Pay as you go: ₹150 (US$2.50) per credit of 10,000 emails. Credits are valid for 6 months; the first credit is free |
| Currency and billing | Paid plans are priced and billed in ₹ by NAP Designs (India), with GST invoices with paid plans once we're GST-registered. Payment methods are announced when paid plans open after the beta | Prices in ₹ for India, and in US$ and other currencies elsewhere |
| Where your data is stored | India | Zoho's India data centres are in Mumbai (primary) and Chennai (secondary) |
| What you can send | Transactional email only | Transactional email only: its terms don't allow marketing emails, promotional emails or newsletters |
| Official SDKs | Node.js (with React Email and a Nodemailer transport), Python (with a Django email backend) and PHP (with a Laravel mail driver and a Symfony Mailer transport), plus test mode, idempotency keys and scheduling | API and SMTP; see Zoho's docs for libraries |
| SMTP relay | smtp.vaartix.com, ports 465 (SSL/TLS) and 587 (STARTTLS) | smtp.zeptomail.com, ports 465 (SSL) and 587 (TLS) |
| Open and click tracking | Yes: per domain or per email, with opens and clicks from image proxies and link scanners flagged (details) | Yes |
| Dedicated IPs | A paid add-on with Growth (contact us) | ₹1,800 (US$30) a month, billed annually |
| Other channels | Email only | SMS, WhatsApp and voice (in beta) through Zoho CPaaS |
| Support | Email, answered by the people who build Vaartix, Monday to Saturday, 10:00–19:00 IST | "Technical assistance is included regardless of your usage level" |
Where Vaartix is the better fit
- Official SDKs that fit your framework: a Laravel mail driver, a Symfony transport, a Django email backend, React Email and a Nodemailer transport.
- Developer tools: test mode with simulated bounces and complaints, idempotency keys, scheduled sending and batch sending.
- Monthly plans instead of credits. Some teams prefer a predictable monthly bill to credits that expire after 6 months. If you prefer credits, ZeptoMail is the better fit.
- DPDP Act paperwork: a DPA written for India's DPDP Act.
Where ZeptoMail is the better fit
- Pay only for what you send, from ₹150 per 10,000 emails, with the first 10,000 free. Vaartix hasn't published its paid prices yet.
- More than email: SMS, WhatsApp and voice in one account.
- A long-established Indian company with its own data centres. Vaartix is new and in private beta.
- No invitation needed, and no low starting daily limit.
Moving from ZeptoMail to Vaartix
- Add your domain in Vaartix and publish its records (the records). They use their own names, so you can run both while you switch.
- Over SMTP, change the host to
smtp.vaartix.com, the username tovaartixand the password to a sending-only Vaartix API key (SMTP settings). - Over the API, use the Vaartix SDK for your language or
POST /emails(quick start). - Move traffic gradually: daily limits on a new account start low and grow with a clean history.
Vaartix is in private beta, and invite-only. Every feature is free during the beta. Tell us what you send and we'll invite you as places open up.
Sources
Last checked: November 2026. Prices and features change; check the provider's own pages before you decide. Spotted something out of date? Tell us at [email protected] and we'll fix it.