> Vaartix and Zoho ZeptoMail compared: INR pricing, India data centres, transactional-only sending, SMTP, SDKs and migration. Checked against Zoho's public pages.

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# Vaartix vs ZeptoMail

Last checked: November 2026

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](https://vaartix.com/pricing). | 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](https://vaartix.com/docs/webhooks/setup/#opens-and-clicks)) | Yes |
| Dedicated IPs | A paid add-on with Growth ([contact us](mailto:support@vaartix.com?subject=Dedicated%20IP)) | ₹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](https://vaartix.com/docs/sending/test-mode/) with simulated bounces and complaints, [idempotency keys](https://vaartix.com/docs/sending/idempotency/), [scheduled sending](https://vaartix.com/docs/sending/scheduling/) and [batch sending](https://vaartix.com/docs/sending/batch/).
-   **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](https://vaartix.com/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

1.  **Add your domain in Vaartix** and publish its records ([the records](https://vaartix.com/docs/domains/verify/)). They use their own names, so you can run both while you switch.
2.  **Over SMTP**, change the host to `smtp.vaartix.com`, the username to `vaartix` and the password to a sending-only Vaartix API key ([SMTP settings](https://vaartix.com/docs/sending/smtp/)).
3.  **Over the API**, use the Vaartix SDK for your language or `POST /emails` ([quick start](https://vaartix.com/docs/quickstart/)).
4.  **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.

[Request early access](https://vaartix.com/#early-access)

## 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 [hello@vaartix.com](mailto:hello@vaartix.com) and we'll fix it.

-   [Zoho CPaaS (formerly ZeptoMail)](https://www.zoho.com/cpaas/)
-   [Zoho CPaaS pricing (zoho.com/zeptomail/pricing.html redirects here)](https://www.zoho.com/cpaas/pricing.html)
-   [Zoho CPaaS: SMTP configuration](https://www.zoho.com/cpaas/help/smtp-home.html)
-   [Zoho CPaaS terms of service](https://www.zoho.com/cpaas/terms.html)
-   [Zoho: Know your data center](https://www.zoho.com/know-your-datacenter.html)