Which LocalSMTP tier fits a marketing manager?

The cheapest tier gives you five mailboxes, while the one above gives you fifteen. For a marketing manager who already has a channel and no budget for another tool, that gap is the first decision to make. Each mailbox is a working account with SMTP and IMAP access and browser webmail attached, so the count maps to the people or the functions you run.

The published table sets tiers by mailbox count alone. It does not sort buyers by list size or send volume, and it does not sell a package of contacts. You are converting a budget line into mailboxes you can sign into. That is why the price columns read as a count rather than a promise of reach.

Read the table with your own channel in mind. If one person sends and replies, or if a shared address handles replies, count the addresses first. The tier names, Starter, Studio and Floor, sit alongside counts of 5, 15 and 50. Your job is to pick the count that matches how your channel is actually staffed, then check what falls outside the tier.

For one channel run by a small team, Starter is often enough. Five mailboxes cover a main sending address, a reply handling address, and a few role addresses for campaigns or partnerships. You keep SMTP and IMAP access, and browser webmail lets anyone on the channel check in without a mail client. The tier limits are in the count, not in the protocol.

Studio fits when the channel has several streams that each need their own address, or when more than one person signs in to send and reply. Fifteen mailboxes let you separate campaign replies from general enquiries without mixing them. Warm-up and authentication checks sit alongside setup, so you can run those checks on the mailboxes you actually use.

Floor suits a marketing manager overseeing a larger operation where many addresses are in play. Fifty mailboxes give room for regional addresses, partner addresses and role addresses that need to stay distinct. In every tier the browser webmail is included, and SMTP and IMAP are standard. The tiers differ by mailbox count only, so pick the count you can keep assigned.

Placement in an inbox is not guaranteed. Warm-up and authentication checks help you set up cleanly, but passing them does not promise that every message lands in the main folder. A marketing manager should plan for some sends to be filtered and should test with real sends before committing a campaign. The checks are part of setup, not a delivery guarantee.

A mailbox is not a contact list. No tier includes recipients, so every address you write to stays your own research and upkeep. If you were hoping the tiers would supply contacts, they do not. Budget time for list management separately. That distinction matters most to a marketing manager whose channel depends on reaching people who have not yet been collected.

Extra services are priced separately. The tier table covers mailboxes and the standard protocols, but work outside the mailbox count sits on its own terms. Before you pay, read the published table and confirm which services are inside your chosen tier. A marketing manager with one budget line should know the boundary between the tier and the extras before signing.

Starter against Studio is a step from five mailboxes to fifteen. That step makes sense when a channel has grown past a single sending address and a single reply handler. If you find yourself sharing credentials or forwarding between addresses to cover streams, the higher tier removes that workaround. If not, Starter keeps the assignment simple.

Studio against Floor is a bigger jump, from fifteen mailboxes to fifty. It fits when you manage many distinct addresses, such as regional or partner addresses that cannot be merged. The protocol access and browser webmail stay the same, so the decision rests on how many addresses you can keep active and monitored. An unmonitored mailbox is a cost with no output.

Across all three tiers, the same limits apply. Placement is not guaranteed, contacts are not supplied, and extra services carry their own price. That means the tier comparison is mostly a headcount of addresses, not a feature ladder. Compare the counts against the addresses your channel truly uses, then read the published table on softwareprogrammer.app before paying.