Pagely is an enterprise managed WordPress host, acquired by GoDaddy in November 2021. Co-founded by Joshua and Sally Strebel. Plans start at $199/month (StartPress), with no introductory discounts. Pagely does not host email; transactional WordPress email routes through a MailChannels relay. High-volume senders are directed to use their own ESP (SendGrid, AWS SES, Mailgun).
At $199/month, Pagely targets enterprise WordPress deployments where email infrastructure is already handled by a dedicated provider. The MailChannels relay covers basic transactional needs (password resets, form submissions) without configuration.
Email on Pagely
Transactional email
WordPress wp_mail() sends through Pagely’s MailChannels relay by default. No plugin needed for basic transactional email. SPF records must include relay.mailchannels.net for deliverability. No published sending limit, but Pagely recommends a dedicated ESP for high-volume sites.
What Pagely does not provide
- Email hosting (mailboxes). No email accounts, no IMAP/POP3, no forwarding. Domain email requires Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, or similar.
- Published sending limits. The MailChannels relay has undisclosed caps.
When to add a third-party relay
Enterprise sites on Pagely almost certainly have dedicated email infrastructure already. For those that don’t, configure an SMTP plugin with Postmark, SMTP2GO, or Mailgun when volume or deliverability requirements exceed the default relay.