diff --git a/litellm/integrations/SlackAlerting/slack_alerting.py b/litellm/integrations/SlackAlerting/slack_alerting.py
index 0c36e15db01..650d29a7ba2 100644
--- a/litellm/integrations/SlackAlerting/slack_alerting.py
+++ b/litellm/integrations/SlackAlerting/slack_alerting.py
@@ -1171,11 +1171,8 @@ Model Info:
     ):
         from litellm.proxy.proxy_server import CommonProxyErrors, premium_user
 
-        if premium_user is not True:
-            if email_logo_url is not None or email_support_contact is not None:
-                raise ValueError(
-                    f"Trying to Customize Email Alerting\n {CommonProxyErrors.not_premium_user.value}"
-                )
+        # Allow basic branding (logo, support contact) for all users
+        # This was a regression in behavior reported in #19860
         return
 
     async def send_key_created_or_user_invited_email(
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/integrations/SlackAlerting/test_email_license_check.py b/tests/test_litellm/integrations/SlackAlerting/test_email_license_check.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f6657fb14b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/integrations/SlackAlerting/test_email_license_check.py
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+import pytest
+import os
+import asyncio
+from unittest.mock import AsyncMock, patch
+from litellm.integrations.SlackAlerting.slack_alerting import SlackAlerting
+import sys
+from litellm.proxy._types import WebhookEvent
+import litellm.proxy.proxy_server # Ensure module is loaded for patching
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_send_invite_email_without_license():
+    """
+    Test that sending an invite email with EMAIL_LOGO_URL set 
+    does not fail with a license error when user is not premium.
+    
+    Reproduction for Issue #19860
+    """
+    # Setup
+    alerting_args = AsyncMock() 
+    slack_alerting = SlackAlerting(alerting_args)
+    slack_alerting.alerting = ["email"]
+    
+    webhook_event = WebhookEvent(
+        event="internal_user_created",
+        event_message="User Invited",
+        event_group="team",
+        user_email="test@example.com",
+        user_id="test_user",
+        token="test_token",
+        spend=0.0,
+    )
+    
+    # Mock dependencies
+    with patch.dict(os.environ, {"EMAIL_LOGO_URL": "https://example.com/logo.png"}), \
+         patch("litellm.proxy.proxy_server.premium_user", False), \
+         patch("litellm.proxy.utils.send_email", new_callable=AsyncMock) as mock_send_email:
+        
+        # Action
+        try:
+            success = await slack_alerting.send_key_created_or_user_invited_email(webhook_event)
+        except Exception as e:
+            pytest.fail(f"Raised exception: {e}")
+            
+        # Assert
+        assert success is True
+        mock_send_email.assert_called_once()
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_check_premium_feature_does_not_raise():
+    """
+    Verify that checking premium feature for email logo/support contact no longer raises
+    an error after the fix for #19860.
+    """
+    alerting_args = AsyncMock() 
+    slack_alerting = SlackAlerting(alerting_args)
+    
+    with patch("litellm.proxy.proxy_server.premium_user", False):
+        try:
+            await slack_alerting._check_if_using_premium_email_feature(
+                premium_user=False,
+                email_logo_url="https://example.com/logo.png"
+            )
+        except ValueError:
+            pytest.fail("Should not raise ValueError for email_logo_url")
+