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SendGrid alternatives

Providers that compete with SendGrid on at least one of: Transactional Marketing

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closest matches

  1. 01

    Loops

    Marketing Transactional

    Modern lifecycle and broadcast email for SaaS.

    1,000 contacts and 4,000 sends/mo on the Free plan · $49/mo for 5,000 contacts
  2. 02

    Brevo

    Transactional Marketing

    All-in-one with a generous daily free tier.

    300/day permanent · $9/mo for 5,000 emails
  3. 03

    Elastic Email

    Transactional Marketing

    Low-cost email API and SMTP relay with marketing features nearby.

    $0/mo test plan with limited sending only to yourself · $19/mo for Email API up to 50,000 emails/mo
  4. 04

    Customer.io

    Marketing Transactional

    Behavior-driven lifecycle messaging.

    No permanent free tier; trial only · $100/mo (Essentials)
  5. 05

    Plunk

    Self-hosted Marketing

    Open-source unified email platform.

    3,000/mo on hosted free plan · $19/mo or self-host
  6. 06

    Mailjet

    Transactional Marketing

    European-focused, GDPR-friendly all-in-one.

    6,000/mo (200/day cap) permanent · $17/mo for 15,000 emails
  7. 07

    SendPulse

    Transactional Marketing

    Marketing suite with a generous transactional SMTP tier.

    12,000 transactional emails/mo on SMTP Basic, 50 messages/hour · $15 pay-as-you-go for 10,000 emails, or $74.85/mo monthly for Pro 100,000
  8. 08

    Mailchimp / Mandrill

    Marketing Transactional

    Legacy marketing giant, transactional via Mandrill.

    500 contacts, 1,000 sends/month · $13/mo Essentials
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