{ "name": "Email provider comparison dataset", "description": "Feature and pricing comparison of MailBlastr and 13 major email sending services (transactional email APIs and marketing platforms), maintained by MailBlastr.", "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/", "publisher": { "name": "MailBlastr", "url": "https://www.mailblastr.com" }, "attribution": "MailBlastr (https://www.mailblastr.com)", "feature_legend": { "free_tier": "Free tier", "entry_paid": "Entry paid plan", "hundred_k": "100k emails/month", "overage": "Extra volume", "one_platform": "Transactional + marketing in one", "contacts": "Contacts & audiences", "automations": "Automations", "ab_testing": "A/B testing", "inbound": "Inbound receiving", "webhooks": "Event webhooks", "sdks": "Official SDKs", "retention": "Log retention", "dedicated_ip": "Dedicated IP", "inr_billing": "INR billing for India" }, "mailblastr": { "free_tier": "3,000 emails/month (100/day), 1,000 contacts, 1 domain — no card required", "entry_paid": "$14/mo — 50,000 emails, 2,500 contacts, 10 domains", "hundred_k": "$24/mo (Pro 100k) · $63/mo (Scale, 1000 domains)", "overage": "$0.90 per 1,000 emails — credits never expire", "one_platform": "API sends, campaigns, automations, and audiences in every plan", "contacts": "Included on every plan — 1,000 on Free, up to 250,000 on stock plans", "automations": "Included — visual automations, 10,000 runs/month", "ab_testing": true, "inbound": true, "webhooks": "Signed webhooks: delivered, opened, clicked, bounced, complained, unsubscribed", "sdks": "8 languages + CLI", "retention": "30 days on every plan", "dedicated_ip": "Add-on on Scale — $21/30 days", "inr_billing": true, "source": "https://www.mailblastr.com/pricing" }, "providers": [ { "name": "Resend", "category": "transactional", "what": "Resend is a developer-focused email API best known for React Email, polished docs, and a strong presence in the JavaScript ecosystem.", "pricing_summary": "Free: 3,000 emails/month (100/day) on one domain. Pro from $20/month for 50,000 emails, $35/month for 100,000. Scale from $90/month for 100,000 emails up to $1,150/month for 2.5M, with per-1,000 overage beyond plan volume.", "pricing_verified": "2026-08-02", "free_tier": "3,000 emails/month, 100/day, 1 domain", "features": { "free_tier": "3,000 emails/mo (100/day), 1 domain", "entry_paid": "$20/mo — 50,000 emails", "hundred_k": "$35/mo (Pro) · Scale from $90/mo", "overage": "Per-1,000 overage billing on Scale plans", "one_platform": "Broadcasts for marketing; no journey automations", "contacts": "Audience limits vary by plan", "automations": false, "ab_testing": false, "inbound": true, "webhooks": true, "sdks": "SDKs for major languages", "retention": "Varies by plan", "dedicated_ip": "Enterprise", "inr_billing": false }, "comparison": "https://www.mailblastr.com/vs/resend", "alternative_guide": "https://www.mailblastr.com/alternatives/resend" }, { "name": "SendGrid", "category": "transactional", "what": "SendGrid is Twilio’s email platform — one of the oldest and largest, built for high-volume senders and enterprise deliverability programs.", "pricing_summary": "No permanent free tier — the former free plan is now a 60-day trial (100 emails/day). Essentials from $19.95/month; Pro from $89.95/month with dedicated IP. Marketing Campaigns is a separately priced product.", "pricing_verified": "2026-08-02", "free_tier": "60-day trial only (100/day); no permanent free plan", "features": { "free_tier": "60-day trial (100/day), then paid only", "entry_paid": "Essentials from $19.95/mo", "hundred_k": "Essentials/Pro tiers — up to $89.95/mo with dedicated IP", "overage": "Tier upgrades; contact storage billed separately in Marketing Campaigns", "one_platform": "Two products: Email API and Marketing Campaigns, priced separately", "contacts": "Contact storage priced separately (Marketing Campaigns)", "automations": "In Marketing Campaigns (separate product)", "ab_testing": "In Marketing Campaigns (separate product)", "inbound": "Inbound Parse webhook", "webhooks": true, "sdks": "SDKs for major languages", "retention": "Varies by plan (activity history limited)", "dedicated_ip": "Pro plan and above", "inr_billing": false }, "comparison": "https://www.mailblastr.com/vs/sendgrid", "alternative_guide": "https://www.mailblastr.com/alternatives/sendgrid" }, { "name": "Mailgun", "category": "transactional", "what": "Mailgun is a long-running transactional email API from Sinch, with strong parsing and routing features, popular with engineering teams since 2010.", "pricing_summary": "Free: 100 emails/day. Basic $15/month for 10,000 emails; Foundation $35/month for 50,000; Scale $90/month for 100,000. Automatic overage at $1.10–$1.80 per 1,000. Log retention is 5 days until the Scale plan (30 days).", "pricing_verified": "2026-08-02", "free_tier": "100 emails/day", "features": { "free_tier": "100 emails/day only", "entry_paid": "$15/mo — 10,000 emails (Basic)", "hundred_k": "$90/mo (Scale)", "overage": "Automatic overage: $1.10–$1.80 per 1,000", "one_platform": "Transactional only — marketing lives in Mailjet", "contacts": "No audience/contact management", "automations": false, "ab_testing": false, "inbound": "Routing + parsing (strong)", "webhooks": true, "sdks": "SDKs for major languages", "retention": "5 days (Basic/Foundation) · 30 days on Scale", "dedicated_ip": "Scale plan and above", "inr_billing": false }, "comparison": "https://www.mailblastr.com/vs/mailgun", "alternative_guide": "https://www.mailblastr.com/alternatives/mailgun" }, { "name": "Postmark", "category": "transactional", "what": "Postmark is ActiveCampaign’s transactional email service, famous for deliverability focus, message streams, and publishing its own time-to-inbox metrics.", "pricing_summary": "Free developer plan: 100 emails/month, no expiry. Paid plans all include 10,000 emails: Basic $15/month, Pro $16.50/month, Platform $18/month; overage $1.20–$1.80 per 1,000. Dedicated IP $50/month (300k+ volume required). No annual discount.", "pricing_verified": "2026-08-02", "free_tier": "100 emails/month developer plan", "features": { "free_tier": "100 emails/month (developer plan)", "entry_paid": "$15/mo — 10,000 emails (Basic)", "hundred_k": "Volume tiers above $15–18 base; overage $1.20–$1.80/1,000", "overage": "$1.20–$1.80 per 1,000", "one_platform": "Broadcast streams only — no automations or A/B", "contacts": "No audience/contact management", "automations": false, "ab_testing": false, "inbound": true, "webhooks": true, "sdks": "SDKs for major languages", "retention": "45 days activity (custom retention on Pro+)", "dedicated_ip": "$50/mo, requires 300k+ monthly volume", "inr_billing": false }, "comparison": "https://www.mailblastr.com/vs/postmark", "alternative_guide": "https://www.mailblastr.com/alternatives/postmark" }, { "name": "Amazon SES", "category": "transactional", "what": "Amazon SES is raw email-sending infrastructure from AWS — the lowest per-email price available, with everything above the SMTP/API layer left for you to build.", "pricing_summary": "Pay-as-you-go: $0.10 per 1,000 emails (plus data transfer and attachment charges). Free tier applies only to new AWS accounts (3,000 message charges/month for 12 months). Dedicated IPs, and virtually everything else, cost extra.", "pricing_verified": "2026-08-02", "free_tier": "New AWS accounts only: 3,000 message charges/month for 12 months", "features": { "free_tier": "New AWS accounts only (12 months)", "entry_paid": "$0.10 per 1,000, pay-as-you-go", "hundred_k": "≈$10 at 100k — plus everything you must build around it", "overage": "Pure usage billing", "one_platform": "Neither — sending infrastructure only", "contacts": false, "automations": false, "ab_testing": false, "inbound": "Raw inbound to S3/SNS (you parse)", "webhooks": "Via SNS topics you configure", "sdks": "AWS SDKs", "retention": "None — you store events yourself", "dedicated_ip": "Extra, self-managed warm-up", "inr_billing": false }, "comparison": "https://www.mailblastr.com/vs/amazon-ses", "alternative_guide": "https://www.mailblastr.com/alternatives/amazon-ses" }, { "name": "MailerSend", "category": "transactional", "what": "MailerSend is the transactional email service from the MailerLite family, known for approachable design, a drag-and-drop template editor, and email verification tools.", "pricing_summary": "Free: 500 emails/month. Hobby $7/month for 5,000; Starter $35/month for 50,000 ($31.50 annual); overage from $1.30 per 1,000. Professional and Enterprise above that.", "pricing_verified": "2026-08-02", "free_tier": "500 emails/month", "features": { "free_tier": "500 emails/month", "entry_paid": "$7/mo — 5,000 emails (Hobby)", "hundred_k": "Starter tiers upward from $35/mo (50k included)", "overage": "From $1.30 per 1,000, billed automatically", "one_platform": "Transactional focus — marketing lives in MailerLite", "contacts": "No audience management (verification tools instead)", "automations": false, "ab_testing": false, "inbound": true, "webhooks": true, "sdks": "SDKs for major languages", "retention": "Varies by plan", "dedicated_ip": "Enterprise", "inr_billing": false }, "comparison": "https://www.mailblastr.com/vs/mailersend", "alternative_guide": "https://www.mailblastr.com/alternatives/mailersend" }, { "name": "SMTP2GO", "category": "transactional", "what": "SMTP2GO is a reliability-focused SMTP relay and email API with a long-standing free tier, popular for getting application and device email delivered with minimal fuss.", "pricing_summary": "Free: 1,000 emails/month (200/day), no expiry. Starter from $15/month for 10,000 emails; Professional from $75/month for 100,000 with dedicated IPs and inbound. Two months free on annual billing; overage billed per 1,000.", "pricing_verified": "2026-08-02", "free_tier": "1,000 emails/month (200/day)", "features": { "free_tier": "1,000 emails/mo (200/day)", "entry_paid": "$15/mo — 10,000 emails (Starter)", "hundred_k": "Professional from $75/mo", "overage": "Per-1,000 overage on subscriptions", "one_platform": "Relay/API focus — no marketing suite", "contacts": "No audience management", "automations": false, "ab_testing": false, "inbound": "On Professional plan", "webhooks": true, "sdks": "API + SMTP; limited official SDKs", "retention": "30 days activity on paid plans", "dedicated_ip": "Professional plan", "inr_billing": false }, "comparison": "https://www.mailblastr.com/vs/smtp2go", "alternative_guide": "https://www.mailblastr.com/alternatives/smtp2go" }, { "name": "Mailjet", "category": "transactional", "what": "Mailjet is a European email service from Sinch (sister to Mailgun), combining an email API with a drag-and-drop editor and team collaboration features.", "pricing_summary": "Free: 6,000 emails/month (200/day) with 1,000 contacts. Starter from $8/month for 8,000 emails; Essential from $17/month for 15,000; Premium from $27/month adds A/B testing and automation. 10% annual discount.", "pricing_verified": "2026-08-02", "free_tier": "6,000 emails/month (200/day), 1,000 contacts", "features": { "free_tier": "6,000 emails/mo (200/day), 1,000 contacts", "entry_paid": "$8/mo — 8,000 emails (Starter)", "hundred_k": "Premium volume tiers (custom above Essential)", "overage": "Tier upgrades / plan-dependent", "one_platform": "Marketing + transactional, but automation/A-B locked to Premium", "contacts": "Unlimited contacts on Essential+", "automations": "Premium plan only", "ab_testing": "Premium plan only", "inbound": "Parse API", "webhooks": true, "sdks": "SDKs for major languages", "retention": "Varies by plan", "dedicated_ip": "Premium/custom", "inr_billing": false }, "comparison": "https://www.mailblastr.com/vs/mailjet", "alternative_guide": "https://www.mailblastr.com/alternatives/mailjet" }, { "name": "ZeptoMail", "category": "transactional", "what": "ZeptoMail is Zoho’s transactional-only email service with pay-as-you-go credit pricing, popular with cost-conscious teams — especially in India.", "pricing_summary": "Credit-based: $2.50 buys one credit worth 10,000 transactional emails; credits expire after 6 months. First credit free at signup. No monthly plans — send nothing, pay nothing. Marketing/bulk email is prohibited by policy. Zoho announced updated pricing for new signups from July 2026.", "pricing_verified": "2026-08-02", "free_tier": "First credit free (10,000 emails)", "features": { "free_tier": "First 10,000 emails free (one credit)", "entry_paid": "$2.50 per 10,000-email credit", "hundred_k": "≈$25 in credits — transactional only", "overage": "Buy more credits (expire in 6 months)", "one_platform": "Transactional ONLY — marketing email prohibited", "contacts": false, "automations": false, "ab_testing": false, "inbound": false, "webhooks": true, "sdks": "SDKs for major languages", "retention": "60 days content retention (configurable window)", "dedicated_ip": "Available as add-on", "inr_billing": true }, "comparison": "https://www.mailblastr.com/vs/zeptomail", "alternative_guide": "https://www.mailblastr.com/alternatives/zeptomail" }, { "name": "Mandrill", "category": "transactional", "what": "Mandrill is Mailchimp Transactional — an add-on for sending application email, available only alongside a paid Mailchimp Standard or Premium marketing plan.", "pricing_summary": "Sold in blocks of 25,000 emails at $20/block (volume discounts down to ~$10/block above ~4M/month) — and only as an add-on to a paid Mailchimp Standard or Premium plan. No standalone purchase, no free transactional tier.", "pricing_verified": "2026-08-02", "free_tier": "None — requires a paid Mailchimp plan first", "features": { "free_tier": false, "entry_paid": "$20 per 25,000-email block + paid Mailchimp plan", "hundred_k": "4 blocks ($80) + Mailchimp plan cost", "overage": "Buy more blocks", "one_platform": "Two products stitched together (Mailchimp + Mandrill)", "contacts": "In Mailchimp (priced by contact count)", "automations": "In Mailchimp (plan-gated)", "ab_testing": "In Mailchimp (plan-gated)", "inbound": true, "webhooks": true, "sdks": "Official SDKs (dated)", "retention": "30 days content on paid add-on", "dedicated_ip": "Available as add-on", "inr_billing": false }, "comparison": "https://www.mailblastr.com/vs/mandrill", "alternative_guide": "https://www.mailblastr.com/alternatives/mandrill" }, { "name": "Brevo", "category": "marketing", "what": "Brevo is an all-in-one marketing platform (formerly Sendinblue) — email, SMS, WhatsApp, chat, and a CRM — priced by email volume with unlimited contacts on paid plans.", "pricing_summary": "Free: 300 emails/day with up to 100k contacts. Starter from $9/month for 5,000 emails ($19 for 20,000); Business from $18/month adds automation, A/B testing, and landing pages; Professional from $499/month. Unlimited contacts on paid plans.", "pricing_verified": "2026-08-02", "free_tier": "300 emails/day, up to 100,000 contacts", "features": { "free_tier": "300 emails/day, 100k contacts", "entry_paid": "$9/mo — 5,000 emails (Starter)", "hundred_k": "Volume tiers on Starter/Business (e.g. $19/mo for 20k; higher for 100k)", "overage": "Buy a bigger monthly volume tier", "one_platform": "Marketing suite + transactional, feature-gated by tier", "contacts": "Unlimited on paid plans", "automations": "Business plan for unlimited automation", "ab_testing": "Business plan", "inbound": "Inbound parsing available", "webhooks": true, "sdks": "SDKs for major languages", "retention": "Varies by plan", "dedicated_ip": "Paid add-on", "inr_billing": "—" }, "comparison": "https://www.mailblastr.com/vs/brevo", "alternative_guide": "https://www.mailblastr.com/alternatives/brevo" }, { "name": "Loops", "category": "marketing", "what": "Loops is \"email for SaaS\" — marketing, product, and transactional email behind a Notion-style editor, priced by contact count with unlimited sends.", "pricing_summary": "Free: 1,000 contacts and 4,000 sends/month (with a Loops badge). Paid from $49/month for 5,000 contacts, $99/month for 10,000, up to $399/month — unlimited sends on paid tiers, priced purely by subscriber count.", "pricing_verified": "2026-08-02", "free_tier": "1,000 contacts, 4,000 sends/month", "features": { "free_tier": "1,000 contacts, 4,000 sends/mo", "entry_paid": "$49/mo — 5,000 contacts, unlimited sends", "hundred_k": "Priced by contacts, not volume ($99/mo at 10k contacts)", "overage": "Move up a contact bracket", "one_platform": "Marketing + product + transactional (SaaS focus)", "contacts": "The pricing axis — brackets from 1,000 free", "automations": "Loops (journey) builder included", "ab_testing": false, "inbound": false, "webhooks": true, "sdks": "JS-first SDKs", "retention": "Varies", "dedicated_ip": "On request", "inr_billing": false }, "comparison": "https://www.mailblastr.com/vs/loops", "alternative_guide": "https://www.mailblastr.com/alternatives/loops" }, { "name": "Customer.io", "category": "marketing", "what": "Customer.io is a behavioral messaging platform for lifecycle marketing — data-driven journeys across email, push, in-app, and SMS, priced by profile count.", "pricing_summary": "Essentials from $100/month for 5,000 profiles (email, push, SMS, segmentation, journeys); price scales with profile count and message volume. Premium tiers add data pipelines, HIPAA options, and premium support.", "pricing_verified": "2026-08-02", "free_tier": "Trial only", "features": { "free_tier": "Trial only", "entry_paid": "$100/mo — 5,000 profiles (Essentials)", "hundred_k": "Custom — scales by profiles + volume", "overage": "Profile/volume tier increases", "one_platform": "Omnichannel journeys platform (email one channel of several)", "contacts": "The pricing axis (profiles)", "automations": "Best-in-class journeys", "ab_testing": true, "inbound": false, "webhooks": true, "sdks": "SDKs + data pipelines", "retention": "Plan-dependent", "dedicated_ip": "Available on higher tiers", "inr_billing": false }, "comparison": "https://www.mailblastr.com/vs/customer-io", "alternative_guide": "https://www.mailblastr.com/alternatives/customer-io" } ] }