Comparing 9 Email as a Service Providers
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I spent weeks comparing 9 email as a service providers. Here’s what I found.
A few years ago I was set on building a tool called Tskr, I still am. This post isn’t about Tskr though. You can read more on that at tskr.io.
This post is about the journey I took to find the best email as a service provider for Tskr. I spent weeks comparing 9 email as a service providers. Here’s what I found.
These notes may be a bit dated but they are probably still relevant. I hope you find them useful.
Table comparison
Many of these have free tiers.
| Product | Outbound | Inbound | SMS | Tier Limits | Pricing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mailgun | API | Webhook | NA | 100/day, 15k/mo | $15/mo |
| Sendgrid | API | Webhook | 100/day, 50k/mo | $20/mo | |
| Sendinblue - brevo | API | Beta | 300/day, 5k/mo | $9/mo | |
| Mailjet | API | Webhook | SMS | 200/day, 15k/mo | $17/mo |
| Mailchimp | API | Webhook | SMS | 500/day, 12·contacts | $20/mo |
| ConstantContact | API | Yes | $80/mo | ||
| Amazon SES Amazon SNS | API | SNS | SNS | $0.10/1000 emails | |
| Nodemailer | API | NA | NA | Unlimited | $ mail server |
| EmailEngine | API | Webhook | Unlimited | $ mail server, ~$1k/yr |