Postmark Sendgrid Mailgun MessageBird (formely Sparkpost) Amazon SES Mailchimp Transactional (formerly Mandrill) Brevo (formerly sendinblue)

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Pricing

Pricing model Volume-based pricing: How much you pay Tiered pricing: There are 3 different Tiered pricing: There are 4 different plans that Tiered pricing: There are 3 different Straight-forward volume-based Transactional email is available as an add-on only. You Tiered pricing: There are 3 different paid
only depends on the number of emails you paid plans that cover different send cover different send volumes and features. paid plans that cover different send pricing: $0.10 for every 1,000 emails must already have a marketing email subscription at plans that cover different send volumes
send. All Postmark features are included in volumes and features. volumes and features. you send. Standard level or above. and features.
all plan levels. https://www.mailgun.com/pricing/
https://sendgrid.com/pricing/ https://messagebird. https://aws.amazon.com/ses/pricing/ Emails are sold in blocks of 25k emails. The price per block https://www.brevo.com/pricing/
https://postmarkapp.com/pricing com/pricing/email-sending changes depending on total email volume.

https://mailchimp.com/pricing/transactional-email/

What does it cost to send 10,000 emails?* $15/mo $19.95/mo (Essentials plan) $35 (Foundation plan) $20/mo (Starter) $1 $20/mo (+the price of your Mailchimp marketing subscription) $15/mo (Lite plan)
What does it cost to send 300,000 emails?* $245/mo $249/mo (Pro 300k plan) $255/mo (Scale plan 250k emails + overages) $205/mo (Premier plan + overage fees) $30 $240/mo (+the price of your Mailchimp marketing subscription) $220/mo (Premium plan)
What does it cost to send 1M emails*? $695/mo $602/mo (Pro 700k plan + overages) $700/mo (Scale plan 1M emails) $525/mo (Premier) $100 $720/mo (+the price of your Mailchimp marketing subscription) $550/mo (Premium plan)
* If the service offers mutiple plan types for this email
volume, we're listing the price for the cheapest plan.

Standard data retention 45 days by default 3 days 5 days 10 days no info Stats on total deliveries, bounces and rejections, unique Transactional logs stored indefinitely
For how long can you access your email Postmark stores email content, events (e.g. (on the Essentials plan. Pro and Premier Log retention and 1 day of message retention on Event data is retained for 10 days, opens and clicks, and total opens and clicks—are stored
insights? delivery, click, open), and metadata for all plans come with 7 days of email the lowest plan (Foundation). 30 days of log while aggregated metrics are indefinitely.
messages for 45 days on all plan types. history. Extensions are available at an retention on Scale and 7 days of message available for up to 6 months)
Retention can be customized from 7 to 365 extra charge) retention. A copy of the HTML and text parts of emails sent are stored
days if needed. for 30 days.

Documentation
API developer docs https://postmarkapp. https://docs.sendgrid.com/for- https://documentation.mailgun. https://developers.sparkpost. https://docs.aws.amazon. https://mailchimp.com/developer/transactional/api/ https://developers.brevo.com/docs/send-
com/developer/api/overview developers/sending-email/api-getting- com/en/latest/api_reference.html com/api/?_ga=2. com/ses/latest/dg/send-email-api. a-transactional-email
started 250190661.237172531.16371128 html
70-1549692369.1636156807

SMTP developer docs https://postmarkapp.com/developer/user- https://docs.sendgrid.com/for- https://documentation.mailgun. https://www.sparkpost.com/docs/getting-started/getting-started-sparkpost/?_ga=2.147087295.943570219.1632831866-741659616.1632305560#smtp

https://docs.aws.amazon. https://mailchimp. https://developers.brevo.com/docs/smtp-
guide/send-email-with-smtp developers/sending-email/getting- com/en/latest/quickstart-sending.html? com/ses/latest/DeveloperGuide/send- com/developer/transactional/docs/smtp-integration/ integration
started-smtp highlight=smtp#how-to-start-sending-email email-smtp.html

Customer support
Are there tiered support plans? No. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Premium plan provide special access to guidance over Yes. Phone support is only available to
Postmark's top-notch customer support via Available support channels and Chat is only available to customers on Scale Premier and Enterprise plans come SES plans don’t come with customer the phone, and priority chat and email support. Premium and Enterprise customers
email, chat, or phone is available on all response times vary greatly between plans (and above), phone support is limited to with prioritized support. support, which can be a challenge to
plans (and there's no extra charge for plans. Enterprise customers. Lower plans come with all but the most technical users. If you’ https://mailchimp.com/contact/ There doesn't seem to be an option to just
premium support.) Sendgrid's Personalized Support gives email/ticket support only. re looking for support, you need to get in touch via email. You have to log into
you access to a dedicated Technical purchase an AWS support plan. your account and creata ticket from there.
Account manager and starts at $5,000 Here's how.
/month.

Do they publicly share support happiness Yes No No No No Yes No

ratings?

Social Media
Check the tool's X/Twitter mentions for recent @postmarkapp @sendgrid @HelpSendGrid @mailgun @sparkpost @AmazonSES @mailchimp @brevo_official
inisghts into customer support and service
quality

About the company Founded in 2009 Founded in 2009 Founded in 2010 Founded in 2008 Founded 2006. 2012: MailChimp launched Mandrill as its own startup Founded in 2007
Part of the Amazon ecosystem. 2016: MailChimp transitioned Mandrill from stand-alone to
add-on
Mandrill brand changed to "Mailchimp Transactional"
Now part of ActiveCampaign Acquired by Twilio in 2019 Rebranded to Mailgun by Pathwire in early Acquired by Message Bird in 2021 2021: Intuit acquired Mailchimp Series B
2021, followed by an acqusition by Sinch later
that year.

Last updated Jan 5, 2024.

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