SendGrid vs. Amazon SES

SendGrid consistently provides clarity, when and where you need it – whether that’s by providing clear, intuitive pricing up front, simplifying onboarding and integration, or supporting you in optimizing your email strategy.

Try for Free Pricing Plans
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    Transparent pricing
    You pay for the volume of emails you send - full stop. No need to understand your compute charges, or account for two message charges per email if you want to use deliverability insights.
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    Email strategy expertise
    Instead of relying on certified freelancers who may or may not have expertise in email strategy, SendGrid Expert Services is an in-house team of experts who each have 15 years of email experience, on average.
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    Robust analytics
    Lots of providers will cover sends, deliveries, opens, clicks, rejections, etc. – but SendGrid’s analytics dive deeper. Best of all, there’s no additional expense to access your email data and insights.
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    Easy to set up & integrate
    Our setup documentation, like all of our documentation, makes getting started easy. In third party reviews, SendGrid customers cite an easy integration process, regardless of whether your tech stack stretches beyond the Twilio ecosystem.

Email API Plans

Pricing is determined by monthly email volume and features. Select your email volume below to see which plans are right for you.

How many emails would you like to send per month?

<3,000 50,000 100,000 300,000 700,000 1,500,000 2,500,000 5,000,000+
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No credit card, no commitment.

What’s included:

  • Analytics & deliverability optimization
  • No access to dedicated IPs
  • No subuser management
  • No single sign-on (SSO)

  • Additional teammates:

    1

  • Event webhook:

    1

  • Email validation:

    0

  • Dynamic templates:

    Editor
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You can upgrade any time after your free account is set up.

Taxes and overages may apply.

What’s included:

  • Analytics & deliverability optimization
  • No access to dedicated IPs
  • No subuser management
  • No single sign-on (SSO)

  • Additional teammates:

    1

  • Event webhook:

    2

  • Email validation:

    0

  • Dynamic templates:

    Editor

Recommended

You can upgrade any time after your free account is set up.

Taxes and overages may apply.

What’s included:

  • Analytics & deliverability optimization
  • Dedicated IPs included
  • Subuser management
  • Single sign-on (SSO)

  • Additional teammates:

    1,000

  • Event webhook:

    5

  • Email validation:

    2,500

  • Dynamic templates:

    Editor and testing
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Need to send more? Talk to us for custom, high volume pricing.

What’s included:

  • Analytics & deliverability optimization
  • Dedicated IPs included
  • Subuser management
  • Single sign-on (SSO)

  • Additional teammates:

    1,000

  • Event webhook:

    5

  • Email validation:

    5,000

  • Dynamic templates:

    Editor and testing
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The SendGrid Difference

Spot Deliverability

Proven Deliverability

We offer domain authentication, compliance and deliverability coaching, and proactive ISP outreach to ensure you achieve optimal inbox delivery.

Spot Scale

Scale With Confidence

Whether you’re a startup or a large enterprise, we can handle your important emails. Our world-class platform delivers more than 100 billion emails per month.

Spot Support

Email Expertise

With SendGrid, you have an expert in your corner. Our Customer Success and Support Teams give you the information and guidance you need, when you need it.

Customers trust Twilio SendGrid to send more than 100 billion emails every month.