Email Sending Services

Our top three email sending services

Resend comes first: a free plan of 3,000 emails a month with 30 days of logs, then $20 a month for 50,000. Amazon SES grades higher, as $0.10 to $0.16 per 1,000 emails is well under the others, but new accounts start in a sandbox and setup runs through AWS, so it is second. Mailjet is third for shops that want newsletters on the same plan. Mailtrap narrowly missed: it also charges $20 at 50,000, but its free plan allows 1 domain and 3 days of logs. SendGrid is $19.95 for 50,000 with no lasting free plan and 1 teammate.

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   First: Resend

   Free plan · from $20/mo

   For: Most small apps and shops sending account and order emails

   Resend sends account and order emails from an app through a REST API, SMTP or official SDKs for Node.js, Python, Ruby, PHP, Go, Rust, Java, Elixir and .NET, with templates written as React components, signed webhooks for bounces and complaints, inbound email and a test mode. The free plan sends 3,000 emails a month with 3 domains and 30 days of logs, and Pro is $20 a month for 50,000 with no daily limit and 10 domains. Know the limits: the free plan stops at 100 emails a day, there is no plan between Free and $20 and no yearly billing, and a dedicated IP needs Scale at $90 plus $30 a month.

   Resend pricing and details
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   Second: Amazon SES

   Free trial

   For: Apps on AWS, or sending in volume

   Amazon SES sends and receives email for apps through an API, SMTP or AWS SDKs, with address validation, shared or dedicated IPs and rules for routing incoming mail. There is no monthly fee: the à la carte rate is $0.10 per 1,000 emails, and Essentials, where new accounts start, is $0.16. It is second because it is slower to start: new accounts sit in a sandbox that only sends to verified addresses until AWS approves a limit increase, there is no free monthly allowance beyond up to $200 of credits for new AWS customers, and setup runs through code and the AWS console.

   Amazon SES pricing and details
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   Third: Mailjet

   Free plan · from $8.10/mo

   For: Shops sending order emails and newsletters

   Mailjet sends receipts and password resets through an API or SMTP relay and newsletters through a drag-and-drop editor, from one account and one plan, with webhooks, a parse API for inbound email, EU data centers and connections to WordPress, WooCommerce and Shopify. The free plan sends 6,000 emails a month with no card, and Starter is $8.10 a month billed yearly ($9 monthly) for 8,000 with no daily limit. It is third because app email alone costs more: 50,000 emails is $40 a month on Essential, billed monthly, against $20 on Resend. The free plan stops at 200 emails a day, and online support lasts only the first month.

   Mailjet pricing and details

Ranked on Oct 18, 2026 from what each listing shows and what people say about the tool, not from our own testing. How we rank