Scaleway Transactional Email review (2026): is it worth €80 a month?
Transactional email API and SMTP on Scaleway's European cloud
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Scaleway Transactional Email report card
Weak · out of 4.0 · graded Nov 13, 2026
Best for pay-as-you-go transactional email from a European cloud
Scaleway Transactional Email sends over an API or SMTP from its European cloud, with a pay-as-you-go Essential plan and a Scale plan at €80 a month. A dedicated IP and the SLA need Scale, and nothing on the page covers marketing email.
Who Scaleway Transactional Email is for
- Fits if you want email sent from a European cloud for GDPR reasons
- Works for apps with uneven volume that suit paying per 1,000 emails
Who Scaleway Transactional Email is not for
- Skip it if you want a free plan or trial, as there is neither
- Pricey if you need a dedicated IP or the SLA, since both sit on the €80 a month Scale plan
- Not for you if you send marketing email, as the page only describes transactional messages
- Watch out: prices are in euros and the page doesn't say whether VAT is added
Why Scaleway Transactional Email gets a 1.6
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- CValue for moneyScale is €80 a month for 100,000 emails. That's in the dearest tenth of the category, but Essential has no monthly fee and charges €0.25 per 1,000, which pulls it back to the ordinary range.
- FFree plan and trialNo free plan or trial. Essential includes 300 emails before it charges, which is a sample, not a plan.
- CFeaturesAPI and SMTP sending, reports and alerts, blocklist handling and webhooks. A managed dedicated IP and the 99.9% SLA need Scale, and it's transactional only.
- CEase of useNo store rating on record. You add domains and DNS records on a cloud console.
- CPlatforms and integrationsWeb console with an API and SMTP. No integrations list on its page.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Scaleway's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. How we review and grade.
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Scaleway Transactional Email's GPA of 1.6 is higher than 1 of the 50 other email sending services we grade, and level with 2.
It stands best on value for money (C, above 8 of 50) and worst on free plan and trial (F, above 0).
Its paid plans start at about $89.38 a month, against a middle price of $15 for the category: 37 of the 41 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.0 out of 4. 29 tools score higher and cost less.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 51 email sending services we grade, cut by the letter each got. Scaleway Transactional Email’s own letter is outlined.
- CValue for moneyAbove 8 of 50, level with 16
- FFree plan and trialAbove 0 of 50, level with 7
- CFeaturesAbove 0 of 50, level with 29
- CEase of useAbove 7 of 50, level with 43
- CPlatforms and integrationsAbove 0 of 50, level with 16
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 44 email sending services. Further left costs less, and higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. Point at a dot to see which tool it is.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Keep Scaleway Transactional Email, or make your own?
Keep it
To replace Scaleway Transactional Email you would be making mail servers with a good name among inbox providers. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one.
That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 47 of the 50 other email sending services grade higher. It costs $1,072.51 a year.
What you could not
- Mail servers with a good name among inbox providers.
- Reading the reports inbox providers send about your domain.
- An API that other software can build on.
What this rests on. Scaleway Transactional Email’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.
What is Scaleway Transactional Email?
Scaleway Transactional Email (TEM) sends transactional messages such as account creation, password changes and order notices over an API or SMTP. It runs on Scaleway's European cloud, which the vendor says supports GDPR compliance. It has two plans: a pay-as-you-go Essential plan and a monthly Scale plan.
Worth knowing
- The Essential plan is pay as you go with no monthly fee shown: 300 emails included, then €0.25 per 1,000 emails.
- A dedicated IP and the 99.9% SLA need the €80 a month Scale plan.
- Prices are in euros and the page does not say whether VAT is added.
- The service is for transactional messages; marketing email is not described on the page.
Key features
- API and SMTP sending
- Emails can be sent through an API or over SMTP, which suits notification services, alerts and CMS or application integrations.
- Reports and alerts
- Both plans include reports and alerts for sent email.
- Blocklist handling
- Essential has an automatic blocklist mode; Scale adds a manual blocklist mode.
- Managed dedicated IP
- A managed dedicated IP address is part of the Scale plan.
- Domains and webhooks
- Essential allows 5 domains and 1 webhook per domain; Scale has unlimited of each.
Scaleway Transactional Email pricing
As of Nov 13, 2026, Scaleway Transactional Email is a paid product, starting at €80 per month for 100,000 emails.
- Starts at
- €80 per month for 100,000 emails
- Free plan
- None
- Free trial
- None listed
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Scale | €80per month for 100,000 emails | Unlimited domains and webhooks, a managed dedicated IP and a 99.9% SLA. Emails beyond 100,000 cost €0.20 per 1,000. |
Read from scaleway.com on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Scaleway Transactional Email before you buy.
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Common questions
Does Scaleway Transactional Email have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. Scaleway Transactional Email is listed for Web.
Does Scaleway Transactional Email have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. Scaleway Transactional Email is listed for Web.
Is Scaleway Transactional Email open source?
Scaleway Transactional Email is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Nov 13, 2026.
Does Scaleway Transactional Email have an API?
Yes. Scaleway Transactional Email offers a public API, according to its own site.
Sources for this page
The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026.