Ranked by price

Best Email & SMS APIs Providers by Price

5 providers ranked at 4 usage levels. Costs calculated from published pricing — updated Mar 4, 2026.

Hobby

1K emails/mo
Top pickSendGrid—$0/moFree tier
#ProviderMonthly CostFree Tier
1SendGrid$0/moYes
2Resend$0/moYes
3Mailgun$0/moYes
4Twilio$8.30/moYes
5Postmark$50.00/moYes

Startup

10K emails/mo
Top pickSendGrid—$0/moFree tier
#ProviderMonthly CostFree Tier
1SendGrid$0/moYes
2Resend$0/moYes
3Mailgun$0/moYes
4Postmark$50.00/moYes
5Twilio$83.00/moYes

Scale

100K emails/mo
Top pickSendGrid—$0/moFree tier
#ProviderMonthly CostFree Tier
1SendGrid$0/moYes
2Resend$0/moYes
3Mailgun$0/moYes
4Postmark$100.00/moYes
5Twilio$830.00/moYes

Enterprise

1M emails/mo
Top pickSendGrid—$0/moFree tier
#ProviderMonthly CostFree Tier
1SendGrid$0/moYes
2Resend$0/moYes
3Mailgun$0/moYes
4Postmark$1,000.00/moYes
5Twilio$8,300.00/moYes

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