SendGrid
Twilio's email API and delivery platform for transactional and marketing email.
Pricing FreemiumPaid from $19.95 a month for the Essentials plan (50,000 to 100,000 emails a month)Open source noStars 3.1knpm a week 5.7M
Resend alternatives
5 tools you can use instead of Resend, ranked by live GitHub stars and npm downloads. SendGrid, Postmark and Amazon SES are the most used. Stats updated 17 hours ago.
When Resend is not a good fit
Resend is an email-sending platform aimed at developers, offering a REST API and SDKs to send transactional and marketing email, plus React Email for building templates in React components. It has a free plan covering 3,000 emails a month and paid plans starting at $20 a month for higher volume and more domains.
It is a weaker choice for:
- Large-scale marketing senders needing a full email marketing suite with visual campaign builders
- Teams that need on-premises or self-hosted email infrastructure
- Very high-volume senders where per-1,000-email overage costs are less predictable than a flat enterprise contract
The alternatives
Most used first.
Resend vs SendGrid
Postmark
Email delivery service for transactional and broadcast email, owned by ActiveCampaign.
Pricing FreemiumPaid from $15 a month for Basic (10,000 emails)Open source nonpm a week 1.4M
Amazon SES
Amazon Web Services email service billed by usage, from $0.10 per 1,000 emails.
Pricing Pay as you goPaid from $0.10 per 1,000 emails sent on à la carteOpen source no
Loops
Email platform for SaaS teams covering marketing, product and transactional email.
Pricing FreemiumOpen source no
Mailgun
Transactional email API and SMTP service, with inbound parsing and email validation, part of Sinch.
Pricing FreemiumPaid from $15 a month for Basic (10,000 emails)Open source no
Resend and its alternatives, side by side
| Tool | Pricing | Free plan | Paid from | Open source | GitHub stars |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Resend | Freemium | Yes: 3,000 emails a month, 100 a day, 3 custom domains, 10,000 automation runs | $20 a month for the Pro plan (50,000 emails a month) | No | 964 |
| SendGrid | Freemium | Trial only: 100 emails a day for 60 days, no ongoing free tier | $19.95 a month for the Essentials plan (50,000 to 100,000 emails a month) | No | 3.1k |
| Postmark | Freemium | Yes: 100 emails a month, no credit card, does not expire. | $15 a month for Basic (10,000 emails) | No | None |
| Amazon SES | Pay as you go | Yes: a free plan for 6 months after account creation, plus up to $200 in AWS Free Tier credits that must be used within 12 months. | $0.10 per 1,000 emails sent on à la carte | No | None |
| Loops | Freemium | Yes: up to 4,000 emails in any rolling 30 days, sent to your 1,000 newest contacts, with all features and a Powered by Loops footer. | Not listed | No | None |
| Mailgun | Freemium | Yes: 100 emails a day, 1 custom sending domain, 2 API keys, 1 inbound route, 1 user. | $15 a month for Basic (10,000 emails) | No | None |
Pricing facts come from each tool's official pricing page, with the checked date on the tool's own page.
Questions
What is the most popular alternative to Resend?
By GitHub stars, SendGrid is the most used alternative to Resend listed on ScratchDB, with 3.1k stars.
Which Resend alternatives are open source?
None of the Resend alternatives listed here are open source.
Which Resend alternatives have a free plan?
Postmark, Amazon SES, Loops and Mailgun have a free plan. The table on this page shows what each one includes.