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Transactional email · 10 alternatives · Postmark iScore 64 (#8/11)

Every transactional email provider this site tracks, ordered by iScore — the same peers Postmark's own score is measured against. The line under each name is where its sourced facts differ from Postmark's; where a full comparison exists, the row links to it.

Ranked by iScore
  1. AhaSendEntry paid plan: $10/month for Pro; Max is $80/month.67#1/11
  2. ResendEntry paid plan: $20/month for Pro, the cheapest paid plan.66#2/11
  3. SMTP2GOEntry paid plan: $10/month for Starter, or $100 a year. Professional is $75/month.65#3/11
  4. MailjetWhat the free plan includes: 6,000 emails a month, capped at 200 a day.65#4/11
  5. BrevoEntry paid plan: Starter is priced per region, not globally. A visitor in India is shown ₹562.50/month for…65#5/11
  6. Amazon SESFree tier: No vs Yes · Kind of free offer: Introductory free tier vs Free tier64#6/11
  7. Cloudflare Email ServicePricing model: Billed with the Cloudflare plan rather than as a separate product: outbound sending requi…64#7/11
  8. MailgunInbound email: Supported vs Limited61#9/11
  9. MailerSendEntry paid plan: $31.50/month for Starter, billed $378 a year. Professional is $99/month, billed $1,188.60#10/11
  10. EmailLabsFree tier: No vs Yes · Kind of free offer: Free trial vs Free tier60#11/11

Where Postmark stands against these 10

Postmark's own sourced figures, placed among the alternatives above that document the same thing in the same unit. A rank here is one criterion, not a verdict; the iScore above weighs all of them.

Free tier
Yes. 7 of the 9 alternatives that document it have one: AhaSend, Brevo, Cloudflare Email Service, Mailgun, Mailjet, Resend and 1 more.
What the free plan includes
100 emails a month on the Developer tier, intended for testing an integration rather than production sending5th highest of the 5 that document it. Highest: Mailjet — 6,000 emails a month, capped at 200 a day.
Entry paid plan
$15.00/month for Basic at the 10,000-email tierJoint 3rd cheapest of the 6 that document it. Cheapest: AhaSend — $10/month for Pro; Max is $80/month.
Emails included
10,000 a month at the $15 Basic tierJoint 4th highest of the 10 that document it. Highest: MailerSend — 50,000 a month on both Starter and Professional — the plans differ on features and SMS allowance rather than…
Price per 1,000 over
$1.80 per 1,000 on Basic, $1.30 on Pro and $1.20 on PlatformJoint 6th cheapest of the 7 that document it. Cheapest: Amazon SES — $0.10 per 1,000 outbound emails, charged per recipient.
Log retention
45 days on BasicHighest of the 5 that document it. Next: MailerSend — Two windows, which no other provider here separates: 7 days of API logs and 30 days of activity data on…

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