Email API Pricing, Real Cost per 1,000 Emails

Sorted by cost per 1,000 emails, cheapest first. Tap a column heading to re-rank.

See email apis priced beside 609 other tools and services, in one list →

$ / 1,000 emails ▲	Provider	Free tier
Amazon SES	Pay-as-you-go $0.10/1k, Cheapest at scale, but raw infra (no dashboard)	Visit →
Elastic Email	From ~$0.12/1k, Ultra-cheap high-volume sending	Visit →
SparkPost (Bird)	Volume pricing, Enterprise-scale sending	Visit →
Resend	$20/mo for 50k, Developer-first, modern, React Email	Visit →
SendGrid	$19.95/mo for 50k (no free tier), Industry standard, huge ecosystem	Visit →
Brevo	Free 300/day; plans from ~$9, Generous free, marketing + transactional	Visit →
SendPulse	Free 12k/mo, Big free tier, multi-channel	Visit →
Mailtrap	Free ~1k/mo, Email testing + sending in one	Visit →
MailerSend	Free 500/mo, $1/1k over, Clean API + drag-drop templates	Visit →
SMTP2GO	Free ~1k/mo, Reliable SMTP + API, strong support	Visit →
Loops	Free tier, then usage, Modern product & transactional email	Visit →
Postmark	$15/mo for 10k, $1.80/1k over, Best-in-class transactional deliverability	Visit →
Mailgun	$2/1k pay-as-you-go, Powerful API (rates rose in 2025)	Visit →

Indicative pricing as last reviewed 6 August 2026 . This space changed fast in 2025-26 (SendGrid dropped its free plan, Mailgun raised rates), confirm current pricing. Rates shown are at-volume / overage per 1,000; monthly plans bundle a base allowance.

How to read this. $ per 1,000 emails is the value metric at scale. But the cheapest is not always best: Amazon SES and other ultra-low options are raw infrastructure with no dashboard, templates or hand-holding, so you pay in developer time. Managed providers (Resend, Postmark, SendGrid) cost more per email but set up in minutes and often deliver better, which matters most for password resets and receipts. Weigh price against your time and how critical inboxing is.

Cheapest email API?

Amazon SES at ~$0.10/1,000, with Elastic Email and SparkPost close behind. But SES is DIY infrastructure, no dashboard or templates. Managed providers cost more but save setup time. Sort by "$/1,000" above.

Which have a free tier?

SES and Resend give 3,000/month; Brevo and SendPulse have generous free allowances; Mailtrap and SMTP2GO ~1,000/month. SendGrid removed its free plan in 2025. See the free-tier column.

Why does deliverability beat a few cents?

If emails land in spam a cheap sender is useless. Postmark and Resend focus on transactional deliverability, worth the premium for critical mail like resets and receipts.