The SendGrid alternative
you set up in minutes

SendGrid sells email on monthly tiers, with marketing as a separate product and automation on its Advanced marketing plan. Plunk includes all of it, bills $0.001 per email, and takes about five minutes to set up.

How Plunk differs from SendGrid

Domain

acme.com

  • SPFVerified
  • DKIMVerified

Ready to send

Sending in five minutes

Verify your domain and call a modern REST API. No IP configuration or subuser accounts to set up first.

October usage

48,210 contacts
Free
10,000 emails sent
$10.00
Total$10.00

No monthly tier to pick

Plunk bills $0.001 per email with no monthly minimum. SendGrid charges a fixed monthly fee for a volume tier, whatever you send.

Campaign

August product update

Sent
Recipients
12,480
Opened
46%

Marketing included, not sold separately

Campaigns, workflows and segments come with every account. SendGrid sells marketing as a separate product and keeps automation for its Advanced plan.

Which one is right for you?

Choose Plunk if

  • You want to start sending today without a configuration project
  • Your volume changes and you do not want a monthly commitment
  • You want campaigns and automation without a second product

Choose SendGrid if

  • You are a large enterprise with complex sending needs
  • You need subuser accounts and fine-grained IP configuration
  • You rely on enterprise-specific features Plunk does not offer

Feature by feature

FeaturePlunkSendGrid
Pricing modelPay-as-you-goMonthly subscription tiers
Setup timeMinutesLonger, more to configure
Open source
Self-hostable
Transactional emails
Marketing campaignsIncludedSeparate product
Workflow automationAdvanced plan only
Dynamic segmentationPaid marketing plan
APIOne send endpointLarge, mature API

Frequently asked questions

Send your first email in five minutes, not hours.

Start on the free plan with 1,000 emails a month, no credit card needed. When you need more, every email is $0.001, with unlimited contacts and every feature included.