Plunk vs Sendgrid
Learn how Plunk compares to Sendgrid and why you should switch to Plunk.
Pricing
Sendgrid
Sendgrid offers a free plan for up to 100 emails per day. After that, you have to pay $19.95 per month. This price only includes transactional emails. If you want to send marketing emails as well, you have to pay an additional monthly fee based on the number of contacts you have.
Plunk
Plunk offers a free plan of 300 emails per month. After that, you pay half a cent per email. This price covers all services, including transactional, marketing and broadcast emails. There are no hidden charges or add-ons to worry about.
Complete Email Solution
Sendgrid
Sendgrid is a transactional email service. This means that it can only send emails that are sent directly from an API call. If you want to send marketing emails or broadcast emails, you have to use another tool and maintain two separate email lists.
Plunk
Plunk is designed for SaaS companies. It offers a complete email solution that includes transactional emails, marketing automations and broadcast emails in one API. A contact in Plunk is the same for all three services and offers a unified view of your customers.
Support
Sendgrid
Sendgrid offers no support for free users. The support for paid users is limited and poor. One of the most common complaints about Sendgrid is that support is slow, unhelpful and often doesn't respond at all.
Plunk
Plunk has a big community of users and developers who are always looking to help each other out. If you have a question or need help, you can ask in our Discord server and someone will be happy to help you.