SendGrid
You want the Essentials price near $35, or you send millions of emails a month and SendGrid Pro is the closer fit.
Compare · October 2026
SendGrid vs Postmark, with October 2026 pricing.
SendGrid Essentials is $34.95 for 100,000 emails. Postmark Pro is about $134 for the same volume. SendPanda Growth is $29, and newsletters are on that plan rather than a second product.
Price
The same workload, three ways.
100,000 emails a month
October 2026. This row is transactional email. SendGrid newsletters are a separate product. Postmark Pro's extra thousands are $1.30.
The gap at 100,000 emails is the Postmark rate. Pro is $16.50 for 10,000 and $1.30 per extra 1,000, which lands near $134. SendGrid Essentials is $34.95. Both have a visual editor, a dashboard, events and suppression.
SendGrid's free offer in this comparison is a 60-day trial. Postmark's free tier is 100 emails a month. SendPanda Free is 1,000 emails every month, with no card.
Newsletters are a separate SendGrid product. On Postmark they are Streams and you bring the list. On SendPanda they share the monthly quota, so a newsletter does not add a second subscription.
SendGrid Inbound Parse and Postmark inbound both deliver mail to your app by webhook. SendPanda keeps an inbox for the domain, with replies and forwarding. It is not IMAP.
Features
Feature by feature.
| Feature | SendPanda | SendGrid | Postmark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free tier | 1,000 / month | 60-day trial | 100 / month |
| 100k emails a month | $29 | $34.95 | ≈ $134¹ |
| Newsletters and audiences | Included | Separate product | Streams, bring your list |
| Visual email editor | Code templates | ||
| Receive email at your domain | Inbox, replies and forwarding | Inbound Parse webhook | Inbound webhook |
| Dashboard, events and suppression |
Postmark Pro: $16.50 for 10,000 plus $1.30 per extra 1,000. SendGrid Essentials, Resend Pro, Mailgun Scale and Amazon SES on-demand rates. Prices change; check each provider before you decide. Resend includes 3 inboxes, with incoming and outgoing inbox messages using its transactional quota. SendPanda has separate incoming limits; replies and forwarding use the sending quota. Other receiving options include inbound webhooks or routing rules.
Fit
Where each one fits.
Postmark
You want a transactional-only service and the Pro rate is acceptable for your volume.
SendPanda
You want one plan for receipts and newsletters, a free tier that stays free, and a place to read replies.
Recheck the list prices on SendGrid pricing and Postmark pricing. The figures on this page are the October 2026 prices used in SendPanda's own comparison.
FAQ
Questions, answered.
Is SendGrid cheaper than Postmark?
At 100,000 emails, on these October 2026 list prices, yes: $34.95 for SendGrid Essentials and about $134 for Postmark Pro. SendPanda Growth is $29.
Do either of them include a newsletter?
Not in the transactional price. SendGrid sells newsletters separately. Postmark uses Streams and you bring the list. SendPanda includes newsletters in the same quota.
When we're not the right fit: if you send millions of emails a month, Amazon SES directly or SendGrid Pro will serve you better. Our largest plan is 200,000 a month; for dedicated IPs or more volume, email us about Enterprise. And if you need Outlook or Apple Mail to connect straight to a mailbox, that is not ready yet: our inbox is for support-style mail with daily limits, and you can forward any mailbox to Outlook or Gmail meanwhile.
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Free for 1,000 emails a month. No card needed.
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