How much does Loops cost?

Loops paid plans start at $49 per month for up to 5,000 subscribed contacts, and pricing is based on contact count rather than email volume. All features are included at every tier, and transactional sending is unlimited on paid plans. Some published sources cite a lower contact allowance at this price point, so check the live pricing slider for your exact contact count.

Does OneSignal Email have a free tier?

Yes. OneSignal's Free plan includes 10,000 email sends per month at no cost. This sits alongside its free push notification allowances, so email is bundled into the same free platform tier.

Can I use Loops and OneSignal Email together?

Yes. Many teams route different message types through different providers or fail over between them. Courier lets you send through both behind a single API and switch providers without changing your code.

Loops vs OneSignal Email

Two transactional email providers, compared on price, features and ratings, so you can pick fast.

Loops wins deliverability and developer experienceOneSignal Email wins price and support

Updated September 2026

At a glanceLoopsOneSignal Email

Entry priceFreeFree

Cost per 1k @ 100k—$1.39

Free tier4,000/mo10,000/mo

Drag-and-drop editorYesYes

THE VERDICT

Loops wins on deliverability and developer experience. OneSignal Email wins on price and support.

Loops starts at Free versus OneSignal Email's Free. Pick based on volume and team, and the scorecard below breaks down where each one leads.

Which should you choose?

Pick Loops

✓You're a SaaS company wanting lifecycle and transactional email from one developer-friendly tool

✓You send high volume to a moderate, well-managed contact list

✓You want fast setup with a clean API and polished editor

✓You need SOC 2 / ISO 27001 but not dedicated IPs, HIPAA, or inbound routing

Pick OneSignal Email

✓You already use OneSignal for push or in-app and want to add email from the same dashboard

✓You want a free tier to start sending marketing or transactional email

✓You need to manage subscribers across push, in-app, and email in one place

✓You want a simple setup rather than a dedicated deliverability or template platform

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Feature by feature

Winner cells are tinted, green where Loops leads, violet where OneSignal Email does.

capability

Loops

OneSignal Email

Pricing

Starting paid plan

$49/mo

$19/mo

Cost per 1k @ 100k

—

$1.39

Pricing model

Subscription

Hybrid

Overage

No send overages (sends unlimited on paid plans); cost scales by contact-count tier

$1.50 / 1,000 sends

Deliverability

Dedicated IP

Plan-gated

Deliverability tooling

Yes

Automated IP warmup

Yes

Suppression management

Yes

SPF / DKIM / DMARC

Yes

BIMI

Yes

—

API & sending

Transactional API

Yes

Marketing campaigns

Yes

SMTP relay

Yes

—

Inbound routing

—

Dynamic templates

Yes

Batch send

Yes

Scheduled send

Yes

Developer experience

Official SDKs

JavaScript/TypeScript, Go, Ruby, PHP, Nuxt

Node.js, Python, Java, Go, PHP, Ruby, C#, Rust

Event webhooks

Yes

Drag-and-drop editor

Yes

Custom HTML editor

Yes

Email validation

Included

—

Log retention

Not publicly documented

—

Sandbox / test mode

Yes

—

Analytics

Open / click tracking

Yes

Analytics dashboard

Yes

A/B testing

Yes

Compliance

EU data residency

—

SOC 2

Yes

HIPAA

BAA

GDPR

Yes

ISO 27001

Yes

Support

Support channels

Email/in-app support; docs and AI agent setup

Email, Community

24/7 support

Yes

Support SLA

Plan-gated

FAQ

Common questions

Loops starts at Free versus OneSignal Email's Free. Because pricing models differ by tier, the cheaper option depends on your monthly volume, so compare the pricing rows in the scorecard above.

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Why not both?

Use both behind one API.

Route Loops, OneSignal Email, or both, and switch providers without changing your code. Courier sits in front of every channel.

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Pricing, plans and feature availability as of September 2026 and may change. Ratings are aggregated from public review platforms.