Two transactional email providers, compared on price, features and ratings, so you can pick fast.
Updated November 2026
THE VERDICT
Resend wins on developer experience and free tier. SendGrid wins on scale and enterprise readiness.
Resend is the modern, developer-first choice, a clean API, React Email templating, nine SDKs, and a 3,000-emails/month free tier from $20/mo. SendGrid is the established platform with EU data residency, ISO 27001, 24/7 support, and a deeper marketing suite. Neither offers HIPAA. Pick Resend for greenfield app email; SendGrid when compliance, EU residency, or enterprise support matter.
Winner cells are tinted, green where Resend leads, violet where SendGrid does.
FAQ
Resend starts at Free versus SendGrid's $14.95. Because pricing models differ by tier, the cheaper option depends on your monthly volume, so compare the pricing rows in the scorecard above.
Resend's paid Pro plan starts at 20 USD per month for 50,000 emails with no daily cap, with a 35 USD per month option for 100,000 emails. Higher-volume Scale plans range from 90 USD per month to 1,150 USD per month, and Enterprise pricing is custom. Marketing contacts are priced separately, starting at 40 USD per month for 5,000 contacts.
Not anymore as a permanent plan. As of May 2025, new accounts get a 60-day free trial of 100 emails per day instead of an ongoing free plan. Once the trial ends, you must move to a paid plan to keep sending.
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.
Why not both?
Use both behind one API.
Route Resend, SendGrid, or both, and switch providers without changing your code. Courier sits in front of every channel.
Pricing, plans and feature availability as of November 2026 and may change. Ratings are aggregated from public review platforms. SendGrid is a Twilio product.