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Email marketing · 11 alternatives

Instead of SendGrid, try one of these 11.

Every alternative is lined up against SendGrid on what people actually switch for: price, open source, self-hosting, offline use and platforms. SendGrid sits in the first row, so you can see what you give up.

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Alternative
Price
Open source
Self-host
Offline
Platforms
Website
SendGrid
Transactional and marketing email API from Twilio.
PriceFreemium
from $20/mo
Open sourceNo
Self-hostNo
OfflineNo
Platforms
Web
Visit
Mailchimp#1
The best-known email marketing and audience platform.
PriceFreemium
from $13/mo
Open sourceNo
Self-hostNo
OfflineNo
Platforms
Web · iOS · Android
Visit
Brevo#2
Email, SMS and CRM with a generous free tier.
PriceFreemium
from $9/mo
Open sourceNo
Self-hostNo
OfflineNo
Platforms
Web
Visit
SendOps#3
Control plane for managing Amazon SES sending across accounts.
PricePaid
Open sourceNo
Self-hostNo
OfflineNo
Platforms
Web
Visit
useSend#4
Open-source email platform for transactional and marketing mail.
PriceFreemium
Open sourceYes
Self-hostYes
OfflineNo
Platforms
Web
Visit
GoodSender#5
Permission-first email API for apps and AI agents.
PriceFreemium
Open sourceNo
Self-hostNo
OfflineNo
Platforms
Web
Visit
NexusProMail#6
EU-hosted marketing and transactional sending platform.
PriceFreemium
Open sourceNo
Self-hostNo
OfflineNo
Platforms
Web
Visit
LimeJourney#7
Customer journey builder for segmented, personalized campaigns.
PriceFreemium
Open sourceYes
Self-hostYes
OfflineNo
Platforms
Web
Visit
Bespoke#8
Open source personalization engine for marketing email.
PriceFreemium
Open sourceYes
Self-hostYes
OfflineNo
Platforms
Web
Visit
Plunk#9
Developer-friendly email API for marketing and transactional mail.
PriceFreemium
Open sourceYes
Self-hostNo
OfflineNo
Platforms
Web
Visit
Postal#10
Self-hosted open source mail server for sending email.
PriceFree
Open sourceYes
Self-hostYes
OfflineYes
Platforms
Linux
Visit
SMTP.com#11
Hosted SMTP relay for high-volume transactional delivery.
PricePaid
Open sourceNo
Self-hostNo
OfflineNo
Platforms
Web
Visit

Price colours on the Visit buttons: FreeFreemiumPaid

How to read this. The first row is SendGrid itself, for comparison. “Yes” means fully supported by the maker. “Partial” means it works with caveats. Likes reflect community popularity; vendors can’t pay for them or for placement. How we compare.

SendGrid alternatives at a glance

SendGrid is a freemium email marketing app (from $20/mo). We compared 11 alternatives: 5 are open source, 1 is completely free, 4 can be self-hosted and 1 works fully offline. The most popular is Mailchimp, with 920 likes.

Most liked overallMailchimp

The best-known email marketing and audience platform.

Freemium
Best free optionPostal

Self-hosted open source mail server for sending email.

Free · Open source · Self‑hostable · Works offline
Best open-source optionuseSend

Open-source email platform for transactional and marketing mail.

Freemium · Open source · Self‑hostable
Best to self-hostLimeJourney

Customer journey builder for segmented, personalized campaigns.

Freemium · Open source · Self‑hostable

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