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Comparison

MailerSend vs SendGrid

On the evidence we track, MailerSend leads this comparison with a composite score of 67/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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★MailerSend67
SendGrid61
Score
vioscaleAI score
MailerSend67 / 100medium · 63%
SendGrid61 / 100low · 33%
Pricing
Free tier
MailerSend✓
SendGrid✓
Model
MailerSendcommercial
SendGridfreemium
Price level
MailerSendunknown
SendGridlow
Starting price
MailerSend$7
SendGrid$0.05
Transparent
MailerSend✓
SendGrid✓
Integrations
Count
MailerSend33
SendGrid–
Security
Certifications
MailerSendISO 27001
SendGrid–
Disclosure policy
MailerSend–
SendGrid✓
Gdpr
MailerSend✓
SendGrid✓
Iso27001
MailerSend✓
SendGrid–
Pci
MailerSend✓
SendGrid–
Reliability
Sla pct
MailerSend99.5
SendGrid–
Status page
MailerSend✓
SendGrid✓
Market
Availability
Content
Faq
MailerSend7 items
SendGrid6 items

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for communication apis. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Channels
SMS
MailerSend✓
SendGrid-
Voice
MailerSend-
SendGrid✓
WhatsApp
MailerSend✓
SendGrid-
RCS
MailerSend-
SendGrid-
Transactional email
MailerSend✓
SendGrid✓
Video / real-time
MailerSend-
SendGrid-
In-app chat
MailerSend-
SendGrid-
Verify / OTP / 2FA
MailerSend✓
SendGrid-
Messaging
Two-way messaging
MailerSend✓
SendGrid✓
Reach
Geographic coverage
MailerSendRegional
SendGridGlobal
Delivery
Email deliverability tools
MailerSend✓
SendGrid-
Commercial
Published per-unit pricing
MailerSend✓
SendGrid✓

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

MailerSend

Leader

A cloud messaging platform that enables developers to send transactional emails and text messages through an API, with built-in tools for managing delivery and tracking engagement

Independently observed

SendGrid

A cloud voice communication platform that enables applications to make and receive calls with integrated features like call recording, transcription, and AI-powered conversation analysis.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

MailerSend

Leader
from $7/moSubscriptionFree tier14-day trial

From $7/month. Free tier with 500 emails/month. 14-day free Professional trial.

  • FreeFree
    • Email API and SMTP relay
    • Email threading support
    • Drag-and-drop email builder
    • 1,000 API requests per day
    • 1 domain
    • +1 more
  • Hobby$7/month
    • Everything in Free, plus
    • User roles and permissions
    • 24-hour data retention
    • 10 templates
    • 1-day activity log retention
    • +1 more
  • Starter-
    • Everything in Hobby, plus
    • 50 sender identities
    • Inbound routing
    • SMS API (US and Canada)
    • 5 users
    • +3 more
  • Professional$25/month + $0.90 per 1,000 additional emails
    • Everything in Starter, plus
    • 1,000 domains
    • Unlimited templates
    • High-throughput API
    • Unlimited users
    • +2 more
as of verify ↗

SendGrid

from $0.05/minuteUsage-basedFree tier

Pay-as-you-go usage pricing starting at $0.0459/minute. Free trial available. Volume discounts available.

  • Pay-as-you-goFrom $0.0459/minute
    • Voice calls
    • Call recording
    • Transcription
    • Text-to-Speech
    • Speech recognition
    • +1 more
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
Web
MailerSend✓
SendGrid✓
CLI
MailerSend✓
SendGrid✗
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
MailerSend✓
SendGrid✓

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

MailerSend

Leader
33 total
  • Zapier
  • Supabase
  • Firebase
  • Symfony
  • Slack
  • Laravel
  • Airbyte
  • Airtable
  • Anymail
  • ChatGPT
  • Claude
  • Courier
  • Cursor
  • Django
  • Google Cloud
  • Integrately
  • Knock
  • Magento
  • Mailster
  • Make
  • NocoDB
  • Novu
  • Pabbly Connect
  • Partnero
  • +9 more
Independently observed

SendGrid

Not documented yet.

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