Mailtrap Email Sending vs Twilio SendGrid
Mailtrap Email Sending
mailtrap.io
Twilio SendGrid
twilio.comSide by side
| Figure | Mailtrap Email Sending | Twilio SendGrid |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $15/mo | $19.95/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | — |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 4 | 5 |
| Spec score · Email APIs | 8.2 (#12) | 8.2 (#13) |
| Analytics | The service tracks delivery, open, click, and bounce rates and provides detailed email logs. | The Email Activity API, Event Webhook, and Activity dashboard can track deliveries, opens, clicks, bounces, unsubscribes, and spam reports. |
| Founded | 2011 | 2008 |
| Headquarters | Pasadena, California, United States | San Francisco, CA |
| Purpose | Mailtrap Email API/SMTP delivers transactional and bulk emails for developers and businesses at scale. | Twilio SendGrid is a cloud-based SMTP provider and email delivery engine that sends email without customers maintaining their own email servers. |
| Sending methods | Email API/SMTP provides RESTful API and SMTP methods with the same features, deliverability, and analytics. | Customers can send through the RESTful Web API, SMTP relay, or SMTP API. |
| Support | Mailtrap advertises 24/7 expert support for Email API users. | Twilio offers professional services from email experts to help configure email, troubleshoot issues, and improve deliverability and open rates. |
Plans
Mailtrap Email Sending
- FreeFree
- Basic 10K$15 a month
- Business 100K$85 a month
- Enterprise 1,5M$750 a month
Twilio SendGrid
- Free TrialFree
- Pay as you goFree
- Essentials$19.95 a month
- Pro$89.95 a month
- PremierPriced on request
In their own words
Mailtrap Email Sending
Mailtrap Email Sending has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.
Twilio SendGrid
Twilio SendGrid Email API sends email through a cloud-based delivery service, so customers do not need to maintain their own email servers. Messages can be sent through its RESTful Web API, SMTP relay, or SMTP API, with open-source client libraries for C#, Go, Java, Node.js, PHP, Python, and Ruby. Tools include dynamic templates, an Email Validation API, deliverability insights, and email testing. The Email Activity API, Event Webhook, and Activity dashboard track deliveries, opens, clicks, bounces, unsubscribes, and spam reports. Security features listed include SPF, DKIM, DMARC, TLS encryption, and API keys that can be limited or revoked. Twilio states a 99% deliverability rate. A 60-day free trial is listed at free, with limits of 100 emails per day and 100 contacts. Pay as you go is free; Essentials starts at $19.95 a month and Pro at $89.95 a month. Each email to one recipient uses a credit, even if deferred or sent to spam. Twilio says SendGrid does not natively support HIPAA-compliant data transmission.