SendGrid

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Email Delivery. Simplified.

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Emiliano
Emiliano
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  • Industry: Events Services
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

One of the best ESP around

Reviewed on 2024/01/11

Overall SendGrid offers a great service with competitive pricing and great performance. Unfortunatel...

Overall SendGrid offers a great service with competitive pricing and great performance. Unfortunately the deliverability for emails hosted on Microsoft servers is not that good and other providers might be needed in those cases.

Pros

SendGrid is a well priced ESP with great delivery performance, near instant webhooks and highly configurable. Their API is quite straightforward to use, minimizing integration costs.

Cons

When using a shared IP, deliverability to Microsoft hosted email addresses is really bad, most emails sent to Outlook or Microsoft 365 organizations end classified as SPAM and the only workaround withing SendGrid is to have a higher cost plan with dedicated IP addresses, having to build the IP reputation from scratch. Also support takes days to reply to most concerns.

Thomas
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  • Industry: Insurance
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

SendGrid - You pay for reliability

Reviewed on 2023/07/31

Easy to set up, secure and verbose logging and reporting make this an easy choice for SaaS email...

Easy to set up, secure and verbose logging and reporting make this an easy choice for SaaS email relaying. While there is a marketing portion to this application, we don't use it so I can't speak of it.

Pros

I don't think the email API service has ever had a technical downtime where it doesn't work in the many years we have used it. The API itself is very easy to use and use the least privileges. Integrating the API into your SEIM or reporting platform (Power Bi for example) is also really easy to do and gives verbose information.

Cons

Email reputation can be a concern in ensuring your emails are delivered externally unless you want to pay extra, otherwise, the lower tiers are fine and still have decent deliverability %'s, typically above 95%'s.

Pedro
Pedro
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  • Industry: Information Technology & Services
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Monthly for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 2.0 /10

I stopped using and recommending this platform

Reviewed on 2024/01/22

In the beginning (some 8 years ago) when we started using it, it was actually good. Both pricing...

In the beginning (some 8 years ago) when we started using it, it was actually good. Both pricing wise and everything else. Last time we used it (around 4 years ago) we stopped using because of what I mentioned

Pros

I do appreciate the fact that their documentation is fairly simple to understand and it's complete. Their options are also good and their system does work

Cons

The biggest problem and what made me and my customers using it, stop using, was the fact that they do not filter their IP addresses (even for PAID accounts as I was). The argument from their support at that time was that they cannot control what IP addresses the system associates to each customer and so they couldn't do anything about it. This was, at that time, very serious because we ALWAYS tried to keep a clean mailing list and we started to have bad reputation just because a bad IP address was suddenly associated to our sendings. Price compared to other suppliers for similar functionalities (such as Amazon SES) is also not as good.

Morgan
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  • Industry: Environmental Services
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Monthly for 1+ year
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  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

Literally anyone could use SendGrid. It's great.

Reviewed on 2024/10/15

Overall, I would select SendGrid over many of it's competitors. It is simple to use, quick, and...

Overall, I would select SendGrid over many of it's competitors. It is simple to use, quick, and best of all the delivery rate is way higher than other platforms that I have used.

Pros

SendGrid is incredibly simple to use. Its ease in usability makes working with team members who are not as tech savvy, incredibly helpful. This lets more folks take on the initiative to use the platform, over having one person who really knows how to use it.

Cons

The contact limit. When downloading large contact sizes, you have to be really careful about doubling up on contacts, or erasing the file but not the contacts which has been confusing for me

ahmed
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  • Industry: Airlines/Aviation
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1-5 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 7.0 /10

Better choice for Email Marketing Software

Reviewed on 2023/07/22

It was a good experience, Sendgrid is Easy to use and user-friendly, and you can work with the free...

It was a good experience, Sendgrid is Easy to use and user-friendly, and you can work with the free plan after that you scale your business

Pros

they give you a free trial with 100 emails/day forever.delivery optimization toolsVarious email templates

Cons

-not good at reporting and analyticsthere is no Ai tool to help you with Campaignsa lot of pricing plans

Thomas
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  • Industry: Public Policy
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Perfect for my use case

Reviewed on 2023/08/21

Our use case is simple: We need reliable deliverability of emails to up to 2,500 addresses, three...

Our use case is simple: We need reliable deliverability of emails to up to 2,500 addresses, three times weekly, and we need to be able to track bounces, address changes, etc. easily. Sendgrid provides that service well and at an affordable price point. It also offers traditional "email marketing" services, which we do not use and cannot evaluate. For our needs, it's a solid offering.

Pros

The media center I run submits three political op-eds per week to about 1,300 newspapers in the US (and sometimes another 1,200 internationally). Sendgrid delivers those emails in a timely manner and keeps track of bounces, etc.

Cons

Setting up to use the API from a custom email address is a bit cumbersome.

Alternatives Considered

Mailchimp

Reasons for Switching to SendGrid

Competitive pricing, ability to send directly from our address using an API, and ability to maintain our list on our own server rather than on the service's.
Charlie
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  • Industry: Financial Services
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
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  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

Great email software service

Reviewed on 2024/11/05

Pros

Really easy to setup and integrate into our existing application and user flow. We've never had an issue with our SendGrid e-mail service, and has been incredibly reliable. Easy to track on the dashboard and analyse open rate.

Cons

Gets a little expensive on mass, but compared with others it's still reasonable.

Nabil
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  • Industry: Marketing & Advertising
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Monthly for 1+ year
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Great deliverability and straightforward to use

Reviewed on 2024/10/29

SendGrid has worked great and has been a good addition to our customer communications, sitting...

SendGrid has worked great and has been a good addition to our customer communications, sitting outside of our marketing platforms.

Pros

Simple to use and from what we've seen, great deliverability for our customer communications.

Cons

Had a little complication getting setup (mixture of sendgrid account vs twilio), but thier support helped me sort it out.

Damien
Damien
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  • Industry: Media Production
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Monthly for 6-12 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

SendGrid is great for SMTP

Reviewed on 2024/10/06

SendGrid isn't bad. We just really used it to connect it for GrooveMail users.

SendGrid isn't bad. We just really used it to connect it for GrooveMail users.

Pros

SendGrid makes setting up workaround SMTPs easy.

Cons

It's pretty much only reall good for the SMTP factor.

Xavier
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  • Industry: Food & Beverages
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Monthly for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

A solid tool for any marketeer.

Reviewed on 2024/10/28

Pros

Sendgrid is really userfriendly and budget friendly.

Cons

It lacks a bit of flexibility from a design stand point but makes up for in intuitiveness.

Anirban
Anirban
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  • Industry: Education Management
  • Company size: 501–1,000 Employees
  • Used Daily for 6-12 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

Very convenient platform for Email Marketing

Reviewed on 2024/01/01

SendGrid is overall a robust platform and we have never faced any downtime or high failure rate on...

SendGrid is overall a robust platform and we have never faced any downtime or high failure rate on SendGrid.

Pros

The best part of SendGrid is its option of adding contacts directly with CSV files and easy integration with MoEngage. The pricing is also affordable for high volume email-sending and transactional communication.

Cons

The promotional plans of SendGrid are priced much on the higher side. Moreover, customisation of Unsubscribe option is not available, for instance we wanted to add a Unsubscribe footer with images and GIFs as a standard for emails but that was not available.

Verified Reviewer
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  • Industry: Higher Education
  • Company size: 201–500 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

Integrated with Envision

Reviewed on 2024/04/01

Pros

I love the visual editor - it makes putting together email campaigns quite simple. Being able to edit both desktop and mobile independently is always a plus. I love that it integrates with our Salon booking system - Envision.

Cons

Current limitations placed on Envision/SendGrid integration is only 5000 emails per location. We would love to increase but were told we are not able to. Also, unable to view campaign statics with the integrated platform.

Verified Reviewer
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  • Industry: Information Technology & Services
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

The definitive SMTP email sender

Reviewed on 2023/08/29

Pros

Sendgrid is fantastic, it is easy to setup, it works well, it sends emails securely and avoids spam filters, it allows for in-depth reporting and logs of emails on the rare occasion they need to be reviewed because an email has not been delivered.We recommend this for all of our eCommerce customers and use it ourselves, we couldn't be happier.

Cons

Previously it was hard to manage several customers under one login which was frustrating, but Sendgrid listened to the requests for this feature and implemented it a few years back, we are delighted with the product

Nikita
Nikita
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  • Industry: Machinery
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
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  • Likelihood to recommend 7.0 /10

A perfect solution for transactional emails

Reviewed on 2023/10/27

Pros

Effortlessly managed transactional emails with SendGrid, which we use as an extension to our CRM. This results in more reliable and efficient delivery of emails.

Cons

Improving Sendgrid's User Experience
While Sendgrid is a decent email service provider, it could offer a more intuitive user interface. Additionally, template management could be improved to make it easier to connect with others. Compared to its competitors, Sendgrid's editor could also use some work to make it more user-friendly.

John
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  • Industry: Information Technology & Services
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

Sendgrid, and answer for the lack of transactional emails

Reviewed on 2023/12/15

Pros

They provide and amazing option to sending transactional emails where other CRM/Marketing options don't.

Cons

Some api improvements could be made but overall works well.

Nik
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  • Industry: Program Development
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 0.0 /10

If you want your sanity, Stay away from Sendgrid!!

Reviewed on 2023/10/25

Zero customer service, I am currently migrating our emails off Sendgrid as we speak. 27 Hours of no...

Zero customer service, I am currently migrating our emails off Sendgrid as we speak. 27 Hours of no communication on their support ticket that suspended our account. No reason was given. We send an average of 30,000 transaction emails per day, all of which are time sensitive (Receipts of payments, password resets, booking confirmations etc). Unforgivable behaviour.

Pros

Was working reasonably well for us for the last 5 years

Cons

After years of spending thousands of dollars a month we are suddenly and without warning, "temporarily" blocked from sending emails while the routinely check for spam activity.

Gustavo
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  • Industry: Gambling & Casinos
  • Company size: 201–500 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
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  • Likelihood to recommend 7.0 /10

Needs improvement

Reviewed on 2024/02/27

Pros

Quite simple to use which can sometimes lead to limitations

Cons

I had several problems in sending due to differences in the database. the planning of the campaigns is non-existent within this tool.

Pedro
Pedro
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  • Industry: Financial Services
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

One of the best email management tools for marketing

Reviewed on 2023/11/05

Pros

- Form customization and tags applied to contacts;
- Easy integration with Hubspot and API that enables you to sync data in an instant between tools;
- Easy to build marketing campaigns

Cons

- The pricing can be a a blocker for more small sized companies

Allan
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  • Industry: Education Management
  • Company size: 201–500 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Great Bulk Emailing Tool

Reviewed on 2024/02/20

It still meets our needs at a great price!

It still meets our needs at a great price!

Pros

It is a great all in one tool for sending emails in bulk

Cons

The dedicated IP address is only available on the Silver or higher tied

Verified Reviewer
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  • Industry: Information Technology & Services
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Daily for 6-12 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

An excellent email marketing platform

Reviewed on 2023/06/12

The API is cost-effective due to its low operating expenses and lack of application development...

The API is cost-effective due to its low operating expenses and lack of application development requirements. Even as a simple SMTP gateway, the API may execute a variety of tasks. These comprise distribution results and bounce information, which enable proper operation. The original enables MTA SaaS services. It is used to display messages from the service provider and to notify the public of impending announcements. It is difficult to function with an original nowadays since it could be utilized as a spam pass-through by hostile third parties. It can, however, operate safely if suitable security measures and patches are implemented on a regular basis. Using the SendGrid service liberates business owners from tasks over which they have no control.

Pros

An wonderful platform, particularly for novices. It provides free trial packages for life, 100 emails every day, and an SMTP feature that can be linked with a program. Emails can be recorded and Follow Up can be done, as well as accurate analyses through development. There are numerous benefits, and it is easy to create an HTML form to place on a landing page or your website to enroll individuals in a mailing list for a charge.

Cons

Haven't really thought about anything negative with this.

Verified Reviewer
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  • Industry: Political Organization
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 6-12 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 4.0 /10

Okay sending platform, below average support and UI

Reviewed on 2023/12/24

Moving forward, we'll be selecting a different product than SendGrid for our email needs.

Moving forward, we'll be selecting a different product than SendGrid for our email needs.

Pros

Decently straightforward set up documentation and successful implementation

Cons

The support was very hit or miss, and usually a miss. It seems like they bring on a lot of folks who have no experience with email, so getting an answer outside of what is on their scripted responses can be challenging.

Verified Reviewer
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  • Industry: Computer Software
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1-5 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 0.0 /10

Terrible service

Reviewed on 2023/08/22

Terrible service, it worked in testing mode, and so I purchased their subscription, after I...

Terrible service, it worked in testing mode, and so I purchased their subscription, after I deployed my website to product env, it stopped working properly, and so I was gonna log in them again, but always failed, at all I contacted them, but they didn't resolve for 2 days, it made my business terrible meanwhile, at last, they blocked my account.I m using aws ses service, its the best one than this terrible service.Good luck, terrible guys

Pros

There is Pros on SendGrid. Such service should be fired in the world.

Cons

Actually, it doesn't work properly, wasting time, wasting money

Jd
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  • Industry: Nonprofit Organization Management
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 3.0 /10

Church Initiative's use of SendGrid

Reviewed on 2023/08/10

It is more frustrating than helpful. Our organization is currently moving to a new email service.

It is more frustrating than helpful. Our organization is currently moving to a new email service.

Pros

The analytics tools was the best aspect of our use of SendGrid.

Cons

It is constantly buggy. Contact lists don't always load in. Email drafts don't always save, resulting in loss time and effort.

Mathew
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  • Industry: Newspapers
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

No brainer tool for email reliant organisations

Reviewed on 2023/04/13

While it has minor problems, on the overall, we are super reliant on emails for our business and...

While it has minor problems, on the overall, we are super reliant on emails for our business and Sendgrid has been a trustworthy tool.

Pros

Easy to understand and operate. In other words, adaptability. Oh, great customer support team too by the way!

Cons

Crashes quiet frequently. Contact edit details doesn't get saved in one go.

Sinisa
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  • Industry: Translation & Localization
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Reliable Email Management Solution

Reviewed on 2023/06/26

Pros

Unlike other tools, we have experienced zero issues with SendGrid, making it an exceptionally reliable email management solution. The APIs, templates, automation, and analytics all work great, wrapped in an easy-to-navigate user interface.

Cons

There were times when we experienced occasional problems with email deliverability, but it was due to mistakes on our end.