SendGrid charges $19–$90 per user per month.
Open-source alternatives to SendGrid
1 self-hostable open-source projects that replace SendGrid, ranked by computed health score with real self-hosting cost. Save up to $178/yr per seat by self-hosting on a $4.13/mo VPS.
1
OSS alternatives
$4.13
Cheapest /mo
$19+
SendGrid /mo
$178
Yearly savings
Why people leave SendGrid
- Per-email + per-feature pricing combinations
- Sender authentication limits on free/lower tiers
- Email validation + dedicated IPs as add-ons
- Pricing gets messy at high volume
Postal and Cuttlefish give a SendGrid-equivalent transactional API; you pay only for the SMTP relay (SES, etc.).
The 1 alternatives, ranked by health
Health score is a 6-dimension composite. See methodology for formula and weights.
Cost comparison vs SendGrid
Self-hosting cost on cheapest plan meeting requirements vs SendGrid entry tier ($19/mo).
| Project | Self-host /mo | SendGrid /mo | Save /yr | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| postal | $4.13 | $19+ | $178 | Deploy → |
Pick your alternative
Most operators land on postal (top health score in this category; cheapest VPS path is postal on hetzner for $4.13/mo).
Data refreshed daily. Pricing for SendGrid sourced from official site.