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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 11/01/2024
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.
- Industry: Information Technology & Services
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Great transactional email platform, very decent for email marketing
Reviewed on 12/11/2023
By far is the best tool we've used for transactional emails, and the last couple years it has done...
By far is the best tool we've used for transactional emails, and the last couple years it has done a good job for email marketing. They have very strict policies against cold email, which keeps deliverability high.
Pros
It is very easy to use and deploy. The API is very well documented and the email marketing features can easily be used by non-developers without writing a single line of code. They have a very nice no-code email builder, but it also allows to do it in HTML for more technically inclined users.
Cons
Though it is a great platform for transactional email, the Email Marketing tools are charged extra.
SendGrid is only really good if you get a dedicated IP, which is absent for the cheaper tiers.
Reasons for Switching to SendGrid
Better value at the time, better customer service, and our developers liked the API better-- 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 22/01/2024
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.
- 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 05/11/2024
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.
- 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 31/07/2023
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.
- 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 22/07/2023
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
- 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 29/10/2024
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.
- 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 06/10/2024
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.
- Industry: Information Technology & Services
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Weekly for Free Trial
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SendGrid Review
Reviewed on 26/10/2024
I haven't used it much other than the initial sign up, overall support wasn't good
I haven't used it much other than the initial sign up, overall support wasn't good
Pros
I like that the pricing is determined by the number of emails you send, which works out free for small organizations.
Cons
their customer support was inexistent and a little frustrating given what they promised on the website
- 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 28/10/2024
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.
- 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 01/01/2024
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.
- Industry: Computer Software
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Sending tons of great emails - perfect match for MS Azure
Reviewed on 19/12/2023
We've been working with SendGrid for years and never lets us down. The free starter version and the...
We've been working with SendGrid for years and never lets us down. The free starter version and the cheap license plans makes it perfect.
Pros
Integrated into MS Azure, easy Core 8 (.Net any version), nuget works like a charm
Cons
None really, would like to see a better integration with MS Azure portal to avoid the open other window to check stats.
- Industry: Marketing & Advertising
- Company size: 5,001–10,000 Employees
- Used Weekly for 6-12 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10
SendGrid has great deliverability
Reviewed on 19/02/2024
Pros
Using programs like Rackspace and Heroku to use dynamic customer data from other platforms other than CRM
Cons
Changing of hands to Twilio changed a few features but more plug ins
Alternatives Considered
Constant Contact, Lead Gen & CRM (formerly SharpSpring), Salesforce Marketing Cloud, CMPRO, Heroku, Mailchimp and Lead Liaison- 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 27/10/2023
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.
- 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 15/12/2023
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.
- 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 29/08/2023
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
- Industry: Computer Software
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Weekly for 1+ year
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- Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10
Awesome transactional email service that increases delivery rate of emails
Reviewed on 05/01/2024
Pros
It's works as advertised. It gets transactional emails delivered on time and decreases the chance of going to spam or junk folders. It also integrates with a lot of software. The free version is great.
Cons
I wish they had better instructional videos and guides to help me with my specific use case or scenario. I had to do research on my own to complete my setup.
- 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 25/10/2023
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.
- Industry: Internet
- Company size: 11–50 Employees
- Used Daily for 6-12 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Decent software for emailing
Reviewed on 16/01/2024
Pros
We are using Sendgrid as an SMTP provider. It was easy to configure and it is working without any bugs - seriously not even one.
Cons
Weird password policy. They demand from you a minimum 16 characters - even if you are using 2fa. It is not convenient at all.
Alternatives Considered
Postmark- 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 12/06/2023
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.
- 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 24/12/2023
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.
- Industry: Marketing & Advertising
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 1-5 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 0.0 /10
Waste of time....
Reviewed on 30/08/2023
What a horrible experience. After signing up as a new business customer as part of a new marketing...
What a horrible experience. After signing up as a new business customer as part of a new marketing strategy my business implemented, SendGrid immediately suspended my account for no reason (after taking my personal information), and an agent then proceeded to tell me some magical 'vetting' system determined I wasn't eligible to use their service.After asking how an earth they could 'vet' me considering they haven't even obtained anything about my business they proceeded to tell me they can't tell me why and that their decision was final.Appalling service, I genuinely have no idea how these people even have customers to begin with if one can't even sign up....
Pros
Absolutely nothing, couldn't even sign up...
Cons
Everything, because they discriminate on who signs up to them, and give no explanation for suspending your account after taking your personal information.
- Industry: Computer Software
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Weekly for 1-5 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 0.0 /10
HORRIBLE service
Reviewed on 04/08/2023
Stay away from this service, any other service would be better for your business and sanity.
Stay away from this service, any other service would be better for your business and sanity.
Pros
Nothing to like about this service unfortunately.
Cons
There is no customer support, they ban your account even after you have paid for no reason due to suspicious activity, which is sending emails. The service for sending emails bans their users for sending emails, and then you have to open a support ticket to reactivate your account which takes almost 2 weeks to get an initial response.
- Industry: Marketing & Advertising
- Company size: 11–50 Employees
- Used Monthly for 6-12 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 7.0 /10
Good SMTP Features
Reviewed on 10/04/2024
Pros
After connecting SendGrid to my WordPress installation the notification emails for my web forms send without any issue.
Cons
Getting the "From" domain verified can be challenging sometimes. The process isn't as simple as it could be.
Alternatives Considered
Brevo- Industry: Marketing & Advertising
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Monthly for 1+ year
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
My default email platform
Reviewed on 30/11/2023
It has everything I need for email related integrations. I’ve never had any issues with it.
It has everything I need for email related integrations. I’ve never had any issues with it.
Pros
Full feature set even in free accounts. Intuitive and easy to use. I haven’t found an email related task it couldn’t handle.
Cons
Nothing. I don’t have a bad thing to say about it. It ticks all my boxes.