11 of the 15 transactional email tools we list have a free plan, confirmed on their own website. Here they are side by side.
Listed alphabetically. A tool is ranked by its reviews once it has 3.
| Tool | Reviews | Lowest paid plan | Free plan | Free trial | Public API | Runs on | Main features |
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| ReviewsNone yetWrite one for Brevo | Lowest paid planNot confirmed | Free planYes | Free trialNot confirmed | Public APIYes | Runs onNot confirmed | Main features
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Elastic EmailEmail API and SMTP for scalable email infrastructure | ReviewsNone yetWrite one for Elastic Email | Lowest paid plan$19per month for up to 50,000 emailsStarter, as of October 23, 2026 | Free planYes | Free trialNot confirmed | Public APIYes | Runs onNot confirmed | Main features
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LettermintA European transactional email service running on its own infrastructure, exclusively in the EU. | ReviewsNone yetWrite one for Lettermint | Lowest paid plan€10per monthStarter, as of October 28, 2026 | Free planYes | Free trialNot confirmed | Public APIYes | Runs onNot confirmed | Main features
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MailerSendTeam-friendly email API for modern apps | ReviewsNone yetWrite one for MailerSend | Lowest paid plan$99.00per month, billed yearlyProfessional, as of October 20, 2026 | Free planYes | Free trialNot confirmed | Public APIYes | Runs onSMTP | Main features
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MailgunTransactional email delivery service and API for developers | ReviewsNone yetWrite one for Mailgun | Lowest paid plan$15per month for 10,000 emailsBasic, as of October 20, 2026 | Free planYes | Free trialNot confirmed | Public APIYes | Runs onSMTP | Main features
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MailjetEmail marketing software that's built for devs and loved by marketers | ReviewsNone yetWrite one for Mailjet | Lowest paid plan$9per month for 8,000 emailsStarter, as of October 23, 2026 | Free planYes | Free trialNot confirmed | Public APIYes | Runs onNot confirmed | Main features
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MailtrapModern email delivery for developer and product teams | ReviewsNone yetWrite one for Mailtrap | Lowest paid plan$15per month for 10,000 emailsBasic, as of October 20, 2026 | Free planYes | Free trialNot confirmed | Public APIYes | Runs onSMTP | Main features
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PlunkTransactional email, marketing campaigns, and automated workflows, all against one contact list | ReviewsNone yetWrite one for Plunk | Lowest paid planSee plans | Free planYes | Free trialNot confirmed | Public APIYes | Runs onSMTP | Main features
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PostmarkThe email delivery service that people actually like | ReviewsNone yetWrite one for Postmark | Lowest paid plan$15.00per month for 10,000 emailsBasic, as of October 20, 2026 | Free planYes | Free trialYes | Public APIYes | Runs onSMTP | Main features
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ResendEmail for developers | ReviewsNone yetWrite one for Resend | Lowest paid plan$20per month for 50,000 emailsPro, as of October 20, 2026 | Free planYes | Free trialNot confirmed | Public APIYes | Runs onSMTP | Main features
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| SMTP2GOEasily send and track all of your emails, and forget headaches with email delivery. | ReviewsNone yetWrite one for SMTP2GO | Lowest paid plan$15per monthStarter, as of October 28, 2026 | Free planYes | Free trialNot confirmed | Public APIYes | Runs onNot confirmed | Main features
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From each tool's own website. “Not confirmed” means we couldn't confirm it there, not that the tool doesn't have it. Each tool's page says when its facts were checked.
A tool is listed here only when we've confirmed on its own website that it has a free plan. Tools we couldn't confirm it for are left out, even if they may have it. Vendors can't pay for a place on this list. Add a tool we missed