ranking
Best permanent free tiers
Limited to providers with a permanent free tier as of the last check. Trials excluded.
criteria
- Monthly send volume
- Daily caps
- Feature limitations
- 01
Mailjet
Transactional Marketing6,000/mo capped at 200/day. Permanent.
- 02
Loops
Marketing TransactionalUnlimited emails on the Free plan within a 1,000-contact ceiling. Different model: optimal when your contact list grows slowly but your volume is high.
- 03
Brevo
Transactional Marketing300/day permanent. Best for low daily volumes.
- 04
Mailtrap
Transactional Testing4,000/mo permanent on the sending side, plus a free testing tier.
- 05
Resend
Transactional3,000/mo permanent on a single domain.
- 06
MailerSend
Transactional3,000/mo permanent.
- 07
Plunk
Self-hosted Marketing3,000/mo on hosted free plan, or self-host for unlimited.
- 08
Amazon SES
Transactional62,000/mo free, but only when sending from EC2.
- 09
SMTP2GO
Transactional1,000/mo permanent, no daily cap.