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Sender alternatives

Providers that compete with Sender on at least one of: Marketing

Budget-friendly email marketing with a generous free plan.

closest matches

  1. 01

    Loops

    Marketing Transactional

    Modern lifecycle and broadcast email for SaaS.

    1,000 contacts and 4,000 sends/mo on the Free plan · $49/mo for 5,000 contacts
  2. 02

    Userlist

    Marketing

    SaaS lifecycle email with account-level data.

    14-day free trial, card required · Dynamic slider pricing; Basic includes 10,000 users and $10/mo per additional 1,000 users
  3. 03

    Brevo

    Transactional Marketing

    All-in-one with a generous daily free tier.

    300/day permanent · $9/mo for 5,000 emails
  4. 04

    Elastic Email

    Transactional Marketing

    Low-cost email API and SMTP relay with marketing features nearby.

    $0/mo test plan with limited sending only to yourself · $19/mo for Email API up to 50,000 emails/mo
  5. 05

    Customer.io

    Marketing Transactional

    Behavior-driven lifecycle messaging.

    No permanent free tier; trial only · $100/mo (Essentials)
  6. 06

    Encharge

    Marketing

    SaaS-focused marketing automation with behavior-based flows.

    14-day free trial · $99/mo monthly for Growth up to 2,000 subscribers, or $79/mo billed yearly
  7. 07

    Plunk

    Self-hosted Marketing

    Open-source unified email platform.

    3,000/mo on hosted free plan · $19/mo or self-host
  8. 08

    SendGrid

    Transactional Marketing

    Twilio-owned veteran with broad SDK coverage.

    60-day free trial only (permanent free tier was removed May 2025) · $19.95/mo for 50,000 emails
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