We used SendGrid for 6 months and it was a constant headache. Our welcome emails, order confirmations, and even password reset emails were either landing in spam or getting outright blocked by Hotmail. Our clients were frustrated, and so were we. SendGrid's only solution? Purchase a dedicated IP for $30 USD/month on top of our API costs — completely unreasonable for roughly 1,000 emails a month.
After some research, we discovered Postmark and decided to give it a try. Within 3 days, every single email we sent landed directly in the inbox — 100% deliverability. For $15/month (cheaper than SendGrid), the quality is on another level.
Yes, Postmark is strict about commercial/bulk emails, but that's exactly the point. By keeping spammers off the platform, they protect deliverability for legitimate senders like us who rely on shared IPs. That strictness is a feature, not a limitation.
The API migration from SendGrid was straightforward — minimal code changes on our backend. If you're a small