Head-to-head · SMTP
Resend vs SendGrid
Resend is cheaper at most volumes; SendGrid only wins around 250,000 emails/month. Costs are the base sending price; verified July 2026.
ResendA modern developer favourite: clean API, React email templates, generous free tier.
SendGridThe incumbent — huge scale and integrations, priced accordingly above the free trial.
| Emails / month | Resend | SendGrid | Cheaper |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10k | $20/mo | $20/mo | Tie |
| 50k | $20/mo | $35/mo | Resend |
| 100k | $35/mo | $35/mo | Tie |
| 250k | $350/mo | $249/mo | SendGrid |
| 500k | $350/mo | $449/mo | Resend |
| 1M | $650/mo | $749/mo | Resend |
Exact switch points (emails/month)
- 1–3,000 → Resend
- 3,001–40,000 → Tie
- 40,001–50,000 → Resend
- 50,001–100,000 → Tie
- 100,001–200,000 → Resend
- 200,001–300,000 → SendGrid
- 300,001–500,000 → Resend
- 500,001–700,000 → SendGrid
- 700,001+ → Resend
Computed from tier boundaries, not sampled — see all cost cliffs.