# Free Transactional Email Services - The Best Alternatives to Mandrill & Co.

DevFeed: [Free Transactional Email Services - The Best Alternatives to Mandrill & Co.](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/free-transactional-email-services-the-best-alternatives-to-mandrill-co-31835.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.metachris.dev/2016/03/free-transactional-email-services-the-best-alternatives-to-mandrill/>)

Author: Chris Hager

Published: 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Content type: comparison

Language: en

Sources: [Chris Hager](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/chris-hager.md>)

Topics: [email](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/email.md>), [backends](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/backends.md>), [amazon](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/amazon.md>), [stripe](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/stripe.md>), [FIRST](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/first.md>), [Heroku](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/heroku.md>), [Server](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/server.md>)

Tags: [alternatives](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/alternatives.md>), [api](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/api.md>), [email](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/email.md>), [free](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/free.md>), [migration](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/migration.md>), [providers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/providers.md>), [rest-api](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/rest-api.md>), [servers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/servers.md>), [services](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/services.md>), [smtp](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/smtp.md>)

## AI overview

This article compares free-tier transactional email providers presented as alternatives to Mandrill after Mandrill announced a move to a paid-only model under MailChimp. It covers providers including Mailgun, Amazon SES, SparkPost, Mailjet, Elastic Email, SendinBlue, Google SMTP, and Postage App, describing pricing limits, delivery methods, and selected features.

## Source excerpt

Mandrill, the beloved-by-many transactional email service, recently announced that it will switch to a paid-only model under the MailChimp umbrella. This came as a surprise to many developers who used them for sending emails for free from various servers and backends. This post provides a round-up of some of the more popular Mandrill alternatives. Free Transactional Email Providers This section covers a number of popular transactional email providers with a free tier.