Resend
Transactional email for developers who are tired of SendGrid's complexity.
Best use cases
• Transactional emails
• Product notifications
• Welcome emails
• Password resets
• Receipts
Pros
• Great DX
• React email templates
• Clean API
• Good deliverability
• Reasonable pricing
Cons
• Newer platform
• Limited marketing features
• Smaller ecosystem
• Less proven at massive scale
Pricing
freemium
Free tier (100 emails/day) + paid plans starting $20/mo
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