Email and newsletters
SendGrid Email API alternatives
2 open-source projects that already do this job. Free to use - not free to run, which is what the numbers on the right are for.
The projects
novuhq/novu★39,455 GitHub starslicence unclearAn open-source notification infrastructure for building and sending transactional messages across channels.Open on GitHub ↗Notifuse/notifuse★2,039 GitHub starslicence unclearAn open-source modern emailing platform for sending and managing transactional and marketing emails.Open on GitHub ↗
What you give up either way
- High-volume deliverability reputation and IP warm-up expertise
- Global scale infrastructure and edge routing that SendGrid/Twilio operate
- Advanced analytics, templating, and campaign tooling bundled in SendGrid
- 24/7 enterprise support and technical account management
- Prebuilt compliance and deliverability tooling (bounce/spam handling at scale)
An open-source project doing the core job proves a replacement is possible. It does not prove it matches SendGrid Email API, and it does not prove anyone has run it for a month. How we decide.