Resend vs SendGrid

Resend is built for modern developers:

• ●Beautiful, minimal API design
• ●React Email integration (JSX components)
• ●Excellent TypeScript support
• ●Clean, modern dashboard
• ●Fast onboarding (minutes to first email)

SendGrid is comprehensive but dated:

• ●More complex API with legacy patterns
• ●Template system feels old
• ●Dashboard is functional but busy
• ●More configuration required
• ●Documentation is extensive but overwhelming

Winner: Resend

If developer experience is your priority, Resend wins hands down. The API is a joy to use compared to SendGrid's enterprise complexity.

SendGrid has more features:

• ●Transactional and marketing email
• ●SMTP relay support
• ●Advanced analytics
• ●Email validation
• ●Inbound email parsing
• ●Marketing automation

Resend has grown:

• ●Transactional and marketing email
• ●API and SMTP support
• ●Inbound email processing
• ●React Email templates
• ●Limited retention (1 day on free tier)
• ●No warmup automation or reputation isolation

Winner: Tie

Both now offer transactional and marketing. SendGrid has more enterprise features; Resend has better DX. Neither offers warmup automation or reputation isolation.

Resend pricing:

• ●Free: 3,000 emails/month
• ●Pro: $20/month for 50K emails
• ●Enterprise: Custom pricing
• ●Logs limited on lower tiers

SendGrid pricing:

• ●Free: 100 emails/day
• ●Essentials: From $19.95/month
• ●Pro: From $89.95/month
• ●More feature tiers available

Winner: Resend (for moderate volume)

Resend's free tier is more generous (3K vs 100/day). At scale, SendGrid can be cheaper, but the comparison gets complicated with SendGrid's feature-based tiers.

SendGrid is battle-tested:

• ●Years of operation at scale
• ●Twilio backing (acquired 2019)
• ●24/7 support on higher plans
• ●Large community and resources
• ●Known entity to enterprises

Resend is newer:

• ●Launched 2023
• ●Smaller team
• ●Growing but less proven at scale
• ●Community still building
• ●Startup risk factor

Winner: SendGrid

For mission-critical email, SendGrid's track record matters. Resend is impressive but hasn't proven itself at enterprise scale yet.

Neither offers built-in warmup automation.

SendGrid deliverability:

• ●Shared IPs on lower tiers
• ●Dedicated IPs at $89/month+
• ●Account suspensions are common complaints

Resend deliverability:

• ●Shared infrastructure
• ●Good initial reputation
• ●No dedicated IP option currently

Winner: Tie (both lacking)

Neither platform offers the automated warmup or reputation isolation that modern email requires. Both rely on shared infrastructure that can be affected by other senders.