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NLemay
NLemay

Reputation: 2383

SendGrid : Free plan vs Lite plan?

I want to dive into SendGrid (GoDaddy SMTP is sh*ty).

But I don't understand the difference between the Free plan and Lite plan.

Of course, Lite plan is really cheap, but seems to have less features than the Free plan, which is... free.

I first told myself that the free plan most be a trial (with limited time). But the website says "No credit card needed, no expiration."

So why does somebody would prefer the lite to free?

Bonus question : The only feature I need is something like a "Send Folder", so I can be sure all emails have been sent. Does both plans have this?

Upvotes: 4

Views: 5806

Answers (1)

bwest
bwest

Reputation: 9844

Update: the Lite plan no longer exists.

The Lite plan is for people that want to pay purely based on the number of emails sent. It has a limited feature set as a result. The free account has all features and has no expiration. Someone might choose Lite instead of Free because they want to send more than 12,000 emails/mo but don't need all the credits or features in the $9.95 plan.

SendGrid doesn't store any email content, so there isn't really a "sent" folder, but you can see a report of the last 7 days of email event activity by clicking on the "Activity" item in the navbar. Additionally you can have all this data pushed to you in near real-time via the Event Webhook, and very soon you'll be able to pull via API as well.

Upvotes: 5

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