Mandrill vs Postmark vs SparkPost

Mandrill

4.4K
1.6K
+ 1
926
Postmark

335
181
+ 1
52
SparkPost

139
115
+ 1
14
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Pros of Mandrill
Pros of Postmark
Pros of SparkPost
  • 189
    Simple installation
  • 141
    Great api
  • 123
    Generous free allowance to get you started
  • 114
    Cheap and simple
  • 99
    Trackable
  • 59
    Well-documented
  • 54
    Doesn't go to spam
  • 47
    Great for mailchimp users
  • 32
    Webhooks
  • 28
    Client libraries
  • 7
    Heroku Add-on
  • 6
    Easy to use
  • 5
    Meaningful Metrics
  • 5
    Free
  • 3
    Advanced Tagging and Reports
  • 3
    Mobile Access
  • 3
    Status Update
  • 2
    Very chimp-like
  • 2
    Great Documentation
  • 2
    love this service
  • 1
    Free Plan
  • 1
    Webhooks for bounce mail
  • 18
    Simple
  • 10
    Great analytics
  • 8
    Email, done right
  • 5
    Easy setup
  • 5
    Heroku Add-on
  • 2
    Can review sent messages
  • 1
    Very inexpensive
  • 1
    Exceptional support
  • 1
    Pay per message
  • 1
    Great support
  • 10
    I could start sending real emails in less than 5 mins
  • 2
    Email don't end up in spam after DNS verification
  • 1
    Flexible, robust API
  • 1
    Very easy to integrate with Laravel
Cons of Mandrill
Cons of Postmark
Cons of SparkPost
  • 1
    Really hard to pull analytics out via api
  • 1
    No 24x7 support
  • 1
    Suspended paid acount without warning or reason
  • 1
    Spam trap reports are suspicious b/c all users opted in
  • 1
    Support won't answer mail (9h so far)
  • 1
    Only free for 100 emails/day
  • 1
    New dedicated ip blacklisted by some clients

What is Mandrill?

Mandrill is a new way for apps to send transactional email. It runs on the delivery infrastructure that powers MailChimp.

What is Postmark?

Postmark removes the headaches of delivering and parsing email for webapps with minimal setup time and zero maintenance.

What is SparkPost?

SparkPost is the world’s #1 email delivery provider. We empower companies with actionable, real-time data to send relevant email to their customers which increases engagement and both top and bottom line revenue.
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