Alternatives to SendGrid
Other Email marketing vendors we measure, sorted by how much they publish that SendGrid does not. This is a comparison of disclosure, not of features or fitness.
12 shown of 20 that differ from SendGrid on at least one criterion we measured for both. Public transparency score, not a product or security rating.
SendGrid has 8 gaps in what we could measure: Data processing agreement, Subprocessor list, Data location stated, Public pricing, Uptime SLA with a figure, HTTPS enforced with HSTS, No third-party tracking before consent, Notice before subprocessors change. The column “publishes and SendGrid does not” is the one that closes them.
| Vendor | Score | Publishes, and SendGrid does not | SendGrid publishes, and they do not | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mailgunmailgun.com | 83/100 | 7 Data processing agreement, Data location stated, Public pricing, +4 | nothing | Compare |
| ActiveCampaignactivecampaign.com | 78/100 | 6 Data processing agreement, Subprocessor list, Data location stated, +3 | nothing | Compare |
| Customer.iocustomer.io | 80/100 | 5 Data processing agreement, Subprocessor list, Data location stated, +2 | nothing | Compare |
| Klaviyoklaviyo.com | 65/100 | 4 Data processing agreement, Subprocessor list, Public pricing, +1 | nothing | Compare |
| Mailchimpmailchimp.com | 57/100 | 4 Data processing agreement, Subprocessor list, Data location stated, +1 | 2 Status page with history, Certifications named | Compare |
| Omnisendomnisend.com | 57/100 | 4 Data processing agreement, Public pricing, HTTPS enforced with HSTS, +1 | 1 Certifications named | Compare |
| EmailOctopusemailoctopus.com | 43/100 | 4 Data processing agreement, Data location stated, Public pricing, +1 | 3 Status page with history, Certifications named, Named privacy contact | Compare |
| CleverReachcleverreach.com | 48/100 | 3 Data location stated, Public pricing, No third-party tracking before consent | 1 Certifications named | Compare |
| Postmarkpostmarkapp.com | 35/100 | 3 Data processing agreement, Public pricing, HTTPS enforced with HSTS | 2 Status page with history, Certifications named | Compare |
| Substacksubstack.com | 38/100 | 2 Data location stated, HTTPS enforced with HSTS | 1 Certifications named | Compare |
| Elastic Emailelasticemail.com | 35/100 | 2 Data location stated, Public pricing | 1 Certifications named | Compare |
| Flodeskflodesk.com | 26/100 | 2 Data location stated, Public pricing | 2 Status page with history, Certifications named | Compare |
Only criteria we could measure for both are counted. Where we could measure one and not the other, the row is silent: that would be a statement about our measurement, not about either vendor. Every single result with its source is on the two profiles.