Email Mandrill users will be required to have a paid monthly MailChimp account

indeed.. i am happy with Amazon SES myself since I also use it for sendy.co official Centmin Mod newsletter coming soon eventually

But sendy.co can use other smtp providers too so good to see what alternative smtp providers are out there - Authmailer is another i'd try it's also backed on Amazon SES but has their own layer of software and analytics on top AFAIK

 

not sure how accurate given size of SES Transactional Email providers Web Usage Statistics



FAQ says US centric data

 

Looks like Sparkpost is offering 100,000 free emails/month at Mandrill Alternative: The SparkPost Survival Guide for Mandrill Users - SparkPost Blog !

They must of just updated their pricing Transactional Email Services with TLS Encryption | SparkPost

 

oooh I like this SPF Guide Listing Create a SPF record for your server - mail-tester.com. Would of came in handy for this thread Email - error in PTR, mails goes to gmail Spam folder | Centmin Mod Community

 

Yeah was just thinking though, if you need 100,001 emails then it will still cost $44.99/month = 0.449 per 1K emails

 

Sendgrid's turn to attract Mandril refugees Hey Mandrill Customers—We’d Love the Opportunity to Serve You ouch the blog design hurts my eyes though, greyish text on grey background !

10% discount for 1st month

from Migrate to SendGrid Today

 

You can see the prices I posted at Email - Mandrill users will be required to have a paid monthly MailChimp account | Centmin Mod Community to compare and from best pricing it seems

• Sparkpost = 100k free but 100,001 emails = $44.99/month heh
• Amazon SES = 100K $10/month and 100,001 emails = $10.10 if $0.10 per 1000 emails
• Sendgrid = Lite plan is 100K $10/month and 100,001 emails = $10.10 at $0.10 per 1000 emails. Sendgrid Essentials plan is 100K $19.95/month and 100,001 emails = $0.00075 per email overages so $19.95075 heh
• Authmailer = 100K $12.49/month or $149.90/yr and 100,001 emails = +10/month per 100k overages so US$22.49/month
• Elasticemail = 25K free, $0.19 per 1000 for 1st 1 million = $190 so first 100K = 75 x0.19 = $14.25 and 100,001 is $0.19 per 1000 overage so 14.25 + 0.19 = $14.44/month
• Pepipost = 100K $20 but they only charge for emails opened ! and 100,001 is $1 per 5,000 so $21
• Mailgun = 100K $45 and 100,001 would be still $45 according to their calculator

 

Read somewhere Sparkpost's 100K free per month has a 10k per day email send limit, so you'd need to take 10 days to send 100K emails out at once ?

 

only thing can find on their site is SparkPost |

Daily and Monthly Quota Limits

 

According to What are the Mandrill alternatives | Web Hosting Talk Sendgrid has been overwhelmed with migration requests too

 

FYI, You get 50k free emails instead of 10k free with Mailgun if you sign up via your Rackspace.com account Rackspace - Mailgun and 100K $25 and 1m $407.50

 

Another comparison site at Best Transactional Email Service Comparison | Comparison tables - SocialCompare

seems feature wise to pricing, elasticemail, sendgrid and sparkpost probably best

 

Mandrill + MailChimp Transition FAQs – Mandrill Knowledge Base