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Feb 18, 2026Plunk: Dashboard Analytics DelayedFeb 15, 2026The State of Email Delivery in 2026Feb 8, 2026Mailgun: EU Region Delivery DelaysFeb 3, 2026Loops: API Documentation UnavailableFeb 1, 2026Q1 2026 ESP Performance ReportJan 28, 2026API Latency Comparison: Which ESP Responds Fastest?Jan 20, 2026Transactional Email Showdown: Postmark vs Resend vs BrewFeb 18, 2026Plunk: Dashboard Analytics DelayedFeb 15, 2026The State of Email Delivery in 2026Feb 8, 2026Mailgun: EU Region Delivery DelaysFeb 3, 2026Loops: API Documentation UnavailableFeb 1, 2026Q1 2026 ESP Performance ReportJan 28, 2026API Latency Comparison: Which ESP Responds Fastest?Jan 20, 2026Transactional Email Showdown: Postmark vs Resend vs Brew

SendGrid

85

Email delivery at scale

all-in-one
Operational
Founded 2009
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SendGrid, now part of Twilio, is one of the largest email service providers handling billions of emails monthly. It offers both transactional and marketing email capabilities, making it a popular choice for companies seeking a unified platform.

Speed
82
Reliability
86
Deliverability
84
Developer Experience
83
Value
90

Current Metrics

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Delivery Speed (p50)200ms
Delivery Speed (p95)480ms
Delivery Speed (p99)720ms
Delivery Speed (avg)250ms
API Latency (p50)48ms
API Latency (p95)140ms
API Latency (p99)240ms
API Latency (avg)65ms
Uptime (30d)99.93%
Deliverability96.8%
Bounce Rate2.1%
Throughput15,000/s

12-Month Trend

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Delivery Speed (avg ms)
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Features

✓Marketing campaigns
✓Transactional API
✓Email validation
✓Dynamic templates
✓Dedicated IPs
✓Event webhooks
Pricing starts at $0/mo (100 emails/day free)

Incidents (2)

Global API Gateway OutageCritical
SendGrid·Jan 15, 2026·3h 7m·Resolved

Complete API unavailability affecting all regions. Email sending and delivery tracking were non-functional. Root cause identified as a cascading failure in the load balancer infrastructure following a routine configuration update.

Statistics API LatencyMinor
SendGrid·Jan 10, 2026·55m·Resolved

The statistics and analytics API endpoints experienced elevated latency. Email sending performance was not impacted.

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