Samva vs SendGrid
Twilio SendGrid is one of the longest-running email APIs, with a large feature surface for transactional sending and a separate contact-priced marketing product. Samva covers transactional and product email with TypeScript-first tooling. SendGrid's free send is a 60-day trial at 100 emails a day. Samva's free plan is 3,000 emails a month, ongoing.
Pricing verified August 16, 2026. Sources at the end of this page.
What SendGrid charges next to Samva
Samva
| Plan | Price | Included |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | 3,000 emails/mo |
| Starter | $5/mo | 15,000 emails/mo |
| Growth | $19/mo | 50,000 emails/mo |
| Scale | $99/mo | 300,000 emails/mo |
Sending, templates, inbound, and webhooks ship on every plan. On paid plans, extra emails past the allowance cost $0.50 per 1,000, under a $50 monthly spend limit you control. Free stops at its allowance.
SendGrid
| Plan | Price | Included |
|---|---|---|
| Free Trial | $0 | 100 emails/day for 60 days |
| Essentials | $19.95/mo | 50,000 emails/mo |
| Essentials | $34.95/mo | 100,000 emails/mo |
| Pro | $89.95/mo | 100,000 emails/mo |
| Pro | $249/mo | 300,000 emails/mo |
| Premier | Custom | 5M+ emails/mo |
The Pro ladder continues to 2.5M emails at $1,099/mo. Overage is metered per extra email, from $0.0013 on Essentials. A dedicated IP, subuser management, and email validation start on Pro.
What each one ships.
Send and receive
How you send email, build templates, and bring replies back.
| Capability | Samva | SendGrid |
|---|---|---|
| Send API | Typed REST, POST /v1/messages, with an OpenAPI 3.1.0 spec | REST (Web API v3) and SMTP relay |
| Templates | Versioned templates with rollback and publish history | Dynamic Handlebars templates on all tiers |
| Inbound email | Inbound parsing with conversation threading per recipient | Inbound Parse webhook on all tiers |
- Send API
Samva
Typed REST, POST /v1/messages, with an OpenAPI 3.1.0 spec
SendGrid
REST (Web API v3) and SMTP relay
- Templates
Samva
Versioned templates with rollback and publish history
SendGrid
Dynamic Handlebars templates on all tiers
- Inbound email
Samva
Inbound parsing with conversation threading per recipient
SendGrid
Inbound Parse webhook on all tiers
Delivery and visibility
How you follow delivery, observe engagement, and protect your sending.
| Capability | Samva | SendGrid |
|---|---|---|
| Webhooks | Delivery events signed with HMAC-SHA256 | Event webhook with signing; 1 to 5 endpoints by tier |
| Open and click telemetry | Per-message timeline of provider-observed opens and clicks | Open and click events; searchable activity history 3 to 7 days |
| Deliverability | SPF, DKIM, and DMARC on your domain; bounces and complaints suppressed automatically | Domain authentication, link branding, suppression management; dedicated IP included on Pro |
- Webhooks
Samva
Delivery events signed with HMAC-SHA256
SendGrid
Event webhook with signing; 1 to 5 endpoints by tier
- Open and click telemetry
Samva
Per-message timeline of provider-observed opens and clicks
SendGrid
Open and click events; searchable activity history 3 to 7 days
- Deliverability
Samva
SPF, DKIM, and DMARC on your domain; bounces and complaints suppressed automatically
SendGrid
Domain authentication, link branding, suppression management; dedicated IP included on Pro
Integration tools
The SDKs and agent tools you can build with.
| Capability | Samva | SendGrid |
|---|---|---|
| SDKs | TypeScript SDK plus an Effect-native SDK | Official libraries for Python, Node.js, PHP, Ruby, Java, Go, C# |
| Agent tooling | Hosted MCP server and a CLI with device-flow login | — |
- SDKs
Samva
TypeScript SDK plus an Effect-native SDK
SendGrid
Official libraries for Python, Node.js, PHP, Ruby, Java, Go, C#
- Agent tooling
Samva
Hosted MCP server and a CLI with device-flow login
SendGrid
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Volume and billing
What you can send for free and how extra volume is billed.
| Capability | Samva | SendGrid |
|---|---|---|
| Free tier | 3,000 emails a month; 1,000 a day with a card on file, 100 without | 60-day trial at 100 emails a day |
| Past the allowance | Metered at $0.50 per 1,000, under a spend limit you set | Metered overage per extra email |
- Free tier
Samva
3,000 emails a month; 1,000 a day with a card on file, 100 without
SendGrid
60-day trial at 100 emails a day
- Past the allowance
Samva
Metered at $0.50 per 1,000, under a spend limit you set
SendGrid
Metered overage per extra email
You need Twilio-ecosystem scale into the millions of emails a month, want link branding and email validation in the same product, or send from many languages with official libraries.
You want an ongoing free plan instead of a 60-day trial, hosted MCP, and the full send product on every plan. Several SendGrid extras, including a dedicated IP, subusers, and email validation, start on Pro at $89.95 a month.
SendGrid's breadth is the draw and the cost. Link branding, email validation, and subusers exist, and several of them gate on the Pro tier at $89.95 a month. Samva ships one send product and every plan carries all of it, so the comparison comes down to which features you would use.
Activity history is worth checking for your debugging workflow. SendGrid's searchable history covers 3 days on Essentials and 7 on Pro. Samva keeps per-message delivery timelines in the dashboard on every plan.
Questions before you move.
Is there still a free SendGrid plan?
SendGrid publishes a 60-day trial capped at 100 emails a day, and its upgrade guide says you need a paid plan to continue sending after the trial. Samva's free plan includes 3,000 emails a month, ongoing, capped at 1,000 a day with a card on file and 100 a day without one.
What does 50,000 emails a month cost?
On plans published as of August 16, 2026: SendGrid's Essentials plan includes 50,000 emails for $19.95 a month. Samva's Growth plan includes 50,000 emails for $19 a month.
What happens when I send past my plan?
On Samva, extra emails cost $0.50 per 1,000, billed to the exact count, under a $50 monthly spend limit you can raise, lower, or pause. SendGrid meters overage per extra email, from $0.0013 on Essentials.
Start on 3,000 emails, free.
No card required. Then pay for the volume you send.