EU Alternatives to SendGrid
SendGrid, a service by Twilio, is a cloud-based platform for sending transactional and marketing emails with high deliverability and a developer-friendly API.
| Provider | Transact. | API | SMTP | Free tier | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SendGrid | 🇺🇸 US | ||||
| Brevo | 🇫🇷 FR | 300 / day | |||
| Ahasend | 🇳🇱 NL | 1,000 / month | |||
| Lettermint | 🇳🇱 NL | 300 / month | |||
| Mailerlite | 🇱🇹 LT | 500 / month | |||
| Sarbacane | 🇫🇷 FR | ||||
| UniOne | 🇨🇾 CY |
Choosing a European SendGrid alternative
In 2024, Twilio acquired SendGrid and shut down its long-standing free tier, which had offered 100 emails per day. The lowest plan jumped to the Essentials tier at around $20/month, pushing many developers, startups, and small projects to look for alternatives.
For European teams, this is a good opportunity to also address data sovereignty. As a US-owned company, SendGrid is subject to US jurisdiction, meaning data may be accessible under laws like FISA 702. Several EU-based providers now offer comparable APIs and deliverability, with free tiers that match or exceed what SendGrid used to offer, while keeping all data within the EU.
Migration is typically straightforward. Most providers listed here support standard SMTP relay and REST APIs, so switching often means updating credentials rather than rewriting integration code.
For European teams, this is a good opportunity to also address data sovereignty. As a US-owned company, SendGrid is subject to US jurisdiction, meaning data may be accessible under laws like FISA 702. Several EU-based providers now offer comparable APIs and deliverability, with free tiers that match or exceed what SendGrid used to offer, while keeping all data within the EU.
Migration is typically straightforward. Most providers listed here support standard SMTP relay and REST APIs, so switching often means updating credentials rather than rewriting integration code.
All European SendGrid Alternatives
Poland 🇵🇱
MessageFlow offers newsletters, transactional emails, SMS, and push notifications.
Poland 🇵🇱
EmailLabs.io is a Polish email delivery service focusing on transactional emails.
Denmark 🇩🇰
GatewayAPI is a Danish provider for SMS text message APIs and transactional emails.
Lithuania 🇱🇹
MailerLite is an email marketing platform offering tools for newsletters, automation, and transactional mails.
SendGrid (Twilio) offers a Data Processing Agreement and claims GDPR compliance, but as a US company, data is subject to US jurisdiction and potential access under FISA 702. For organizations that need to guarantee data stays under EU jurisdiction, an EU-based provider eliminates this legal uncertainty entirely.
For transactional email, migration is typically straightforward. Most EU alternatives support standard SMTP relay, so you can often switch by changing SMTP credentials. If you use SendGrid's REST API, providers like Brevo and UniOne offer similar API patterns. Marketing email migration (templates, contact lists, automations) requires more effort but most providers offer import tools.
Brevo offers 300 emails per day for free. MailerLite includes 500 emails per month on its free plan. Ahasend provides 1,000 free emails per month. Lettermint also offers a free tier with 300 emails per month.
For a pure API-first experience similar to SendGrid, Ahasend and Lettermint focus specifically on developer needs for transactional email. Brevo and Scaleway also offer well-documented APIs. If you need SMTP relay only, most EU providers support this with minimal integration effort.