Comparison - Sendgrid and Mailchimp

tanvirchahal commented 6 years ago

User Stories

As Datahub developer, i want to send transaction emails, so users can receive updates about welcome signup, other account activity.
As Open-Revolution developer, i want to send download emails, so users can download the book.
As Open-Revolution developer, i want to send promotional emails, so users can stay connected to the idea.

Sendgrid vs Mailchimp

Sendgrid

Pros

Strong API support for transnational emails
Emails land in gmail primary tab [tested]

Cons

Not so good for promotional emails
No integration without API
No automated emails without API
Comes for a monthly Price

Price

Send up to 40,000 emails free for 30 days, then send 100 emails/day free forever
Send around 40,000 emails per month From 9.95/mo

Mailchimp

Pros

Easy to use and GUI based
Fast and plenty online editing options
Automated Emails(like send download link to new subscriber) and Signup Forms without relying on API, Makes basic integration easier and faster
Affordable

Cons

Emails dropping in Promotions Tabs

Price

Forever Free Up to 2,000 subscribers and 12,000 emails per month

zelima commented 6 years ago

@tanvirchahal I think that MailChimp still remains the best option here. It's free, automated, easy to use etc... think "Emails not dropping in Promotions Tabs" Is not enough benefit to move to Sendgrid.

Also looking at the stats of the MailChimp we have quite big open rate:

Average open rate is > 53%
Average click rate is > 13%

tanvirchahal commented 6 years ago

I agree @zelima, mailchimp offers a lot more and being free at the same time.

zelima commented 6 years ago

@tanvirchahal great, can you close this as FIXED and indicate the time you've spent on research as an estimate

tanvirchahal commented 6 years ago

2:30h

rufuspollock commented 6 years ago

@tanvirchahal can i suggest we get this comparison into a spreadsheet and get pricing info for mailchimp for say emails to 10,000 people a month ... (even if we do have a decision).

Could we also add SES to the evaluation if we have time ...

tanvirchahal commented 6 years ago

email-services-comparison.xlsx

Price Comparison between Sendgrid, Mailchimp and Amazon. Each of them has a different payment structure, thus kept in different sheets.

zelima commented 6 years ago

@tanvirchahal can we move that into our research document https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/16hPVEX16qd3bFPi9uoOnqPY3lcUePrcBOn9NSpDU6Fk/edit#gid=0

tanvirchahal commented 6 years ago

Moved to the doc listed above @zelima

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