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Head-to-head · Email APIs

Scaleway Transactional Email vs Postmark

  • Updated Oct 2026
  • Both researched from official sources
  • 7 checks side by side
Higher score Scaleway Transactional Email #4 in Email APIs 9.0/10 Paid ✓ 3 of 5 features Visit Scaleway
Postmark #5 in Email APIs 8.8/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 5 of 5 features Visit Postmark

Scaleway Transactional Email leads on 1 check, Postmark on 3, and 3 are even. Who comes out ahead on the 7 yes/no, price and count checks where we have data for both products. The editor score weighs everything else too.

Our verdict

  • Highest scoreScaleway Transactional Email · 9.0/10
  • Free planonly Postmark
  • Most featuresPostmark · 5 of 5

Scaleway Transactional Email scores higher on our rubric for email apis: 9.0 against 8.8 out of 10; our editors rank them #4 and #5.

Postmark offers free plan; Scaleway Transactional Email doesn't. Scaleway Transactional Email leads on monthly send limit: 100000 /mo versus 10000 /mo. Postmark offers inbound email; Scaleway Transactional Email doesn't. Postmark offers email templates; Scaleway Transactional Email doesn't.

Scaleway Transactional Email is the better fit for european teams needing authenticated email delivery. Postmark is the better fit for transactional email teams prioritizing deliverability.

  • Scaleway Transactional Email fits best

    European teams needing authenticated email delivery

  • Postmark fits best

    Transactional email teams prioritizing deliverability

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Side by side

Feature Scaleway Transactional Email 9.0/10 Visit ↗ Postmark 8.8/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score 9.0 8.8
Ranking #4 in Email APIs #5 in Email APIs
Best for European teams needing authenticated email delivery Transactional email teams prioritizing deliverability
Pricing model Paid Free plan + paid
Starting price — $15/mo
Free plan — ✓ (best)
Free trial — —
Deployment Cloud Cloud
Platforms Web Web
Support Tickets, Community, Docs Live chat, Docs
Compliance GDPR GDPR, 2FA
Integrations 4 integrations 12 integrations
Built for Small business, Enterprise Solo, Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise
Features Scaleway Transactional Email 3/5 · Postmark 5/5
Inbound email — ✓ (best)
Delivery event webhooks ✓ ✓
SMTP relay ✓ ✓
Email templates — ✓ (best)
Dedicated IP option ✓ ✓
Specs
Monthly send limit 100000 /mo (best) 10000 /mo
Our review
Pros
  • REST API and SMTP relay support application email workflows
  • SPF, DKIM and DMARC authentication with reputation monitoring
  • Event webhooks, blocklists, attachments and delivery reports
  • REST API, SMTP sending, and separate transactional and broadcast streams
  • Delivery, bounce, open, click, and spam complaint webhooks
  • Inbound email parsing, templates, analytics, and official libraries
Cons
  • Scale starts at €80 per month
  • Supports sending only, not inbound email
  • Available in Scaleway’s Paris region
  • Free plan allows only 100 emails per month
  • Basic and Pro plans limit monthly volume to 10,000 emails
  • Broadcast and transactional workflows require stream management
Our verdict

Scaleway Transactional Email is a managed service for application-generated, non-promotional messages such as account notifications, password resets, receipts, alerts and order updates. It is aimed at developers, startups and organizations…

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Postmark is an email delivery service for application teams sending transactional and broadcast messages through REST APIs or SMTP. It supports individual and batch messages, separate message streams, reusable HTML and plain-text…

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  1. Scaleway Transactional EmailEmail APIs 9.0Paid
  2. PostmarkEmail APIs 8.8Free plan

Strengths and trade-offs

  • Scaleway Transactional Email — where it wins

    • REST API and SMTP relay support application email workflows
    • SPF, DKIM and DMARC authentication with reputation monitoring
    • Event webhooks, blocklists, attachments and delivery reports

    Where it doesn't

    • Scale starts at €80 per month
    • Supports sending only, not inbound email
    • Available in Scaleway’s Paris region

  • Postmark — where it wins

    • REST API, SMTP sending, and separate transactional and broadcast streams
    • Delivery, bounce, open, click, and spam complaint webhooks
    • Inbound email parsing, templates, analytics, and official libraries

    Where it doesn't

    • Free plan allows only 100 emails per month
    • Basic and Pro plans limit monthly volume to 10,000 emails
    • Broadcast and transactional workflows require stream management

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Reviewed by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Oct 2026

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