# Twilio SendGrid pricing (2026): plans, cost, and compliance

**Entry price:** $0 (free)/mo (Free). Among the 8 transactional email we track it is the cheapest; median entry $0/mo.
**Domain:** sendgrid.com
**Free tier:** No · 60-day free trial
**Compliance:** HIPAA No · SOC 2 Yes · GDPR Yes
**Integrations:** Salesforce, HubSpot, Shopify, Zapier, WordPress, Node.js SDK, Python SDK, Go SDK
**Best for:** High-volume senders needing SOC 2 attestation at scale; Teams already in the Twilio/Salesforce ecosystem; Agencies managing multiple sender brands via subuser accounts
**Price tracked since:** June 2026

## Plans

| Plan | Monthly | Annual | Billing | Notes | Source |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Free | $0 | — | flat | Free trial (60 days): 100 emails/day; APIs, SMTP relay, webhooks, dynamic template editor, ticket support, 2,500 email validations included. | twilio.com |
| Essentials | $19.95 | — | flat | Starting at $19.95/mo; up to 50,000 emails/month (100K tier also offered); APIs, SMTP relay, webhooks, dynamic templates, ticket and chat support. | twilio.com |
| Pro | $89.95 | — | flat | Most popular. Starting at $89.95/mo for up to 100,000 emails/month (scales to 2.5M tiers); 1 dedicated IP included, subuser management, SSO, ticket/chat/phone support, 2,500 free email validations. | twilio.com |
| Premier | Quote-only | — | flat | Quote-only; custom pricing for high-volume senders (5M+ emails/month), dedicated IPs, priority support, dedicated CSM, 5,000 email validations. Contact sales. | twilio.com |

**Key features:** Dynamic transactional templates with Handlebars templating; Subuser management for multi-brand or agency sending; Email validation API to reduce bounces; 1 dedicated IP included on Pro tier; SOC 2 Type I and II attested across Twilio platform.

**Plan limits:** Free trial: 100 emails/day for 60 days only (not forever-free); Essentials: up to 50,000–100,000 emails/month; Pro: 1 dedicated IP included, SSO, subuser management; Premier: custom for 5M+ emails/month.

Sources: 1 · Last verified 2026-06-13
Provenance: https://www.twilio.com/en-us/products/email-api/pricing (official Twilio SendGrid Email API pricing page; sendgrid.com/pricing 301-redirects here, accessed 2026-06-13; flat monthly plans by email volume)
Canonical: https://frontdeskreview.com/software/transactional-email/sendgrid/
Cite: Per The Front Desk Review, Twilio SendGrid's entry plan was $0 (free)/mo as of 2026-06-13 — https://frontdeskreview.com/software/transactional-email/sendgrid/
License: CC BY 4.0. Price history: https://frontdeskreview.com/data/price-history.jsonl