SendGrid without the per-user meter
SendGrid pioneered transactional email at scale. CeyMail brings the same SMTP + REST developer experience: with real IMAP mailboxes, AI spam screening and flat pricing.
What you pay per year.
A visual of the annual math on the plans compared below. CeyMail is a flat license - SendGrid bills by the volume, seat or dedicated IP.
Five reasons to pick CeyMail over SendGrid.
Flat license, not seat-based
IMAP mailboxes included
AI log analysis with Gemini
Bring-your-own SMTP relay
CeyMail vs SendGrid, side by side.
SendGrid is enterprise email infrastructure designed for enterprise procurement cycles. CeyMail is infrastructure for teams that want to ship in an afternoon. One command, your own VPS, flat pricing. The API is familiar, the deliverability tooling is first-class, and the bill is the same whether you send 10,000 emails or 10 million.
| Capability | CeyMail | SendGrid |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | ||
| 50k emails / 5 seats | $49 | $19.95 |
| 500k emails / 15 seats | $99 | $249 |
| Dedicated IP | VPS IP | $79.95/mo |
| Capabilities | ||
| Transactional API + SMTP | ||
| IMAP mailboxes | ||
| AI-driven spam + log analysis | ||
| Self-hosted deployment | ||
Switching takes an afternoon.
- 1
Point your app at the SMTP submission port (587) with a mailbox credential. Same port, same protocol.
- 2
Update DNS per domain. CeyMail auto-generates and verifies SPF, DKIM, and DMARC records from the dashboard.
- 3
Replace the SDK import. CeyMail uses identical method signatures to the API you are already on.
The math.
- 50k emails / 5 seats: $19.95
- 500k emails / 15 seats: $249
- Dedicated IP: $79.95/mo
- Transactional API + SMTP
- 50k emails / 5 seats: $49
- 500k emails / 15 seats: $99
- Dedicated IP: VPS IP
- Transactional API + SMTP
- IMAP mailboxes
- AI-driven spam + log analysis
- Self-hosted deployment
$2,158 saved per year.
Questions about moving from SendGrid.
How hard is the migration?+
Point your SMTP credentials at your CeyMail server, then update SPF/DKIM DNS records. Existing sending code doesn't change.