MailCraft vs SendGrid
SendGrid (now part of Twilio) is one of the oldest names in email delivery, with a wide feature set covering transactional, marketing and deliverability tooling built up over more than a decade. That breadth comes with a correspondingly large, sometimes dated dashboard and a pricing structure many teams find hard to predict.
Side by side
How they compare
MailCraft includes 4 of these that SendGrid lacks or limits.
| Feature | MailCraft | SendGrid |
|---|---|---|
| Transactional email API | ||
| SMTP relay | Soon | |
| Marketing campaigns | ||
| Automations & drip sequences | Add-on tier | |
| Modern, minimal developer dashboard | Legacy UI | |
| Built-in email validation | Separate add-on | |
| AI agent / MCP integration | Hosted, 68 tools | No official server |
| Pricing model | Scales with email volume | Tiered, feature-gated add-ons |
Why teams switch from SendGrid
A dashboard and API designed in the last few years, not the last decade.
Validation and automations included in the core plans instead of separate paid add-ons.
Transparent, volume-based pricing without feature walls between tiers.
Native AI-agent support via MCP, so your automation doesn’t stop at your own codebase.
Switching takes an afternoon
Verify your domain, swap your send calls for the MailCraft API, and keep SendGrid running until the new domain is live.
Start freeComparison based on publicly available information as of September 2026 and may change. SendGrid and its logo are trademarks of their respective owner, used here only to identify the product; no endorsement is implied.