Elastic Email versus Postmark

Price

• Elastic Email From $19/mo
  • Free: no subscription charge
  • Starter: $19.00 monthly
  • Pro: $49.00 monthly
• Postmark From $15/mo
  • Free: no subscription charge
  • Basic: $15.00 monthly
  • Pro: $16.50 monthly
  • Platform: $18.00 monthly
  • High volume: Vendor quotation required

Both list prices on the same basis. Compare what each plan includes; the lower amount alone does not make the better choice.

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Sending volume

Elastic Email Paid tiers run from 50,000 to 10,000,000 emails a month.Free: 3,000 emails per monthStarter: 50,000 emails per monthPro: 50,000 emails per month

Postmark Unused emails do not roll over to the next billing period.Free: 100 emails per monthBasic: 10,000 emails per monthPro: 10,000 emails per monthPlatform: 10,000 emails per month

Sender domains

Elastic Email Sending from your own domain with DNS validation, SPF and DKIM is listed in the plan table.

Postmark Free: 10 custom sending domainsBasic: 5 custom sending domainsPro: 10 custom sending domainsPlatform: Unlimited custom sending domains

Log retention

Elastic Email Free: 3 days of email logsStarter: 3 days of email logsPro: 7 days of email logs

Postmark Custom activity retention starts at USD 5 a month and is only available on Pro plans or higher; statistics are kept indefinitely.Basic: 45 daysPro: Customizable up to 365 days; 45 days by defaultPlatform: Customizable up to 365 days; 45 days by default

Webhooks and events

Elastic Email Webhooks can report sends, opens, clicks, bounces, unsubscribes and other email events.Pro: Webhooks included

Postmark Inbound email is converted to JSON and posted to your webhook URL.Pro: Inbound email processing includedPlatform: Inbound email processing included

Dedicated IP

Elastic Email Starter: Private IP add-on: USD 40 a monthPro: Private IP add-on: USD 50 a month

Postmark From USD 50 a month per IP, for accounts sending 300,000 or more emails a month on Pro or higher.

Support

Elastic Email Free support by in-app messenger or email, with a response expected within 24 hours; a paid Dedicated Support add-on shortens response times.

Postmark Support requests are handled by the customer success team through support tickets.

Overage charges

Elastic Email No per-email overage: on reaching the sending limit the plan upgrades automatically if auto-increase is on, or you upgrade manually.

Postmark Extra emails on paid plans are calculated at the end of the billing cycle and added to the next month's charge.Free: No overages are allowed on Free.

Limits to check

• Elastic Email Starter does not list webhooks, inbound email processing or sub-accounts; only Pro adds them.
• Postmark There is no tier between the free 100 emails a month and the 10,000-email paid tier.

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Next steps

• Elastic Email profile and plans · View Elastic Email pricing
• Postmark profile and plans · View Postmark pricing