About Unosend
Unosend is an email API built for transactional messages such as password resets, order confirmations and verification codes. It offers an HTTP API and an SMTP relay for connecting existing apps without code changes, separate sending streams for transactional mail, notifications and updates, and real-time delivery logs showing sends, deliveries, opens, clicks and bounces. It positions itself as an alternative to Resend.
Deliverability features include DKIM, SPF and DMARC setup, warmed IPs and dedicated IP options with reputation controls, automatic bounce handling and suppression lists, TLS encryption and scoped API keys. A template engine supports responsive HTML emails with Handlebars variables and previews across more than 20 email clients, and webhooks send events for deliveries, bounces, opens and clicks.
Billing uses credits with usage tracking and optional auto top-up, and the site has docs, comparison pages, contact sales and a pricing page. A notice on the site says the service continues as normal for customers.
Key features
- Transactional email API and SMTP relay
- Real-time delivery and bounce logs
- DKIM, SPF and DMARC setup
- Dedicated and warmed IP options
- Handlebars template engine with previews
- Webhooks for delivery events
- Credits with auto top-up
Good fit for
- Sending password reset and receipt emails from an app
- Monitoring delivery and bounce rates per sending stream
Unosend: questions and answers
- What is Unosend used for?
- Unosend is an email API for developers to send transactional email by API or SMTP, with domains, dedicated IPs, delivery logs, webhooks, templates and credit-based billing. It is a good fit for sending password reset and receipt emails from an app, and monitoring delivery and bounce rates per sending stream.
- How much does Unosend cost?
- Unosend is a paid product with no free plan. Credit-based: Starter costs $4 per 10,000 emails with no subscription, plus 3,000 free credits at signup. Business is custom priced.
- Is Unosend open source?
- No. Unosend is proprietary (closed-source) software and can't be self-hosted. In the Email Marketing category, open-source options include Postal, Plunk and Listmonk.
- What are some alternatives to Unosend?
- Unosend competes with Resend, Postmark and SendGrid.
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