The European Postmark alternative
Postmark hosts its primary servers outside Chicago, in the US. AhaSend is a Dutch email API and SMTP service that stores your messages in the EU, in Germany and Finland. Start with 1,000 free emails a month; Pro is a month with 25,000 emails, then pay as you go. No long-term contracts, with SDKs, a CLI and email support from engineers.
Fair and simple usage-based pricing
Pay only for what you send, with our pay-as-you-go (PAYG) model.
Thoughtfully crafted for sending transactional emails at any scale
Postmark pricing compared with AhaSend
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How AhaSend compares to
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AhaSend offers a specialized focus on fast, reliable email delivery. With advanced features like pay-as-you-go pricing, customizable data retention, and robust webhooks, AhaSend provides everything you need to streamline email management and boost deliverability, making it a powerful alternative to Postmark.
Pricing
Email Capabilities
Integrations and APIs
Data Retention
(customizable)
(customizable)
Analytics
Domain Management
Scaling
(for senders with 300k+ emails per month)
Security
(optional)
(optional)
(optional)
(included in all plans)
Compliance
| AhaSend | Postmark | |
|---|---|---|
Pricing | ||
| Free Plan | 1000 emails / month | 100 emails per month |
| PAYG Pricing | ||
| Pricing for 25,000 emails | $36 (€31) | |
Email Capabilities | ||
| Supports marketing emails | ||
| Optimized for fast transactional email delivery | ||
| Email API | ||
| SMTP relay | ||
| Suppression management | ||
Integrations and APIs | ||
| Webhooks | Unlimited webhooks | Unlimited webhooks |
| Inbound Routing | Unlimited routes | Yes |
| CLI app | ||
| Management API | ||
| Scoped API Keys | yes | no |
Data Retention | ||
| Log retention | 1 to 30 days (customizable) | 45 days default 7 to 365 days with a paid add-on |
| Message retention | 0 to 30 days (customizable) | 45 days default 7 to 365 days with a paid add-on |
| Message and log retention on your S3 buckets | ||
Analytics | ||
| Link and Open Tracking | ||
| Deliverability Analytics | ||
| DSN Reports | Available on Max plan | no |
Domain Management | ||
| Domain Authentication | ||
| Automated DNS setup | ||
| DNS Whitelabel | ||
| Custom subdomains | ||
| Sending Domains | 3 (Free) · Unlimited (Paid) | 5 (Free) · Unlimited (Paid) |
Scaling | ||
| Multi-user access | ||
| Sub accounts (per-tenant isolation) | ||
| Dedicated IPs | Free (for senders with 300k+ emails per month) | $50 / IP / month |
| Dedicated IP pools | Included with Max Plan | No |
| Bring Your Own IP | ||
| Deliverability Consultation | Included with Max Plan | No |
Security | ||
| TempMail protection | Yes (optional) | No |
| Typo protection | Yes (optional) | No |
| Toxic recipient protection | Yes (optional) | No |
| Reputation Shield | ||
| Two-Factor Authentication | ||
| Single Sign-On | Available from /mo plan (Max) | no |
| Automatic DKIM Key Rotation | ||
| IP Allow List | Yes (included in all plans) | No |
Compliance | ||
| European hosting & ownership | ||
| GDPR DPA | Yes (signable) | Yes |
| ISO 27001 | ||
Integrate in minutes
Our APIs come with OpenAPI specs for easy and fast integration
curl --request POST \
--url https://api.ahasend.com/v2/accounts/{account_id}/messages \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'Idempotency-Key: UNIQUE-KEY' \
--data '{
"from": {
"email": "[email protected]",
"name": "Example Corp"
},
"recipients": [
{
"email": "[email protected]",
"name": "John Doe"
}
],
"subject": "Welcome to Example Corp",
"html_content": "<h1>Welcome {{first_name}}!</h1>",
"text_content": "Welcome {{first_name}}!",
"substitutions": {
"first_name": "John"
}
}'Need help getting started? Check out our documentation or contact our support team
Hosted in Europe
Your mail is stored in the EU
Postmark hosts its primary servers outside Chicago and says it has no current plans for servers in the EU. AhaSend is a Dutch company: your messages are stored in the EU, at Hetzner in Germany and Finland, and mail is handled across five sites in four European countries.
- Message data stored in Germany and Finland
- European-owned: AhaSend B.V., the Netherlands
- ISO 27001 certified, with a GDPR data processing agreement
Advanced Analytics
Optimize Your Emails with In-Depth Reporting
AhaSend goes beyond basic email tracking with deep insights to optimize maximum deliverability and performance. AhaSend gives you in-depth delivery times, bounce reasons, and engagement metrics to sharpen your email strategy.
- Track delivery times and status in real-time
- Learn bounce reasons to improve performance
- Leverage actionable insights to boost email effectiveness
Real-Time Email Tracking
Stay Up-to-Date with Instant Event Alerts
AhaSend offers real-time email event tracking with robust webhook capabilities, so you're always in the know about your email journey. Most providers won't send you instant notifications for important events such as delivery, bounces, or opens, which can hinder performance and engagement.
- Receive instant notification for email delivery, bounces, and more
- Track all events in real time, from queued to delivered
- Quickly include webhooks within your applications
Smart Email Parsing
Simplify Processing of Inbound Emails
AhaSend's powerful email parsing makes processing incoming emails easier. With strong routing features, you can automatically parse, filter, and forward emails based on custom rules—offering a more streamlined alternative to Postmark.
- Automatically process and route incoming emails
- Easily integrate emails into your application workflows
- Pick out the newest response for accurate and timely processing
Email Reputation Protection
Protect Your Domain for Best Deliverability
AhaSend keeps your domain trusted and your email performance optimized with automatic DNS configuration and continuous monitoring. Our tools prevent common setup errors that can impact your reputation, ensuring your emails are secure and deliverable.
- Automatic DNS configuration for quick, error-free setup
- Apply best practices to maximize email deliverability
- Real-time monitoring to maintain a healthy domain reputation
Advanced Email Security
Protect Your Data with Smart Security Measures
AhaSend takes email security to the next level with customizable data retention policies and proactive threat prevention. Unlike Postmark, we provide greater control over sensitive data while blocking risky domains to safeguard your email ecosystem.
- Control data retention to meet regulations
- Automatically block temporary and suspicious domains
- Automatically block typo-squatting attacks with smart domain filtering
Hosted in Europe
Your mail is stored in the EU
Postmark hosts its primary servers outside Chicago and says it has no current plans for servers in the EU. AhaSend is a Dutch company: your messages are stored in the EU, at Hetzner in Germany and Finland, and mail is handled across five sites in four European countries.
- Message data stored in Germany and Finland
- European-owned: AhaSend B.V., the Netherlands
- ISO 27001 certified, with a GDPR data processing agreement
Advanced Analytics
Optimize Your Emails with In-Depth Reporting
AhaSend goes beyond basic email tracking with deep insights to optimize maximum deliverability and performance. AhaSend gives you in-depth delivery times, bounce reasons, and engagement metrics to sharpen your email strategy.
- Track delivery times and status in real-time
- Learn bounce reasons to improve performance
- Leverage actionable insights to boost email effectiveness
Real-Time Email Tracking
Stay Up-to-Date with Instant Event Alerts
AhaSend offers real-time email event tracking with robust webhook capabilities, so you're always in the know about your email journey. Most providers won't send you instant notifications for important events such as delivery, bounces, or opens, which can hinder performance and engagement.
- Receive instant notification for email delivery, bounces, and more
- Track all events in real time, from queued to delivered
- Quickly include webhooks within your applications
Smart Email Parsing
Simplify Processing of Inbound Emails
AhaSend's powerful email parsing makes processing incoming emails easier. With strong routing features, you can automatically parse, filter, and forward emails based on custom rules—offering a more streamlined alternative to Postmark.
- Automatically process and route incoming emails
- Easily integrate emails into your application workflows
- Pick out the newest response for accurate and timely processing
Email Reputation Protection
Protect Your Domain for Best Deliverability
AhaSend keeps your domain trusted and your email performance optimized with automatic DNS configuration and continuous monitoring. Our tools prevent common setup errors that can impact your reputation, ensuring your emails are secure and deliverable.
- Automatic DNS configuration for quick, error-free setup
- Apply best practices to maximize email deliverability
- Real-time monitoring to maintain a healthy domain reputation
Advanced Email Security
Protect Your Data with Smart Security Measures
AhaSend takes email security to the next level with customizable data retention policies and proactive threat prevention. Unlike Postmark, we provide greater control over sensitive data while blocking risky domains to safeguard your email ecosystem.
- Control data retention to meet regulations
- Automatically block temporary and suspicious domains
- Automatically block typo-squatting attacks with smart domain filtering
What our customers say
Great experience
I've transitioned from Postmark and the experience has been great so far.
Quetzy G.