I can't which one is the best. But we use MailGun and we are not happy with it. We will probably switch to Postmark.
Why aren’t you happy with MailGun? I’m a customer and I haven’t had any issues with it.
Ask HN: Best provider for sending transactional emails?
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#12All the providers mentioned are targets for spammers. So they have to somehow whitelist your account before they allow you to send at full speed.
In that regard I found Mailjet to have the worst on-boarding experience, and Mailgun to have the best.
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#15I can't which one is the best. But we use MailGun and we are not happy with it. We will probably switch to Postmark.
I had several issues when sending to Microsoft (hotmail, msn, etc.) domains via MailGun because someone exceeded granted quota for outbound IP address and since then I balance outgoing emails using both.
As mentioned by others, MailGun support doesn't care much about queries from free tier users so I would go for PostMark if I had to pay (more intensive use) or recommend to someone.
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#17I can't which one is the best. But we use MailGun and we are not happy with it. We will probably switch to Postmark.
I also never faced an issue with MailGun, though I mostly use smtp not their http api. Is there any specific issue you ran into?
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#18If you're already using AWS then I'd definitely look at SES. I appreciate the price may seem too cheap, but the service is now used by huge companies for their transactional emails, the likes of Netflix rely heavily on it. As long as you configure your set-up correctly with DKIM/SPF I'd be surprised if you ran into too many delivery problems. Also worth noting they now offer dedicated IPs, for a not too costly monthly fee.
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#19Earlier quoted context omitted.
I also never faced an issue with MailGun, though I mostly use smtp not their http api. Is there any specific issue you ran into?
For us it takes too long for the messages to be received with mailgun.
I'm using their REST api to send emails, and I've yet to see an email take more than a couple of seconds to get to destination (gmail) while testing.
How long is too long?
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#20I find the deliverability comparable (although I'm least experienced with SES). Where they shine perhaps, is in reporting and tracing of issues.
Postmark do look good and perhaps with _only_ transactional email, their deliverability could be among the best.