Email infrastructure · replacement recipe

Go from SendGrid (Twilio) to Resend

The job: Transactional email API (Send email API and SMTP). Pick where you are today and where you want to land; the move below follows your pick.

From · what you pay for now
SendGrid (Twilio)
SendGrid (Twilio) Essentials · $19.95/mo
Year one+$189modeled
To · your pickBest fit
Resend
Free plan · $0 a month
Change where you land

The money

$19.95/mo today $0/mo

SendGrid (Twilio) Essentials

Year one, net+$189
Pays back in2.5 months

Modeled from public list prices, with your time at $50 an hour. Show the math

Does it do the job? 1 of 1 covered

  • Send email API and SMTP

The work

Setup
About 1 h
Upkeep
None
Watch out
Check first: You only rely on: Send email API and SMTP

Make the move in four steps

  1. Export from SendGrid (Twilio)

    The bounce suppression list. Format: CSV (downloads in your browser)

    Export steps

  2. Set up Resend

    Resend Free sends 3,000/mo permanently (SendGrid's free option is a 60-day trial); capped at 100 emails/day and 3 domains. Pro ($20/mo): 50,000/mo, no daily cap.

    Details

  3. Switch links and integrations

    Point links, embeds and integrations at Resend, then send a test through every one.

  4. Cancel SendGrid (Twilio)

    Turn off renewal before your renewal date, once the new setup works. Access runs until: The end of the month in which you cancel; on the first day of the next calendar month the….

    How to cancel SendGrid (Twilio)
Open ResendHow to cancel SendGrid (Twilio)
Modeled, not measured. Savings use public prices and planning assumptions: the bill you stop paying, minus the new tool, your upkeep time and your setup time at $50/hour, over the first 12 months. Paths marked Tested by Stackcut were run end to end by us on our own products. They're our tests, not customer results. Check the must-haves in each recipe before you switch.

The whole recipe: 1 ways out, best first

What you use

  • Send email API and SMTP

Not covered

  • Templates
  • Webhooks and events
  • Deliverability insights
  • Marketing campaigns
  • Dedicated IP

Check before switching

  • You only rely on: Send email API and SMTP
  • Export your data from SendGrid (Twilio) before canceling

Agents: get_recipe("replace-sendgrid") on the Stackcut MCP server.

1 ways out, best first

Switch vendorResend (free tier)Saves $189 in year one
$19.95/mo today → $0/mo · setup 1 h · then $239/yr · payback 2.5 mo
If your use fits the free tier (3,000 emails/mo, 100 emails/day, 3 domains, 30-day data retention; no pay-as-you-go on Free).
Covers 100% of the core features
Resend Free sends 3,000/mo permanently (SendGrid's free option is a 60-day trial); capped at 100 emails/day and 3 domains. Pro ($20/mo): 50,000/mo, no daily cap.
How we got this
You pay now: SendGrid (Twilio) Essentialsflat price$19.95/mo
New cost: Resend (free tier)free plan$0/mo
Difference each month$19.95 − $0+$19.95/mo
Over 12 months+$19.95 × 12+$239
Setup, once1 h × $50/h−$50
Year one+$239 − $50+$189
  • Not counting your time (1 h in year one): saves $239 in year one.

Year one = 12 × (what you pay now − the new cost − upkeep) − setup, with your time at $50/hour. Prices are public list prices; hours are Stackcut’s planning estimates. Price it for your team

Sources: twilio.comresend.com

How to leave SendGrid

Export first

  • Contacts (Marketing Campaigns lists): Open a contact list → Action menu (⋮) → export the list to CSV and download it. (CSV). Download link stays live for 12 hours after the export is generated; you're emailed when it's ready. twilio.com
  • Suppressions (bounces, invalid emails, spam reports, unsubscribe groups, global suppressions): Each suppression type has its own REST API endpoint (Bounces API, Invalid E-Mails API, Spam Reports API, Unsubscribe Groups, Global Suppressions) in SendGrid's API reference; no bulk CSV export is documented. twilio.com

What you lose

  • Sending from the account, from the first of the next month

Cancel

  1. Point your app at the new provider and check that mail arrives before you cancel.
  2. Twilio Console → Settings → Account Details → Your Products → find the subscription → Cancel Subscription → confirm.
  3. Legacy SendGrid accounts: Account Details → Your Products → Cancel Subscription.
Takes effect
The plan works until the end of the month. From the first day of the next month the account moves to End of Trial, which can't send email.
Sources: support.sendgrid.com · Reviewed 2026-09-25

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