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Amazon WorkMail vs SendGrid comparison

 

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We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

Amazon WorkMail
Ranking in Cloud Email
2nd
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
13
Ranking in other categories
Email Applications (4th)
SendGrid
Ranking in Cloud Email
1st
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
19
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the Cloud Email category, the mindshare of Amazon WorkMail is 6.5%, down from 11.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SendGrid is 11.9%, down from 19.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Cloud Email Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
SendGrid11.9%
Amazon WorkMail6.5%
Other81.6%
Cloud Email
 

Featured Reviews

Ramkumar  Kolpurath - PeerSpot reviewer
Co-Founder & CTO at a consultancy with 11-50 employees
Seamless email communication improves cost-effectiveness and security with valuable tracking features
The features of Amazon WorkMail that I have found the most valuable so far include sending emails and tracking whether the email is read or not. I find the feature that checks how many emails have been successfully sent and how many of them have been opened very useful, because in our application, we know the usage of the emails. The encryption of emails, both in transit and at rest, has benefited our security strategy as it is a layer of security that provides us better confidence for customers and also internally tracks the security aspects. The encryption meets my expectations.
Niranjan Sharma - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Developer at a healthcare company with 11-50 employees
Saves server load by sending bulk email notifications efficiently
The best feature SendGrid offers is the ability to send multiple emails at the same time. The ability to send multiple emails at the same time helps my workflow and organization because I do not have to run a loop every time. Once I set all the emails in a comma separator, I can send them to multiple users without creating too much load on my server. SendGrid has positively impacted my organization by solving the notification problem. By using SendGrid, I can easily send notifications to users, and it is simple to use in my Node.js project. SendGrid has helped with notifications because when I send an email, the user knows who is sending it and they can revert back to our CRM team. That is positive for our business and organization.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"The product is very user-friendly."
"The most valuable feature of the Amazon WorkMail for me is the SMC server. It makes my work much easier, especially since I often work with Spring Boot. There are many built-in APIs in Spring Boot that help with messaging. What I appreciate about it is that it simplifies the process. I don't need to write much code; I define the credentials in my properties or environment variables. The Java Message API, an internal API from Spring Boot, does most of the work. I set up the properties and connected them to the SMC server, and I can send emails."
"It is very stable. I haven't faced any issues."
"There is no need for me to set up security."
"We use the tool for transactional emails and marketing."
"The best feature is that Amazon SES provides verified email messages."
"Amazon SES is very easy to configure."
"Amazon SES can handle a high volume of emails, making it suitable for organizations with large email lists or that need to send a large number of emails on a regular basis."
"The solution scales well."
"It is a stable and scalable solution."
"It is easy to set up."
"My integration team likes that it's very easy to integrate and very easy to automate based on activities that happen on our core banking application."
"The API side of things is valuable. It is flexible enough to handle pretty much anything that needs to be done in an automated manner."
"The most valuable feature is the conditions in automation."
"Easy API documentation is the most valuable feature of SendGrid, including its deliverability rate."
"They have pretty good support in terms of any issues."
 

Cons

"WorkMail is not available in all the regions."
"The only issue is the price, which is far too expensive."
"I would like to see detailed reports on email success and failure rates."
"It would be ideal to have detailed data and reporting on email opens, clicks, bounces, and other metrics, as well as integration with other business intelligence tools."
"There is room for improvement in the scalability."
"Amazon WorkMail's user interface could be more intuitive and user-friendly."
"Email service is definitely a requirement from an enterprise standpoint. Many organizations have their own on-premise email services, which take a lot of memory, backup, and other resources. If we can have a completely managed backup solution where we have a tiered backup or a tiered archival to be able to retrieve emails, it would be great. I would like to be able to retrieve emails in real-time (hot retrieval), over the 90-days period (warm retrieval), and over the one-year period (cold retrieval). It would be useful to have tiered backup and retrieval. It would help us in managing emails better and have a better backup solution. So, backup is something that we require."
"When we first set up an email on Amazon SES, they had to verify it, which was not fast enough."
"The biggest problem that we have faced is with the authentication during login. For certain people, SendGrid requires MFA, which is good as a security feature, but it doesn't always work in all geographies. We've got people and users who are based in Nigeria, and some of those people had real trouble logging into SendGrid because the MFA wouldn't send codes to people on their numbers. The security mechanism that they use for login doesn't work in all geographies."
"The contact limit alerts need to be improved."
"They should make the solution more user-friendly."
"The reporting part needs improvement."
"Maybe they could have a mobile application to give to admins, so they could see some insights related to the data."
"SendGrid is a great solution. I don't have any areas of improvement."
"SendGrid has room for improvement in the UI/UX or dashboard usability for users. Another area for improvement in the tool is its conditional logic facilities. The response time of SendGrid technical support needs improvement."
"A long time ago, I may have had an issue, and I had to wait for support, which wasn't that helpful. However, that was a very long time ago. Overall, I've had a good experience."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"I rate the solution's pricing as one out of ten. It is close to being cheap. Sometimes, the tool offers a generous amount of free messages, up to 40,000, which is great for startups like ours. This means that we don't accumulate any costs for some months because we stay within the free usage tier. When we exceed the free allocation, the costs are reasonable, and no hidden charges exist."
"WorkMail does require a license, it is, per user."
"It's very cheap. The cheapest among all the services available."
"The solution should improve its price."
"Its cost can vary. It can go as low as $10 or $15 to $1,000 depending on how much you use it."
"The basic plan starts at €90 per month."
"I use the essential plan which is $20 a month. After that, we use the pro which is $90 a month, and had all our costs bundled in."
"My company pays for SendGrid monthly, and though I cannot share the amount, my feedback is that the vendor should accept other modes of payment apart from a credit card."
"We are using the Advanced plan,10K. That is about $100 per month but sometimes we do go over the limit of the plan."
"The solution is relatively inexpensive."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
University
9%
Computer Software Company
9%
Comms Service Provider
9%
Retailer
7%
Manufacturing Company
12%
Government
9%
University
8%
Financial Services Firm
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business9
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise5
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business13
Large Enterprise6
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Amazon WorkMail?
We use the tool for transactional emails and marketing.
What needs improvement with Amazon WorkMail?
We are satisfied with Amazon WorkMail, as it is able to send emails and provide receipts, including the read and other statuses. Since we are doing more API side integrations, there does not seem t...
What advice do you have for others considering Amazon WorkMail?
From the communication aspects, working with Amazon WorkMail has been seamless and cost-effective. My customers do not make any use of Amazon WorkMail's compatibility with Microsoft Active Director...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for SendGrid?
The pricing is good, the cost is good, and I have no issues with licensing.
What needs improvement with SendGrid?
SendGrid is already nice, but it could be improved by providing the company ID when sending the email. I was sending emails to my customers in a tenant-based project, where I need to maintain the c...
What is your primary use case for SendGrid?
My main use case for SendGrid is sending emails using SendGrid. I also design some templates to send to customers, and from time to time, according to the schedule, we send the templates. My client...
 

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Sample Customers

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