European transactional email providers
7 of the 14 transactional email services we track have a parent company in Europe: Brevo, Lettermint, MailerSend, Mailgun, Mailjet, Scaleway Transactional Email and SparkPost (Bird Email). At 1M emails / month, the lowest European estimate is $3,359/yr for Scaleway Transactional Email, against $1,200/yr for the cheapest US-owned option, Amazon SES. 6 of them offer EU data residency on a self-serve plan.
The median estimate is $7,200/yr across European services and $8,040/yr across US-owned ones, at the same usage.
“European” means the ultimate parent company is in the EU/EEA, the UK or Switzerland. That describes ownership, not where your data is stored or every law that applies. How we define jurisdiction.
European transactional email services by estimated bill
| Service | Parent company in | EU residency (self-serve) | Est. yearly |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scaleway Transactional EmailFrench cloud provider's transactional email service, hosted in Paris; pay-as-you-go or a Scale plan with dedicated IP. | 🇫🇷 FranceIliad Group | Yes | $3,359/yrEssential (pay as you go) · $0.28 per 1k over 0.3kPublished rates |
| SparkPost (Bird Email)SparkPost's email infrastructure, now sold as Bird Email; flat $0.90/1k overage and $24.95 dedicated IPs. | 🇳🇱 NetherlandsBird | No / not documented | $6,360/yrGrowth 1M · $0.9 per 1k over 1000kPublished rates |
| LettermintDutch transactional and broadcast email API on EU-only infrastructure, with volume tiers up to 1.5M emails/month. | 🇳🇱 Netherlands | Yes | $6,720/yrStarter 1M · $1.23 per 1k over 1000kPublished rates |
| MailerSendTransactional email and SMS API from the MailerLite group, hosted on Google Cloud in the EU. | 🇵🇱 PolandVercom (via MailerLite) | Yes | $7,200/yrStarter 1M · $1 per 1k over 1000kPublished rates |
| MailgunDeveloper email API from Sinch with US and EU sending regions on all plans; one dedicated IP included from the Scale plan. | 🇸🇪 SwedenSinch | Yes | $8,400/yrScale 1M · $0.5 per 1k over 1000kPublished rates |
| BrevoFrench marketing and transactional email platform (formerly Sendinblue); plans priced by monthly email volume, hosted in the EU. | 🇫🇷 France | Yes | $11,988/yrProfessional 1M · 1000k includedPublished rates |
| MailjetEU-hosted email API and marketing platform owned by Sinch; volume plans with overage per 1,000 emails. | 🇸🇪 SwedenSinch | Yes | $13,188/yrPremium 500k · $1.2 per 1k over 500kPublished rates |
At 1M emails / month. Dedicated IPs, extra log retention and marketing-email features are extra on most vendors. Sources last checked 2026-10-06. Change the usage to see bills for your workload.
European alternatives to US services
- SendGrid ($8,868/yr): Scaleway Transactional Email is estimated at $3,359/yr, $5,509/yr less.
- Postmark ($9,300/yr): Scaleway Transactional Email is estimated at $3,359/yr, $5,941/yr less.
- Resend ($7,800/yr): Scaleway Transactional Email is estimated at $3,359/yr, $4,441/yr less.
- Amazon SES ($1,200/yr): no European service in our data is cheaper at this usage. The lowest is Scaleway Transactional Email at $3,359/yr.
Bills leave out features, performance, support and migration work. Check the provider notes before you switch.
US-owned services with EU data residency
These offer EU data residency on a self-serve plan, but their parent company is in the US.
- Amazon SES — AWS pay-per-use email sending at $0.10 per 1,000 emails, available in multiple EU regions.
- SendGrid — Twilio-owned email API and SMTP relay with Essentials and Pro volume tiers; dedicated IPs and EU data residency on Pro and above.