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Plunk

The open source email platform for modern businesses

FreemiumFree TierAdded Jan 1, 2023

About

Plunk is an open-source email platform for sending transactional and marketing emails. It provides an API for transactional emails (welcome emails, password resets, notifications) alongside campaign tools for marketing emails. Self-hostable for full control. A developer-friendly alternative to SendGrid and Postmark for teams that want to own their email infrastructure.

Tags

emailtransactionalapiopen-sourceself-hosteddeveloper-tools

Origin Story

By Dries Augustyns

The Problem

Needed both transactional and marketing emails for his SaaS projects but didn't want to use two separate services. Also wanted something self-hostable.

Building It

Launched as an open-source project. Growing through the developer community as an alternative to proprietary email services.

What It Means

One email platform for both transactional and marketing — open source and self-hostable.

The Dream

To be the open-source email platform that every developer reaches for.

Pricing

ModelFreemium
Starting at$15/mo
Free tierAvailable

Free for up to 100 contacts and 2 projects. Paid plans from $15/month for more contacts and features. Self-hosting is free.

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Category

Email Marketing

Problems Solved

  • Transactional Email Sending
  • Self Hosted Email Platform
  • Developer Friendly Email Api

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