Item: Postmark
Rating: 10
Author: Nolan Madge

Overall Satisfaction with Postmark

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I use Postmark to send all transactional emails for a web-based baseball simulation game that I created called Pennant Wars.

Some examples of transactional emails are for new user sign-up, order confirmation, password reset, and emails dynamically alerting users about in-game occurrences (end of a season, monthly team report, etc.).

Pros and Cons

Pros

Easy to integrate with
Very good delivery rates
Open tracking
Supports bootstrapped businesses

Cons

Postmark meets all of my needs, and there's nothing missing that I wish it had.

Most Important Features

Ease of use
Cost efficient
Stability
Spam/bounce webhook integration

Return on Investment

It is really "set and forget." I have not had any issues that I've needed to deal with. It just works.

Alternatives Considered

I got lucky, and Postmark was the first option I tried.

Key Insights

Do you think Postmark delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Postmark's feature set?

Yes

Did Postmark live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Postmark go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Postmark again?

Yes

Likelihood to Recommend

Postmark is really well suited for my use case. Another thing to mention is the fact that it allows you to trigger webhooks on events like email bounce or spam complaints.

I can't speak to how well-suited Postmark would be for other use cases or at a much larger scale. For what I need, it's perfect, and it has been one of, if not the most, stable pieces of my entire stack.

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