Vaartix vs SendGrid
Twilio SendGrid is one of the largest email platforms in the world, with marketing campaigns, inbound parsing and dedicated IPs. Vaartix is a smaller, transactional-only API for Indian teams: data stored in India, prices in rupees with GST invoices with paid plans, and support in Indian working hours.
At a glance
| Vaartix | SendGrid | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free during the private beta (invite-only). Free: ₹0 for 5,000 emails a month (up to 200 a day). Starter: ₹899/month + GST for 50,000 emails, then ₹50 per 1,000 + GST. Growth: ₹2,499/month + GST for 1,50,000 emails, then ₹40 per 1,000 + GST. Enterprise: custom. Paid plans open after the beta. We'll email you at least 30 days before any price applies. GST is charged once we're GST-registered. See the pricing page. | Free trial: 100 emails a day for 60 days, no credit card. Essentials: from $19.95 a month. Pro: from $89.95 a month. Premier: contact sales. "Taxes and overages may apply" |
| Currency and billing | Paid plans are priced and billed in ₹ by NAP Designs (India), with GST invoices with paid plans once we're GST-registered. Payment methods are announced when paid plans open after the beta | US dollars |
| Where your data is stored | India | We didn't find an India storage option on the pages we checked |
| Data protection terms | A Data Processing Agreement written for India's DPDP Act, 2023 | Not compared here |
| Official SDKs | Node.js (with React Email and a Nodemailer transport), Python (with a Django email backend) and PHP (with a Laravel mail driver and a Symfony Mailer transport) | C#, Go, Java, Node.js, PHP, Python and Ruby |
| SMTP relay | smtp.vaartix.com, ports 465 (SSL/TLS) and 587 (STARTTLS) | smtp.sendgrid.net, ports 25, 2525 and 587 (TLS) or 465 (SSL) |
| Marketing email | Not yet: Vaartix is for transactional email only | Yes: Marketing Campaigns, a separate product |
| Inbound email | No | Yes: Inbound Parse webhook |
| Dedicated IPs | A paid add-on with Growth (contact us) | Included on Pro and Premier |
| Scale | A new service in private beta | "Delivers more than 200 billion emails every month" |
| Support | Email, answered by the people who build Vaartix, Monday to Saturday, 10:00–19:00 IST | Help Center and support plans |
Where Vaartix is the better fit
- Your data stays in India, with a DPA written for India's DPDP Act.
- Rupees and GST invoices. Plans are priced in ₹ by an Indian company, with GST invoices with paid plans. SendGrid prices its plans in US dollars.
- Framework integrations out of the box. The official Vaartix SDKs include a Laravel mail driver, a Symfony transport, a Django email backend, React Email and a Nodemailer transport.
- A free plan, not a trial. The beta is free, and the Free plan stays afterwards. SendGrid's free option is a 60-day trial.
- Support in your working hours, Monday to Saturday, 10:00–19:00 IST, from the people who build Vaartix.
Where SendGrid is the better fit
- Scale and track record. SendGrid delivers more than 200 billion emails a month and is part of Twilio. Vaartix is new and in private beta.
- Marketing email through Marketing Campaigns, and inbound email through Inbound Parse. Vaartix sends transactional email only.
- Dedicated IPs, included on Pro and Premier.
- More official SDKs, including C#, Go, Java and Ruby.
- No invitation needed. You can sign up and pay today; Vaartix is invite-only during the beta, and daily limits start low.
Moving from SendGrid to Vaartix
- Add your domain in Vaartix and publish its records (the records). They use their own names, so your SendGrid records keep working while you switch.
- Over SMTP, the quickest change: host
smtp.vaartix.com, port 465 or 587, usernamevaartix, password a sending-only Vaartix API key (SMTP settings). - Over the API, replace the SendGrid library calls with the Vaartix SDK or
POST /emails(quick start). Vaartix doesn't store templates: render your HTML in your app, for example with React Email on Node.js. - Re-create your event webhook as a Vaartix webhook (webhooks).
- Move traffic gradually. Daily limits on a new account start low and grow with a clean history, so keep SendGrid for the rest until then.
Vaartix is in private beta, and invite-only. Every feature is free during the beta. Tell us what you send and we'll invite you as places open up.
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Last checked: November 2026. Prices and features change; check the provider's own pages before you decide. Spotted something out of date? Tell us at [email protected] and we'll fix it.