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Posthawk vs Postmark
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Postmark is known for deliverability but charges premium per-email rates and offers no self-hosting. Posthawk provides the same delivery focus with full infrastructure control.

Self-Hostable
Full Control
No Per-Email Fees
Features

Feature comparison

FeaturePosthawkPostmark
Platform
Self-Hostable
Message Streams
Workspaces
Streams
Dedicated IPs
Via AWS SES
$50/mo add-on
Sending
Transactional Email
Email Templates
Scheduled Sending
Receiving
Inbound Email Parsing
Webhooks
Bounce Management
Integration
REST API
SMTP Relay
Security
Domain Authentication
DKIM + SPF + DMARC
DKIM + SPF + DMARC
Data Residency Control
Full (self-hosted)
US only
Pricing

Cost comparison

Posthawk
Self-HostedFree forever
CloudFrom $0/mo
Per EmailAWS SES rates (~$0.0001)
Postmark
Free Tier100 emails/mo
PaidFrom $15/mo
Per Email$0.00100–$0.00150
Advantages

Why switch to Posthawk

10x lower email costs

Postmark charges $1.00–$1.50 per 1,000 emails. Through AWS SES, Posthawk costs $0.10 per 1,000 — a 10x saving at scale.

Scheduled sending

Postmark doesn't support scheduled emails natively. Posthawk includes a built-in scheduler with BullMQ for reliable delayed delivery.

Full infrastructure control

Postmark is US-hosted only. Self-host Posthawk in any region to meet data residency and compliance requirements.

No per-feature pricing

Postmark charges extra for dedicated IPs ($50/mo). With Posthawk on SES, dedicated IPs are available at AWS pricing.

Ready to switch from Postmark?

Follow our step-by-step migration guide to move from Postmark to Posthawk with minimal downtime.

Migration Guide

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Start sending emails in minutes. Free to self-host, no credit card required for cloud.

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