Email Blast Cost Calculator
Enter list size and send frequency, see the monthly cost across the major ESPs and a one-to-one sales tool. Surfaces the bulk-vs-sales-mail tradeoff in dollars.
| Mailchimp Standard | $175 |
| SendGrid Essentials | $20 |
| Postmark | $15.00 |
| Amazon SES | $0.00 |
| ConvertKit | $119 |
| Outsolvi (5 reps, billed yearly) | $100 |
For a genuine bulk blast to 50,000 recipients, an ESP is the right tool and the cheapest row above is the honest answer. Outsolvi is not a bulk sender.
The row is there for the comparison people usually want: if those 50,000 recipients are actually prospects your reps mail one at a time, the cost follows headcount instead of volume, and you get opens graded as a person or a machine rather than aggregate ESP stats. Switch the send pattern above to see that side.
You ran the numbers. Now see your real ones.
A calculator works from the figures you type in. Outsolvi measures them on the email you actually send, and grades every open so Apple Mail pre-fetches and security scanners don't inflate the count. Outlook and Gmail, from $7/user/mo billed yearly, 14-day free trial.
See it on your own inboxLooks up published 2026 pricing tiers for Mailchimp Standard, SendGrid Essentials, Postmark, Amazon SES, and ConvertKit, then multiplies by your stated send volume. Adds Outsolvi as a comparison only when send pattern is one-to-one rather than blast.
When deciding whether your team needs a marketing ESP, a transactional API, or a one-to-one sales tracker. The wrong tool for the send pattern wastes 5-10× the budget.
FAQ
How does Outsolvi's pricing compare with an ESP's for outbound sales?+
Outsolvi prices per seat, not per email. A 5-rep team sending 200 emails/day each pays a flat $100/month on Pro billed yearly, with no cap on tracked emails, while the $7 Individual plan covers 250 tracked emails a month. SendGrid Essentials for 100k/month is $20 plus per-email overage. Different math for different patterns: an ESP is cheaper for bulk sends, and Outsolvi is built for one-to-one sales email.
When does an ESP beat per-seat pricing?+
When the send pattern is true blast (newsletter, product launch, transactional). Per-seat pricing only wins when every send is human-composed and tracked individually.
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Nate built Outsolvi after watching every email-tracking tool he had ever used lie to him about opens. Outsolvi grades every open as a person or a machine, in Outlook and Gmail, so the number on the dashboard is one a rep can actually act on.
We update these pages when the underlying mechanics change. new mailbox-provider rules, new tracker behavior, new measurement gaps. The dates above are real revisions, not auto-touches.