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INBOUND MAIL RAILS CONSUMING TOOL REVIEW

GRIDDLER

What is it?

Griddler is a Rails engine that provides an endpoint for SendGrid, Cloudmailin, Postmark or Mandrill and hands off the email to your application.

Comes with baked-in adapters to solve the problem at hand

  • Maintained by Thoughtbot
  • Great Documentation
  • Simple Configuration

ADAPTERS (of value)

Features Mailgun Postmark Mailgun Sendgrid
Incoming email support Yes Yes Yes Yes
Free Tier 1000/mo 25000 no time limit 12000/mo No
Event API Yes Yes Yes Yes

Mailgun

Pros Cons
Supports testing mode Sub-par support*
Developer-focused

Postmark

Pros Cons
Multiple Server Locations Expensive
Detailed Analytics*

Mandrill

Pros Cons
Easily configured API No Free Plan
Clean UI* Docs are split up*
Pay-as-you-go pricing
Clear API Documentation
Webhook Reporting

Sendgrid

Pros Cons
Developer Centric No Test mode
Easy-to-use API

* This is more for GUI and outbound email support

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