
Posthawk
Posthawk is an email delivery service for transactional, marketing, inbound, scheduled, newsletter, and broadcast messages.
What Posthawk is
Posthawk is an email delivery service for transactional, marketing, inbound, scheduled, newsletter, and broadcast messages. It supports Node.js, serverless environments, Python, Go, REST, SMTP, CLI, and several frameworks. Teams can use managed delivery or deploy Posthawk on their own infrastructure with Docker Compose. Reusable templates with dynamic variables are built on React Email, and event webhooks are available. The free plan allows 3,000 emails per month and 100 per day, with one domain, two API keys, two team members, and three-day log retention; no credit card is required. Pro costs $20.00 per month and includes 50,000 emails monthly, 10 domains, 25 API keys, 10 team members, 10 templates, and 15-day log retention. Scale costs $49.00 per month and includes 100,000 emails monthly, 100 domains, 100 API keys, 50 team members, unlimited templates, and 30-day log retention. Posthawk lists US and EU sending regions and a 99.9% uptime target. It also lists automatic SPF, DKIM, DMARC, and MAIL FROM configuration, plus 2FA/TOTP, session management, webhook verification, and audit logs.
Good
- Free plan needs no credit card.
- Supports managed delivery and Docker Compose self-hosting.
- Templates use React Email and dynamic variables.
- Includes event webhooks.
- Lists US and EU sending regions.
Watch out
- Free plan allows 100 emails per day.
- Free plan retains logs for three days.
- Annual billing is not available yet.
Who it suits
Posthawk suits developers and teams sending several kinds of email through code, APIs, or SMTP. Teams that want to run delivery infrastructure themselves can deploy it with Docker Compose.
Verdict
Posthawk covers multiple email workflows and offers both managed and self-hosted deployment. Compare the plan-specific sending, domain, and log limits with your needs before choosing a tier.
Plans and prices
From Posthawk's own pricing page, checked 28 Sep 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | Managed email infrastructure; no credit card required. · 3,000 emails/month · 100 emails/day · 1 domain · 2 API keys · 2 team members · 3-day log retention · Free forever |
| Pro | $20 a month | For growing teams needing more volume and no daily sending limits. · 50,000 emails/month · 10 domains · 25 API keys · 10 team members · 10 templates · 15-day log retention · billed monthly |
| Scale | $49 a month | For teams at scale with dedicated support and high-volume infrastructure. · 100,000 emails/month · 100 domains · 100 API keys · 50 team members · Unlimited templates · 30-day log retention · billed monthly |
The facts
Each one read from Posthawk's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- AI integrations
- MCP connects Posthawk with Claude, Cursor, ChatGPT, Copilot, Windsurf, Lovable, and Geminichecked 28 Sep 2026
- Copyright year
- The site shows a 2026 copyright notice for Posthawkchecked 28 Sep 2026
- Credit card needed
- No credit card is required for the free planchecked 28 Sep 2026
- Dedicated IP option
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Delivery log retention
- 15checked 20 Sep 2026
- Delivery methods
- bothchecked 20 Sep 2026
- Domain authentication
- SPF, DKIM, DMARC, and MAIL FROM records can be configured automaticallychecked 28 Sep 2026
- Email capabilities
- Supports transactional, marketing, inbound, scheduled, newsletter, and broadcast emailchecked 28 Sep 2026
- Event webhooks
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Monthly send limit
- 50000checked 20 Sep 2026
- Paid from
- 20checked 20 Sep 2026
- Security controls
- Includes 2FA/TOTP, session management, webhook verification, and audit logschecked 28 Sep 2026
- Self-hosting option
- Can be deployed on the customer’s own infrastructure with Docker Composechecked 28 Sep 2026
- Sending regions
- US and EU regionschecked 28 Sep 2026
- Support options
- Support ranges from community support to priority support and a dedicated Slack channelchecked 28 Sep 2026
Money
- Annual billing
- Annual billing is not available yet and is on the roadmapchecked 28 Sep 2026
- Free daily limit
- 100 emails per daychecked 28 Sep 2026
- Free email size
- The free plan allows email sizes up to 10 MBchecked 28 Sep 2026
- Free monthly limit
- 3,000 emails per monthchecked 28 Sep 2026
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Overage price
- $0.60 per 1,000 emails beyond included volumechecked 28 Sep 2026
The company
- Founded
- 2025checked 28 Sep 2026
- Team features
- Provides multi-workspace support, team roles, invitations, and plan-based member limitschecked 28 Sep 2026
Where it runs
- Platform support
- Supports Node.js, serverless, Python, Go, REST, SMTP, CLI, and several frameworkschecked 28 Sep 2026
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