How do Lemlist and SparkPost prices compare?

Lemlist: custom or unlisted usage pricing at 5 seats. SparkPost: $80/month on Growth at 100,000 emails. Different billing units are not an equal-workload comparison. Estimates exclude unlisted add-ons and taxes.

What matters for transactional email?

Review SMTP or API integration, domain authentication, bounce and complaint events, suppression handling and delivery-log retention.

Can I compare marketing and agent email by sends?

Only when the published plan actually bills by sends. Contacts, subscribers and inboxes stay in their own billing units.

What features and free access does Lemlist list?

Personalization, Multichannel outreach, Campaign API. Free access: Trial. Check plan-specific availability and current terms on the provider's official pricing page.

What features and free access does SparkPost list?

Deliverability analytics, Enterprise scale, Predictive signals. Free access: Trial availability varies. Check plan-specific availability and current terms on the provider's official pricing page.

Email APIs · side by side

Lemlist vs SparkPost

Compare Lemlist, SparkPost by sending volume, delivery webhooks, inbound email, domain limits and retention.

Email APIs pricing calculator

These providers bill in different units. Each estimate uses its own workload; there is no same-volume price winner.

Lemlist

Number of seats

SparkPost

Monthly emails

100K

Lemlist

Custom / not listed

Custom / unlisted usage pricing · 5 seats

SparkPost

$80 / mo

Growth · 100K emails

Listed USD plan fees and tracked usage only. Unlisted compute, transfer, extras, taxes and contract terms are excluded. Custom or unsupported plan usage is not estimated.

Email APIs overview & pricing

Email APIs	Lemlist	SparkPost
Provider	Lemlist	Bird
Billing unit	seats	emails
Plan at selected usage	Custom / unlisted usage pricing	Growth
Monthly estimate	Custom / not listed	$80/mo
Workload	5 seats	100K emails
Free access	Trial	Trial availability varies
Published plans	Email, Multichannel, Enterprise	Free, Startup, Growth, Enterprise
Prices checked	2026-10-08	2026-10-08

Provider

Lemlist: Lemlist
SparkPost: Bird

Billing unit

Lemlist: seats
SparkPost: emails

Plan at selected usage

Lemlist: Custom / unlisted usage pricing
SparkPost: Growth

Monthly estimate

Lemlist: Custom / not listed
SparkPost: $80/mo

Workload

Lemlist: 5 seats
SparkPost: 100K emails

Free access

Lemlist: Trial
SparkPost: Trial availability varies

Published plans

Lemlist: Email, Multichannel, Enterprise
SparkPost: Free, Startup, Growth, Enterprise

Prices checked

Lemlist: 2026-10-08
SparkPost: 2026-10-08

Email APIs monthly cost

Lemlist: Not pricedSparkPost: $80

Different workloads, separate estimates

Separate transactional delivery from campaigns, outreach and agent inboxes. Compare monthly sends and daily caps; contacts, seats and inboxes are not sending allowances. Budget separately for dedicated IPs, validation and attachments.