#1 in Email & Lifecycle MarketingUpdated 2026-08

Bird

by Bird · Volume-priced email API with other channels not yet shipped

78.7 — BenchRank score out of 100

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Overview

Bird is a communications API for sending and receiving email, SMS, WhatsApp and voice under one contract. Email is the shipped product: direct sending IPs, managed warm-up, ISP-aware routing, SPF/DKIM/DMARC and React Email templates, with per-channel webhooks and a test mode. It provides TypeScript, Python and Go SDKs, a CLI and a hosted MCP server; other channels are listed as coming soon.

Best for: Developer teams sending transactional email at volume who want one API and contract per channel.
Pricing: Free for 1,000 emails a month, then $15/month for 50K and $30 for 100K on Startup, $80/month at 100K down to $1,039 at 2.5M on Growth, with custom Enterprise pricing above that and dedicated IPs at $24.95/month each.
Runs on: Web

Strengths and trade-offs

Strengths

Free tier of 1,000 emails a month, no card required
Priced by email volume, with no per-seat or platform fee
TypeScript, Python and Go SDKs, plus a CLI and hosted MCP server
Test mode simulates delivered, bounced, complained and queued

Trade-offs

Only email is priced and shipped; SMS, voice and WhatsApp are 'coming soon'
Dedicated IPs are Growth-only, $24.95/month each, capped at five
30-day retention and a 20 MB message-size limit on every plan
Free tier caps sends at 50/day, one domain and one webhook endpoint

Pricing

Published plans from Bird’s own pricing page, in USD. Usage charges and add-ons may apply on top.

Bird pricing tiers, monthly rates in USD
Plan	Monthly	Includes
FREE	—by email volume	1,000 emails / month, no credit card 50/day send cap 1 webhook endpoint, 1 sending domain Shared sending IP
STARTUP	$15by email volume	50K–100K emails / month ($15 at 50K, $30 at 100K) $0.30 per 1,000; overage $0.90 per 1,000 1 webhook endpoint, 10 sending domains Shared sending IP
GROWTH	$80by email volume	100K–2.5M emails / month ($80 at 100K, $1,039 at 2.5M) Per-1,000 rate falls from $0.80 to $0.42 as volume rises 10 webhook endpoints, 1,000 sending domains Dedicated IPs as a $24.95/month add-on, up to 5
ENTERPRISE	Contact sales	2.5M+ emails / month Negotiated per-message rates Multi-year, invoiced billing Overage cap lifted by agreement

How this score is made up

Each dimension is scored out of 100 and combined into the headline score using fixed weights.

MCP support: 92 out of 100
API quality: 45 out of 100
Documentation: 100 out of 100
Agent friendliness: 90 out of 100
Pricing transparency: 85 out of 100
Changelog: 40 out of 100
Marketing site structure: 95 out of 100
Operational trust: 85 out of 100

Measured, but not part of the score

Useful to know, but not a mark for or against the product — so these do not affect the ranking.

Openness: 60 out of 100
Maintenance: 100 out of 100

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