# The SendGrid alternative for transactional email | Bird

SendGrid set the standard for the email API a decade ago, and it is still a solid, ubiquitous choice. Bird runs email on SparkPost, the platform it acquired in 2021, which carries about 40% of the world’s commercial email, with a modern API and SMS and voice on the same account. Here is where each one fits, including where SendGrid is the better pick. See the Bird Email API for the full surface.

## What SendGrid is great at. Where Bird is different.

## Low.