name: SparkPost Plans and Pricing
description: SparkPost (part of Bird) offers tiered email delivery plans based on monthly email volume. All paid plans include API access, SMTP relay, analytics, webhooks, and suppression list management.
specificationVersion: "0.1"
url: https://www.sparkpost.com/pricing/
plans:
  - name: Test (Free)
    description: Free sandbox plan for developers to test the SparkPost API with limited sending volume. Suitable for development and integration testing only.
    url: https://www.sparkpost.com/pricing/
    price: 0
    priceCurrency: USD
    billingCycle: monthly
    limits:
      - name: Monthly Emails
        value: 500
        unit: emails
      - name: Daily Emails
        value: 100
        unit: emails
    features:
      - REST API access
      - SMTP relay
      - Basic analytics
      - Suppression list management
      - Sandbox domain (5 emails lifetime)
    restrictions:
      - Cannot request daily limit increases
      - Cannot exceed monthly volume

  - name: Starter
    description: Low-cost plans for new or low-volume senders. Ideal for startups and small businesses with moderate sending needs.
    url: https://www.sparkpost.com/pricing/
    price: 20
    priceCurrency: USD
    billingCycle: monthly
    limits:
      - name: Monthly Emails
        value: 50000
        unit: emails
      - name: Initial Daily Limit
        value: 1000
        unit: emails
        notes: Increases over first week; up to 50k/day average requires dedicated IPs
    features:
      - REST API access
      - SMTP relay
      - Advanced analytics and reporting
      - Webhooks and real-time events
      - Templates and A/B testing
      - Recipient validation
      - Signals analytics
      - Suppression list management
      - Sending domain verification (DKIM)
    overage:
      description: Can exceed plan volume up to monthly cap at an overage rate

  - name: Premier
    description: Robust email packages for high-volume senders and enterprise deployments. Includes dedicated IP addresses, advanced deliverability features, and subaccounts.
    url: https://www.sparkpost.com/pricing/
    price: null
    priceCurrency: USD
    billingCycle: monthly
    limits:
      - name: Monthly Emails
        value: null
        unit: emails
        notes: Custom high-volume limits; requires dedicated IPs for >50k/day average
    features:
      - All Starter features
      - Dedicated sending IP addresses
      - Custom bounce and tracking domains
      - Subaccounts for multi-tenant deployments
      - IP warm-up guidance
      - Inbound email processing (Relay Webhooks)
      - Seed list and inline seeding
      - Event Ingest API
      - Priority support
      - SLA guarantees
    notes: Contact SparkPost/Bird sales for custom pricing on Enterprise volumes