# Postmark

9 Hacker News commenters recommended Postmark and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 6 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend Postmark as a cheap, reliable email API for sending transactional mail, with good deliverability and solid performance across projects.

## Why people recommend it

- Long-term satisfied users (2 comments): "I switched to Postmark years ago and never looked back." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47753479)) "I've been pretty content with Postmark" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46640945))

## What people warn about

- Vendor lock-in concerns (1 comments): "The lock in to postmark I don't love" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48297811))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Cloudflare Email Service](https://hackerapproved.com/p/cloudflare-email-service.md): 27 recommend
- [Amazon SES](https://hackerapproved.com/p/amazon-ses.md): 19 recommend
- [AWS SES](https://hackerapproved.com/p/aws-ses.md): 8 recommend
- [SMTP2GO](https://hackerapproved.com/p/smtp2go.md): 7 recommend
- [Amazon Simple Email Service (SES)](https://hackerapproved.com/p/amazon-simple-email-service.md): 6 recommend

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://postmarkapp.com/)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Postmark", https://hackerapproved.com/p/postmark/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).