Transactional Email

Transactional email that just works.

Password resets. Order confirmations. Shipping updates. Your customers are waiting for these emails. Bento delivers them fast, keeps them out of spam, and logs everything so you can see what happened.

Bento Email Platform

TransactionalRuby

Tanuki

API helper

Snippet on the right, run and trace delivery.

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ruby

Same pattern in Node, Python, PHP, Go, cURL.

Delivery

msg_abc123

The email platform teams keep recommending.

See why growing teams pick Bento for automation, deliverability, and support.

Trusted by 0+ businesses

4.9/5 on G2

5/5 on Capterra

Safety Layer

Trust & Safety

Problems get caught before your customers notice.

Bad addresses, suspicious content, opted-out contacts. We catch all of it before anything leaves your account.

Content Scanning

Catch risky content and suspicious patterns before anything goes out.

Suppression Controls

Block sends to opted-out or invalid recipients automatically.

Policy Enforcement

Authentication and compliance handled automatically.

Delivery Control

Infrastructure

We handle the hard parts.

Sender reputation, IP warmup, delivery routing. We manage it all so your password resets and receipts just arrive.

Managed IP Strategy

We handle warmup and scaling. You just send.

Reputation Dashboard

See how your sender reputation is doing and catch problems early.

Developer Ready

Send via API or SMTP. Simple integration, clear docs.

Operations

Included Free

See exactly what happened.

Every email, every delivery event, every bounce. Logged and searchable. When something goes wrong, you know in seconds.

Real-time Event Logs

See delivery, bounce, and engagement events as they happen.

Template QA

Preview and validate transactional templates before rollout.

Issue Resolution

Track any failed delivery down to the exact recipient and reason.

Capabilities

More transactional capabilities

The details that keep your transactional email running smoothly.

SPF/DKIM/DMARC

Authentication setup included and verified automatically.

Core capability

Dedicated IPs

Isolate transactional reputation from marketing sends.

Webhook Events

Get real-time delivery and engagement callbacks.

SDK Support

Node, Ruby, Python, Go, and PHP libraries available.

Bounce Handling

Automated suppression for hard bounces and complaints.

Rate Limiting

Built-in throttling to protect sender reputation.

Ecosystem

Send from any language or framework

Bring Bento into your existing stack without rebuilding your workflow.

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Node.js

Official SDK

Ruby

Gem available

Python

PyPI package

Laravel

Composer package

Go module

Per-user pricing

Simple, predictable transactional pricing

No per-email surcharges for transactional sends. All plans include unlimited emails, so your transactional volume never costs extra.

Unlimited transactional sends

Dedicated IP available

SMTP and API access

Real-time event webhooks

Unlimited

Email validation

Unlimited

Team seats

Included

Deliverability tools

Starts at

$30/mo

Where other plans stack fees

Advanced automation +$29 Included

Priority support +$39 Included

Deliverability tools +$49 Included

Email validation +$19 Included

Batched sending +$15 Included

Custom domains +$10 Included

Typical add-on spend

+$29

Bento delta

Save $161+

Who it's for

Built for teams like yours

Choose the entry point that matches your team, then expand into the rest of Bento from the same operating model.

Featured use case

SaaS

Password resets, account alerts, and onboarding emails.

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Use case

Ecommerce

Order confirmations, shipping updates, and receipts.

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Use case

Marketplaces

Buyer/seller notifications and transaction receipts.

Explore workflow

Use case

Platforms

Send email on behalf of your users through our API.

Explore workflow

Competitive proof

See how Bento compares

Make the switch case obvious: Bento ships the pieces teams usually pay extra for somewhere else.

Better fit

Bento vs Amazon SES

Managed deliverability and logs without DIY infrastructure.

AmazonWhat teams switch forBento

Managed deliverability

Bento vs Mailchimp

Marketing and transactional email in one platform, not two.

MailchimpWhat teams switch forBento

Bento vs Iterable

Same multi-channel power at a fraction of the cost.

IterableWhat teams switch forBento

White-glove migration

Switch your transactional email in hours

Point your SMTP or API calls to Bento and start sending. Most teams migrate transactional email in a single afternoon.

<1 day

Typical switch window

1:1

Migration support

Zero

Forced add-ons

Current ESP

Bento

Migration coverage

Bring your whole sending setup with you.

25% mapped

SMTP credentials

API integration

Template migration

Webhook setup

Customer story

Aaron Francis

Founder, Screencasting.com

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Trusted by operators

"Bento is the email provider that I personally use on all my projects. The vibes are right."

Aaron Francis

Founder, Screencasting.com

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Start sending

Your customers expect these emails to arrive.

Start your free trial and send your first transactional email in minutes.

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FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

Answers to the implementation, pricing, and switching questions teams usually ask before moving their sending stack.

Most messages are delivered in seconds. We use dedicated infrastructure to keep transactional email fast and reliable.