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SendGrid is just the email piece. TinyCampaigns sends to the TinyTables table that holds your recipients, filled by the forms that capture them. Workflows send an email the moment something happens; a transactional sending API for receipts and resets isn't part of it today. $49/mo total.
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“The combination of agents, workflow automation, and built-in email capabilities removes the need to stack multiple tools together. Instead of juggling different platforms, I'm able to operate from one place, which creates a much more efficient and focused workflow.”
Why teams switch
TinyCampaigns sends to a TinyTables table. No CSV upload, no list sync, no contacts API to keep in step. The list is fixed when you confirm the send.
An AI column reads each row and writes a sentence for that person. The template merges it in, so the copy is theirs, not just their first name.
Form submission, new row, webhook, app event. All native event sources: a workflow step sends the email the moment one fires. SendGrid needs your code or Zapier to fire on these.
Side-by-side
Honest feature parity where it exists. Concrete gaps where it doesn’t.
| Feature | TinyCampaigns | SendGrid |
|---|---|---|
Transactional email API | TinyCampaigns Not offered | SendGrid SendGrid's core strength |
Broadcast / marketing email | TinyCampaigns TinyCampaigns | SendGrid SendGrid Marketing Campaigns, separate product line |
Drag-and-drop email designer | TinyCampaigns TinyEmails, AI builds the template | SendGrid |
Delivery, open, click, bounce and complaint reporting | TinyCampaigns Per campaign, unique per recipient | SendGrid Plus event webhooks |
Event webhooks to your own endpoint | TinyCampaigns Not offered | SendGrid |
Dedicated IP option | TinyCampaigns Not offered | SendGrid $80+/mo add-on |
Built-in audience / database A campaign sends to a TinyTables table, optionally gated on a consent column. No CSV upload or list sync; the list is fixed when you confirm the send. | TinyCampaigns TinyTables native | SendGrid Marketing Campaigns has lists; transactional has none |
Domain authentication TinyCampaigns verifies your domain by DKIM. It does not check SPF or DMARC for you. | TinyCampaigns DKIM-verified | SendGrid |
A line written per recipient | TinyCampaigns AI column, merged in | SendGrid Template merge tags only |
Deliverability hygiene | TinyCampaigns Auto-suppression + auto-pause on bad rates | SendGrid Industry-leading at scale |
Trigger from forms / workflows natively Form submission, new row, webhook or app event. A workflow sends the email the moment it fires, through Gmail, Outlook or SendGrid. | TinyCampaigns Same product | SendGrid Via API integration |
Multi-day drip sequences Timed, multi-step nurture flows (wait three days, send the next email) aren't part of TinyCommand today. | TinyCampaigns Not built yet | SendGrid Marketing Campaigns automations |
Bundle: email + forms + DB + agents | TinyCampaigns One product, one bill | SendGrid Just email |
Where it fits
Design it in TinyEmails and TinyCampaigns sends it to the table your forms write to, so the recipient's data is already in the row to merge in.
Real flows
Your customers already live in a TinyTables table. Design the update in TinyEmails, point a campaign at the table, check the fresh count on the confirm screen, send.
An AI column writes one sentence per row from the plan, usage or notes already in the table. The template merges it in.
The form writes each signup and their consent choice to a table. Campaigns send only to rows marked opted-in, and unsubscribes are honoured by every later campaign.
Fill in missing emails and verify the risky ones first. Hard bounces and complaints that still happen suppress themselves automatically.
Switching from SendGrid
Email us your SendGrid account and our team rebuilds your setup in TinyCommand, carries over your contacts and email designs, and helps you wire up the workflows. Multi-step drip flows don’t carry over: TinyCampaigns sends broadcasts, and single triggered emails are rebuilt as workflows. Live within a week.
Start the migrationFAQ
SendGrid is excellent email infrastructure, transactional first. TinyCommand has no transactional sending API today; its email side is broadcasts plus sends triggered from workflows. The case for it: (1) TinyCampaigns sends to a TinyTables table, so there is no CSV upload or list sync; (2) a workflow can email anyone the moment a form is submitted, a row is added or a webhook fires; (3) an AI column can write a line per recipient for the template to merge in; (4) forms, workflows and agents are bundled at $49/mo total.
Campaigns can send from your own DKIM-verified domain; without one they go out from TinyCommand's shared sender address. Either way you get automatic suppression of hard bounces, complaints and unsubscribes, and an automatic pause if bounces pass 5% or complaints pass 0.1%. There are no dedicated IPs. At very high volume SendGrid's infrastructure is industry-leading and TinyCommand is not aiming to beat that.
No. There's no transactional sending API today, so receipts, password resets and magic links at volume aren't part of it. TinyCampaigns is for broadcasts to a table, and workflows handle one-off sends when something happens in your stack.
TinyCommand isn't built for million-message transactional volume: there is no transactional sending API and no dedicated IPs. Its email side is broadcast email to the people in your tables, plus triggered sends from workflows.
Honest answer: for cold sales outreach at volume, dedicated outbound tools like Instantly or Smartlead are better; they specialize in inbox rotation and warmup. TinyCampaigns covers broadcasts to your own tables; multi-day drip sequences aren't part of it today.
There's no transactional sending API today, so high-volume receipts and resets aren't part of the comparison. TinyCommand Professional at $49/mo covers broadcast email and workflow-triggered sends plus forms, a database and agents. It wins when you would otherwise pay for those separately.
Each campaign reports delivered, opens, clicks, bounces, complaints and unsubscribes, unique per recipient, and you can see the addresses behind the bounces, complaints and unsubscribes. Events are not pushed to your own webhook or written back to your table.
Export your contacts to CSV and import them into a TinyTables table. There is no automatic SendGrid importer, and email templates need to be rebuilt in TinyEmails.
Keep comparing
See how TinyCampaigns compares to similar tools, or dive into the product itself.
$49/mo for the whole bundle. Broadcasts and workflow-triggered sends are in; a transactional sending API for receipts and password resets isn't part of it today.
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