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But it's a bit weird that the OP selected Lettermint over Scaleway for just transactional emails when they use lots of other Scaleway services. https://www.scaleway.com/en/transactional-email-tem/ [EDIT] Found the answer from the OP: > To be honest I implemented Lettermint before I migrated to Scaleway, so I didn't even look at TEM", "context": "", "use_case": "transactional and marketing email", "switched_from": "", "story": "I Moved My Digital Stack to Europe"}, {"id": 769991632, "item_id": 48124477, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48124477", "by": "monokai_nl", "date": "2026-05-13", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "At that point I was more than happy though.", "excerpt": "To be honest I implemented Lettermint before I migrated to Scaleway, so I didn't even look at TEM. At that point I was more than happy though. And I like to support my fellow Dutch startups too.", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "I Moved My Digital Stack to Europe"}, {"id": 746260482, "item_id": 46641280, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46641280", "by": "jorams", "date": "2026-01-15", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I haven't used it but it seems good.", "excerpt": "An alternative is Lettermint[1] which has much more gradual (and slightly lower, but with a less generous free plan) pricing. It's also pretty new (I think it launched last year) but more fully featured. I haven't used it but it seems good. 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But it's a bit weird that the OP selected Lettermint over Scaleway for just transactional emails when they use lots of other Scaleway services. https://www.scaleway.com/en/transactional-email-tem/ [EDIT] Found the answer from the OP: > To be honest I implemented Lettermint before I migrated to Scaleway, so I didn't even look at TEM", "context": "", "use_case": "transactional and marketing email", "switched_from": "", "story": "I Moved My Digital Stack to Europe"}, {"id": 769991632, "item_id": 48124477, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48124477", "by": "monokai_nl", "date": "2026-05-13", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "At that point I was more than happy though.", "excerpt": "To be honest I implemented Lettermint before I migrated to Scaleway, so I didn't even look at TEM. At that point I was more than happy though. And I like to support my fellow Dutch startups too.", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "I Moved My Digital Stack to Europe"}, {"id": 769932928, "item_id": 48120808, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48120808", "by": "sdoering", "date": "2026-05-13", "stance": "compare", "quote": "I just discovered this and put it in my \"check out tonight\" folder.", "excerpt": "Same here. I just discovered this and put it in my \"check out tonight\" folder. I am currently happy using resend. 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