| title | Introduction |
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| sidebarTitle | Introduction |
| description | Blazing fast transactional emails. Developer-friendly APIs and SMTP relay with fair, transparent pricing. |
| icon | book-open |
AhaSend is a developer-first transactional email service built for modern applications. We provide blazing fast email delivery through our own infrastructure, with simple REST APIs and reliable SMTP relays.
**New to AhaSend?** Start with our [Quickstart Guide](/quickstart) to send your first email in under 5 minutes, or [create your free account](https://dash.ahasend.com/user/register) to get 1,000 free emails per month.- Clean, intuitive REST APIs and SMTP relay
- Powerful CLI tool for development, testing, and automation
- Sandbox Mode for SMTP and API testing and development
- Engineering-led support from real developers, not chatbots
- Below 2 seconds delivery time to Gmail (99th percentile)
- Independent: Our own infrastructure, not a reseller of other services.
- Reliable: Delivering tens of millions of emails every month.
- Pay as You Go: Pay exactly for what you send - no hidden fees
- Free dedicated IPs for high-volume senders (300k+ emails/month)
- SSO with OpenID Connect (OIDC)
- Scoped API credentials with granular permissions
- Customizable data retention policies
- From zero to 30 days retention in our database.
- Indefinite retention of data, metadata and delivery log on your own S3.
- GDPR compliant
Get started quickly with your preferred technology stack:
Integrate with Express, Next.js, or any Node.js application Django, Flask, FastAPI - we've got you covered Laravel, Symfony, WordPress, and vanilla PHP examples Lightweight integration for Go applications Rails and Ruby applications made simple Send emails directly from your terminal or scripts Track email opens and link clicks with detailed analytics. See exactly how your users engage with your emails. [Learn more about tracking →](/tracking/open-tracking) Real-time notifications for all email events - delivery, bounces, opens, clicks, and more. [Explore webhooks →](/webhooks) Forward incoming emails to your application with our email routing feature. [Set up routing →](/routing) Automatically handle bounces, complaints, and unsubscribes to maintain your sender reputation. [Manage suppressions →](/api-reference/suppressions/get-suppressions) Complete API documentation with examples and interactive playground Get help from real engineers - no chatbots, no automated replies **Pro Tip:** All code examples in this documentation are tested and ready to use. Just replace the placeholder values with your actual API keys and domains.- Create your account and get 1,000 free emails
- Set up your domain, authorizing AhaSend to send emails on your behalf
- Use our APIs or SMTP to send your first email
- Configure webhooks to track email events in real-time
Ready to start sending emails that actually reach the inbox? Let's get you set up! 🚀