.. _supported-esps:

Supported ESPs
==============

Anymail currently supports these Email Service Providers.
Click an ESP's name for specific Anymail settings required,
and notes about any quirks or limitations:

.. these are listed in alphabetical order

.. toctree::
   :maxdepth: 1

   mailgun
   mandrill
   postmark
   sendgrid


Anymail feature support
-----------------------

The table below summarizes the Anymail features supported for each ESP.

.. currentmodule:: anymail.message

============================================  ==========  ==========  ==========  ==========
Email Service Provider                        |Mailgun|   |Mandrill|  |Postmark|  |SendGrid|
============================================  ==========  ==========  ==========  ==========
.. rubric:: :ref:`Anymail send options <anymail-send-options>`
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
:attr:`~AnymailMessage.metadata`              Yes         Yes         No          Yes
:attr:`~AnymailMessage.send_at`               Yes         Yes         No          Yes
:attr:`~AnymailMessage.tags`                  Yes         Yes         Max 1 tag   Yes
:attr:`~AnymailMessage.track_clicks`          Yes         Yes         No          Yes
:attr:`~AnymailMessage.track_opens`           Yes         Yes         Yes         Yes

.. rubric:: :ref:`templates-and-merge`
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
:attr:`~AnymailMessage.template_id`           No          Yes         Yes         Yes
:attr:`~AnymailMessage.merge_data`            Yes         Yes         No          Yes
:attr:`~AnymailMessage.merge_global_data`     (emulated)  Yes         Yes         Yes

.. rubric:: :ref:`Status <esp-send-status>` and :ref:`event tracking <event-tracking>`
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
:attr:`~AnymailMessage.anymail_status`        Yes         Yes         Yes         Yes
|AnymailTrackingEvent| from webhooks          Yes         Yes         Yes         Yes
============================================  ==========  ==========  ==========  ==========


.. .. rubric:: :ref:`inbound`
.. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
.. Inbound webhooks                          (coming)...

Trying to choose an ESP? Please **don't** start with this table. It's far more
important to consider things like an ESP's deliverability stats, latency, uptime,
and support for developers. The *number* of extra features an ESP offers is almost
meaningless. (And even specific features don't matter if you don't plan to use them.)

.. |Mailgun| replace:: :ref:`mailgun-backend`
.. |Mandrill| replace:: :ref:`mandrill-backend`
.. |Postmark| replace:: :ref:`postmark-backend`
.. |SendGrid| replace:: :ref:`sendgrid-backend`
.. |AnymailTrackingEvent| replace:: :class:`~anymail.signals.AnymailTrackingEvent`


Other ESPs
----------

Don't see your favorite ESP here? Anymail is designed to be extensible.
You can suggest that Anymail add an ESP, or even contribute
your own implementation to Anymail. See :ref:`contributing`.