Context.IO vs Postmark: What are the differences?
What is Context.IO? A REST email API that makes it easy and fast to integrate your user's email data in your application. As soon as a mailbox is connected, we create a metadata index of its content starting from the most recent emails which become available from the API within seconds. Context.IO takes care of synching email data for your app so you don't have to build, scale and maintain this infrastructure yourself. Focus on what's unique to your business, we'll manage the technical details of integrating with arcane email server protocols.
What is Postmark? Email delivery for web apps - done right. Postmark removes the headaches of delivering and parsing transactional email for webapps with minimal setup time and zero maintenance.
Context.IO and Postmark are primarily classified as "Email API" and "Transactional Email" tools respectively.
Some of the features offered by Context.IO are:
- REST Beats IMAP
- Contacts- Recipients and senders with stats like message count and latest sent/received.
- Files- Each attachment has a unique id to access its content and history.
On the other hand, Postmark provides the following key features:
- Create a new virtual server- Instant access to our infrastructure, no waiting required. Create as many servers as you want, for each of your web applications and environments.
- Drop code into your app- Swap in our SMTP endpoint, or get started with our APIs using one of our send API libraries for Ruby, Rails, .NET, Python, PHP, and more.
- Send emails and track delivery- A beautiful interface to monitor volume, bounces, spam complaints, and send activity. View full email content to troubleshoot issues.