Overview
SendGrid allows you to send a higher volume of emails that can bypass the regular sending limits that major email providers have in place. Your ability to send more emails increases when you set up and integrate a SendGrid account with Apollo.
Refer to the sections below for more information about how to integrate your SendGrid account with Apollo.
Connect Your SendGrid Account to Apollo
Once you configure your SendGrid account, you can connect it to Apollo.
Please note, the Apollo integration works with all SendGrid plans, so the world is your oyster! You can connect your SendGrid account with Apollo whether you are on an Email API plan or a Marketing Campaigns plan. This includes free or paid plans. However, please note that SendGrid limits the number of emails you can send per day and month if you are on one of their free plans. For more information about SendGrid pricing, sneak a peek at the SendGrid pricing page.
Click Settings. Then, scroll to the "Configurations" section on the left and click Integrations.
Scroll to SendGrid and click Connect.
Fill in your SendGrid API Key and click Link SendGrid.
For more information about how to access your SendGrid API Key, please read the "Set Up, Configure, and Troubleshoot Your SendGrid Account" article.
Enable SendGrid for a Mailbox
Click Settings. Then, click the Mailboxes tab in your Personal Profile.
Click the Additional Options (...) button for the mailbox that you would like to enable with SendGrid. Then, click Send emails from SendGrid.
Enable SendGrid As Default for All Users
Click Settings. Then, scroll to the "Configurations" section on the left and click Integrations.
Scroll to SendGrid and click View.
Click Make SendGrid Default For Entire Team.
Confirm You're Set Up
To confirm you've integrated SendGrid correctly, add a contact to a sequence.
For full instructions on how to add a contact to a sequence, please read the Add Contacts to a Sequence article.
When you add a contact to a sequence and choose Send Emails From:, you will see (Sendgrid) next to an email address. This confirms SendGrid is set up correctly.
Maximize Your Daily and Hourly Send Rates
Click Settings. Then, click manage sending limits under each linked Mailbox.
Click the mailbox for which you want to adjust the sending limits.
From here, you can adjust the Daily Sending Limit and the Maximum # of Emails to Send Per Hour.
Please note, the email sending limits with the Sendgrid integration are 6000 per day and 500 per hour. If you need more, you can add additional mailboxes to increase sending limits. For more information on sending limits in Apollo, please read the Email Sending Limits Overview article.
SendGrid and SPAM Filters
SendGrid replaces the tracking URLs and directs them to SendGrid servers to resolve deliverability issues. If you connect your Apollo account to SendGrid, you do not need to configure a Tracking Subdomain because SendGrid manages your tracking links on their end. For additional information, please see the "SendGrid Integration Overview" article.
Please note, if your emails are flagged as SPAM while your Apollo account is connected to SendGrid, you may need to replace the tracking link in the emails within your SendGrid account itself. SendGrid includes a feature called Link Branding that functions the same as Apollo's Tracking Subdomain. This Link Branding feature provides the URL that you must replace to reset the deliverability on your account. For this scenario, contact SendGrid Technical Support so that they can help you update this configuration and provide any additional information about deliverability within your account.
For more information about SPAM filters, please read the Avoid SPAM Filters article.