Configuring Sendgrid as an email service provider

March 31, 2019

SendGrid is a bulk email service provider that can be used in Survey Solutions for delivering invitations for CAWI surveys as an alternative to Amazon SES: https://sendgrid.com/

Usage of this service may cost you money. Make sure you understand all charges, limits and policies before utilizing this service.

SendGrid reqires you to have a domain and confirm yourself as a domain owner. The sending address must belong to this domain. For example, if you want to send emails from name@site.com you must confirm yourself as the owner of the site.com.

SendGrid offers a number of pricing and usage plans: https://sendgrid.com/pricing/

You will need to confirm the account by clicking the link in the email that the service will send you.

Start by going to https://sendgrid.com page and picking your plan, and filling out the account properties as requested by the service. Once confirmed you can login to your account, click API keys, and create a (named) API key. The API key is exactly what Survey Solutions is expecting from you to be entered in the Email Provider Settings dialog. The API key will only be displayed once, you can delete an existing and create a new API key at any time.