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MailerLite vs Mailgun
Short answer: Pick MailerLite if you want all-in-one email marketing for small teams; pick Mailgun if you want transactional email delivery and validation. MailerLite has a free plan, paid from $12/month; Mailgun has a free plan, paid from $15/month.
Which to pick
Pick MailerLite if you want…
- All-in-one email marketing for small teams
- The lower starting price: $12/month against $15/month
- Integrations with ChatGPT, Claude or Shopify (on MailerLite's list, not Mailgun's)
Pick Mailgun if you want…
- Transactional email delivery and validation
- Email API for developers
- Integrations with HTTP API, SMTP or Webhooks (on Mailgun's list, not MailerLite's)
Side by side
- What it is
- MailerLite:MailerLite is an email marketing platform offering campaigns, automations, landing pages, and digital product sales for small teams.
- Mailgun:Mailgun provides APIs for sending, receiving, validating and tracking transactional emails.
- Best for
- MailerLite:All-in-one email marketing for small teams
- Mailgun:Transactional email delivery and validation
- Who it’s for
- MailerLite:Small businesses and teams needing simple email marketing and automation
- Mailgun:Developers building email-enabled applications and services.
- Pricing
- MailerLite:Freemium
- Mailgun:Freemium
- Starting price
- MailerLite:$12/month (Comfort)
- Mailgun:$15/month (Basic)
- Free plan or trial
- MailerLite:Free plan (Free) · Free trial
- Mailgun:Free plan (Free) · Free trial
- Plans
- MailerLite:Free $0 · Comfort $12 per month · Power $25 per month
- Mailgun:Free $0/mo · Basic $15/mo per month · Foundation $35/mo per month · Scale $90/mo per month
- Works with
- MailerLite:ChatGPT, Claude, Shopify, WooCommerce, Stripe, Mailchimp, Zapier, WordPress
- Mailgun:HTTP API, SMTP, Webhooks, Email template builder
MailerLite features
- Drag-and-drop email editor. Create engaging newsletters quickly with an intuitive visual editor.
- Marketing automations. Set up timed, targeted email sequences without coding.
- Landing pages & websites. Build and publish landing pages, websites, and pop-ups with ready templates.
- Digital product sales. Sell ebooks, downloads, and subscriptions directly from campaigns.
- Integrations & API. Connect to 100+ apps like Shopify, Stripe, Zapier, and use the MailerLite API.
- AI writing assistant. Generate email copy and subject lines using built-in AI tools.
Mailgun features
- RESTful Email API & SMTP relay. Send emails via HTTP API or SMTP with high reliability.
- Email validation service. Real-time API and bulk upload to remove invalid addresses.
- Analytics, tracking & webhooks. Detailed delivery, open, click data and event webhooks.
- Inbox preview & accessibility checks. Preview emails before sending to ensure compliance and deliverability.
- Dedicated IPs & IP pools. Control reputation with dedicated IPs, included in higher plans.
- SAML SSO & multi-user access. Enterprise-grade security and role-based access control.
- Log and message retention. Retention up to 30 days for logs and up to 7 days for messages.
- Email template builder. Create and manage reusable email templates via API.
MailerLite vs Mailgun FAQ
What is the difference between MailerLite and Mailgun?+
Mailgun is an email API for developers; MailerLite offers a complete marketing suite with drag-and-drop editors.
Should I use MailerLite or Mailgun?+
Pick MailerLite if you want all-in-one email marketing for small teams, the lower starting price: $12/month against $15/month or integrations with ChatGPT, Claude or Shopify (on MailerLite's list, not Mailgun's). Pick Mailgun if you want transactional email delivery and validation, email API for developers or integrations with HTTP API, SMTP or Webhooks (on Mailgun's list, not MailerLite's).
Is MailerLite or Mailgun free?+
MailerLite has a free plan; paid plans start at $12/month (Comfort). Mailgun has a free plan; paid plans start at $15/month (Basic).
Which is cheaper, MailerLite or Mailgun?+
MailerLite is cheaper to start with: MailerLite's Comfort plan ($12/month) against Mailgun's Basic plan ($15/month).
Do MailerLite and Mailgun integrate with the same tools?+
Their integration lists don't overlap: MailerLite lists ChatGPT, Claude, Shopify, WooCommerce and 5 more; Mailgun lists HTTP API, SMTP, Webhooks and Email template builder.
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