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Mailgun vs Resend
Email API targeting developers with a simpler pricing model
Which to pick
Pick Mailgun if you want…
- Transactional email delivery and validation
- Email API with inbound support
- The lower starting price: $15/month against $20/month
- Integrations with HTTP API, Webhooks or Email template builder (on Mailgun's list, not Resend's)
Pick Resend if you want…
- Simple email API with built-in analytics
- Developer-friendly email API
- Integrations with Node.js, Ruby or Python (on Resend's list, not Mailgun's)
Mailgun: Offers sending, receiving and advanced analytics, plus a larger ecosystem
Side by side
- What it is
- Mailgun:Mailgun provides APIs for sending, receiving, validating and tracking transactional emails.
- Resend:Resend provides a developer-focused email API for sending transactional and marketing emails at scale.
- Best for
- Mailgun:Transactional email delivery and validation
- Resend:Simple email API with built-in analytics
- Who it’s for
- Mailgun:Developers building email-enabled applications and services.
- Resend:Developers building apps that need reliable email sending.
- Pricing
- Mailgun:Freemium
- Resend:Freemium
- Plans
- Mailgun:Free $0/mo · Basic $15/mo per month · Foundation $35/mo per month · Scale $90/mo per month
- Resend:Free $0 · Pro $20 per month · Scale $90 per month
- Works with
- Mailgun:HTTP API, SMTP, Webhooks, Email template builder
- Resend:Node.js, Ruby, Python, PHP, Go, Rust, Java, .NET
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.
Resend features
- SDKs & REST API. Official SDKs for Node, Ruby, Python, PHP, Go, Rust, Java, .NET and a REST endpoint.
- Test mode. Simulate email events without sending real messages.
- Modular webhooks. Real-time notifications for deliveries, opens, clicks, bounces, etc.
- React Email editor. Create email templates with React components instead of hand-crafted HTML tables.
- Contact management. Import lists, view attributes and segment contacts via the dashboard.
- Analytics & reporting. Track opens, clicks, bounces and view broadcast performance.
- Domain authentication. DKIM, SPF and DMARC setup plus BIMI support for brand logos.
- Dedicated IPs (add-on). Managed IP warming and autoscaling for high-volume senders.
Mailgun vs Resend FAQ
Is Mailgun or Resend free?+
Mailgun has a free plan; paid plans start at $15/month (Basic). Resend has a free plan; paid plans start at $20/month (Pro).
Which is cheaper, Mailgun or Resend?+
Mailgun is cheaper to start with: Mailgun's Basic plan ($15/month) against Resend's Pro plan ($20/month).
Do Mailgun and Resend integrate with the same tools?+
Partly. Both list SMTP. Mailgun also lists HTTP API, Webhooks and Email template builder; Resend also lists Node.js, Ruby, Python, PHP and 5 more.
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