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Mailgun vs SendGrid
Short answer: Pick Mailgun if you want transactional email delivery and validation; pick SendGrid if you want scalable email API and marketing tools. Mailgun has a free plan, paid from $15/month.
MailgunEmail API for sending, receiving and tracking email
SendGridEmail delivery API and marketing emailWhich to pick
Pick Mailgun if you want…
- Transactional email delivery and validation
- Full-stack email API
- Integrations with HTTP API, SMTP or Webhooks (on Mailgun's list, not SendGrid's)
Pick SendGrid if you want…
- Scalable email API and marketing tools
- Email delivery and marketing campaigns
- Integrations with Twilio (on SendGrid's list, not Mailgun's)
Mailgun: Offers sending, receiving, and tracking email with a different pricing model
Side by side
- What it is
- Mailgun:Mailgun provides APIs for sending, receiving, validating and tracking transactional emails.
- SendGrid:SendGrid provides an email API, SMTP service, and marketing campaign tools for sending transactional and bulk email at scale.
- Best for
- Mailgun:Transactional email delivery and validation
- SendGrid:Scalable email API and marketing tools
- Who it’s for
- Mailgun:Developers building email-enabled applications and services.
- SendGrid:Developers and marketers needing reliable email delivery and campaign management
- Pricing
- Mailgun:Freemium
- SendGrid:Contact sales
- Starting price
- Mailgun:$15/month (Basic)
- SendGrid:—
- Free plan or trial
- Mailgun:Free plan (Free) · Free trial
- SendGrid:—
- Plans
- Mailgun:Free $0/mo · Basic $15/mo per month · Foundation $35/mo per month · Scale $90/mo per month
- SendGrid:—
- Works with
- Mailgun:HTTP API, SMTP, Webhooks, Email template builder
- SendGrid:Twilio
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.
SendGrid features
- Email API. Send transactional and bulk email via a RESTful API with high deliverability.
- SMTP Service. Integrate traditional SMTP for sending email from existing systems.
- Marketing Campaigns. Create, schedule, and track email marketing campaigns with flexible tools.
- Documentation. Comprehensive guides and reference docs for quick integration.
- Help Center. AI-assisted support for troubleshooting and questions.
- Partner Ecosystem. Access partners for deliverability optimization and custom solutions.
Mailgun vs SendGrid FAQ
What is the difference between Mailgun and SendGrid?+
SendGrid: Offers both transactional and marketing email with extensive templates. Mailgun: Offers sending, receiving, and tracking email with a different pricing model.
Should I use Mailgun or SendGrid?+
Pick Mailgun if you want transactional email delivery and validation, full-stack email API or integrations with HTTP API, SMTP or Webhooks (on Mailgun's list, not SendGrid's). Pick SendGrid if you want scalable email API and marketing tools, email delivery and marketing campaigns or integrations with Twilio (on SendGrid's list, not Mailgun's).
Is Mailgun or SendGrid free?+
Mailgun has a free plan; paid plans start at $15/month (Basic).
Do Mailgun and SendGrid integrate with the same tools?+
Their integration lists don't overlap: Mailgun lists HTTP API, SMTP, Webhooks and Email template builder; SendGrid lists Twilio.
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