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Mailgun vs Sentry
Email API for sending/receiving but does not offer AI-driven inbound filtering or alias management.
MailgunEmail API for sending, receiving and tracking email
SentrySentry is an AI gatekeeper for your inbox that creates unique, trackable aliases for every service you use. Which to pick
Pick Mailgun if you want…
- Transactional email delivery and validation
- Email sending and tracking
- Integrations with HTTP API, SMTP or Webhooks (on Mailgun's list, not Sentry's)
Pick Sentry if you want…
- Zero-trust inbound email security
- Integrations with Cloudflare WAF, Turnstile or D1 (on Sentry's list, not Mailgun's)
Side by side
- What it is
- Mailgun:Mailgun provides APIs for sending, receiving, validating and tracking transactional emails.
- Sentry:Sentry is an AI-powered zero-trust gatekeeper that creates trackable email aliases and quarantines inbound messages.
- Best for
- Mailgun:Transactional email delivery and validation
- Sentry:Zero-trust inbound email security
- Who it’s for
- Mailgun:Developers building email-enabled applications and services.
- Sentry:Developers and teams needing inbound email/API protection and privacy.
- Pricing
- Mailgun:Freemium
- Sentry:Freemium
- Plans
- Mailgun:Free $0/mo · Basic $15/mo per month · Foundation $35/mo per month · Scale $90/mo per month
- Sentry:Community Shield Free
- Works with
- Mailgun:HTTP API, SMTP, Webhooks, Email template builder
- Sentry:Cloudflare WAF, Turnstile, D1, Slack, Telegram
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.
Sentry features
- Leak Detection. Identifies which service leaked your email by tracking alias activity.
- AI-Powered Filtering. Uses LLMs to analyze intent of incoming messages and block sophisticated phishing.
- Smart Aliases. Generates unlimited custom, cryptographically signed inbound email aliases.
- One-Click Kill Switch. Revokes a compromised alias instantly without changing your primary address.
- Cryptographic Token Verification. Validates every request at the Cloudflare edge with zero-trust tokens.
- Intelligent Quarantine Queue. Isolates suspicious payloads into a sandboxed inbox for review.
- Edge Rate Limiting & DoS Guard. Blocks brute-force and abuse spikes before they reach your backend.
- Tamper-Proof Audit Logging. Stores a cryptographic audit trail of all events in R2 for 365 days.
Mailgun vs Sentry FAQ
Is Mailgun or Sentry free?+
Mailgun has a free plan; paid plans start at $15/month (Basic). Sentry has a free plan (Community Shield) and paid plans.
Do Mailgun and Sentry integrate with the same tools?+
Their integration lists don't overlap: Mailgun lists HTTP API, SMTP, Webhooks and Email template builder; Sentry lists Cloudflare WAF, Turnstile, D1, Slack and 1 more.
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