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Mailgun vs Strongestlayer
Short answer: Pick Mailgun if you want transactional email delivery and validation; pick Strongestlayer if you want AI-powered email threat reasoning. Mailgun has a free plan, paid from $15/month.
MailgunEmail API for sending, receiving and tracking email
StrongestlayerStop Phishing. Protect Employees.Which to pick
Pick Mailgun if you want…
- Transactional email delivery and validation
- Email sending API
- Integrations with HTTP API, SMTP or Webhooks (on Mailgun's list, not Strongestlayer's)
Pick Strongestlayer if you want…
- AI-powered email threat reasoning
- Integrations with Microsoft 365, Google Workspace or Microsoft Sentinel (on Strongestlayer's list, not Mailgun's)
Side by side
- What it is
- Mailgun:Mailgun provides APIs for sending, receiving, validating and tracking transactional emails.
- Strongestlayer:StrongestLayer adds AI-driven threat reasoning to Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace email, blocking sophisticated phishing and BEC attacks.
- Best for
- Mailgun:Transactional email delivery and validation
- Strongestlayer:AI-powered email threat reasoning
- Who it’s for
- Mailgun:Developers building email-enabled applications and services.
- Strongestlayer:Enterprise security teams protecting employee email
- Pricing
- Mailgun:Freemium
- Strongestlayer:Contact sales
- Starting price
- Mailgun:$15/month (Basic)
- Strongestlayer:—
- Free plan or trial
- Mailgun:Free plan (Free) · Free trial
- Strongestlayer:—
- Plans
- Mailgun:Free $0/mo · Basic $15/mo per month · Foundation $35/mo per month · Scale $90/mo per month
- Strongestlayer:—
- Works with
- Mailgun:HTTP API, SMTP, Webhooks, Email template builder
- Strongestlayer:Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, Microsoft Sentinel, Splunk, Radiant Security
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.
Strongestlayer features
- Agentic reasoning engine. Analyzes each email’s intent and context with multi-LLM agents to block attacks that bypass rules and ML.
- Inbox Advisor. Shows plain-English verdicts for every email directly in Outlook and Gmail.
- Threat Triage agents. Pre-investigated alerts let SOC analysts resolve cases in seconds.
- Threat Hunt agents. Searches across all mailboxes by sender, subject, URL or domain in under two minutes.
- Fast API deployment. Integrates via Microsoft Graph or Google Workspace API in 15 minutes, no MX changes.
- Integrations with SIEMs. Exports data to Microsoft Sentinel, Splunk and Radiant Security.
Mailgun vs Strongestlayer FAQ
What is the difference between Mailgun and Strongestlayer?+
Mailgun focuses on sending/receiving email, not AI threat reasoning for inbound phishing.
Should I use Mailgun or Strongestlayer?+
Pick Mailgun if you want transactional email delivery and validation, email sending API or integrations with HTTP API, SMTP or Webhooks (on Mailgun's list, not Strongestlayer's). Pick Strongestlayer if you want AI-powered email threat reasoning or integrations with Microsoft 365, Google Workspace or Microsoft Sentinel (on Strongestlayer's list, not Mailgun's).
Is Mailgun or Strongestlayer free?+
Mailgun has a free plan; paid plans start at $15/month (Basic).
Do Mailgun and Strongestlayer integrate with the same tools?+
Their integration lists don't overlap: Mailgun lists HTTP API, SMTP, Webhooks and Email template builder; Strongestlayer lists Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, Microsoft Sentinel, Splunk and 1 more.
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