Brevo vs Mailgun

Two transactional email providers, compared on price, features and ratings, so you can pick fast.

Brevo wins price and sending APIsMailgun wins developer experience and compliance

Updated August 2026

At a glanceBrevoMailgun
Entry priceFree$0.80
Cost per 1k @ 100k$0.69$0.9
Free tier300/day100/day
G2 rating4.54.5

THE VERDICT

Brevo wins on price and sending APIs. Mailgun wins on developer experience and compliance.

Brevo starts at Free versus Mailgun's $0.80. Pick based on volume and team, and the scorecard below breaks down where each one leads.

Which should you choose?

Pick Brevo

✓You want one platform combining transactional email, marketing, SMS, and CRM
✓You're an EU-based or GDPR-sensitive business valuing EU residency and ISO 27001
✓You have large contact lists but moderate send volume
✓You want a low-cost or free entry point with a drag-and-drop editor

Pick Mailgun

✓You want a developer-first email API with strong deliverability tooling
✓You send high-volume transactional email and want usage-based pricing
✓You need EU data residency, log retention, and email validation add-ons
✓You are in the Sinch ecosystem or want enterprise deliverability consulting
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Feature by feature

Winner cells are tinted, green where Brevo leads, violet where Mailgun does.

capability
Brevo
Mailgun
Starting paid plan
$9/mo
$15/mo
Cost per 1k @ 100k
$0.69
$0.9
Pricing model
Subscription
Hybrid
Overage
Email volume is bucketed by plan tier; exceeding the bucket requires moving up a tier rather than per-email overage. Transactional add-on credits ~$0.0014/email referenced by third parties.
from $1.10 / 1,000 emails
Dedicated IP
Add-on
Plan-gated
Deliverability tooling
Yes
Yes
Automated IP warmup
Yes
Yes
Suppression management
Yes
Yes
SPF / DKIM / DMARC
Yes
Yes
Transactional API
Yes
Yes
Marketing campaigns
Yes
—
SMTP relay
Yes
Yes
Inbound routing
Yes
Yes
Dynamic templates
Yes
Yes
Batch send
Yes
Yes
Scheduled send
Yes
Yes
Official SDKs
PHP, Python, Node.js, Ruby, Go, Java, C#
Python, Ruby, PHP, Java, Node.js, Go
Event webhooks
Yes
Yes
Drag-and-drop editor
Yes
Yes
Custom HTML editor
Yes
Yes
Email validation
No
Add-on
Log retention
—
1-30 days
Sandbox / test mode
—
Yes
Open / click tracking
Yes
Yes
Analytics dashboard
Yes
Yes
A/B testing
Yes
Yes
EU data residency
Yes
Yes
SOC 2
—
Yes
HIPAA
No
BAA
GDPR
Yes
Yes
ISO 27001
Yes
Yes
Support channels
Email/ticket support all plans; chat and phone on higher (Business/Enterprise) plans
Email/ticket, Chat, Phone
Support SLA
Plan-gated
Plan-gated

FAQ

Common questions

Brevo starts at Free versus Mailgun's $0.80. Because pricing models differ by tier, the cheaper option depends on your monthly volume, so compare the pricing rows in the scorecard above.

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Why not both?

Use both behind one API.

Route Brevo, Mailgun, or both, and switch providers without changing your code. Courier sits in front of every channel.

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Pricing, plans and feature availability as of August 2026 and may change. Ratings are aggregated from public review platforms. Mailgun is a Sinch product.

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