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Loops vs Resend

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

Updated June 2026

The verdict

Loops wins on modern marketing email for SaaS.
Resend wins on price and sending APIs.

Loops starts at Free versus Resend's Free. Pick based on volume and team — the scorecard below breaks down where each one leads.

By the numbers

How do Loops and Resend compare?

Leader highlighted · figures as of June 2026

Entry price · @ 1,000/mo

Free

Loops

Free

Resend

Price at scale · @ 50,000/mo

$49

Loops

$20

Resend

Drag-and-drop editor · visual builder

Yes

Loops

Yes

Resend

Scorecard

Feature by feature, how do they stack up?

Capability
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Pricing
Starting paid plan$49/mo$20/mo
Cost per 1k @ 100k$0.35
Pricing modelSubscriptionHybrid
OverageNo send overages (sends unlimited on paid plans); cost scales by contact-count tier$0.90 per 1,000 emails beyond included volume (lower on higher Scale tiers, down to ~$0.46/1k)
Deliverability
Dedicated IPNoPlan-gated
Deliverability toolingYesYes
Automated IP warmupYesYes
Suppression managementYesYes
SPF / DKIM / DMARCYesYes
BIMIYesYes
API & sending
Transactional APIYesYes
Marketing campaignsYesYes
SMTP relayYesYes
Inbound routingNoYes
Dynamic templatesYesYes
Batch sendYesYes
Scheduled sendYesYes
Developer experience
Official SDKsJavaScript/TypeScript, Go, Ruby, PHP, NuxtNode.js, Python, Go, Ruby, Java, PHP, Rust, Elixir, .NET
Event webhooksYesYes
Drag-and-drop editorYesYes
Custom HTML editorYesYes
Email validationIncludedIncluded
Log retentionNot publicly documented
Sandbox / test modeYesYes
Analytics
Open / click trackingYesYes
Analytics dashboardYesYes
A/B testingYes
Compliance
EU data residencyNoNo
SOC 2YesYes
HIPAANoNo
GDPRYesYes
ISO 27001Yes
Support
Support channelsEmail/in-app support; docs and AI agent setupEmail/ticket support; dedicated Slack channel and direct engineer access on Enterprise
24/7 supportNo
Support SLANoPlan-gated

Decision helper

Which should you choose?

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Pick Loops

You're a SaaS company wanting lifecycle and transactional email from one developer-friendly tool
You send high volume to a moderate, well-managed contact list
You want fast setup with a clean API and polished editor
You need SOC 2 / ISO 27001 but not dedicated IPs, HIPAA, or inbound routing
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Pick Resend

You want a clean, modern API to add transactional email to an app quickly
You use React/Next.js and want React Email-based templating
You need transactional plus lightweight marketing email from one affordable platform
You want a generous free tier and predictable low-cost pricing
Set up Resend with Courier →

FAQ

Common questions

Loops starts at Free versus Resend's Free. Because pricing models differ by tier, the cheaper option depends on your monthly volume — compare the pricing rows in the scorecard above.

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Why not both?

Use both behind one API.

Route Loops, Resend, 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 June 2026 and may change. Ratings are aggregated from public review platforms.

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