Two transactional email providers, compared on price, features and ratings, so you can pick fast.
MailerSend wins editor toolsMailgun wins compliance and reviews
Updated August 2026
At a glanceMailerSendMailgun
Entry price$7$0.80
Cost per 1k @ 100k—$0.9
Free tier500/mo100/day
G2 rating4.14.5
THE VERDICT
MailerSend wins on editor tools. Mailgun wins on compliance and reviews.
MailerSend starts at $7 versus Mailgun's $0.80. Mailgun rates higher with developers (4.5 vs 4.1 on G2). Pick based on volume and team, and the scorecard below breaks down where each one leads.
Which should you choose?
Pick MailerSend
✓Teams that need EU-hosted transactional email data by default for compliance or customer-trust reasons
✓Budget-conscious developers who want a real free tier plus a cheap ($7/mo) entry-level paid plan
✓Teams that want built-in email address verification without adding a separate vendor
✓Apps that need inbound email parsing (support tickets, reply-by-email flows) alongside outbound sending
Winner cells are tinted, green where MailerSend leads, violet where Mailgun does.
capability
MailerSend
Mailgun
Pricing
Starting paid plan
$7/mo
$15/mo
Cost per 1k @ 100k
—
$0.9
Pricing model
Hybrid
Hybrid
Overage
$1.50 per 1,000 emails beyond the plan's included allowance
from $1.10 / 1,000 emails
Deliverability
Dedicated IP
Plan-gated
Plan-gated
Deliverability tooling
Yes
Yes
Automated IP warmup
Yes
Yes
Suppression management
Yes
Yes
SPF / DKIM / DMARC
Yes
Yes
API & sending
Transactional API
Yes
Yes
Marketing campaigns
No
—
SMTP relay
Yes
Yes
Inbound routing
Yes
Yes
Dynamic templates
Yes
Yes
Batch send
Yes
Yes
Scheduled send
Yes
Yes
Developer experience
Official SDKs
PHP, Laravel, Node.js, Go, Python, Ruby, Java
Python, Ruby, PHP, Java, Node.js, Go
Event webhooks
Yes
Yes
Drag-and-drop editor
Yes
Yes
Custom HTML editor
Yes
Yes
Email validation
Yes
Add-on
Log retention
Plan-gated: 1 day (Free/Hobby), 7 days (Starter), 30 days (Professional)
1-30 days
Sandbox / test mode
Yes
Yes
Analytics
Open / click tracking
Yes
Yes
Analytics dashboard
Yes
Yes
A/B testing
Plan-gated
Yes
Compliance
EU data residency
Yes
Yes
SOC 2
No
Yes
HIPAA
No
BAA
GDPR
Yes
Yes
ISO 27001
—
Yes
Support
Support channels
Limited support on Free; 24/7 email support from Hobby; live chat plus priority support on Starter and Professional; dedicated account manager on Professional
Email/ticket, Chat, Phone
24/7 support
Yes
—
Support SLA
—
Plan-gated
Migration assistance
Plan-gated
—
FAQ
Common questions
MailerSend starts at $7 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.
Pricing, plans and feature availability as of August 2026 and may change. Ratings are aggregated from public review platforms. Mailgun is a Sinch product.