MailerSend vs Resend

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

MailerSend wins EU data residency by defaultResend wins deliverability and sending APIs

Updated July 2026

At a glanceMailerSendResend
Entry price$7Free
Cost per 1k @ 100k—$0.35
Free tier500/mo3,000/mo
G2 rating4.14.8

THE VERDICT

MailerSend wins on EU data residency by default. Resend wins on deliverability and sending APIs.

MailerSend starts at $7 versus Resend's Free. Resend rates higher with developers (4.8 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
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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 →

Feature by feature

Winner cells are tinted, green where MailerSend leads, violet where Resend does.

capability
MailerSend
Resend
Starting paid plan
$7/mo
$20/mo
Cost per 1k @ 100k
—
$0.35
Pricing model
Hybrid
Hybrid
Overage
$1.50 per 1,000 emails beyond the plan's included allowance
$0.90 per 1,000 emails beyond included volume (lower on higher Scale tiers, down to ~$0.46/1k)
Dedicated IP
Plan-gated
Plan-gated
Deliverability tooling
Yes
Yes
Automated IP warmup
Yes
Yes
Suppression management
Yes
Yes
SPF / DKIM / DMARC
Yes
Yes
BIMI
—
Yes
Transactional API
Yes
Yes
Marketing campaigns
No
Yes
SMTP relay
Yes
Yes
Inbound routing
Yes
Yes
Dynamic templates
Yes
Yes
Batch send
Yes
Yes
Scheduled send
Yes
Yes
Official SDKs
PHP, Laravel, Node.js, Go, Python, Ruby, Java
Node.js, Python, Go, Ruby, Java, PHP, Rust, Elixir, .NET
Event webhooks
Yes
Yes
Drag-and-drop editor
Yes
Yes
Custom HTML editor
Yes
Yes
Email validation
Yes
No
Log retention
Plan-gated: 1 day (Free/Hobby), 7 days (Starter), 30 days (Professional)
30 days
Sandbox / test mode
Yes
Yes
Open / click tracking
Yes
Yes
Analytics dashboard
Yes
Yes
A/B testing
Plan-gated
—
EU data residency
Yes
No
SOC 2
No
Yes
HIPAA
No
No
GDPR
Yes
Yes
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 support; dedicated Slack channel and direct engineer access on Enterprise
24/7 support
Yes
—
Support SLA
—
Plan-gated
Migration assistance
Plan-gated
—

FAQ

Common questions

MailerSend starts at $7 versus Resend's Free. 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 MailerSend, 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 July 2026 and may change. Ratings are aggregated from public review platforms.

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