Mailgun vs Resend

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

Mailgun wins compliance and analyticsResend wins price and deliverability

Updated August 2026

At a glanceMailgunResend
Entry price$0.80Free
Cost per 1k @ 100k$0.9$0.35
Free tier100/day3,000/mo
G2 rating4.54.8

THE VERDICT

Mailgun wins on compliance and analytics. Resend wins on price and deliverability.

Mailgun starts at $0.80 versus Resend's Free. Resend rates higher with developers (4.8 vs 4.5 on G2). Pick based on volume and team, and the scorecard below breaks down where each one leads.

Which should you choose?

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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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 Mailgun leads, violet where Resend does.

capability
Mailgun
Resend
Starting paid plan
$15/mo
$20/mo
Cost per 1k @ 100k
$0.9
$0.35
Pricing model
Hybrid
Hybrid
Overage
from $1.10 / 1,000 emails
$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
—
Yes
SMTP relay
Yes
Yes
Inbound routing
Yes
Yes
Dynamic templates
Yes
Yes
Batch send
Yes
Yes
Scheduled send
Yes
Yes
Official SDKs
Python, Ruby, PHP, Java, Node.js, Go
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
Add-on
No
Log retention
1-30 days
30 days
Sandbox / test mode
Yes
Yes
Open / click tracking
Yes
Yes
Analytics dashboard
Yes
Yes
A/B testing
Yes
—
EU data residency
Yes
No
SOC 2
Yes
Yes
HIPAA
BAA
No
GDPR
Yes
Yes
ISO 27001
Yes
—
Support channels
Email/ticket, Chat, Phone
Email/ticket support; dedicated Slack channel and direct engineer access on Enterprise
Support SLA
Plan-gated
Plan-gated

FAQ

Common questions

Mailgun starts at $0.80 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 Mailgun, 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 August 2026 and may change. Ratings are aggregated from public review platforms. Mailgun is a Sinch product.

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