Mandrill vs Resend

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

Mandrill wins compliance and analyticsResend wins price and deliverability

Updated August 2026

At a glanceMandrillResend
Entry price$20Free
Cost per 1k @ 100k$0.8$0.35
G2 rating4.24.8
Drag-and-drop editorNoYes

THE VERDICT

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

Mandrill starts at $20 versus Resend's Free. Resend rates higher with developers (4.8 vs 4.2 on G2). Pick based on volume and team, and the scorecard below breaks down where each one leads.

Which should you choose?

Pick Mandrill

✓If you are a community, organization, or person who sends emails to multiple people and needs a quick fix.
✓It isn't for affiliate marketers.
✓Mandrill is a good option if you want easily accessible and detailed reports on your emails.
Set up Mandrill with Courier →

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 Mandrill leads, violet where Resend does.

capability
Mandrill
Resend
Starting paid plan
$20/mo
$20/mo
Cost per 1k @ 100k
$0.8
$0.35
Pricing model
Pay-as-you-go
Hybrid
Overage
Auto-purchase blocks or stop sending; no rollover
$0.90 per 1,000 emails beyond included volume (lower on higher Scale tiers, down to ~$0.46/1k)
Dedicated IP
Add-on
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, Python, Ruby, Node.js
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
No
No
Log retention
—
30 days
Sandbox / test mode
Yes
Yes
Open / click tracking
Yes
Yes
Analytics dashboard
Yes
Yes
A/B testing
Yes
—
EU data residency
No
No
SOC 2
Yes
Yes
HIPAA
No
No
GDPR
Yes
Yes
ISO 27001
Yes
—
Support channels
Email, Chat
Email/ticket support; dedicated Slack channel and direct engineer access on Enterprise
Support SLA
Plan-gated
Plan-gated

FAQ

Common questions

Mandrill starts at $20 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 Mandrill, 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. Mandrill is Mailchimp Transactional.

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