OneSignal Email vs Resend

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

OneSignal Email wins compliance and analyticsResend wins deliverability and developer experience

Updated August 2026

At a glanceOneSignal EmailResend
Entry priceFreeFree
Cost per 1k @ 100k$1.39$0.35
Free tier10,000/mo3,000/mo
G2 rating4.74.8

THE VERDICT

OneSignal Email wins on compliance and analytics. Resend wins on deliverability and developer experience.

OneSignal Email starts at Free versus Resend's Free. Resend rates higher with developers (4.8 vs 4.7 on G2). Pick based on volume and team, and the scorecard below breaks down where each one leads.

Which should you choose?

Pick OneSignal Email

✓You already use OneSignal for push or in-app and want to add email from the same dashboard
✓You want a free tier to start sending marketing or transactional email
✓You need to manage subscribers across push, in-app, and email in one place
✓You want a simple setup rather than a dedicated deliverability or template platform
Set up OneSignal Email 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 OneSignal Email leads, violet where Resend does.

capability
OneSignal Email
Resend
Starting paid plan
$19/mo
$20/mo
Cost per 1k @ 100k
$1.39
$0.35
Pricing model
Hybrid
Hybrid
Overage
$1.50 / 1,000 sends
$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
Yes
SMTP relay
—
Yes
Inbound routing
—
Yes
Dynamic templates
Yes
Yes
Batch send
Yes
Yes
Scheduled send
Yes
Yes
Official SDKs
Node.js, Python, Java, Go, PHP, Ruby, C#, Rust
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
Log retention
—
30 days
Sandbox / test mode
—
Yes
Open / click tracking
Yes
Yes
Analytics dashboard
Yes
Yes
A/B testing
Yes
—
EU data residency
—
No
SOC 2
Yes
Yes
HIPAA
BAA
No
GDPR
Yes
Yes
ISO 27001
Yes
—
Support channels
Email, Community
Email/ticket support; dedicated Slack channel and direct engineer access on Enterprise
24/7 support
Yes
—
Support SLA
Plan-gated
Plan-gated

FAQ

Common questions

OneSignal Email starts at Free 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 OneSignal Email, 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.

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