Resend
Email API for developers to send transactional and marketing email, with React-based templates.
Pricing FreemiumPaid from $20 a month for the Pro plan (50,000 emails a month)Open source noStars 964npm a week 15M
Mailgun alternatives
5 tools you can use instead of Mailgun, ranked by live GitHub stars and npm downloads. Resend, SendGrid and Postmark are the most used. Stats updated 17 hours ago.
When Mailgun is not a good fit
Mailgun is an email platform for sending, receiving and tracking email through an API or SMTP. It was founded in 2010 and is owned by Sinch through its parent company Pathwire. A free plan allows 100 emails a day, and paid plans start at $15 a month for 10,000 emails.
It is a weaker choice for:
- Teams that need a long free plan: the free plan is capped at 100 emails a day and 1 day of logs
- Marketing-first teams that want campaign and automation tooling built for non-developers
- Anyone who needs open source or self-hosting: Mailgun is a hosted service
- Low-volume senders that need a dedicated IP, which costs $59 a month per IP
The alternatives
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SendGrid
Twilio's email API and delivery platform for transactional and marketing email.
Pricing FreemiumPaid from $19.95 a month for the Essentials plan (50,000 to 100,000 emails a month)Open source noStars 3.1knpm a week 5.7M
Postmark
Email delivery service for transactional and broadcast email, owned by ActiveCampaign.
Pricing FreemiumPaid from $15 a month for Basic (10,000 emails)Open source nonpm a week 1.4M
Amazon SES
Amazon Web Services email service billed by usage, from $0.10 per 1,000 emails.
Pricing Pay as you goPaid from $0.10 per 1,000 emails sent on à la carteOpen source no
Loops
Email platform for SaaS teams covering marketing, product and transactional email.
Pricing FreemiumOpen source no
Mailgun and its alternatives, side by side
| Tool | Pricing | Free plan | Paid from | Open source | GitHub stars |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mailgun | Freemium | Yes: 100 emails a day, 1 custom sending domain, 2 API keys, 1 inbound route, 1 user. | $15 a month for Basic (10,000 emails) | No | None |
| Resend | Freemium | Yes: 3,000 emails a month, 100 a day, 3 custom domains, 10,000 automation runs | $20 a month for the Pro plan (50,000 emails a month) | No | 964 |
| SendGrid | Freemium | Trial only: 100 emails a day for 60 days, no ongoing free tier | $19.95 a month for the Essentials plan (50,000 to 100,000 emails a month) | No | 3.1k |
| Postmark | Freemium | Yes: 100 emails a month, no credit card, does not expire. | $15 a month for Basic (10,000 emails) | No | None |
| Amazon SES | Pay as you go | Yes: a free plan for 6 months after account creation, plus up to $200 in AWS Free Tier credits that must be used within 12 months. | $0.10 per 1,000 emails sent on à la carte | No | None |
| Loops | Freemium | Yes: up to 4,000 emails in any rolling 30 days, sent to your 1,000 newest contacts, with all features and a Powered by Loops footer. | Not listed | No | None |
Pricing facts come from each tool's official pricing page, with the checked date on the tool's own page.
Questions
What is the most popular alternative to Mailgun?
By GitHub stars, Resend is the most used alternative to Mailgun listed on ScratchDB, with 964 stars.
Which Mailgun alternatives are open source?
None of the Mailgun alternatives listed here are open source.
Which Mailgun alternatives have a free plan?
Resend, Postmark, Amazon SES and Loops have a free plan. The table on this page shows what each one includes.