Comparison — from the record, read 2026-10-18
Mailgun vs Resend
Both ladders below were read from the vendors’ own pricing pages, in this market, on the dates shown. Nothing is converted: what you see is what each page showed a reader here.
What each one is
Mailgunsite ↗pricing ↗
A transactional and bulk email API for developers, priced per message rather than per contact. Paid plans start at $15/mo (Basic); a free plan exists. The ladder we hold runs 3 paid tiers, topping out at $90/mo (Scale). We read the same $15/mo in every market we check, so this vendor does not price by country.
Resendsite ↗pricing ↗
Paid plans start at $20/mo (Pro); a free plan exists. The ladder we hold runs 8 paid tiers, topping out at $1150/mo (Scale).
The two ladders
Mailgunsite ↗pricing ↗
read 2026-10-18 · USD
| Plan | Price | What the page says |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | 'Test us out for $0/mo'; 100 emails/day included; 1 day log retention, 1 inbound route |
| Basic | $15/mo | 'Starting at $15/mo'; 10,000 emails/mo included; 1 day log retention, 5 inbound routes; extra emails from $1.80 per 1,000 and validations from $1.20 per 100 |
| Foundation | $35/mo | 50,000 emails/mo included; full access to inbound routing; extra emails from $1.30 per 1,000 and validations from $1.20 per 100 |
| Scale | $90/mo | 100,000 emails/mo included; scheduled and sent analytics reports; extra emails from $1.10 per 1,000 and validations from $0.80 per 100 |
Resendsite ↗pricing ↗
read 2026-09-03 · USD
| Plan | Price |
|---|---|
| Free | Free |
| Pro | $20/mo |
| Pro | $35/mo |
| Scale | $90/mo |
| Scale | $160/mo |
| Scale | $350/mo |
| Scale | $650/mo |
| Scale | $825/mo |
| Scale | $1150/mo |
| Enterprise | Custom |
Where they differ
- Cheapest way in: Mailgun at $15/mo, against Resend at $20/mo. That is the entry price in this market on the dates shown, not a judgement about which suits you.
- Free plans: both publish one — a plan priced at zero, not a trial. What each caps differs.
- How far each ladder goes: Mailgun tops out at $90/mo, Resend at $1150/mo. A deeper ladder is not a worse deal — it is a bill that keeps climbing if you keep growing.
- Mailgun: We read the same $15/mo in every market we check, so this vendor does not price by country.
Both ladders were read from the vendors’ own pricing pages as shown to a United States reader, on the dates beside each table. Nothing here is converted from another market and nothing is ordered by commission. Some links are affiliate links; they earn us a commission and change no number.
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