MailerSend is 53% cheaper
than Mailgun
$7/mo (Hobby) vs Mailgun Basic at $15/mo — covering 100% of the 9 compared capabilities.
Same job. Way less money.
Comparison scenario
Every cheaper-than claim is tied to a defined scenario — never a bare list price.
1,000 emails/month, 1 seat, monthly billing · USD · prices as observed on official pricing pages.
Basic plan at $15/mo, the cheapest paid plan.
Hobby: 7 USD/monthly.
Mailgun costs $15/mo on the Basic plan at 1,000 emails/month, 1 seat, monthly billing. We found 1 assessed alternative that is cheaper in this scenario; 1 of them covers at least 75% of the 9 compared capabilities. The cheapest option that covers everything we compared is MailerSend at $7/mo (Hobby plan), 53% less.
Capability comparison
MailerSend covers 100% of the 9 capabilities compared against Mailgun. ✓ native · ◐ via integration · ✗ not found.
| Capability | MailerSend | Mailgun |
|---|---|---|
| Transactional email API | ✓ | ✓ |
| Custom sending/tracking domain | ✓ | ✓ |
| Email address validation | ✓ | ✓ |
| Inbound email parsing | ✓ | ✓ |
| Event webhooks | ✓ | ✓ |
| Deliverability SLA / support | ✓ | ✓ |
| SMTP & REST API | ✓ | ✓ |
| Dedicated IP | ✓ | ✓ |
| Email templates | ✓ | ✓ |
Plans & pricing, side by side
Advertised prices in USD as observed on the official pricing pages — per-seat and transaction-fee plans are marked.
| Free | Free |
| Hobby | $7/mo |
| Starter | $35/mo |
| Professional | $110/mo |
| Enterprise | Contact sales |
| Free | Free |
| Basic | $15/mo |
| Foundation | $35/mo |
| Scale | $90/mo |
| Enterprise | Contact sales |
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Frequently asked
How much cheaper is MailerSend than Mailgun?
53% cheaper in our scenario (1,000 emails/month, 1 seat, monthly billing): $7/mo on Hobby vs $15/mo on Basic. That is $96 a year.
What does MailerSend lack compared with Mailgun?
Nothing among the 9 capabilities we compared.
When were these prices checked?
Mailgun: 2026-10-26; MailerSend: 2026-10-26 — on the official pricing pages.
Who switched
Anonymous: no account, no email, no IP stored. Reports are shown once a switch has 3 or more and never change ranking or order — alternatives are computed from prices and capabilities only.
Sources & freshness
- https://www.mailgun.com/pricing/ (official_pricing, checked 2026-10-26)
- https://www.mailgun.com/pricing/#navSearch (official_pricing, checked 2026-10-26)
- MailerSend data last verified 2026-10-26