Mailgun is 100% cheaper
than Postmark
$0/mo (Free) vs Postmark Basic at $15/mo — covering 78% 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.
Free: 0 USD/monthly.
Postmark 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.
Capability comparison
Mailgun covers 78% of the 9 capabilities compared against Postmark. ✓ native · ◐ via integration · ✗ not found.
| Capability | Mailgun | Postmark |
|---|---|---|
| Transactional email API | ✓ | ✓ |
| Email templates | ✓ | ✓ |
| Dedicated IP | ✓ | ✓ |
| Custom sending/tracking domain | ✓ | ✓ |
| Analytics API | ✓ | ✓ |
| Event tracking | ✓ | ✓ |
| Webhooks | ✗ | ✓ |
| Inbound email parsing | ✓ | ✓ |
| SMTP & REST API | ✗ | ✓ |
What you give up
Capabilities Postmark has that Mailgun lacks.
- Webhooks — Send form submissions to other tools automatically as they arrive.Missing from Mailgun.
- SMTP & REST API — Send transactional email via SMTP or a REST API.Missing from Mailgun.
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 |
| Basic | $15/mo |
| Foundation | $35/mo |
| Scale | $90/mo |
| Enterprise | Contact sales |
| Free | Free |
| Basic | $15/mo |
| Pro | $16.50/mo |
| Platform | $18/mo |
| High-volume / Enterprise | Contact sales |
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Frequently asked
How much cheaper is Mailgun than Postmark?
100% cheaper in our scenario (1,000 emails/month, 1 seat, monthly billing): $0/mo on Free vs $15/mo on Basic. That is $180 a year.
What does Mailgun lack compared with Postmark?
Webhooks, SMTP & REST API — 2 of the 9 compared capabilities.
When were these prices checked?
Postmark: 2026-09-07; Mailgun: 2026-09-07 — on the official pricing pages.
Sources & freshness
- https://postmarkapp.com/pricing (official_pricing, checked 2026-09-07)
- https://postmarkapp.com/pricing# (official_pricing, checked 2026-09-07)
- Mailgun data last verified 2026-09-07