Mailgun is 25% cheaper
than Resend
$15/mo (Basic) vs Resend Pro at $20/mo — covering 67% 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.
Pro plan at $20/mo, the cheapest paid plan.
Basic: 15 USD/monthly.
Resend costs $20/mo on the Pro plan at 1,000 emails/month, 1 seat, monthly billing. We found 1 assessed alternative that is cheaper in this scenario; 0 of them cover at least 75% of the 9 compared capabilities.
Capability comparison
Mailgun covers 67% of the 9 capabilities compared against Resend. ✓ native · ◐ via integration · ✗ not found.
| Capability | Mailgun | Resend |
|---|---|---|
| Transactional email API | ✓ | ✓ |
| Marketing automation | ✗ | ✓ |
| Email templates | ↑ Foundation | ✓ |
| Custom sending/tracking domain | ✓ | ✓ |
| Delivery analytics | ✗ | ✓ |
| Inbound email parsing | ✓ | ✓ |
| Deliverability SLA / support | ✓ | ✓ |
| SMTP & REST API | ✓ | ✓ |
| Dedicated IP | ✓ | ✓ |
What you give up
Capabilities Resend has that Mailgun lacks.
- Marketing automation — Automate email sends based on triggers and customer behavior.Missing from Mailgun.
- Email templates — Start a campaign from a pre-built email template.Missing from Mailgun.
- Delivery analytics — Track delivery, opens, and bounces for sent email.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 |
| Pro | $20/mo |
| Scale | $90/mo |
| Enterprise | Contact sales |
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Frequently asked
How much cheaper is Mailgun than Resend?
25% cheaper in our scenario (1,000 emails/month, 1 seat, monthly billing): $15/mo on Basic vs $20/mo on Pro. That is $60 a year.
What does Mailgun lack compared with Resend?
Marketing automation, Email templates, Delivery analytics — 3 of the 9 compared capabilities.
When were these prices checked?
Resend: 2026-10-26; Mailgun: 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://resend.com/pricing (official_pricing, checked 2026-10-26)
- Mailgun data last verified 2026-10-26