Resend is 100% cheaper
than Mailgun
$0/mo (Free) vs Mailgun Basic at $15/mo — covering 58% of the 12 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.
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; 0 of them cover at least 75% of the 12 compared capabilities.
Capability comparison
Resend covers 58% of the 12 capabilities compared against Mailgun. ✓ native · ◐ via integration · ✗ not found.
| Capability | Resend | Mailgun |
|---|---|---|
| Transactional email API | ✓ | ✓ |
| Email templates | ✓ | ✓ |
| Dedicated IP | ✓ | ✓ |
| Custom sending/tracking domain | ✓ | ✓ |
| Send-time optimization | ✗ | ✓ |
| SSO (SAML) | ✓ | ✓ |
| Event tracking | ✗ | ✓ |
| Analytics API | ✗ | ✓ |
| Email address validation | ✗ | ✓ |
| Inbound email parsing | ✓ | ✓ |
| Event webhooks | ✗ | ✓ |
| Deliverability SLA / support | ✓ | ✓ |
What you give up
Capabilities Mailgun has that Resend lacks.
- Send-time optimization — Automatically send each email at the recipient's best time to open it.Missing from Resend.
- Event tracking — Track specific user actions like clicks or sign-ups.Missing from Resend.
- Analytics API — Pull analytics data programmatically via an API.Missing from Resend.
- Email address validation — Validate an email address before sending to it.Missing from Resend.
- Event webhooks — Get notified of email events like opens or bounces via webhook.Missing from Resend.
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 |
| Pro | $20/mo |
| Scale | $90/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 Resend than Mailgun?
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 Resend lack compared with Mailgun?
Send-time optimization, Event tracking, Analytics API, Email address validation, Event webhooks — 5 of the 12 compared capabilities.
When were these prices checked?
Mailgun: 2026-09-07; Resend: 2026-08-31 — on the official pricing pages.
Sources & freshness
- https://www.mailgun.com/pricing/ (official_pricing, checked 2026-09-07)
- https://www.mailgun.com/pricing/#navSearch (official_pricing, checked 2026-09-07)
- Resend data last verified 2026-08-31