Mailgun comparisons
Mailgun is compared head-to-head with Twilio SendGrid Email API, Mailjet and Scaleway Transactional Email and more: 6 head-to-heads in Email APIs, each with the specs and prices we checked.
Mailgun head-to-head
- Mailgun vs Twilio SendGrid Email API
- Mailgun vs Mailjet
- Mailgun vs Scaleway Transactional Email
- Mailgun vs Postmark
- Mailgun vs Netcore Email API
- Mailgun vs Amazon SES
Mailgun vs each of them
| # | Tool | Free plan | Paid from | Monthly send limit | Inbound email | Delivery event webhooks | SMTP relay | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mailgun | Yes | — | 10000 /mo | Yes | Yes | Yes | 9.7 |
| 2 | Twilio SendGrid Email API | No | $19.95/mo | — | Yes | Yes | Yes | 9.3 |
| 3 | Mailjet | Yes | — | 8000 /mo | — | — | — | 9.1 |
| 4 | Scaleway Transactional Email | No | — | 100000 /mo | No | Yes | Yes | 9.0 |
| 5 | Postmark | Yes | $15/mo | 10000 /mo | Yes | Yes | Yes | 8.8 |
| 7 | Netcore Email API | Yes | — | — | — | Yes | Yes | 8.4 |
| 8 | Amazon SES | No | $0.1/unit usage-based | — | Yes | Yes | Yes | 8.3 |
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