Documentation-based comparison
Brevo Transactional Email versus Mailgun
Compare documented scope and conditions. Unknowns remain unknown; different billing units do not establish a cost winner.
| Requirement | Brevo Transactional Email | Mailgun |
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| Pricing | From $9/mo | From $15/mo |
| Who it is for | Transactional email sent by API or SMTP from your application, inside an all-in-one platform that also runs marketing campaigns. Verified Oct 11, 2026 · Brevo Transactional Email: official product and plan documentation | Sends application email through an HTTP API or an SMTP endpoint. Verified Oct 11, 2026 · Mailgun: official product and plan documentation |
| Coverage limits | Attachments are limited to 25 MB per email, and one API request can batch up to 1,000 emails. Verified Oct 11, 2026 · Brevo Transactional Email: official product and plan documentation | Free and Basic allow 1 custom sending domain and 1 day of logs; Foundation raises this to 1,000 domains and 5 days, and Scale keeps 30 days. Verified Oct 11, 2026 · Mailgun: official product and plan documentation |
| Sending volume | Plans are priced on emails sent; contact-based pricing applies only to marketing features. Verified Oct 11, 2026 · Brevo Transactional Email: official product and plan documentation
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| Sender domains | Not verified |
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| Log retention | Flexible log retention is advertised; a numeric retention window is not stated on this page. Verified Oct 11, 2026 · Brevo Transactional Email: official product and plan documentation |
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| Webhooks and events | Event webhooks and real-time tracking are listed. Verified Oct 11, 2026 · Brevo Transactional Email: official product and plan documentation
| Tracking, analytics and webhooks are listed from the Free plan up. Basic, Foundation and Scale cards list them too. Verified Oct 11, 2026 · Mailgun: official product and plan documentation |
| Dedicated IP | Dedicated IPs with custom warming schedules are offered to high-volume senders; no price is published. Verified Oct 11, 2026 · Brevo Transactional Email: official product and plan documentation
| Extra dedicated IPs cost USD 59 per IP a month. Verified Oct 11, 2026 · Mailgun: official product and plan documentation
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| Support |
| Ticket, chat and phone support depend on the plan. Verified Oct 11, 2026 · Mailgun: official product and plan documentation
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| Overage charges | Pay-as-you-go email credits are an alternative to a plan: they do not expire and one email uses one credit. Pay-as-you-go does not include phone support; the credit price is not shown. Verified Oct 11, 2026 · Brevo: official pricing page | Extra emails are billed at the start of each month for the previous month, together with the plan fee. The first month is prorated. Verified Oct 11, 2026 · Mailgun: official product and plan documentation |
| Coverage note | Starting volume. | Starting allowance. |