Documentation-based comparison
Elastic Email versus Resend
Compare documented scope and conditions. Unknowns remain unknown; different billing units do not establish a cost winner.
| Requirement | Elastic Email | Resend |
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| Pricing | From $19/mo | From $20/mo |
| Who it is for | Email API and SMTP relay for transactional emails, notifications and bulk sending from your own software. Verified Oct 11, 2026 · Elastic Email: official product and plan documentation | Sends application email, such as password resets and order confirmations, through the /emails API; marketing broadcasts use a separate API. Verified Oct 11, 2026 · Resend: official product and plan documentation |
| Coverage limits | Starter does not list webhooks, inbound email processing or sub-accounts; only Pro adds them. Verified Oct 11, 2026 · Elastic Email API pricing, plan table and FAQ | Every account starts at 10 API requests per second, whatever the plan; an increase goes through support. Verified Oct 11, 2026 · Resend help: account quotas and limits |
| Sending volume | Paid tiers run from 50,000 to 10,000,000 emails a month. Verified Oct 11, 2026 · Elastic Email API pricing, plan table and FAQ
| Paid plans have no daily cap, but received emails and every To, CC and BCC recipient count toward the monthly quota. Verified Oct 11, 2026 · Resend help: account quotas and limits
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| Sender domains | Sending from your own domain with DNS validation, SPF and DKIM is listed in the plan table. No domain limit is stated. Verified Oct 11, 2026 · Elastic Email API pricing, plan table and FAQ | Pro and Scale can add 100 more domains for USD 20 a month; Enterprise limits are set by contract. Verified Oct 11, 2026 · Resend help: account quotas and limits
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| Log retention |
| Free and Pro: 30-day data retention. Verified Oct 11, 2026 · Resend: official product and plan documentation
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| Webhooks and events | Webhooks can report sends, opens, clicks, bounces, unsubscribes and other email events. Verified Oct 11, 2026 · Elastic Email: official product and plan documentation
| Pro: 5 webhook endpoints. Verified Oct 11, 2026 · Resend: official product and plan documentation
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| Dedicated IP |
| USD 30 a month add-on on Scale for customers sending more than 3,000 emails a day; Resend warms up, monitors and scales the IP. Verified Oct 11, 2026 · Resend: official product and plan documentation |
| Support | Free support by in-app messenger or email, with a response expected within 24 hours; a paid Dedicated Support add-on shortens response times. The add-on price is not shown. Verified Oct 11, 2026 · Elastic Email API pricing, plan table and FAQ | Slack support and an urgent-response SLA are not included on Free or Pro. Verified Oct 11, 2026 · Resend: official product and plan documentation
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| Overage charges | No per-email overage: on reaching the sending limit the plan upgrades automatically if auto-increase is on, or you upgrade manually. With auto-increase, the higher price applies only for the rest of the subscription period. Verified Oct 11, 2026 · Elastic Email API pricing, plan table and FAQ | Paid plans can keep sending past the monthly quota with pay-as-you-go, capped by default at 5 times the quota; sending then pauses until the next billing cycle. Support can adjust the cap. Verified Oct 11, 2026 · Resend help: account quotas and limits
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| Coverage note | The table shows two prices for the two paid plans. At the price shown; larger tiers are selected on the slider. | All webhook event types are available on every plan. |
