MailerSend versus Mailgun

Price

• MailerSend From $7/mo
  • Free: no subscription charge
  • Hobby: $7.00 monthly
  • Hobby: $75.60 annual ($6.30/mo equivalent)
  • Starter: $35.00 monthly
  • Starter: $378.00 annual ($31.50/mo equivalent)
  • Professional: $110.00 monthly
• Mailgun From $15/mo
  • Free: no subscription charge
  • Basic: $15.00 monthly
  • Foundation: $35.00 monthly
  • Scale: $90.00 monthly
  • Enterprise: Vendor quotation required

Both list prices on the same basis. Compare what each plan includes; the lower amount alone does not make the better choice.

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Sending volume

MailerSend Free: 500 emails per monthHobby: 5,000 emails per monthStarter: 50,000 emails per monthProfessional: 50,000 emails per month

Mailgun Free: 100 emails per dayBasic: 10,000 emails per monthFoundation: 50,000 emails per monthScale: 100,000 emails per month

Sender domains

MailerSend An extra domain space costs USD 4.00; the billing period is not stated.Free: 1 sending domainHobby: 1 sending domainStarter: 10 sending domainsProfessional: Unlimited, subject to the plan-limits policy

Mailgun Free: 1 custom sending domainBasic: 1 custom sending domainFoundation: 1,000 custom sending domainsScale: 1,000 custom sending domains

Log retention

MailerSend Searchable activity data can be extended up to 365 days, from USD 5.00.Free: 1 day of activity dataHobby: 1 day of activity dataStarter: 7 days of activity dataProfessional: 30 days of activity data

Mailgun Free: 1 day of logsBasic: 1 day of logsFoundation: 5 days of logsScale: 30 days of logs

Webhooks and events

MailerSend Free: 1 webhookHobby: 1 webhookStarter: 50 webhooksProfessional: Unlimited, subject to the plan-limits policy

Mailgun Tracking, analytics and webhooks are listed from the Free plan up.

Dedicated IP

MailerSend Dedicated IPs are only for Enterprise accounts sending more than 100,000 emails a week.

Mailgun Extra dedicated IPs cost USD 59 per IP a month.Foundation: Available from the 50,000-email tier; one IP included from 100,000 emails a monthScale: One dedicated IP included, plus dedicated IP pools

Support

MailerSend Free: LimitedHobby: Email supportStarter: Email and live chat supportProfessional: Priority email support, live chat and onboarding assistance

Mailgun Ticket, chat and phone support depend on the plan.Free: Ticket supportScale: Live phone and chat support

Overage charges

MailerSend Sending continues past the monthly quota and extra emails are billed per 1,000; the email count resets every 30 days.

Mailgun Extra emails are billed at the start of each month for the previous month, together with the plan fee.

Limits to check

• MailerSend Daily API requests are capped by plan: 100 on Free, 1,000 on Hobby, 100,000 on Starter and 500,000 on Professional.
• Mailgun 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.

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Next steps

• MailerSend profile and plans · View MailerSend pricing
• Mailgun profile and plans · View Mailgun pricing