Mailgun alternatives
Providers that compete with Mailgun on at least one of: Transactional
Developer-leaning email infra, owned by Sinch.
Switching as SaaS product teams
A SaaS product sends on behalf of its customers, so the deciding factors are tenant isolation, whether suppressions can be scoped rather than global, and whether support can answer why one specific account did not receive one specific email. Lifecycle automation and transactional sending usually need to coexist.
Mailgun does not cover operating track record and best published rate per 1,000, and none of the alternatives below close that gap either. If it is a hard requirement, the shortlist has to widen beyond this category.
ranked for SaaS product teams
- 01
MailerSend
TransactionalModern transactional API with a clean UI.
Matches Mailgun on every priority weighed here, so the decision is price and preference.
500/mo permanent · $7/mo for 5,000 emails - 02
Postmark
TransactionalTransactional-only, fast and well-delivered.
Gives up scheduling against Mailgun and adds nothing on these priorities.
100/mo developer plan · $15/mo for 10,000 emails - 03
Mailtrap
Transactional TestingOriginally a staging inbox, now a sender too.
Gives up scheduling against Mailgun and adds nothing on these priorities.
4,000/mo (sending), free testing tier · $15/mo for 10,000 sending - 04
SMTP2GO
TransactionalReliable SMTP relay with strong deliverability.
Gives up scheduling against Mailgun and adds nothing on these priorities.
1,000/mo permanent · $10/mo for 10,000 emails - 05
Cloudflare Email Service
Inbound TransactionalFree routing, programmable inbound via Workers, sending in beta.
Gives up scheduling and webhook coverage against Mailgun and adds nothing on these priorities.
Email Routing free; Email Workers on Workers Free plan · Sending: $0.35 per 1,000 messages (Workers Paid required, $5/mo) - 06
Loops
Marketing TransactionalModern lifecycle and broadcast email for SaaS.
Gives up multi-tenant support against Mailgun and adds nothing on these priorities.
1,000 contacts and 4,000 sends/mo on the Free plan · $49/mo for 5,000 contacts - 07
Resend
TransactionalEmail API tightly coupled to React Email.
Gives up multi-tenant support against Mailgun and adds nothing on these priorities.
3,000/mo permanent, capped at 100/day, one domain · $20/mo for 50,000 emails - 08
Brevo
Transactional MarketingAll-in-one with a generous daily free tier.
Gives up multi-tenant support against Mailgun and adds nothing on these priorities.
300/day permanent · $9/mo for 5,000 emails
Mailgun and its alternatives, side by side
Columns are the priorities SaaS product teams weigh, in order. Mailgun is the first row so the trade in each direction is readable at a glance.
| Provider | Multi-tenant | Event stream | Suppressions API | Operating since | Scheduling | Best published rate per 1,000 | Webhooks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mailgun | Yes | Yes | Yes | 2010 | Yes | $0.70 | Yes |
| MailerSend | Yes | Yes | Yes | 2020 | Yes | Tiers not published in comparable form | Yes |
| Postmark | Yes | Yes | Yes | 2010 | No | $1.50 | Yes |
| Mailtrap | Yes | Yes | Yes | 2014 | No | Tiers not published in comparable form | Yes |
| SMTP2GO | Yes | Yes | Yes | 2006 | No | Tiers not published in comparable form | Yes |
| Cloudflare Email Service | Yes | Yes | Yes | Not published | No | Tiers not published in comparable form | No |
| Loops | No | Yes | Yes | 2022 | Yes | Tiers not published in comparable form | Yes |
| Resend | No | Yes | Yes | 2023 | Yes | $0.35 | Yes |
| Brevo | No | Yes | Yes | 2012 | Yes | Tiers not published in comparable form | Yes |
Nothing on this list is a clean upgrade: every alternative trades something away against Mailgun on these priorities, so the choice depends on which of them the build actually needs.
before you switch
Mailgun pricing, tier by tier
All 3 paid tiers with effective cost per 1,000 emails. Worth checking whether the cost curve, rather than the feature set, is what is prompting the switch.