Mailgun
Mailgun — Developer-first transactional email API with SMTP relay, webhooks, and email validation service.
Our Verdict
Best for transactional emails (receipts, alerts). Mailgun offers subscription from $1.80.
Pros
- Transactional emails (receipts, alerts)
- SMS verification
- Multi-channel delivery (SMS, email, voice) from one API
Cons
- Internal team communication
- Marketing-only email campaigns
- Per-message pricing adds up at high send volumes
When to Use Mailgun
Good fit if you need
- Transactional emails (receipts, alerts)
- SMS verification
- Multi-channel notifications
Not the best choice if
- Internal team communication
- Marketing-only email campaigns
Consider instead: push-in-app-messaging
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Pricing
Price wrong?Mailgun Pricing
- Pricing Model
- subscription
- Free Tier
- Yes
- Free Tier Limits
- free plans are limited to 1 user per account
- Entry Price
- $1.80
- Enterprise Available
- Yes
- Transparency Score
- 5/5
Beta — estimates may differ from actual pricing
Estimated Monthly Cost
$25
Estimated Annual Cost
$300
Estimates are approximate and may not reflect current pricing. Always check the official pricing page.
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