Resend
Resend — Developer-first transactional email API with React Email support, webhooks, and domain management.
Our Verdict
Best for transactional emails (receipts, alerts). Resend offers $20/mo (Pro, 50K emails). Low vendor lock-in.
Pros
- Transactional emails (receipts, alerts)
- SMS verification
- Low lock-in — easy to migrate away
Cons
- Internal team communication
- Marketing-only email campaigns
- Per-message pricing adds up at high send volumes
When to Use Resend
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?Resend Pricing
- Pricing Model
- hybrid
- Free Tier
- Yes
- Free Tier Limits
- 3,000 emails/mo
- Entry Price
- $20/mo (Pro, 50K emails)
- Enterprise Available
- Yes
- Billing Complexity
- Low
- Transparency Score
- 4/5
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.
Scale
Lock-in Assessment
Low — REST API, SMTP, migration guides from competitors
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