Mailgun pricing
Market leader. Maturity: Established (12 months or more). Replaces SendGrid. Last checked 2026-10-20.
Visitors who say they use Mailgun: none yet. Self-reported, anonymous, and never used for order.
| plan | from $/mo | billed | source | checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | per emails sent a month | pricing page | 2026-10-20 |
| Basic | $15 | per emails sent a month | pricing page | 2026-10-20 |
| Foundation | $35 | per emails sent a month | pricing page | 2026-10-20 |
| Scale | $90 | per emails sent a month | pricing page | 2026-10-20 |
Free: 100 emails a day (about 3,000 a month), 1 custom sending domain, 1-day log retention. The page calls it "test us out".
Basic: 10,000 emails included, extra emails from $1.80 per 1,000.
Foundation: 50,000 emails included, extra emails from $1.30 per 1,000. Free for the first month.
Scale: 100,000 emails included, extra emails from $1.10 per 1,000. Free for the first month. The page says "from" for extra-email prices, so prices above the included volume are not shown here.
features recorded
| feature | status | from plan | note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sending API | yes | Free | |
| SMTP relay | yes | Free | |
| Domain authentication (SPF, DKIM) | yes | Free | |
| Event webhooks | yes | Free | |
| Email templates | yes | Free | Template builder and API are listed from Foundation. |
| Inbound email | yes | Free | 1 inbound route on Free, 5 on Basic, full routing from Foundation. |
| Dedicated IP address | partial | Foundation | Access from 50,000 emails a month; one included at 100,000 and above. |
| Suppression list | yes | Free | |
| Team access | yes | Foundation | Multi-user access starts on Foundation. |
| Single sign-on | yes | Scale | SAML SSO. |
| Uptime guarantee (SLA) | yes | Foundation | Guaranteed uptime SLA. |
compare
- +Cheaper alternatives to Mailgun: what each costs at every size, and what you would lose.
- +SendGrid alternatives: how Mailgun compares.
- +All transactional email tools, including Amazon SES, MailerSend, Postmark, Resend, SendGrid.
switches
Reported switches to Mailgun from other listed tools: none yet. Self-reported by visitors, shown as a raw count, and never used for ranking.
What people said they gave up (read first, one person's view each):
proof signals
- +Part of Sinch; the page says it is trusted to send over 600 billion emails a year (vendor claim)
details
- website
- www.mailgun.com
- hosting
- managed
- open source
- no