# AhaSend vs Mailgun

Canonical: https://inetgeek.com/compare/ahasend-vs-mailgun/

Every value below is read from AhaSend's and Mailgun's own documentation. See https://inetgeek.com/methodology/ for how.

## At a glance

| Criterion | AhaSend | Mailgun |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Free tier | Yes | Yes |
| Entry paid plan | $10/month for Pro; Max is $80/month. | $15/month for Basic, described as a starting price. |
| Pricing model | Volume plans on EU multi-region infrastructure, with retention as a plan axis rather than a fixed policy — every tier states a range, and the floor is zero on the paid plans. | Monthly plan by volume with per-1,000 overage, and email validations billed separately at around $1.20 per 100. |
| Emails included | 25,000 a month on Pro and 100,000 on Max. The free plan allows 1,000. | 10,000 a month on Basic; 50,000 on Foundation at $35. The free plan is capped at 100 a day rather than a monthly figure. |
| Log retention | Configurable rather than fixed: 1 to 7 days on the free plan, 0 to 14 on Pro and 0 to 30 on Max. The lower bound of zero means retention can be turned off entirely. | 1 day on Free and Basic; 5 days of logs and 1 day of message retention on Foundation. |
| Dedicated IP | Limited | Limited |

## Where they differ

### Entry paid plan

- AhaSend: $10/month for Pro; Max is $80/month. ([source](https://ahasend.com/pricing))
- Mailgun: $15/month for Basic, described as a starting price. ([source](https://www.mailgun.com/pricing))

### Pricing model

- AhaSend: Volume plans on EU multi-region infrastructure, with retention as a plan axis rather than a fixed policy — every tier states a range, and the floor is zero on the paid plans. ([source](https://ahasend.com/pricing))
- Mailgun: Monthly plan by volume with per-1,000 overage, and email validations billed separately at around $1.20 per 100. ([source](https://www.mailgun.com/pricing))

### Emails included

- AhaSend: 25,000 a month on Pro and 100,000 on Max. The free plan allows 1,000. ([source](https://ahasend.com/pricing))
- Mailgun: 10,000 a month on Basic; 50,000 on Foundation at $35. The free plan is capped at 100 a day rather than a monthly figure. ([source](https://www.mailgun.com/pricing))

### Log retention

- AhaSend: Configurable rather than fixed: 1 to 7 days on the free plan, 0 to 14 on Pro and 0 to 30 on Max. The lower bound of zero means retention can be turned off entirely. ([source](https://ahasend.com/pricing))
- Mailgun: 1 day on Free and Basic; 5 days of logs and 1 day of message retention on Foundation. ([source](https://www.mailgun.com/pricing))

## Which should you choose?

Pick AhaSend if EU-resident sending where you want to choose how long message data is kept — retention is a setting with a floor of zero on paid plans, not a policy you inherit.

Pick Mailgun if Senders who want inbound routing included from the free plan up, and who treat the message log as a debugging tool rather than a record.

Consider something else: AhaSend — The published table stops at 100,000 emails and does not state a per-thousand overage rate, so what happens past the plan ceiling is not documented.

Consider something else: Mailgun — One day of log retention on the entry plan is the shortest here by a wide margin, and the overage rate is quoted as "from", so the number you plan against is a floor.

## Documented by only one

- Price per 1,000 over: Mailgun: From $1.80 per 1,000 on Basic and from $1.30 on Foundation. Mailgun writes "from", so these are floors rather than fixed rates.
- Inbound email: Mailgun: Supported

## Questions this comparison answers

**Entry paid plan: AhaSend or Mailgun?**

AhaSend: $10/month for Pro; Max is $80/month.
Mailgun: $15/month for Basic, described as a starting price.

**Should I choose AhaSend or Mailgun?**

Pick AhaSend if EU-resident sending where you want to choose how long message data is kept — retention is a setting with a floor of zero on paid plans, not a policy you inherit.
Pick Mailgun if Senders who want inbound routing included from the free plan up, and who treat the message log as a debugging tool rather than a record.