# MailerSend vs Mailgun

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

## At a glance

| Criterion | MailerSend | Mailgun |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Entry paid plan | $31.50/month for Starter, billed $378 a year. Professional is $99/month, billed $1,188. | $15/month for Basic, described as a starting price. |
| Pricing model | Volume plans quoted in USD, EUR or GBP, with SMS metered separately from email and a 500,000 daily API request ceiling on Professional. Annual billing is twelve months at a discount rather than ten. | Monthly plan by volume with per-1,000 overage, and email validations billed separately at around $1.20 per 100. |
| Emails included | 50,000 a month on both Starter and Professional — the plans differ on features and SMS allowance rather than email volume. | 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. |
| Price per 1,000 over | $1.30 per 1,000 emails on both Starter and Professional. | 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. |
| Log retention | Two windows, which no other provider here separates: 7 days of API logs and 30 days of activity data on Professional; 7-day activity data on Starter. | 1 day on Free and Basic; 5 days of logs and 1 day of message retention on Foundation. |

## Where they differ

### Entry paid plan

- MailerSend: $31.50/month for Starter, billed $378 a year. Professional is $99/month, billed $1,188. ([source](https://www.mailersend.com/pricing))
- Mailgun: $15/month for Basic, described as a starting price. ([source](https://www.mailgun.com/pricing))

### Pricing model

- MailerSend: Volume plans quoted in USD, EUR or GBP, with SMS metered separately from email and a 500,000 daily API request ceiling on Professional. Annual billing is twelve months at a discount rather than ten. ([source](https://www.mailersend.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

- MailerSend: 50,000 a month on both Starter and Professional — the plans differ on features and SMS allowance rather than email volume. ([source](https://www.mailersend.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))

### Price per 1,000 over

- MailerSend: $1.30 per 1,000 emails on both Starter and Professional. ([source](https://www.mailersend.com/pricing))
- 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. ([source](https://www.mailgun.com/pricing))

### Log retention

- MailerSend: Two windows, which no other provider here separates: 7 days of API logs and 30 days of activity data on Professional; 7-day activity data on Starter. ([source](https://www.mailersend.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 MailerSend if Teams sending email and SMS from one provider who need a longer activity window than a debugging log — 30 days of activity data against 7 days of API logs is a distinction the rest of this category does not draw.

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: MailerSend — Both paid tiers include the same 50,000 emails, so paying three times more buys features rather than volume, and the entry price is the highest here.

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

- Free tier: Mailgun: Yes
- Dedicated IP: Mailgun: Limited
- Inbound email: Mailgun: Supported

## Questions this comparison answers

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

MailerSend: $31.50/month for Starter, billed $378 a year. Professional is $99/month, billed $1,188.
Mailgun: $15/month for Basic, described as a starting price.

**Should I choose MailerSend or Mailgun?**

Pick MailerSend if Teams sending email and SMS from one provider who need a longer activity window than a debugging log — 30 days of activity data against 7 days of API logs is a distinction the rest of this category does not draw.
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.