# MailerSend vs Resend

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

## At a glance

| Criterion | MailerSend | Resend |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Entry paid plan | $31.50/month for Starter, billed $378 a year. Professional is $99/month, billed $1,188. | $20/month for Pro, the cheapest paid plan. |
| 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 with an included allowance, then $0.90 per 1,000 beyond it. Domains, dedicated IPs and SSO are priced as separate add-ons at $20, $30 and $150 a month. |
| Emails included | 50,000 a month on both Starter and Professional — the plans differ on features and SMS allowance rather than email volume. | 50,000 emails a month on Pro, the cheapest paid plan; 100,000 on Scale. The free plan allows 3,000 a month and caps the day at 100. |
| Price per 1,000 over | $1.30 per 1,000 emails on both Starter and Professional. | $0.90 per 1,000 on Pro and Scale, charged automatically in buckets of 1,000. Paid plans only — the free plan stops at its limit. |
| 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. | 30 days. |

## 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))
- Resend: $20/month for Pro, the cheapest paid plan. ([source](https://resend.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))
- Resend: Monthly plan with an included allowance, then $0.90 per 1,000 beyond it. Domains, dedicated IPs and SSO are priced as separate add-ons at $20, $30 and $150 a month. ([source](https://resend.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))
- Resend: 50,000 emails a month on Pro, the cheapest paid plan; 100,000 on Scale. The free plan allows 3,000 a month and caps the day at 100. ([source](https://resend.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))
- Resend: $0.90 per 1,000 on Pro and Scale, charged automatically in buckets of 1,000. Paid plans only — the free plan stops at its limit. ([source](https://resend.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))
- Resend: 30 days. ([source](https://resend.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 Resend if Projects that want a generous paid allowance for the money — 50,000 emails at $20 is several times what the same spend buys at Postmark or Mailgun.

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: Resend — Log retention is 30 days and not extendable, and a dedicated IP needs the Scale plan plus 3,000 emails a day before it is offered at all.

## Documented by only one

- Free tier: Resend: Yes
- Dedicated IP: Resend: Limited

## Questions this comparison answers

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

MailerSend: $31.50/month for Starter, billed $378 a year. Professional is $99/month, billed $1,188.
Resend: $20/month for Pro, the cheapest paid plan.

**Should I choose MailerSend or Resend?**

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 Resend if Projects that want a generous paid allowance for the money — 50,000 emails at $20 is several times what the same spend buys at Postmark or Mailgun.