A scalable delivery infrastructure
Integrations with a wide range of CMS solutions and frameworks
Solutions for improving email deliverability rates
Consistent sender reputation
Inbound email processing made easier
A ‘pay-as-you-grow’ option
Cons
A high learning curve for non-tech professionals
Logs are retained for a very limited amount of time on any plan
No functionality for exporting logs
Slow user interface
No way to address IP pool blacklisting
Issues with email delivery to Outlook and Hotmail accounts – email campaigns tend to be marked as spam
Poor customer support
Mailgun pricing
Mailgun pricing starts at $35/month. The lightest plan includes 50,000 emails, with $1 per extra 1,000 emails and $1.20 per 100 validations. Dedicated IP pools and SAML authentication are available only in the top-tier plan, starting at $59/month.
Mailgun isn’t cheap. While there’s a free 1-month list of iran cell phone numbers trial that users can enjoy before switching to a paid basic plan, the functionalities available on lower pricing tiers are incompatible with midsize companies.
Below is an overview of the plan pricing as well as the key features of Mailgun and its best alternatives.
Mailgun/Alternative Free Plans start at Email editor Transactional sending options Email marketing campaigns
Brevo
Up to 300 emails/ day forever
$15/20,000 emails/mo
Drag and drop, HTML, templates available
API/SMTP/ Plugins/marketing automation
Included
Mailgun 5,000 emails for 1 month $35/50,000 emails/mo & $1/1,000 emails PAG HTML or use Mailjet’s drag and drop editor API/SMTP Separate plan on Mailjet
MailerSend 12,000 emails/mo forever $25/50,000 emails/mo Drag and drop, HTML, templates available API/SMTP/webhooks Separate plan on MailerLite
SendGrid Up to 100 emails/ day forever $14.95/40,000 emails/mo HTML or drag and drop builder on email marketing plan API/SMTP/webhooks Separate plan
Postmark Up to 100 emails/ day forever $10/10,000 emails/mo HTML, CSS, text editor, templates available API/SMTP No
SMTP2GO Up to 1,000 emails/month $15/40,000 emails/mo HTML API/SMTP No
SparkPost Up to 100 emails/ day $20/50,000 emails/month HTML, text editor, templates available API/SMTP/webhooks No
SocketLabs Up to 2,000 emails/month forever $39.95/40,000 emails/month HTML, templates available API/SMTP Included
