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What can I use instead of Mailgun?
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Sep 23, 2026
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If you’re looking for alternatives to Mailgun for sending transactional or marketing emails, here are some solid options:
Popular Mailgun alternatives
- SendGrid – Very common, good APIs, deliverability tools, templates, and analytics.
- Amazon SES – Very low cost, highly scalable, but more technical to set up.
- Postmark – Excellent for transactional email; known for strong deliverability and simplicity.
- Mailchimp Transactional (formerly Mandrill) – Useful if you already use Mailchimp.
- SparkPost – Strong analytics and deliverability features.
- Brevo (Sendinblue) – Good for both transactional and marketing email.
- Resend – Developer-friendly, modern API, good for app emails.
- Elastic Email – Budget-friendly with a broad feature set.
- SMTP2GO – Easy setup and reliable SMTP delivery.
Best choice depends on your use case
- Transactional emails (password resets, receipts): Postmark, Resend, Amazon SES
- Marketing emails/newsletters: Brevo, SendGrid, Mailchimp
- Lowest cost at scale: Amazon SES
- Simplest developer experience: Resend, Postmark
If you want, I can also compare these by price, deliverability, API ease, or SMTP support.