AutoSend vs Resend (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 13, 2026, we pick Resend: it is first in our ranking of email sending services, and it grades higher too, 2.6 against 2.0.
Checked Oct 18, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 · graded Oct 18, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA
AutoSend grades higher on value for money. Resend grades higher on the free plan, features and platforms. They get the same grade on ease of use.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
AutoSend
Transactional and marketing email API with volume-based plans
Resend
Developer email API with React Email templates and a free tier
Which one is for you
Pick AutoSend if
- Fits if you send a few thousand app emails a month and want the lowest bill
- Works for small projects that only need transactional mail, not campaigns
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you want a free plan or a trial, as the entry price is $1 a month
- Too light for webhooks on Hobby: they start on the $10 Starter plan
- Pricey if you go past your quota, with extra emails at $0.0020 each on the lower tiers
- Watch out: marketing is a paid add-on at every size, for example $5 instead of $1 on Hobby
- Watch out: refunds only cover paid plans with no usage, within 7 days, and Hobby isn't eligible
Pick Resend if
- Fits if you build in React or Next.js and want emails written as components
- Works for apps or AI agents that need inboxes that send and receive by API
Look elsewhere if
- Pricey if you need a dedicated IP, at $30 a month on top of the $90 Scale plan and over 3,000 emails a day
- Tight if you need SSO, which is a $150 a month add-on on Scale
- Skip it if you want to pay yearly for a discount, since billing is monthly only
- Watch out: the free plan stops at 100 emails a day, and the next step up is Pro at $20
- Watch out: marketing email is priced separately by contacts, from $40 a month for 5,000
How we grade them
| 2.0GPAAutoSendFair | 2.6GPAResendGood | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | A$1 a month for 3,000 transactional emails. Email sending tools start at $9 for the cheaper quarter, so this is well under 60% of that. | BGraded on 50,000 emails a month: Pro is $20 for exactly that, in the lowest-priced quarter of this category at that volume, with 10 domains and no daily limit. There's no yearly discount, and extra emails are $0.90 per 1,000. |
| Free plan and trial | FNo free plan and no trial. The vendor says the $1 price is there to keep abuse off shared IPs, and Hobby isn't refundable. | CFree for good: 3,000 emails a month, but only 100 a day, with 3 domains, 1 webhook and 30 days of logs. Marketing email is free up to 1,000 contacts too. A launch day with more than 100 sign-ups hits that daily cap. |
| Features | CEmail API, SMTP, domain warm-up and validation, and a marketing tier with campaigns. Hobby has no webhooks and only 7 days of data kept. | BAPI, SMTP, SDKs, React Email templates, inbound email and inboxes for AI agents, signed webhooks, a test mode and broadcasts. It covers the job. No address validation is on record, and dedicated IPs need Scale. |
| Ease of use | CNo store rating on record. You add sending domains and set up DNS before anything goes out. | CJudged on how fast a developer sends a first email: SDKs for most languages and React templates for web developers, and test mode fakes events without emailing anyone. You still verify a domain first. No rating on record. |
| Platforms and integrations | CWeb dashboard with a REST API and SMTP. No integrations list on its pages. | BWeb, with an API, SMTP, SDKs and MCP, and it works with Next.js, Remix, Nuxt, Express, Hono and Astro. No desktop or phone app, so B is the top. |
| Best for | cheap transactional email with an API | developers building with React and Next.js |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: AutoSend and Resend. How we grade
Price against what you get
AutoSend starts at $1 a month and scores 2.0 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Resend starts at $20 a month and scores 2.7.
Resend scores higher, and starts $19 a month higher: the question is whether the extra is worth that to you. Of the other email sending services on the chart, 1 scores higher than AutoSend for less, and none scores higher than Resend for less.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Where they differ
- AutoSend also covers marketing automation.
At a glance
| AutoSend | Resend | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Paid | Free plan |
| Starts at | $1 per month for up to 3,000 emails, transactional only | $20 per month for 50,000 emails, billed monthly |
| Free plan | None | 3,000 transactional emails a month, limited to 100 a day, 3 domains, 3 inboxes, 1 webhook endpoint and 30 days of logs. Marketing email free up to 1,000 contacts. |
| Free trial | None listed | None listed |
| Web | ||
| Made by | Peerlist Inc. | Resend |
| Price read from | autosend.com | resend.com |
| Checked | Nov 13, 2026 | Oct 18, 2026 |
Worth knowing
AutoSend
- There is no free plan; the vendor says the $1 Hobby price is meant to deter abuse on shared IPs.
- Emails beyond the monthly quota are billed at $0.0020 each on the lower tiers, or packs of 1,000 can be bought.
- Refunds are available only on paid plans with no usage, requested within 7 days; Hobby is not eligible.
- Webhooks are not included on the Hobby plan.
Resend
- Billing is monthly only; there are no annual plans or yearly discounts.
- There is no plan between Free and the $20 Pro plan, and the free plan caps sending at 100 emails a day.
- Dedicated IPs cost $30 a month and need the Scale plan and more than 3,000 emails a day; SSO is a $150 a month add-on on Scale.
- Marketing email is priced separately by contacts, from $40 a month for 5,000; broadcasts do not use the transactional quota.
Key features
AutoSend
- Email API and SMTP
- A RESTful email API is included on every tier, with inbound email parsing and webhooks on plans above Hobby.
- Marketing campaigns
- The marketing-plus-transactional tier adds campaigns, lists and segments, automation and campaign analytics.
- Domain warmup and validation
- Domain warmup, email validation and suppression handling are listed with the plan features.
- Volume-based pricing
- Plans step up by monthly emails, from 3,000 to 1.5 million, and the marketing tier lists contact limits that rise with the step.
- Dedicated IPs
- Dedicated IPs are an add-on, offered to senders above 200,000 emails a month.
Resend
- API, SMTP and SDKs
- Send through a REST API or SMTP relay, with official SDKs for Node.js, Python, Ruby, PHP, Go, Rust, Java, Elixir and .NET, plus batch sending and scheduling.
- React Email templates
- Build email templates as React components with TypeScript and Tailwind through the open-source React Email library, instead of hand-written HTML tables.
- Inbound email and inboxes
- Receive email through webhooks, parse content and attachments, and give your team or AI agents inboxes reachable by API and MCP; 3 are included.
- Webhooks and test mode
- Signed webhooks report deliveries, opens, clicks, bounces and complaints, and a test mode simulates events without emailing real people.
- Broadcasts and automations
- A visual editor, contact lists, segments and broadcast analytics for marketing email, sold as separate plans priced by contacts.
- Deliverability tools
- DKIM, SPF and DMARC setup, automatic suppression lists, bounce details, region choice and managed dedicated IPs on Scale.
Plans
AutoSend
Hobby$1
per month for up to 3,000 emails, transactional only
1 project, 3 sending domains, 50 templates, 7-day data retention and no webhooks. $5 a month adds marketing with 1,000 contacts.
Starter$10
per month for up to 10,000 emails, transactional only
5 projects, 10 domains, unlimited templates, webhooks and 30-day retention. $12 a month adds marketing; $22 covers 25,000 emails.
Growth$30
per month for up to 50,000 emails, transactional only
30 projects and domains, 60-day retention. $50 a month adds marketing; $80 covers 100,000 emails transactional only. Dedicated Slack support.
Scale$150
per month for up to 200,000 emails, transactional only
50 projects, 500 domains and Dedicated IP availability. $190 adds marketing; steps run up to $1,290 for 1.5 million emails with marketing.
EnterpriseCustom
For more than 1.5 million emails a month: custom pricing, a dedicated account manager and priority support.
Resend
Free$0
3,000 emails a month and 100 a day, 3 domains, 1 webhook endpoint, ticket support.
Pro$20
per month for 50,000 emails, billed monthly
No daily limit, 10 domains, 5 webhook endpoints, 100 AI credits. $35 a month at 100,000 emails; overage $0.90 per 1,000.
Scale$90
per month for 100,000 emails, billed monthly
1,000 domains, Slack support, urgent response SLA; dedicated IP and SSO as add-ons. $160 a month at 200,000 emails. Overage $0.90 per 1,000, less at higher tiers.
EnterpriseCustom
For 1 million or more emails a month: volume pricing, dedicated IPs, SSO, 99.99% uptime SLA and a dedicated success manager.
Ways to pay less
AutoSend
No public discounts listed.
Resend
- Nonprofit
50% off for nonprofits
Registered nonprofits can apply for 50% off paid plans. Resend says it does not offer education pricing.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, AutoSend or Resend?
As of Nov 13, 2026, AutoSend is cheaper to start with: $1 a month, against $20 a month for Resend. AutoSend starts at $1 per month for up to 3,000 emails, transactional only, and Resend starts at $20 per month for 50,000 emails, billed monthly.
Which has a free plan, AutoSend or Resend?
As of Nov 13, 2026, only Resend has a free plan. AutoSend does not.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.