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Mailazy 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 2.2.

Checked Oct 18, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 · graded Oct 18, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA

Mailazy grades higher on the free plan. Resend grades higher on value for money and features. They get the same grade on ease of use and platforms.

Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.

Mailazy

Behavioral emails for product teams, sent through your own SMTP

Free plan · from $49/mo
Full detailsmailazy.com

Resend

Developer email API with React Email templates and a free tier

Free plan · from $20/mo
Full detailsresend.com

Which one is for you

Pick Mailazy if

  • Fits if you run a product with a few thousand users and want emails triggered by behaviour
  • Works for teams that already pay for SES, SendGrid or Mailgun

Look elsewhere if

  • Skip it if you want one bill, as the SMTP sending is paid to a separate provider
  • Pricey if you need behavioral rules, which start at $49 a month and allow just 1 on Pro
  • Tight if you stay free, with 1 automation and 1,000 contacts
  • Watch out: SSO and white label need Business at $199 a month
  • Watch out: the page does not say whether the free plan includes behavioral rules

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

2.2GPAMailazyFair2.6GPAResendGood
Value for money
DPro is $49 a month billed monthly for 2 seats, against $15 in the middle of email tools, and the behavioral email rules are limited to 1 on that plan. Business is $199.
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
BFree covers 1 seat, 1,000 contacts, 5,000 emails a month, newsletters and 1 automation, enough for a small list. The page does not say if free includes the behavioral rules.
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
CBehavioral emails, automations, newsletters and AI drafts. It sends nothing itself, so you pay an SMTP provider on top, and SSO and white label need Business.
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 rating on record. You connect your own SMTP provider and set up events and rules before it does anything.
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
BWeb service that works with Amazon SES, SendGrid, Mailgun, Claude and ChatGPT. No desktop or phone app.
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 forbehavioral emails sent through your own SMTPdevelopers 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: Mailazy and Resend. How we grade

Price against what you get

Mailazy starts at $49 a month and scores 2.3 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 $29 a month lower. Of the other email sending services on the chart, 15 score higher than Mailazy for less, and none scores higher than Resend for less.

Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged

D1.0C2.0B3.0A4.0Free$1$2$5$10$20$50$100$200$500$1kMore for lessCosts more, scores moreCosts less, scores lessCosts more, scores lessMailazyResend

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
The full chart of email sending services, and the best at every price

Where they differ

  • Mailazy also covers marketing automation and workflow automation.
  • Resend also covers transactional email.
In commonFree planWebPublic APIAI featuresEmail campaigns

At a glance

MailazyResend
PricingFree planFree plan
Starts at$49 per month, billed monthly$20 per month for 50,000 emails, billed monthly
Free plan1 team member, 1,000 contacts, 5,000 emails a month, newsletters and 1 automation.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 trialNone listedNone listed
Web
Made byMailazyResend
Price read frommailazy.comresend.com
CheckedNov 13, 2026Oct 18, 2026

Worth knowing

Mailazy

  • Mailazy does not send mail itself; you pay your SMTP provider separately for the emails.
  • The free plan allows 1 automation and the Pro plan 1 behavioral email rule, with 10 on Business.
  • SSO and white label need the Business plan at $199 per month.
  • The page does not say whether the Free plan includes the behavioral email rules.

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

Mailazy

Behavioral emails
Rules sent when users do, or stop doing, something in the product, written in plain English.
Automations
A visual canvas for drip sequences with waits between emails.
Newsletters
Send and schedule newsletters, with open and click reports and UTM tags on links.
Email designer and AI drafts
Block-based designer with templates; AI drafts start on the Pro plan.
Chat control
An MCP integration lets Claude or ChatGPT operate the account.
Bring your own SMTP
Sending goes through your own provider, such as Amazon SES, billed by that provider.

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

Mailazy

  • Free$0

    1 team member, 1,000 contacts, 5,000 emails a month, newsletters and 1 automation, with docs and community help.

  • Pro$49

    per month for 2 team members, billed monthly ($490 billed yearly)

    25,000 contacts, 100,000 emails a month, automations, AI drafts, 1 behavioral email rule and email support.

  • Business$199

    per month for 5 team members, billed monthly ($1,990 billed yearly)

    Unlimited contacts and emails, 10 behavioral email rules, SSO, white label and priority support.

  • EnterpriseCustom

    Unlimited team members and rules, 99.9% uptime SLA, SOC 2 report and DPA, private cloud and data residency add-ons.

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

Mailazy

  • Annual discount

    2 months free with yearly billing

    Pro is $490 a year and Business $1,990 a year, against $49 and $199 a month.

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, Mailazy or Resend?

As of Nov 13, 2026, Resend is cheaper to start with: $20 a month, against $49 a month for Mailazy. Mailazy starts at $49 per month, billed monthly, and Resend starts at $20 per month for 50,000 emails, billed monthly.

Which has a free plan, Mailazy or Resend?

As of Nov 13, 2026, both Mailazy and Resend have a free plan.

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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.
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