Maileroo vs Mailgun (2026): which should you pick?

Pick Maileroo if

• Fits if you want to send and receive mail through one account
• Works for developers who want test inboxes next to their sending

Look elsewhere if

• Skip it if you need a dedicated IP below $72 a month, as lower plans use shared IPs
• Tight if you stay free, with inbound capped at 1,000 and test emails at 100 a month
• Watch out: prices on the page are monthly and no yearly option is shown
• Watch out: Maileroo Verify is separate, at $0.03 per successful check plus the channel fee

Pick Mailgun if

• Fits if your app needs to receive email and pass it on to a webhook
• Works for teams whose email data has to stay in the EU

Look elsewhere if

• Tight if you're on Free or Basic, with 1 sending domain and 1 day of logs
• Not for you if you want an editor to write and send campaigns, since it's all code
• Pricey if you need a dedicated IP, which starts with Scale at $90 a month, with extra IPs at $59 each
• Watch out: inbox placement tests and reputation monitoring are a separate product, Mailgun Optimize
• Watch out: Free stops at 100 emails a day, and Basic charges $1.80 per 1,000 past 10,000

Maileroo

• A dedicated IP starts at the Pro plan ($72 a month); lower plans send from shared IPs.
• Prices on the page are monthly; no yearly billing option is shown.
• The free plan caps inbound email at 1,000 a month and test emails at 100.
• Maileroo Verify, a separate one-time-code service, costs $0.03 per successful verification plus the channel fee, billed from a prepaid balance.

Mailgun

• Free and Basic allow 1 sending domain and keep 1 day of logs; unlimited users and 1,000 domains start with Foundation at $35 a month.
• There is no send button: Mailgun sends through code, not a campaign editor.
• A dedicated IP comes with Scale at $90 a month; extra IPs are $59 each a month.
• Inbox placement tests and reputation monitoring are a separate product, Mailgun Optimize.

Maileroo

SMTP relay and REST API

Send through SMTP credentials or the REST API, with official SDKs, dynamic templates and streams. Both are available on every plan.

Inbound routing

Receive mail with expression rules, catch-all and regex matching, forwarders and parsed JSON webhooks. Inbound volume is capped by plan.

Email testing

Test emails go to SMTP sinks and inboxes, with client previews in light and dark, spam scoring and authentication checks. The monthly test allowance grows with the plan.

Delivery handling

Automatic IP warmup, bounce and complaint classification, suppression lists, and SPF, DKIM and DMARC enforcement come with every plan.

Event tracking

Track delivery, opens, clicks and bounces, with an event timeline per message that can be filtered by domain, tag or recipient.

Mailgun

Email API and SMTP relay

Send from an app through a RESTful HTTP API or SMTP, with SDKs for Go, Node.js, PHP, Java, Ruby and Python, plus an MCP server.

Inbound routing

Receive email and forward it to your app or a webhook by rules called routes: 1 on Free, 5 on Basic and unlimited from Foundation.

Email validation

Check addresses by API or upload a whole list; Scale includes 5,000 validations and other plans pay from $1.20 per 100.

US or EU data regions

One account can send through either the US or the EU region, so message data can stay in the region you choose.

Logs, analytics and webhooks

Tracking, bounce classification and event webhooks on every plan, with log retention growing from 1 day on Free and Basic to 30 days on Scale.

Dedicated IPs

Scale includes a dedicated IP, IP pools and automated warm-up; more IPs cost $59 each a month.

Maileroo

• Free$0

  3,000 outbound and 1,000 inbound emails a month, 2 sending domains, 100 test emails and 5 test inboxes.

• Basic$10

  per month for 25,000 outbound emails

  25,000 inbound emails, unlimited sending domains, 1,000 test emails and Trigger Actions.

• Starter$15

  per month for 50,000 outbound emails

  50,000 inbound emails, unlimited sending domains and 5,000 test emails.

• Premium$30

  per month for 100,000 outbound emails

  100,000 inbound emails, unlimited sending domains and 10,000 test emails.

• Pro$72

  per month for 250,000 outbound emails

  Adds one dedicated IP. 250,000 inbound emails and 25,000 test emails. An Ultimate step at $140 a month covers 500,000 outbound emails.

• Enterprise$250

  per month for 1,000,000 outbound emails

  One dedicated IP, 1,000,000 inbound emails and 125,000 test emails. Higher volumes are handled through the Contact Us link.

Mailgun

• Free$0

  100 emails a day, 1 sending domain, 2 API keys, 1 inbound route, 1 day of log retention and ticket support.

• Basic$15

  per month for 10,000 emails

  No daily limit, 1 sending domain, 5 inbound routes, 1 day of logs. Extra emails $1.80 per 1,000.

• Foundation$35

  per month for 50,000 emails

  1,000 sending domains, unlimited users, template builder, 5 days of logs, full inbound routing. Extra emails from $1.30 per 1,000; first month free.

• Scale$90

  per month for 100,000 emails

  Dedicated IP and IP pools, SAML SSO, 5,000 validations, send-time optimization, chat and phone support, 30 days of logs. Extra emails from $1.10 per 1,000.

• EnterpriseCustom

  Everything in Scale plus custom features, deliverability services and a burst sending SLA.