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

Pick Mailganer if

• Fits if your list is under 500 contacts and you want it free
• Works for teams that want SMTP, campaigns and validation from one vendor

Look elsewhere if

• Skip it if you want a clear price, because the calculator figures differ between versions of the page
• Tight if your list grows past 500 contacts, which ends the free tier
• Watch out: email validation is $0.0054 per address up to 10,000, billed on top
• Watch out: online store triggers are priced by site sessions, $34 a month up to 25,000
• Pricey if you need the Special plan, which the vendor aims at bases above 200,000

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

Mailganer

• The pricing page computes plan prices with a calculator, and the figures differ between the plain page and the rendered page, so no plan price is recorded here.
• SMTP transport is $0.68 per 1,000 emails up to 100,000 a month, $0.54 from 100,000 to 500,000 and $0.41 from 500,000 to 2,000,000.
• Email validation costs $0.0054 per address up to 10,000 and product recommendations and subscriber validation are not part of the paid tariff.
• Triggers for online stores are priced by site sessions: $34 a month up to 25,000 sessions.

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.

Mailganer

Bulk and triggered mailings

Segmented bulk sends and automatic triggered emails, with forms for collecting subscribers.

Drag and drop editor

Layouts built from a master template.

API and webhooks

API access and webhook integration on paid plans.

SMTP transport

Separate SMTP sending priced per 1,000 emails, with a dedicated IP and your own DKIM possible.

Email validation

A database check before a mailing, billed per address.

Own-server deployment

Enterprise options install the platform on the customer's servers.

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.

Mailganer

• Free$0

  Access is free for accounts with a base of up to 500 contacts.

• YearCustom

  Paid per year by number of emails sent. The page's calculator shows no fixed entry step in readable text.

• ProfessionalCustom

  Paid per month by number of contacts in the database; the vendor suggests it for bases under 200,000.

• SpecialCustom

  Paid per month by number of emails sent; the vendor suggests it for bases above 200,000.

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.