Best Transactional Email · head-to-head

Mailgun vs MailerSend

A sourced, side-by-side comparison for transactional email. Mailgun has the lower entry price. Every figure links to the public page it was captured from — the vendor's own wherever the vendor publishes the number, otherwise the named public source — with the date we captured it.

Mailgun has the lower entry price — Mailgun starts at $0/mo, MailerSend at $0/mo. Free tier: Mailgun Yes, MailerSend Yes. HIPAA: Mailgun —, MailerSend —.

As of 2026-09-03 · figures link to their source below

Side by side

Mailgun

$0/mo entry
Entry price$0/mo (Free)
Free tierYes
HIPAA (BAA)
SOC 2Yes
GDPRYes
Best forDevelopers needing a mature API with SDKs across 6+ languages

MailerSend

$0/mo entry
Entry price$0/mo (Free)
Free tierYes
HIPAA (BAA)
SOC 2
GDPRYes
Best forSaaS teams needing both transactional email and SMS from one API

Sources — Mailgun: mailgun.com (verified 2026-09-03) · MailerSend: mailersend.com (verified 2026-09-03)

Key features

Mailgun: SOC 2 Type II and ISO/IEC 27001 certified (under Sinch ownership); Real-time email validation API to clean lists before sending; Inbound email parsing and routing (webhooks from received emails); Send-time optimization for per-recipient best delivery timing; SAML SSO on Scale tier and above

MailerSend: Drag-and-drop, HTML, and rich-text template editors in one platform; Transactional SMS API for US and Canada alongside email; DMARC monitoring dashboard; MCP server integration (advertised as NEW feature); GDPR-compliant data handling with EU data residency support

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