Email APIs · side by side
Mailgun vs SendPulse Transactional Email
Compare Mailgun, SendPulse Transactional Email by sending volume, delivery webhooks, inbound email, domain limits and retention.
Email APIs pricing calculator
100K
Mailgun
$90 / mo
Scale · 100K emails
SendPulse Transactional Email
$75 / mo
Pro · 100K emails
Listed USD plan fees and tracked usage only. Unlisted compute, transfer, extras, taxes and contract terms are excluded. Custom or unsupported plan usage is not estimated.
Email APIs overview & pricing
| Email APIs | Mailgun | SendPulse Transactional Email |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Sinch | SendPulse |
| Billing unit | emails | emails |
| Plan at selected usage | Scale | Pro |
| Monthly estimate | $90/mo | $75/mo |
| Workload | 100K emails | 100K emails |
| Free access | 100 emails/day | 12,000 emails/month (rate-limited to 50 emails/hour, up to 2 sending domains) |
| Published plans | Free, Basic, Foundation, Scale | Basic, Pro, Enterprise, Pay As You Go |
| Prices checked | 2026-10-08 | 2026-10-08 |
Provider
- Mailgun
- Sinch
- SendPulse Transactional Email
- SendPulse
Billing unit
- Mailgun
- emails
- SendPulse Transactional Email
- emails
Plan at selected usage
- Mailgun
- Scale
- SendPulse Transactional Email
- Pro
Monthly estimate
- Mailgun
- $90/mo
- SendPulse Transactional Email
- $75/mo
Workload
- Mailgun
- 100K emails
- SendPulse Transactional Email
- 100K emails
Free access
- Mailgun
- 100 emails/day
- SendPulse Transactional Email
- 12,000 emails/month (rate-limited to 50 emails/hour, up to 2 sending domains)
Published plans
- Mailgun
- Free, Basic, Foundation, Scale
- SendPulse Transactional Email
- Basic, Pro, Enterprise, Pay As You Go
Prices checked
- Mailgun
- 2026-10-08
- SendPulse Transactional Email
- 2026-10-08
Email APIs monthly cost
Mailgun: $90SendPulse Transactional Email: $75
Cost by emails
Cost curve data
| emails | Mailgun | SendPulse Transactional Email |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | $0 | $0 |
| 25K | $35 | $75 |
| 50K | $35 | $75 |
| 100K | $90 | $75 |
| 200K | $200 | $275 |
| 500K | $530 | $275 |
| 1M | $1,080 | Not priced |
0
- Mailgun
- $0
- SendPulse Transactional Email
- $0
25K
- Mailgun
- $35
- SendPulse Transactional Email
- $75
50K
- Mailgun
- $35
- SendPulse Transactional Email
- $75
100K
- Mailgun
- $90
- SendPulse Transactional Email
- $75
200K
- Mailgun
- $200
- SendPulse Transactional Email
- $275
500K
- Mailgun
- $530
- SendPulse Transactional Email
- $275
1M
- Mailgun
- $1,080
- SendPulse Transactional Email
- Not priced
Email APIs feature comparison
| Email APIs | Mailgun | SendPulse Transactional Email |
|---|---|---|
| Custom sending domains | 1,000 | Not listed |
| Log retention | 30 days | Not listed |
| Message retention | Up to 7 days | Not listed |
| Inbound routes | Full access | Not listed |
| Email validations | 5,000 included | Not listed |
| SAML SSO | Not listed | |
| Phone & chat support | Not listed |
Custom sending domains
- Mailgun
- 1,000
- SendPulse Transactional Email
- Not listed
Log retention
- Mailgun
- 30 days
- SendPulse Transactional Email
- Not listed
Message retention
- Mailgun
- Up to 7 days
- SendPulse Transactional Email
- Not listed
Inbound routes
- Mailgun
- Full access
- SendPulse Transactional Email
- Not listed
Email validations
- Mailgun
- 5,000 included
- SendPulse Transactional Email
- Not listed
SAML SSO
- Mailgun
- SendPulse Transactional Email
- Not listed
Phone & chat support
- Mailgun
- SendPulse Transactional Email
- Not listed
Which email providers fit your needs?
Mailgun features & plan notes
- Email validation
- Inbound routing
- EU region
- SAML SSO
- 5,000 email validations
- Dedicated IP pools
- 30 days log retention
- Extra emails from $1.10 / 1,000
SendPulse Transactional Email features & plan notes
- Supports SMTP relay and REST API integration
- Generous free tier offering 12,000 emails per month
- SPF, DKIM, and DMARC domain authentication support
- Delivery statistics, unsubscribe management, and webhook notifications
- Dedicated IP addresses available on higher-tier plans
- Dedicated IP address
- 8,000 messages per hour
- DKIM, SPF and DMARC records
- Unlimited sending domains
- Custom tracking domain
- SMTP relay sending
- Sending via API
How to compare email providers
Separate transactional delivery from campaigns, outreach and agent inboxes. Compare monthly sends and daily caps; contacts, seats and inboxes are not sending allowances. Budget separately for dedicated IPs, validation and attachments.
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