SendGrid vs. MailGun

SendGrid is the world’s largest email Infrastructure as a service provider. Our cloud-based email solution replaces your email infrastructure so you don’t have to build, scale, and maintain these systems in-house. In addition to providing reliable deliverability and proven scalability for over 58,000 paying customers, we enlist a team of deliverability experts focused on your sending. Some of our advantages over MailGun include:

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    Deeply trusted and highly reliable

    SendGrid provides documentation and maintains official libraries in all the languages developers love – including C# and Python – and we link to multiple open source contributions.

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    Easy to use & quick to deploy

    Competitive pricing allows your email to scale starting with 100 emails a day for free with no time limit, whereas Mailgun has a 30-day free trial. With SendGrid you can send up to 1,300,000 emails per month for $449 ($.00034 per email), where Mailgun increases to $550 per month for over 500,000 emails ($.0011 per email).

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    Advanced deliverability features

    Our platform offers ISP deliverability outreach, a bulk sender notification, and dedicated IP warm up to help keep your delivery and reputation strong.

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    SMTP API (and Subuser API)

    Integrate with our customizable platform in minutes. Our APIs enable broad control over email processing and reporting.

We make it quick and easy to transition from Mailgun: Read Migration Guide

Email API Plans

Free

Try it out! Integrate fast and explore features with 100 emails/day.

$0/mo

No credit card, no commitment.

  • 1 teammate permission
  • APIs, SMTP Relay
  • 1 Event Webhook
  • Delivery Optimization Tools
  • Dynamic Template Editor
  • Insightful Analytics
  • Ticket Support
  • Deliverability Insights
  • No Access to Email Validation
  • No Access to Dedicated IPs
  • No Subuser Management
  • No Single Sign-On (SSO)

Essentials

Empower your business with foundational email features.

Starts at $19.95/mo*

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0 emails/mo

* Taxes and overages may apply.

  • 1 teammate permission
  • APIs, SMTP Relay
  • 2 Event Webhooks
  • Delivery Optimization Tools
  • Dynamic Template Editor
  • Insightful Analytics
  • Guaranteed Response Times on Ticket & Chat Support
  • Deliverability Insights
  • No Access to Email Validation
  • No Access to Dedicated IPs
  • No Subuser Management
  • No Single Sign-On (SSO)

Pro

Take ownership of your sending to maximize your email delivery.

Starts at $89.95/mo*

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0 emails/mo

* Taxes and overages may apply.

  • 1,000 teammates permission
  • APIs, SMTP Relay
  • 5 Event Webhooks
  • Delivery Optimization Tools
  • Dynamic Templates + Testing
  • Insightful Analytics
  • Guaranteed Response Times on Ticket, Chat, & Phone Support
  • Deliverability Insights
  • 2,500 Email Validations
  • Dedicated IP Included 🎉
  • Subuser Management
  • Single Sign-On (SSO)

Premier

Amplify your email program with extra support from our team.

Custom Pricing

  • 1,000 teammates permission
  • APIs, SMTP Relay
  • 5 Event Webhooks
  • Delivery Optimization Tools
  • Dynamic Templates + Testing
  • Insightful Analytics
  • Guaranteed Response Times on Ticket, Chat, & Phone Support
  • Deliverability Insights
  • 5,000 Email Validations
  • Dedicated IP Included 🎉
  • Subuser Management
  • Single Sign-On (SSO)
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The SendGrid Difference

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Proven Deliverability

We offer domain authentication, compliance and deliverability coaching, and proactive ISP outreach to ensure you achieve optimal inbox delivery.

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Scale With Confidence

Whether you’re a startup or a large enterprise, we can handle your important emails. Our world-class platform delivers more than 100 billion emails per month.

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Email Expertise

With SendGrid, you have an expert in your corner. Our Customer Success and Support Teams give you the information and guidance you need, when you need it.

Customers trust Twilio SendGrid to send more than 100 billion emails every month.