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Email marketing · 5 alternatives

Instead of Mailgun, try one of these 5.

Every alternative is lined up against Mailgun on what people actually switch for: price, open source, self-hosting, offline use and platforms. Mailgun sits in the first row, so you can see what you give up.

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Alternative
Price
Open source
Self-host
Offline
Platforms
Website
Mailgun
Developer-friendly transactional email API.
PricePaid
from $/email
Open sourceNo
Self-hostNo
OfflineNo
Platforms
Web
Visit
SendGrid#1
Transactional and marketing email API from Twilio.
PriceFreemium
from $20/mo
Open sourceNo
Self-hostNo
OfflineNo
Platforms
Web
Visit
SendPulse#2
Multi-channel marketing suite covering email, SMS and chatbots.
PriceFreemium
Open sourceNo
Self-hostNo
OfflinePartial
Platforms
Web · Android · iOS
Visit
NexusProMail#3
EU-hosted marketing and transactional sending platform.
PriceFreemium
Open sourceNo
Self-hostNo
OfflineNo
Platforms
Web
Visit
useSend#4
Open-source email platform for transactional and marketing mail.
PriceFreemium
Open sourceYes
Self-hostYes
OfflineNo
Platforms
Web
Visit
SendFleet#5
Email marketing and transactional sending atop your own Amazon SES.
PriceFreemium
Open sourceNo
Self-hostNo
OfflineNo
Platforms
Web
Visit

Price colours on the Visit buttons: FreeFreemiumPaid

How to read this. The first row is Mailgun itself, for comparison. “Yes” means fully supported by the maker. “Partial” means it works with caveats. Likes reflect community popularity; vendors can’t pay for them or for placement. How we compare.

Mailgun alternatives at a glance

Mailgun is a paid email marketing app (from $/email). We compared 5 alternatives: 1 is open source, 0 are completely free, 1 can be self-hosted and 0 work fully offline. The most popular is SendGrid, with 360 likes.

Most liked overallSendGrid

Transactional and marketing email API from Twilio.

Freemium
Best open-source optionuseSend

Open-source email platform for transactional and marketing mail.

Freemium · Open source · Self‑hostable

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