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Alternatives to Mailgun
24 marketing tools sit alongside Mailgun in this directory. Below is what separates each from Mailgun on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 24
- With a free tier
- 6
- Cheaper to start
- 0
- Mailgun starts at
- Free
Why people look past Mailgun
Only what the record supports. Each point below is a figure on the Mailgun entry measured against the tools listed beside it.
Cost climbs steeply across the tiers
Mailgun publishes 5 tiers, from Free up to On request. Teams that outgrow the entry plan can find the next rung a large step, the Mailgun pricing page breaks each one down.
What each alternative does differently
Ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry. Differences are drawn from price, pricing model, tier count and rating, the fields the category listing carries. For a feature-level difference, follow the head-to-head link on each card: those pages read both full records.
Versatile & robust project management software
- Starts $10 a month dearer, at $10/month.
Build your audience organically on social media
- Starts $5 a month dearer, at $5/month.
- 3 tiers to Mailgun's 5.
Save time and grow on social media
- No free tier, where Mailgun has one.
- Starts $99 a year dearer, at $99/year.
SEO platform built around Domain Authority, local listings management and a weekly campaign workflow
- Starts $49 a month dearer, at $49/month.
- Sold on a Per month by usage limits model rather than subscription.
- 6 tiers to Mailgun's 5.
The main open source marketing automation platform, self-hosted and GPL licensed
- Sold on a Open source, no licence fee model rather than subscription.
- 2 tiers to Mailgun's 5.
Open source, cookie-free web analytics you can self-host for the cost of a database
- Sold on a Per month by event count model rather than subscription.
- 4 tiers to Mailgun's 5.
Every Mailgun alternative at a glance
A dash means the catalogue entry carries no figure, not that the answer is nothing.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Tiers | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mailgun (this page) | Free | Subscription | 5 | |
| WrikeVersatile & robust project management software | Free, then $10/month | - | 5 | vs Mailgun |
| BufferBuild your audience organically on social media | Free, then $5/month | - | 3 | vs Mailgun |
| HootsuiteSave time and grow on social media | $99/year | - | - | vs Mailgun |
| MozSEO software for smarter marketing | Free, then $49/month | Per month by usage limits | 6 | vs Mailgun |
| Mautic | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 2 | vs Mailgun |
| Umami | Free | Per month by event count | 4 | vs Mailgun |
| Google Optimize | Free | Freemium | 1 | vs Mailgun |
| Swydo | €69/month | Per month by data source count | 1 | vs Mailgun |
| Onclusive | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Mailgun |
| Roxhill | On request | Quote | 4 | vs Mailgun |
| Wunderkind | On request | Quote | 2 | vs Mailgun |
| Invoca | On request | Quote | 5 | vs Mailgun |
| WebEngage | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Mailgun |
| Postscript | $49/month | Per month plus per message sent | 4 | vs Mailgun |
| Bloomreach | On request | Quote | 2 | vs Mailgun |
| Netcore Cloud | On request | Quote | 3 | vs Mailgun |
| Zoho Marketing Automation | $19/month | Per month by contact count | 3 | vs Mailgun |
| CallRail | $50/month | Per month by plan, plus per-number and per-minute overages | 4 | vs Mailgun |
| CleverTap | On request | Quote | 3 | vs Mailgun |
| Insider | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Mailgun |
| Optimove | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Mailgun |
| Octoboard | €25/month | Per month by connected client count | 1 | vs Mailgun |
| Freshpaint | On request | Quote | 3 | vs Mailgun |
| Madgicx | $49/month | Usage-based | 2 | vs Mailgun |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry; Softwr hosts no reviews of these products. How each figure is used is set out on the Mailgun badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
What you would be giving up
Mailgun is most often brought in for transactional email delivery and smtp relay, email marketing at scale for developers and enterprises. Anything replacing it has to cover the ones you actually depend on, and a cheaper tool that misses one of them is not cheaper.
Two things this page cannot settle. It compares on price, model, tier count and rating, because those are the fields the category listing carries, feature-level differences need both full records, which is what the head-to-head pages load. And the ratings are third-party aggregates imported with each entry rather than reviews written here, so a 0.2 difference between two tools is noise rather than a finding.
If Mailgun is broadly right and the question is cost, the Mailgun pricing breakdown covers every tier and what each one adds. If you want the whole field rather than a shortlist, the Marketing category lists everything the directory holds, and best marketing tools ranks them.
Mailgun runs on not recorded. Platform coverage is not carried on the category listing for the alternatives, so it is one more thing to check on each head-to-head page rather than here.
Questions about Mailgun alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Mailgun?
- 24 other marketing tools are listed in this directory, led by Wrike, Buffer, Hootsuite, Moz. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to Mailgun?
- 6 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: Wrike, Buffer, Moz, Mautic, Umami.
- Why do people look for an alternative to Mailgun?
- On the figures on record, one thing stands out: cost climbs steeply across the tiers. Each is set out with the numbers behind it above.
- What would I give up by switching from Mailgun?
- Mailgun is most often brought in for transactional email delivery and smtp relay, email marketing at scale for developers and enterprises. Anything you replace it with has to cover the ones you actually rely on, the side-by-side comparisons linked from each alternative below put the two feature records against each other.
- Is there an open-source alternative to Mailgun?
- None of the marketing tools listed here are recorded as open source. That is what the licence field on each entry says, and the field is not always filled in, so it is worth checking directly for any tool you are serious about.
- How were these Mailgun alternatives chosen?
- They are the tools filed in the same category, Marketing, ordered by the aggregated rating on each entry. There is no editorial shortlist, and nothing on this page is paid: no sponsored placement runs on alternatives pages and the order cannot be bought. Softwr has not used these products.
- Where can I compare Mailgun against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Mailgun covering price, platforms, features and what each one is used for. Those pages read the full record for both products rather than the summary shown here.
- Does this list cover every marketing tool?
- No. It covers what this directory holds in the Marketing category, 24 tools beside Mailgun. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.