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Alternatives to Resend
14 email marketing tools sit alongside Resend in this directory. Below is what separates each from Resend on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 14
- With a free tier
- 8
- Cheaper to start
- 2
- Resend starts at
- Free, then $20/month
Why people look past Resend
Nothing on the record flags a reason to move. Resend has a free tier. People still switch over fit and workflow, and those are not things a catalogue entry can measure, which is what the comparisons below are for.
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.
Affordable email marketing
Priced and rated the same as Resend on the figures we hold. The difference, if there is one, is in the feature records.
Marketing automation for growing businesses
Priced and rated the same as Resend on the figures we hold. The difference, if there is one, is in the feature records.
CRM, marketing automation, and sales platform
- Sold on a subscription model rather than freemium.
Cold email outreach platform with AI, lead sourcing, and mailbox rotation
- Starts $20 a month cheaper, at Free.
The email and SMS marketing platform for ecommerce
- Starts $20 a month cheaper, at Free.
- 2 tiers to Resend's 3.
Email marketing tools priced by subscriber count
Priced and rated the same as Resend on the figures we hold. The difference, if there is one, is in the feature records.
Every Resend 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Resend (this page) | Free, then $20/month | Freemium | 3 | |
| EmailOctopus | Free | Freemium | - | vs Resend |
| RD Station Marketing | Free | Freemium | - | vs Resend |
| ActiveCampaign | Free | Subscription | - | vs Resend |
| Instantly | Free | Freemium | - | vs Resend |
| Klaviyo | Free | Freemium | 2 | vs Resend |
| MailerLite | Free | Freemium | - | vs Resend |
| Mailjet | Free | Freemium | - | vs Resend |
| SendGrid | Free | Freemium | - | vs Resend |
| AWeber | On request | Subscription | - | vs Resend |
| Brevo | On request | Subscription | - | vs Resend |
| Flodesk | On request | Subscription | - | vs Resend |
| Loops | On request | Usage-based | - | vs Resend |
| GetResponse | On request | Subscription | - | vs Resend |
| Omnisend | On request | Usage-based | - | vs Resend |
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 Resend badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
Free to start (8)
These publish a tier that costs nothing, so they can be evaluated before any money changes hands.
- EmailOctopus , Free
- RD Station Marketing , Free
- ActiveCampaign , Free
- Instantly , Free
- Klaviyo , Free
- MailerLite , Free
- Mailjet , Free
- SendGrid , Free
What you would be giving up
Resend is most often brought in for sending transactional emails from a web app, running marketing email campaigns to contact lists, automating onboarding or lifecycle email sequences, tracking deliverability and engagement analytics. 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 Resend is broadly right and the question is cost, the Resend pricing breakdown covers every tier and what each one adds. If you want the whole field rather than a shortlist, the Email Marketing category lists everything the directory holds, and best email marketing tools ranks them.
Resend runs on web, api. 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 Resend alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Resend?
- 14 other email marketing tools are listed in this directory, led by EmailOctopus, RD Station Marketing, ActiveCampaign, Instantly. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to Resend?
- 8 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: EmailOctopus, RD Station Marketing, ActiveCampaign, Instantly, Klaviyo.
- Is there a cheaper alternative to Resend?
- Yes. 2 of the alternatives below start under Resend's $20/month: Instantly at Free, Klaviyo at Free.
- Is there a reason to switch away from Resend?
- Nothing in the data flags one. Resend has a free tier. Fit and workflow are the usual reasons to move, and those are not things this record can measure.
- What would I give up by switching from Resend?
- Resend is most often brought in for sending transactional emails from a web app, running marketing email campaigns to contact lists, automating onboarding or lifecycle email sequences, tracking deliverability and engagement analytics. 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 Resend?
- None of the email 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 Resend alternatives chosen?
- They are the tools filed in the same category, Email 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 Resend against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Resend 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 email marketing tool?
- No. It covers what this directory holds in the Email Marketing category, 14 tools beside Resend. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.