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Employee Engagement · head to head

Blink vs Mailgun

Blink logo

Blink

Employee Engagement

Employee app for frontline and deskless workers

From
$3.4/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
Mailgun logo

Mailgun

Marketing

Email delivery built for developers

From
On request
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: Blink aPI access, advanced admin controls and compliance features are Enterprise only, with pricing on request; Mailgun free plan caps at 100 emails per day

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Blink and Mailgun actually diverge.

Attributes where Blink and Mailgun differ
AttributeBlinkMailgun
Starting price$3.4/monthOn request
Pricing modelsubscriptionusage-based
CategoryEmployee EngagementMarketing
Founded2015Unknown

Identical on both: free tier (No), platforms (Web), user rating (Not yet rated).

What each one covers

Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.

Only in Blink

  • Mobile-first design
  • News and updates
  • Chat messaging
  • Recognition
  • Forms and surveys
  • Document hub
  • Analytics
  • Integrations

Only in Mailgun

Nothing recorded that Blink does not also cover.

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

Blink

  • Employee communications app for frontline and deskless staffnot Mailgun
  • Company news feed and targeted announcementsnot Mailgun
  • Single sign-on hub to internal tools from a phonenot Mailgun
  • Multi-language publishing for distributed workforces on Pronot Mailgun

Mailgun

No use cases recorded yet. See the Mailgun review.

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

Blink

  • API access, advanced admin controls and compliance features are Enterprise only, with pricing on request
  • Events management, multi-language publishing and the AI assistant require Pro at $5 per user per month
  • Monthly billing costs about 40 percent more than annual, at $5.60 against $3.75 on Core

Mailgun

  • Free plan caps at 100 emails per day
  • Basic plan starts at $15/mo for 10,000 emails then overages from $1.80 per 1,000; Foundation and Scale plans discount overage rates but still meter every email beyond the included volume
  • Foundation ($35/mo) and Scale ($90/mo) plans are free for the first month only, then bill at full price

Pricing, plan by plan

Blink

$3.4/month
  • Essential$3.4/month
    • News feed
    • Chat
    • Recognition
  • Business$undefined/month
    • Forms and surveys
    • Analytics
    • Integrations

Mailgun

On request

No published plan breakdown. See the Mailgun review.

Which should you pick?

Choose Blink if

  • You need mobile-first design.
  • You also want news and updates.
Blink review

Choose Mailgun if

Nothing in the data separates Mailgun from Blink on the points above - pick on price and on how each one feels to use.

Mailgun review

Questions people ask

Is Blink or Mailgun better?
Neither clearly leads. Blink starts at $3.4/month and Mailgun at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Blink or Mailgun?
Blink starts at $3.4/month and Mailgun at On request.
Does Blink or Mailgun run on more platforms?
Both run on Web, so platform support will not decide this one for you.
What is Blink best used for?
Blink is most often used for employee communications app for frontline and deskless staff, company news feed and targeted announcements, single sign-on hub to internal tools from a phone, multi-language publishing for distributed workforces on pro. Of those, employee communications app for frontline and deskless staff and company news feed and targeted announcements are not what Mailgun is typically brought in for.
What can Blink do that Mailgun cannot?
Blink covers Mobile-first design, News and updates, Chat messaging, Recognition.
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