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CrowdTangle vs Mailgun

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CrowdTangle

Software

Social media insights and content monitoring platform

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On request
Rated
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Full reviewWebsite
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Mailgun

Software

Email delivery built for developers

From
On request
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: CrowdTangle crowdTangle was retired by Meta on 14 August 2024, per Meta's own transparency page (Internet Archive capture, 12 December 2024), with Meta Content Library and Content Library API offered as replacements; Mailgun free plan caps at 100 emails per day

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which CrowdTangle and Mailgun actually diverge.

Attributes where CrowdTangle and Mailgun differ
AttributeCrowdTangleMailgun
Pricing modelquoteusage-based
Founded2011Unknown

Identical on both: starting price (On request), free tier (No), platforms (Web), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Unknown).

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 CrowdTangle

  • Social listening
  • Viral content tracking
  • Competitor monitoring
  • Brand mention tracking
  • Trending alerts
  • Custom dashboards
  • Team collaboration
  • Report generation

Only in Mailgun

Nothing recorded that CrowdTangle does not also cover.

What people use each for

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

CrowdTangle

  • Viral content trackingnot Mailgun
  • Social listeningnot Mailgun
  • Competitor analysisnot Mailgun
  • Trend identificationnot 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.

CrowdTangle

  • CrowdTangle was retired by Meta on 14 August 2024, per Meta's own transparency page (Internet Archive capture, 12 December 2024), with Meta Content Library and Content Library API offered as replacements

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

CrowdTangle

On request
  • Custom Plan$undefined/custom
    • Social monitoring
    • Competitor analysis
    • Trending content tracking

Mailgun

On request

No published plan breakdown. See the Mailgun review.

Which should you pick?

Choose CrowdTangle if

  • You need social listening.
  • You also want viral content tracking.
CrowdTangle review

Choose Mailgun if

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

Mailgun review

Questions people ask

Is CrowdTangle or Mailgun better?
Neither clearly leads. CrowdTangle starts at On request and Mailgun at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, CrowdTangle or Mailgun?
CrowdTangle starts at On request and Mailgun at On request.
Does CrowdTangle or Mailgun run on more platforms?
Both run on Web, so platform support will not decide this one for you.
What is CrowdTangle best used for?
CrowdTangle is most often used for viral content tracking, social listening, competitor analysis, trend identification. Of those, viral content tracking and social listening are not what Mailgun is typically brought in for.
What can CrowdTangle do that Mailgun cannot?
CrowdTangle covers Social listening, Viral content tracking, Competitor monitoring, Brand mention tracking.
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