Email Marketing · head to head
Flodesk vs Resend
Flodesk
Email Marketing
Email marketing built for creators and small business
- From
- On request
- Rated
- -
Resend
Email Marketing
Email API for developers to send transactional and marketing email
- From
- Free
- Rated
- -
The short version
- Only Resend has a free tier, so it costs nothing to try first.
- Each has a real cost: Flodesk flat monthly pricing starting near $19 to $25 per month on annual billing does not scale down for very small lists the way per-subscriber pricing from competitors can; Resend free tier is capped at 100 emails per day, which is restrictive for apps with bursty transactional volume.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Flodesk and Resend actually diverge.
Identical on both: user rating (Not yet rated), category (Email Marketing).
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 Flodesk
Nothing recorded that Resend does not also cover.
Only in Resend
- Email API and SDKs
- Domain management
- Audience and contacts
- Automation workflows
- Email analytics
- Dedicated IPs
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
Flodesk
No use cases recorded yet. See the Flodesk review.
Resend
- Sending transactional emails from a web appnot Flodesk
- Running marketing email campaigns to contact listsnot Flodesk
- Automating onboarding or lifecycle email sequencesnot Flodesk
- Tracking deliverability and engagement analyticsnot Flodesk
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
Flodesk
- Flat monthly pricing starting near $19 to $25 per month on annual billing does not scale down for very small lists the way per-subscriber pricing from competitors can
Resend
- Free tier is capped at 100 emails per day, which is restrictive for apps with bursty transactional volume.
- Marketing and transactional plans are billed and priced separately, so a product needing both must budget for two tiers.
- Dedicated IPs are only available on the Scale plan and require a minimum daily send volume.
Pricing, plan by plan
Flodesk
On requestNo published plan breakdown. See the Flodesk review.
Resend
Free- FreeFree
- 3,000 emails/month
- 100 emails/day
- 3 domains
- Pro$20/month
- 50,000 emails/month
- 10 domains
- 100 AI credits/month
- Scale$90/month
- 100,000 emails/month
- 1,000 domains
- Slack and ticket support
Which should you pick?
Choose Flodesk if
Nothing in the data separates Flodesk from Resend on the points above - pick on price and on how each one feels to use.
Choose Resend if
- You need email api and sdks.
- You want to start without paying.
- You work on web, api.
- You also want domain management.
Questions people ask
- Is Flodesk or Resend better?
- Neither clearly leads. Flodesk starts at On request and Resend at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Flodesk or Resend?
- Resend has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at On request for Flodesk and Free for Resend.
- Does Flodesk or Resend run on more platforms?
- Flodesk runs on Web. Resend runs on web, api.
- Can I use Resend for free?
- Yes. Resend has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. Flodesk starts at On request.
- What can Flodesk do that Resend cannot?
- Resend covers Email API and SDKs, Domain management, Audience and contacts, Automation workflows.
Answered from the vendors’ own pages
Resend: What does Resend cost?
Transactional email starts free for 3,000 emails/month, then Pro is $20/month for 50,000 emails and Scale ranges from $90 to $1,150/month for up to 2.5M emails. Marketing email is priced separately by contact count, starting free for 1,000 contacts.
SourceResend: Is there a free plan, and what are its limits?
Yes, the free transactional plan allows 3,000 emails per month capped at 100 per day across 3 domains, and the free marketing plan allows up to 1,000 contacts.
SourceResend: How is usage metered?
Transactional plans are metered by number of emails sent, with overage billed per 1,000 emails. Marketing plans are metered by number of contacts rather than emails sent.
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