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Mailgun vs Netlify

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Mailgun

Software

Email delivery built for developers

From
On request
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
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Netlify

Software

The fastest way to build the fastest sites

From
Free
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Only Netlify has a free tier, so it costs nothing to try first.
  • Each has a real cost: Mailgun free plan caps at 100 emails per day; Netlify the free tier is an individual account with 300 credits; team members require the Pro plan at $20 a month

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Mailgun and Netlify actually diverge.

Attributes where Mailgun and Netlify differ
AttributeMailgunNetlify
Starting priceOn requestFree
Pricing modelusage-basedfreemium
Free tierNoYes
FoundedUnknown2014

Identical on both: 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 Mailgun

Nothing recorded that Netlify does not also cover.

Only in Netlify

  • Continuous deployment
  • Instant rollbacks
  • Deploy previews
  • Split testing
  • Forms handling
  • Identity/Auth
  • Serverless functions
  • Edge handlers

What people use each for

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

Mailgun

No use cases recorded yet. See the Mailgun review.

Netlify

  • Hosting static sites and frontend frameworks with global CDN deliverynot Mailgun
  • Deploy previews on every pull requestnot Mailgun
  • Serverless functions alongside a static sitenot Mailgun
  • Netlify Database and Blob storage for small application statenot Mailgun

Where each one falls short

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

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

Netlify

  • The free tier is an individual account with 300 credits; team members require the Pro plan at $20 a month
  • Everything is metered in credits, so bandwidth at 20 credits per GB and production deploys at 15 credits each consume the allowance in ways a bandwidth figure alone would not show
  • Compute is billed at 10 credits per GB-hour, so server-rendered work costs more than static hosting
  • Running past the allowance means buying credit packs, at $5 for 500 on Personal and $10 for 1,500 on Pro
  • AI inference is priced by model rather than at a flat credit rate

Pricing, plan by plan

Mailgun

On request

No published plan breakdown. See the Mailgun review.

Netlify

Free
  • StarterFree
    • 100GB bandwidth
    • 300 build minutes
    • 1 concurrent build
  • Pro$19/month
    • 400GB bandwidth
    • 25,000 build minutes
    • 3 concurrent builds
  • Business$99/month
    • 600GB bandwidth
    • 35,000 build minutes
    • 5 concurrent builds
  • Enterprise$undefined/month
    • Custom bandwidth
    • Custom build minutes
    • Unlimited concurrent builds

Which should you pick?

Choose Mailgun if

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

Mailgun review

Choose Netlify if

  • You need continuous deployment.
  • You want to start without paying.
  • You also want instant rollbacks.
Netlify review

Questions people ask

Is Mailgun or Netlify better?
Neither clearly leads. Mailgun starts at On request and Netlify at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Mailgun or Netlify?
Netlify has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at On request for Mailgun and Free for Netlify.
Does Mailgun or Netlify run on more platforms?
Both run on Web, so platform support will not decide this one for you.
Can I use Netlify for free?
Yes. Netlify has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. Mailgun starts at On request.
What can Mailgun do that Netlify cannot?
Netlify covers Continuous deployment, Instant rollbacks, Deploy previews, Split testing.
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