Email Marketing · head to head
Resend vs Mailjet
Resend
Email Marketing
Email API for developers to send transactional and marketing email
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The short version
- Each has a real cost: Resend free tier is capped at 100 emails per day, which is restrictive for apps with bursty transactional volume.; Mailjet free plan caps at 6,000 emails per month with a hard 200 emails per day limit
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Resend and Mailjet actually diverge.
Identical on both: starting price (Free), pricing model (freemium), free tier (Yes), 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 Resend
- Email API and SDKs
- Domain management
- Audience and contacts
- Automation workflows
- Email analytics
- Dedicated IPs
Only in Mailjet
Nothing recorded that Resend does not also cover.
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
Resend
- Sending transactional emails from a web appnot Mailjet
- Running marketing email campaigns to contact listsnot Mailjet
- Automating onboarding or lifecycle email sequencesnot Mailjet
- Tracking deliverability and engagement analyticsnot Mailjet
Mailjet
No use cases recorded yet. See the Mailjet review.
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
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.
Mailjet
- Free plan caps at 6,000 emails per month with a hard 200 emails per day limit
- Starter plan is capped at 2,000 contacts; unlimited contacts require the Essential tier
- Email credits do not roll over and unused emails expire at the end of each billing cycle
- Essential and Premium plans both cap at 15,000 emails per month for $17 and $27 respectively, so the price increase buys other features, not more volume
Pricing, plan by plan
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
Mailjet
FreeNo published plan breakdown. See the Mailjet review.
Which should you pick?
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 Resend or Mailjet better?
- Neither clearly leads. Resend starts at Free and Mailjet at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Resend or Mailjet?
- Resend starts at Free and Mailjet at Free.
- Does Resend or Mailjet run on more platforms?
- Resend runs on web, api. Mailjet runs on Web.
- Can I use Resend for free?
- Both have a free tier, so you can try either at no cost before committing.
- What is Resend best used for?
- Resend is most often used 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. Of those, sending transactional emails from a web app and running marketing email campaigns to contact lists are not what Mailjet is typically brought in for.
- What can Resend do that Mailjet 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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