Email infrastructure · replacement recipe

Transactional email API

Replaces Mailgun. 1 ways out. Best: Resend (free tier) (switch vendor), about $130 saved in year one.

Modeled, not measured. Savings use public prices and planning assumptions: the bill you stop paying, minus the new tool, your upkeep time and your setup time at $50/hour, over the first 12 months. No verified migrations yet. Check the must-haves in each recipe before you switch.

What you use

  • Send email API and SMTP

Not covered

  • Inbound routing
  • Email validation
  • Templates
  • Logs and analytics
  • Webhooks

Check before switching

  • You only rely on: Send email API and SMTP
  • Export your data from Mailgun before canceling

Agents: get_recipe("replace-mailgun") on the Stackcut MCP server.

1 ways out, best first

Switch vendorResend (free tier)Saves $130 in year one
$15/mo today → $0/mo · setup 1 h · then $180/yr · payback 3.3 mo
1 seat. If your use fits the free tier (3,000 emails/mo).
Covers 100% of the core features
Resend Free: 3,000 emails/mo.
Sources: mailgun.comresend.com

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